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RF1 AG028271

Funded outputs count: 28

Funder award ID: RF1 AG028271

OpenAlex ID: G3701922002

Disruption of hippocampal mitochondrial function underlies opioid-induced postoperative cognitive dysfunction in aged rats

2026 · Stephanie M. Muscat, Nicholas P. Deems, et al. · Brain Behavior and Immunity · 1

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Obesity-associated memory impairment and neuroinflammation precede widespread peripheral perturbations in aged rats

2025 · Michael J. Butler, Stephanie M. Muscat, et al. · Immunity & Ageing · 22

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Short-term high fat diet impairs memory, exacerbates the neuroimmune response, and evokes synaptic degradation via a complement-dependent mechanism in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease

2024 · Sabrina E. Mackey-Alfonso, Michael J. Butler, et al. · Brain Behavior and Immunity · 24

High-fat diet and aging-associated memory impairments persist in the absence of microglia in female rats

2024 · Sajida Malik, Soniya Xavier, et al. · Neurobiology of Aging · 1

Post-operative cognitive dysfunction is exacerbated by high-fat diet via TLR4 and prevented by dietary DHA supplementation

2023 · Stephanie M. Muscat, Michael J. Butler, et al. · Brain Behavior and Immunity · 20

Short-term high-fat diet consumption impairs synaptic plasticity in the aged hippocampus via IL-1 signaling

2023 · Brigitte M. González Olmo, Menaz N. Bettes, et al. · npj Science of Food · 33

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Young adult and aged female rats are vulnerable to amygdala-dependent, but not hippocampus-dependent, memory impairment following short-term high-fat diet

2023 · Stephanie M. Muscat, Michael J. Butler, et al. · Brain Research Bulletin · 21

CD8+ T cells contribute to diet-induced memory deficits in aged male rats

2023 · Michael J. Butler, Shouvonik Sengupta, et al. · Brain Behavior and Immunity · 16

Selective TLR4 Antagonism Prevents and Reverses Morphine-Induced Persistent Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction, Dysregulation of Synaptic Elements, and Impaired BDNF Signaling in Aged Male Rats

2022 · Stephanie M. Muscat, Nicholas P. Deems, et al. · Journal of Neuroscience · 34

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Dietary DHA prevents cognitive impairment and inflammatory gene expression in aged male rats fed a diet enriched with refined carbohydrates

2021 · Michael J. Butler, Nicholas P. Deems, et al. · Brain Behavior and Immunity · 30

Elevated Expression of MiR-17 in Microglia of Alzheimer’s Disease Patients Abrogates Autophagy-Mediated Amyloid-β Degradation

2021 · Shady Estfanous, Kylene P. Daily, et al. · Frontiers in Immunology · 61

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The role of Western diets and obesity in peripheral immune cell recruitment and inflammation in the central nervous system

2021 · Michael J. Butler · Brain Behavior & Immunity - Health · 30

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The Perfect Cytokine Storm: How Peripheral Immune Challenges Impact Brain Plasticity & Memory Function in Aging

2021 · Stephanie M. Muscat, Ruth M. Barrientos · Brain Plasticity · 26

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Postoperative cognitive dysfunction is made persistent with morphine treatment in aged rats

2020 · Stephanie M. Muscat, Nicholas P. Deems, et al. · Neurobiology of Aging · 50

Lifestyle modifications with anti-neuroinflammatory benefits in the aging population

2020 · Stephanie M. Muscat, Ruth M. Barrientos · Experimental Gerontology · 28

Experimental autoimmune encephalopathy (EAE)-induced hippocampal neuroinflammation and memory deficits are prevented with the non-opioid TLR2/TLR4 antagonist (+)-naltrexone

2020 · Andrew J. Kwilasz, Laurel S. Todd, et al. · Behavioural Brain Research · 26

Collapsin Response Mediator Proteins: Novel Targets for Alzheimer’s Disease

2020 · Tam T. Quach, Aubin Moutal, et al. · Journal of Alzheimer s Disease · 18

Reply to the Letter to the Editor: Regional differences in dietary use of immune-modulating catechins should be investigated regarding COVID-19

2020 · Michael J. Butler, Ruth M. Barrientos · Brain Behavior and Immunity

Fatty food, fatty acids, and microglial priming in the adult and aged hippocampus and amygdala

2020 · Michael J. Butler, Rachel M. Cole, et al. · Brain Behavior and Immunity · 78

The impact of nutrition on COVID-19 susceptibility and long-term consequences

2020 · Michael J. Butler, Ruth M. Barrientos · Brain Behavior and Immunity · 554

Mammary tumors suppress aging-induced neuroinflammation in female Balb/c mice

2020 · Ruth M. Barrientos, Lindsay D. Strehle, et al. · Comprehensive Psychoneuroendocrinology · 5

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Neuroimmunology of the female brain across the lifespan: Plasticity to psychopathology

2019 · R.M. Barrientos, P.J. Brunton, et al. · Brain Behavior and Immunity · 49

High-fat diet worsens the impact of aging on microglial function and morphology in a region-specific manner

2018 · Sarah J. Spencer, Bashirah Basri, et al. · Neurobiology of Aging · 80

Molecular events of protein-DNA interactions revealed by fast-scanning atomic force microscopy

2012 · Yuki Suzuki · Kyoto University Research Information Repository (Kyoto University)

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Aging sensitizes rapidly isolated hippocampal microglia to LPS ex vivo

2010 · Matthew G. Frank, Ruth M. Barrientos, et al. · Journal of Neuroimmunology · 108