Jasenka A Zubcevic

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.

This study shows that loss of bone marrow β1/β2-adrenergic receptors protects against diet-induced obesity by altering gut microbiota composition and lipid metabolism.

This study shows lithium affects behavior and physiology through the gut-brain axis by activating gut enterochromaffin cells, challenging the belief that lithium acts directly on the brain.

This study shows that ghrelin signaling through vagal afferent neurons affects feeding, metabolism, and memory by targeting GHSR on these neurons.