My research interest focuses on neurobiology of the gastrointestinal tract.
The overall goal of the research is aimed at understanding that mechanism by
which neurons that innervate the gut are activated in response to luminal stimuli
such as nutrients and how these mechanisms may be altered in disease such as
obesity, inflammation and irritable bowel disease. We use a number of
different techniques including integrative physiological measurement of GI
function, neurotransmitter receptor expression and localization, cell culture
and measurement of secretion from endocrine cells, electrophysiological experiments
to record nerve activity. Please contact Dr. Raybould at heraybould@ucdavis.edu for further information.