Joel Geerling, MD, PhD

Joel Geerling, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Neurology, University of Iowa

Faculty advisor: Arthur Loewy, PhD

Dissertation (2008) Aldosterone-sensitive neurons and salt appetite

Faculty profile

Related publications

  • Geerling JC, Mettenleiter TC, Loewy AD. Orexin neurons project to diverse sympathetic outflow systems. Neuroscience. 2003;122(2):541-50. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2003.07.008.
  • Geerling JC, Sequeira SM, Loewy AD. Increased number of aldosterone-sensitive NTS neurons in Dahl salt-sensitive rats. Brain Res. 2005 Dec 14;1065(1-2):142-6. doi: 10.1016/j.brainres.2005.10.044. Epub 2005 Nov 28.
  • Geerling JC, Loewy AD. Aldosterone-sensitive NTS neurons are inhibited by saline ingestion during chronic mineralocorticoid treatment. Brain Res. 2006 Oct 18;1115(1):54-64. doi: 10.1016/j.brainres.2006.07.091. Epub 2006 Aug 28.
  • Geerling JC, Loewy AD. Aldosterone-sensitive neurons in the nucleus of the solitary tract: efferent projections. J Comp Neurol. 2006 Jul 10;497(2):223-50. doi: 10.1002/cne.20993. Erratum in: J Comp Neurol. 2006 Sep 20;498(3):431.
  • Geerling JC, Loewy AD. Aldosterone-sensitive neurons in the nucleus of the solitary tract: bidirectional connections with the central nucleus of the amygdala. J Comp Neurol. 2006 Aug 1;497(4):646-57. doi: 10.1002/cne.21019.
  • Geerling JC, Engeland WC, Kawata M, Loewy AD. Aldosterone target neurons in the nucleus tractus solitarius drive sodium appetite. J Neurosci. 2006 Jan 11;26(2):411-7. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3115-05.2006.
  • Geerling JC, Loewy AD. Sodium depletion activates the aldosterone-sensitive neurons in the NTS independently of thirst. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol. 2007 Mar;292(3):R1338-48. doi: 10.1152/ajpregu.00391.2006. Epub 2006 Oct 26.
  • Geerling JC, Kawata M, Loewy AD. Aldosterone-sensitive neurons in the rat central nervous system. J Comp Neurol. 2006 Jan 20;494(3):515-27. doi: 10.1002/cne.20808.
  • Geerling JC, Loewy AD. Aldosterone-sensitive neurons in the nucleus of the solitary: efferent projections. J Comp Neurol. 2006 Sep 20;498(3):223-50.
  • Sequeira SM, Geerling JC, Loewy AD. Local inputs to aldosterone-sensitive neurons of the nucleus tractus solitarius. Neuroscience. 2006 Sep 15;141(4):1995-2005. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2006.05.059. Epub 2006 Jul 10.
  • Geerling JC, Loewy AD. Sodium deprivation and salt intake activate separate neuronal subpopulations in the nucleus of the solitary tract and the parabrachial complex. J Comp Neurol. 2007 Oct 1;504(4):379-403. doi: 10.1002/cne.21452.
  • Geerling JC, Loewy AD. 11beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase 2 vs. transgene: discrepant loci of expression in the adult brain. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 2007 Jul;293(1):F440-1; author reply F442-3. doi: 10.1152/ajprenal.00517.2006.
  • Shekhtman E, Geerling JC, Loewy AD. Aldosterone-sensitive neurons of the nucleus of the solitary tract: multisynaptic pathway to the nucleus accumbens. J Comp Neurol. 2007 Mar 10;501(2):274-89. doi: 10.1002/cne.21245.
  • Geerling JC, Loewy AD. Central regulation of sodium appetite. Exp Physiol. 2008 Feb;93(2):177-209. doi: 10.1113/expphysiol.2007.039891. Epub 2007 Nov 2.
  • Shin JW, Geerling JC, Loewy AD. Inputs to the ventrolateral bed nucleus of the stria terminalis. J Comp Neurol. 2008 Dec 10;511(5):628-57. doi: 10.1002/cne.21870.
  • Geerling JC, Chimenti PC, Loewy AD. Phox2b expression in the aldosterone-sensitive HSD2 neurons of the NTS. Brain Res. 2008 Aug 21;1226:82-8. doi: 10.1016/j.brainres.2008.05.072. Epub 2008 Jun 7.
  • Shin JW, Geerling JC, Loewy AD. Vagal innervation of the aldosterone-sensitive HSD2 neurons in the NTS. Brain Res. 2009 Jan 16;1249:135-47. doi: 10.1016/j.brainres.2008.10.058. Epub 2008 Nov 5.
  • Geerling JC, Loewy AD. Aldosterone in the brain. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 2009 Sep;297(3):F559-76. doi: 10.1152/ajprenal.90399.2008. Epub 2009 Mar 4.
  • Geerling JC, Shin JW, Chimenti PC, Loewy AD. Paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus: axonal projections to the brainstem. J Comp Neurol. 2010 May 1;518(9):1460-99. doi: 10.1002/cne.22283.
  • Shin JW, Geerling JC, Stein MK, Miller RL, Loewy AD. FoxP2 brainstem neurons project to sodium appetite regulatory sites. J Chem Neuroanat. 2011 Sep;42(1):1-23. doi: 10.1016/j.jchemneu.2011.05.003. Epub 2011 May 13.
  • Geerling JC, Stein MK, Miller RL, Shin JW, Gray PA, Loewy AD. FoxP2 expression defines dorsolateral pontine neurons activated by sodium deprivation. Brain Res. 2011 Feb 23;1375:19-27. doi: 10.1016/j.brainres.2010.11.028. Epub 2010 Nov 23.
  • Fazan FS, Colombari E, Loewy AD, Geerling JC. Despite increasing aldosterone, elevated potassium is not necessary for activating aldosterone-sensitive HSD2 neurons or sodium appetite. Physiol Rep. 2021 Jan;9(2):e14714. doi: 10.14814/phy2.14714.