Nicole R. Bearss

This study identifies intestinal serotonergic vagal signaling as a key mediator of microbiota-induced hypertension, showing that reduced 5-HT and 5HT3aR signaling contributes to hypertension and can be reversed to alleviate it.

The paper characterizes kinase signaling pathways in astrocytes and microglia, revealing cell- and sex-specific activity patterns that differ from transcriptional profiles.