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Acylated Ghrelin Supports the Ovarian Transcriptome and Follicles in the Mouse: Implications for Fertility

scientific article published on 01 January 2018

Acylated ghrelin suppresses the cytokine response to lipopolysaccharide and does so independently of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis

scientific article published on 17 July 2018

Anxiety and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis responses to psychological stress are attenuated in male rats made lean by large litter rearing.

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Baby's genes may bear the consequences of Mum's distress

scientific article published on 05 June 2018

Being suckled in a large litter mitigates the effects of early-life stress on hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis function in the male rat.

scientific article

Blocked, delayed, or obstructed: What causes poor white matter development in intrauterine growth restricted infants?

scientific article published on 6 April 2017

Central and peripheral neuroimmune responses: hyporesponsiveness during pregnancy.

scientific article published on 18 October 2007

Chronic predator stress in female mice reduces primordial follicle numbers: implications for the role of ghrelin

scientific article published on 01 June 2019

Conditional microglial depletion in rats leads to reversible anorexia and weight loss by disrupting gustatory circuitry

scientific article published on 19 December 2018

Consequences of early life overfeeding for microglia - Perspectives from rodent models

scientific article published on 20 February 2020

Des-Acyl Ghrelin and Ghrelin O-Acyltransferase Regulate Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis Activation and Anxiety in Response to Acute Stress

scientific article published on 4 August 2016

Diet, behavior and immunity across the lifespan.

scientific article published on 15 December 2014

Diet-induced obesity causes ghrelin resistance in reward processing tasks

scientific article published on 11 August 2015

Early Life Programming of Obesity: The Impact of the Perinatal Environment on the Development of Obesity and Metabolic Dysfunction in the Offspring ⬇️

scientific article published on January 1, 2012

Early life activation of toll-like receptor 4 reprograms neural anti-inflammatory pathways

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Early life disruption to the ghrelin system with over-eating is resolved in adulthood in male rats.

scientific article published on 23 September 2016

Early life immune challenge--effects on behavioural indices of adult rat fear and anxiety.

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Early life overfeeding impairs spatial memory performance by reducing microglial sensitivity to learning

scientific article published on 18 May 2016

Early-life immune challenge: defining a critical window for effects on adult responses to immune challenge

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Eating behavior and stress: a pathway to obesity

scientific article published in 2014

Effects of exercise on adolescent and adult hypothalamic and hippocampal neuroinflammation

scientific article published on 20 July 2016

Effects of global cerebral ischemia in the pregnant rat

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Effects of mild calorie restriction on anxiety and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis responses to stress in the male rat.

scientific article published on March 2014

Effects of neonatal overfeeding on juvenile and adult feeding and energy expenditure in the rat.

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Efficacy of post-insult minocycline administration to alter long-term hypoxia-ischemia-induced damage to the serotonergic system in the immature rat brain

scientific article published in May 2011

Endogenous ghrelin's role in hippocampal neuroprotection after global cerebral ischemia: does endogenous ghrelin protect against global stroke?

scientific article published on 10 April 2013

Food for thought: how nutrition impacts cognition and emotion

scientific article published on 06 December 2017

Ghrelin and hypothalamic NPY/AgRP expression in mice are affected by chronic early-life stress exposure in a sex-specific manner.

scientific article published on 7 September 2017

Ghrelin regulates the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and restricts anxiety after acute stress.

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Ghrelin's Role in the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis Stress Response: Implications for Mood Disorders.

scientific article published on 31 October 2014

Ghrelin-related peptides exert protective effects in the cerebral circulation of male mice through a nonclassical ghrelin receptor(s).

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Glial remodeling enhances short-term memory performance in Wistar rats

scientific article published on 07 February 2020

High-fat diet and aging interact to produce neuroinflammation and impair hippocampal- and amygdalar-dependent memory

scientific article published on 24 June 2017

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

Hormonal and nutritional regulation of postnatal hypothalamic development

scientific article published on 15 March 2018

Hyperleptinemia in Neonatally Overfed Female Rats Does Not Dysregulate Feeding Circuitry

scientific article published on 25 October 2017

Hypothalamic effects of neonatal diet: reversible and only partially leptin dependent.

scientific article published on 28 April 2017

Increased hypothalamic microglial activation after viral-induced pneumococcal lung infection is associated with excess serum amyloid A production.

scientific article published on 6 July 2018

Linking Stress and Infertility: A Novel Role for Ghrelin.

scientific article published on 27 July 2017

Long term alterations in neuroimmune responses of female rats after neonatal exposure to lipopolysaccharide.

scientific article

Medial prefrontal cortex control of the paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus response to psychological stress: possible role of the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis

scientific article published in January 2005

Microglia depletion fails to abrogate inflammation-induced sickness in mice and rats

scientific article published on 31 May 2020

Microglia: Key players in neurodevelopment and neuronal plasticity.

scientific article published on 29 November 2017

Microglial regulation of satiety and cognition

scientific article published on 25 February 2020

Neonatal immune challenge alters nociception in the adult rat.

scientific article published on 16 November 2005

Neonatal immune challenge does not affect body weight regulation in rats.

scientific article published on 16 May 2007

Neonatal immune challenge exacerbates experimental colitis in adult rats: potential role for TNF-alpha

scientific article published on 14 September 2006

Neonatal overfeeding alters adult anxiety and stress responsiveness

scientific article published on 20 March 2009

Neonatal overfeeding alters hypothalamic microglial profiles and central responses to immune challenge long-term

scientific article published on 27 June 2014

Neonatal overfeeding attenuates acute central pro-inflammatory effects of short-term high fat diet

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Neonatal overfeeding by small-litter rearing sensitises hippocampal microglial responses to immune challenge: Reversal with neonatal repeated injections of saline or minocycline.

scientific article published on 6 October 2017

Neonatal overfeeding disrupts pituitary ghrelin signalling in female rats long-term; Implications for the stress response

scientific article published on 10 March 2017

Neonatal overfeeding increases capacity for catecholamine biosynthesis from the adrenal gland acutely and long-term in the male rat.

scientific article published on 25 November 2017

Neonatal overfeeding induces early decline of the ovarian reserve: Implications for the role of leptin.

scientific article published on 3 May 2016

Neonatal programming by neuroimmune challenge: effects on responses and tolerance to septic doses of lipopolysaccharide in adult male and female rats.

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Neonatal programming of innate immune function

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Neural and humoral changes associated with the adjustable gastric band: insights from a rodent model ⬇️

scientific article published on March 27, 2012

Neurohypophysial peptides: gatekeepers in the amygdala.

scientific article published in October 2005

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

scientific article published on 11 March 2019

Obesity after neonatal overfeeding is independent of hypothalamic microgliosis

scientific article published on 15 July 2019

Obesity and neuroinflammation: a pathway to cognitive impairment

scientific article published on 12 April 2014

One size does not fit all - Patterns of vulnerability and resilience in the COVID-19 pandemic and why heterogeneity of disease matters

scientific article published on 20 March 2020

Overfeeding during a critical postnatal period exacerbates hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis responses to immune challenge: a role for adrenal melanocortin 2 receptors.

scientific article published on 12 February 2016

Perinatal nutrition programs neuroimmune function long-term: mechanisms and implications ⬇️

scientific article published on August 12, 2013

Perinatal programming by inflammation

scientific article published on 11 February 2017

Perinatal programming of neuroendocrine mechanisms connecting feeding behavior and stress ⬇️

scientific article published on June 17, 2013

Peripheral inflammation exacerbates damage after global ischemia independently of temperature and acute brain inflammation.

scientific article published on 29 March 2007

Postnatal Overfeeding Leads to Obesity and Exacerbated Febrile Responses to Lipopolysaccharide Throughout Life ⬇️

scientific article published on March 1, 2012

Postnatal inflammation increases seizure susceptibility in adult rats.

scientific article published on July 2008

Postnatal programming of the innate immune response.

scientific article published on 10 June 2009

Preweaning Over- and Underfeeding Alters Onset of Puberty in the Rat Without Affecting Kisspeptin1 ⬇️

scientific article published on May 10, 2012

Protective actions of des-acylated ghrelin on brain injury and blood-brain barrier disruption after stroke in mice

scientific article published on 14 June 2016

Rat Neonatal Immune Challenge Alters Adult Responses to Cerebral Ischaemia

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Role of catecholaminergic inputs to the medial prefrontal cortex in local and subcortical expression of Fos after psychological stress.

scientific article published in October 2004

Systemic apomorphine alters HPA axis responses to interleukin-1 beta administration but not sound stress.

scientific article published on August 2003

Thalamic paraventricular nucleus lesions facilitate central amygdala neuronal responses to acute psychological stress.

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The glucocorticoid contribution to obesity.

scientific article published on 06 February 2011

The impact of obesity and hypercaloric diet consumption on anxiety and emotional behavior across the lifespan

scientific article published on 17 October 2017

The role of ghrelin in neuroprotection after ischemic brain injury.

scientific article published on 19 March 2013

The role of microglia in the second and third postnatal weeks of life in rat hippocampal development and memory

scientific article published on 30 April 2020

Understanding the role of P2X7 in affective disorders-are glial cells the major players? ⬇️

scientific article (publication date: 2015)

Western Diet Chow Consumption in Rats Induces Striatal Neuronal Activation While Reducing Dopamine Levels without Affecting Spatial Memory in the Radial Arm Maze.

scientific article published on 09 February 2017

What’s in a name? How about being listed in the “Psychiatry” category in Clarivate’s Journal Citation Index!

scientific article published on 16 January 2019

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