Emily Otmanowski

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 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.