Boychuk Lab
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New Pub 🚨: All the newest deeds on Cardiac Vagal Motor Neurons! Great work by postdocs Yoko Wang and Sandy Saunders. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40570503/
Cardiac vagal motor neurons - PubMed
Since their discovery five decades ago, cardiac vagal motor neurons (CVNs) have been studied for their roles in autonomic control of cardiac function. However, it is only within the past decade that o...
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
July 23, 2025 at 1:56 PM
New Pub 🚨: All the newest deeds on Cardiac Vagal Motor Neurons! Great work by postdocs Yoko Wang and Sandy Saunders. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40570503/
New Pub 🚨: Read how we’re tying a specific GABA A receptor subtype to the impact of HFD on central cardiac vagal motor neurons.
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GABAAR-δ-subunit mediates increased GABAergic inhibition in cardiac DMV neurons after high-fat diet
Natural sciences; Biological sciences; Physiology; Neuroscience
www.cell.com
May 7, 2025 at 11:48 PM
New Pub 🚨: Read how we’re tying a specific GABA A receptor subtype to the impact of HFD on central cardiac vagal motor neurons.
www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
Congrats again to UG researcher Victor Chen for his APS Outstanding Poster Presentation.
April 26, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Congrats again to UG researcher Victor Chen for his APS Outstanding Poster Presentation.
Hi Colleagues! We started a pilot program to give trainees more speaking opportunities. If you have early trainees in CardioMetabolism, please encourage them to submit abstracts.
April 7, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Hi Colleagues! We started a pilot program to give trainees more speaking opportunities. If you have early trainees in CardioMetabolism, please encourage them to submit abstracts.
Have kiddos interested in science? Have them check out Dr. Yoko Wang’s article on the vagus nerve.
ispyphysiology.com/2024/03/20/s...
ispyphysiology.com/2024/03/20/s...
Spotlight On: The Vagus Nerve - I Spy Physiology Blog
In recent years, the vagus nerve has become more well-known than ever before, as it has become a golden target for many chronic disease therapies. What is the vagus nerve? And what does it do, and why...
ispyphysiology.com
March 22, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Have kiddos interested in science? Have them check out Dr. Yoko Wang’s article on the vagus nerve.
ispyphysiology.com/2024/03/20/s...
ispyphysiology.com/2024/03/20/s...
And if the podcast gets you excited…here’s a link to the paper!
journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10....
journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10....
Insulin activates parasympathetic hepatic-related neurons of the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus through mTOR signaling | Journal of Neurophysiology | American Physiological Society
Integration of autonomic and metabolic regulation, including hepatic function, is a critical role played by the brain’s hypothalamic region. Specifically, the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalam...
journals.physiology.org
March 22, 2025 at 12:37 PM
And if the podcast gets you excited…here’s a link to the paper!
journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10....
journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10....
Why is Dr. Martins dos Santos so happy? Probably because she did a great job with her podcast about our most recent paper.
Take a listen…
jneurophysiol.podbean.com/e/jnp-podcas...
Take a listen…
jneurophysiol.podbean.com/e/jnp-podcas...
March 22, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Why is Dr. Martins dos Santos so happy? Probably because she did a great job with her podcast about our most recent paper.
Take a listen…
jneurophysiol.podbean.com/e/jnp-podcas...
Take a listen…
jneurophysiol.podbean.com/e/jnp-podcas...
Folks I’m here! Finally had a moment to breathe and make this account.
Anyone else getting particularly..oh I don’t know..anxious recently? Wonder why….:-(
Anyway, glad for the switch. Will update over the next few days cause lab has been up to some fun stuff!!
Anyone else getting particularly..oh I don’t know..anxious recently? Wonder why….:-(
Anyway, glad for the switch. Will update over the next few days cause lab has been up to some fun stuff!!
March 18, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Folks I’m here! Finally had a moment to breathe and make this account.
Anyone else getting particularly..oh I don’t know..anxious recently? Wonder why….:-(
Anyway, glad for the switch. Will update over the next few days cause lab has been up to some fun stuff!!
Anyone else getting particularly..oh I don’t know..anxious recently? Wonder why….:-(
Anyway, glad for the switch. Will update over the next few days cause lab has been up to some fun stuff!!