Research:

Cardiovascular diseases and diabetes.

Recent Publications:

Yu Y, Kang YM, Zhang ZH, Wei SG, Chu Y, Weiss RM and Felder RB. 2007. Increased cyclooxygenase-2 expression in hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus in rats with heart failure: role of nuclear factor kappaB. Hypertension 49(3):511-518.

Kang YM, Zhang ZH, Johnson RF, Yu Y, Beltz T, Johnson AK, Weiss RM and Felder RB. 2006. Novel effect of mineralocorticoid receptor antagonism to reduce proinflammatory cytokines and hypothalamic activation in rats with ischemia-induced heart failure. Circulation Research 99(7):758-766.

Zhang ZH, Kang YM, Yu Y, Wei SG, Schmidt TJ, Johnson AK and Felder RB. 2006. 11beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 2 activity in hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus modulates sympathetic excitation. Hypertension 48(1):127-133.

Kang YM, Lamb K, Gebhart GF and Bielefeldt K. 2005. Experimentally induced ulcers and gastric sensory-motor function in rats. American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology 288(2):G284-G291.

Kang YM, Bielefeldt K and Gebhart GF. 2004. Sensitization of mechanosensitive gastric vagal afferent fibers in the rat by thermal and chemical stimuli and gastric ulcers. Journal of Neurophysiology 91(5):1981-1989.