NIA Trainee Publications

Acevedo, S. F., H. Ohtsu, T. S. Benice, A. Rizk-Jackson and J. Raber (2006). "Age-dependent measures of anxiety and cognition in male histidine decarboxylase knockout (Hdc-/-) mice." Brain Res 1071(1): 113-123. 

Acevedo, S. F., B. J. Piper, M. J. Craytor, T. S. Benice and J. Raber (2010). "Apolipoprotein E4 and sex affect neurobehavioral performance in primary school children." Pediatr Res 67(3): 293-299. PMC2853744.

Austin, D., J. Petersen, H. Jimison and M. Pavel (2012). "A state-space model for finger tapping with applications to cognitive inference." Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc 2012: 21-24. 

Benice, T. S. and J. Raber (2008). "Object recognition analysis in mice using nose-point digital video tracking." J Neurosci Methods 168(2): 422-430. 

Benice, T. S. and J. Raber (2009). "Dihydrotestosterone modulates spatial working-memory performance in male mice." J Neurochem110(3): 902-911. 

Benice, T. S. and J. Raber (2009). "Testosterone and dihydrotestosterone differentially improve cognition in aged female mice." Learn Mem16(8): 479-485. PMC2726011.

Benice, T. S. and J. Raber (2010). "Castration and training in a spatial task alter the number of immature neurons in the hippocampus of male mice." Brain Res 1329: 21-29. PMC2857657.

Benice, T. S., A. Rizk, S. Kohama, T. Pfankuch and J. Raber (2006). "Sex-differences in age-related cognitive decline in C57BL/6J mice associated with increased brain microtubule-associated protein 2 and synaptophysin immunoreactivity." Neuroscience 137(2): 413-423. 

Bjorklund, N. L., L. C. Reese, V. M. Sadagoparamanujam, V. Ghirardi, R. L. Woltjer and G. Taglialatela (2012). "Absence of amyloid β oligomers at the postsynapse and regulated synaptic Zn2+ in cognitively intact aged individuals with Alzheimer's disease neuropathology." Mol Neurodegener 7: 23. PMC3403985.

Bolkan, B. J. and D. Kretzschmar (2014). "Loss of Tau results in defects in photoreceptor development and progressive neuronal degeneration in Drosophila." Dev Neurobiol 74(12): 1210-1225. PMC4212004 [Available on 2015/12/1]

Bosch, M. A., K. J. Tonsfeldt and O. K. Rønnekleiv (2013). "mRNA expression of ion channels in GnRH neurons: subtype-specific regulation by 17β-estradiol." Mol Cell Endocrinol 367(1-2): 85-97. PMC3570747.

Cargill, R., S. G. Kohama, J. Struve, W. Su, F. Banine, E. Witkowski, S. A. Back and L. S. Sherman (2012). "Astrocytes in aged nonhuman primate brain gray matter synthesize excess hyaluronan." Neurobiol Aging 33(4): 830.e813-824. PMC3227765.

Cook, M., B. J. Bolkan and D. Kretzschmar (2014). "Increased actin polymerization and stabilization interferes with neuronal function and survival in the AMPKγ mutant Loechrig." PLoS One 9(2): e89847. PMC3934941

Copenhaver, P. F., T. S. Anekonda, D. Musashe, K. M. Robinson, J. M. Ramaker, T. L. Swanson, T. L. Wadsworth, D. Kretzschmar, R. L. Woltjer and J. F. Quinn (2011). "A translational continuum of model systems for evaluating treatment strategies in Alzheimer's disease: isradipine as a candidate drug." Dis Model Mech 4(5): 634-648. PMC3180227

Dayger, C., L. Villasana, T. Pfankuch, M. Davis and J. Raber (2011). "Effects of the SARM ACP-105 on rotorod performance and cued fear conditioning in sham-irradiated and irradiated female mice." Brain Res 1381: 134-140. PMC3048897

Duvoisin, R. M., L. Villasana, M. J. Davis, D. G. Winder and J. Raber (2011). "Opposing roles of mGluR8 in measures of anxiety involving non-social and social challenges." Behav Brain Res 221(1): 50-54. PMC2832071

Duvoisin, R. M., L. Villasana, T. Pfankuch and J. Raber (2010). "Sex-dependent cognitive phenotype of mice lacking mGluR8." Behav Brain Res 209(1): 21-26. PMC2832071

Eghlidi, D. H., G. E. Haley, N. C. Noriega, S. G. Kohama and H. F. Urbanski (2010). "Influence of age and 17beta-estradiol on kisspeptin, neurokinin B, and prodynorphin gene expression in the arcuate-median eminence of female rhesus macaques." Endocrinology 151(8): 3783-3794. PMC2940528

Feuerstein, J., D. Austin, R. Sack and T. L. Hayes (2011). "Wrist actigraphy for scratch detection in the presence of confounding activities." Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc 2011: 3652-3655. 

Gottsch, M. L., S. M. Popa, J. K. Lawhorn, J. Qiu, K. J. Tonsfeldt, M. A. Bosch, M. J. Kelly, O. K. Rønnekleiv, E. Sanz, G. S. McKnight, D. K. Clifton, R. D. Palmiter and R. A. Steiner (2011). "Molecular properties of Kiss1 neurons in the arcuate nucleus of the mouse." Endocrinology 152(11): 4298-4309. PMC3199004.

Groblewski, P. A. and J. M. Stafford (2010). "When the medial prefrontal cortex fails: implications for extinction and posttraumatic stress disorder treatment." J Neurosci 30(21): 7124-7126. PMC2891040

Haley, G. E., F. Berteau-Pavy, D. Berteau-Pavy and J. Raber (2012). "Novel image-novel location object recognition task sensitive to age-related cognitive decline in nondemented elderly." Age (Dordr) 34(1): 1-10. PMC3260359

Haley, G. E., F. Berteau-Pavy, B. Parkv and J. Raber (2010). "Effects of epsilon4 on object recognition in the non-demented elderly." Curr Aging Sci 3(2): 127-137. 

Haley, G. E., D. H. Eghlidi, S. G. Kohama, H. F. Urbanski and J. Raber (2012). "Association of microtubule associated protein-2, synaptophysin, and apolipoprotein E mRNA and protein levels with cognition and anxiety levels in aged female rhesus macaques." Behav Brain Res 232(1): 1-6. PMC3361595

Haley, G. E., S. G. Kohama, H. F. Urbanski and J. Raber (2010). "Age-related decreases in SYN levels associated with increases in MAP-2, apoE, and GFAP levels in the rhesus macaque prefrontal cortex and hippocampus." Age (Dordr) 32(3): 283-296. PMC2926858

Haley, G. E., C. Kroenke, D. Schwartz, S. G. Kohama, H. F. Urbanski and J. Raber (2011). "Hippocampal M1 receptor function associated with spatial learning and memory in aged female rhesus macaques." Age (Dordr) 33(3): 309-320. PMC3168603

Haley, G. E., N. Landauer, L. Renner, A. Weiss, K. Hooper, H. F. Urbanski, S. G. Kohama, M. Neuringer and J. Raber (2009). "Circadian activity associated with spatial learning and memory in aging rhesus monkeys." Exp Neurol 217(1): 55-62. PMC2679847

Haley, G. E., A. McGuire, D. Berteau-Pavy, A. Weiss, R. Patel, I. Messaoudi, H. F. Urbanski and J. Raber (2012). "Measures of anxiety, amygdala volumes, and hippocampal scopolamine phMRI response in elderly female rhesus macaques." Neuropharmacology 62(1): 385-390. PMC3195963

Haley, G. E., H. F. Urbanski, S. G. Kohama, I. Messaoudi and J. Raber (2011). "Spatial Memory Performance Associated with Measures of Immune Function in Elderly Female Rhesus Macaques." Eur Geriatr Med 2(2): 117-121. PMC3097089

Haley, G. E., L. Villasana, C. Dayger, M. J. Davis and J. Raber (2012). "Apolipoprotein e genotype-dependent paradoxical short-term effects of (56)fe irradiation on the brain." Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 84(3): 793-799. PMC3742074

Haley, G. E., L. Yeiser, R. H. Olsen, M. J. Davis, L. A. Johnson and J. Raber (2013). "Early effects of whole-body (56)Fe irradiation on hippocampal function in C57BL/6J mice." Radiat Res 179(5): 590-596. PMC4117374

Harris, C. J., K. Voss, C. Murchison, M. Ralle, K. Frahler, R. Carter, A. Rhoads, B. Lind, E. Robinson and J. F. Quinn (2014). "Oral zinc reduces amyloid burden in Tg2576 mice." J Alzheimers Dis 41(1): 179-192. PMC4051494

Helms, C. M., A. Rau, J. Shaw, C. Stull, S. W. Gonzales and K. A. Grant (2014). "The effects of age at the onset of drinking to intoxication and chronic ethanol self-administration in male rhesus macaques." Psychopharmacology (Berl) 231(8): 1853-1861. PMC3969395 [Available on 2015/4/1]

Hogarth, P., A. Gregory, M. C. Kruer, L. Sanford, W. Wagoner, M. R. Natowicz, R. T. Egel, S. H. Subramony, J. G. Goldman, E. Berry-Kravis, N. C. Foulds, S. R. Hammans, I. Desguerre, D. Rodriguez, C. Wilson, A. Diedrich, S. Green, H. Tran, L. Reese, R. L. Woltjer and S. J. Hayflick (2013). "New NBIA subtype: genetic, clinical, pathologic, and radiographic features of MPAN." Neurology 80(3): 268-275. PMC3589182

Lattal, K. M. and J. M. Stafford (2008). "What does it take to demonstrate memory erasure? Theoretical comment on Norrholm et al. (2008)." Behav Neurosci 122(5): 1186-1190. PMC2559954

Leach, J. M., M. Mancini, R. J. Peterka, T. L. Hayes and F. B. Horak (2014). "Validating and calibrating the nintendo wii balance board to derive reliable center of pressure measures." Sensors (Basel) 14(10): 18244-18267. PMC4239899

Leigland, L. A., M. D. Budde, A. Cornea and C. D. Kroenke (2013). "Diffusion MRI of the developing cerebral cortical gray matter can be used to detect abnormalities in tissue microstructure associated with fetal ethanol exposure." Neuroimage 83: 1081-1087. PMC3815979

Leigland, L. A., M. M. Ford, J. P. Lerch and C. D. Kroenke (2013). "The influence of fetal ethanol exposure on subsequent development of the cerebral cortex as revealed by magnetic resonance imaging." Alcohol Clin Exp Res 37(6): 924-932. PMC3670687

Noriega, N. C., D. H. Eghlidi, V. T. Garyfallou, S. G. Kohama, S. G. Kryger and H. F. Urbanski (2010). "Influence of 17beta-estradiol and progesterone on GABAergic gene expression in the arcuate nucleus, amygdala and hippocampus of the rhesus macaque." Brain Res 1307: 28-42. PMC2787920

Petersen, J., D. Austin, J. A. Kaye, M. Pavel and T. L. Hayes (2014). "Unobtrusive in-home detection of time spent out-of-home with applications to loneliness and physical activity." IEEE J Biomed Health Inform 18(5): 1590-1596. PMC4159765 [Available on 2015/9/1]

Petersen, J., D. Austin, R. Sack and T. L. Hayes (2013). "Actigraphy-based scratch detection using logistic regression." IEEE J Biomed Health Inform 17(2): 277-283. 

Petersen, J., N. Larimer, J. A. Kaye, M. Pavel and T. L. Hayes (2012). "SVM to detect the presence of visitors in a smart home environment." Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc 2012: 5850-5853. PMC3884948

Piper, B. J., V. Li, M. A. Eiwaz, Y. V. Kobel, T. S. Benice, A. M. Chu, R. H. Olsen, D. Z. Rice, H. M. Gray, S. T. Mueller and J. Raber (2012). "Executive function on the Psychology Experiment Building Language tests." Behav Res Methods 44(1): 110-123. PMC3705215

Pruis, T. A., D. R. Roalf and J. S. Janowsky (2009). "Hormone therapy does not modify emotion-induced brain activity in older women." Horm Behav 56(5): 539-547. PMC2783864

Raber J, Yamazaki J, Torres ERS, Kirchoff N, Stagaman K, Sharpton T, Turker MS, Kronenberg A (2019). "Combined Effects of Three High-Energy Charged Particle Beams Important for Space Flight on Brain, Behavioral and Cognitive Endpoints in B6D2F1 Female and Male Mice." Front Physiol (PMID: 30914962)

Raber, J., S. Rosi, A. Chakraborti, K. Fishman, C. Dayger, M. J. Davis, L. Villasana and J. R. Fike (2011). "Effects of ⁵⁶Fe-particle cranial radiation on hippocampus-dependent cognition depend on the salience of the environmental stimuli." Radiat Res 176(4): 521-526. 

Raber, J., L. Villasana, J. Rosenberg, Y. Zou, T. T. Huang and J. R. Fike (2011). "Irradiation enhances hippocampus-dependent cognition in mice deficient in extracellular superoxide dismutase." Hippocampus 21(1): 72-80. PMC2891276

Ramaker, J. M., T. L. Swanson and P. F. Copenhaver (2013). "Amyloid precursor proteins interact with the heterotrimeric G protein Go in the control of neuronal migration." J Neurosci 33(24): 10165-10181. PMC3682380

Reese, L. C., F. Laezza, R. Woltjer and G. Taglialatela (2011). "Dysregulated phosphorylation of Ca(2+) /calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II-α in the hippocampus of subjects with mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease." J Neurochem 119(4): 791-804. PMC4021864

Rhea EM, Torres ERS, Raber J, Banks WA (2020). "Insulin BBB pharmacokinetics in young apoE male and female transgenic mice." PLoS One (PMID: 32004344)

Rizk-Jackson, A. M., S. F. Acevedo, D. Inman, D. Howieson, T. S. Benice and J. Raber (2006). "Effects of sex on object recognition and spatial navigation in humans." Behav Brain Res 173(2): 181-190. 

Roalf, D. R., S. H. Mitchell, W. T. Harbaugh and J. S. Janowsky (2012). "Risk, reward, and economic decision making in aging." J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 67(3): 289-298. PMC3325085

Roalf, D. R., T. A. Pruis, A. A. Stevens and J. S. Janowsky (2011). "More is less: emotion induced prefrontal cortex activity habituates in aging." Neurobiol Aging 32(9): 1634-1650. PMC2891805

Schaser AJ, Stackhouse TL, Weston LJ, Kerstein PC, Osterberg VR, López CS, Dickson DW, Luk KC, Meshul CK, Woltjer RL, Unni VK (2020). "Trans-synaptic and retrograde axonal spread of Lewy pathology following pre-formed fibril injection in an in vivo A53T alpha-synuclein mouse model of synucleinopathy." Acta Neuropathol Commun (PMID: 32859276)

Schaser AJ, Osterberg VR, Dent SE, Stackhouse TL, Wakeham CM, Boutros SW, Weston LJ, Owen N, Weissman TA, Luna E, Raber J, Luk KC, McCullough AK, Woltjer RL, Unni VK (2019). "Alpha-synuclein is a DNA binding protein that modulates DNA repair with implications for Lewy body disorders." Sci Rep (PMID: 31358782)

Siegel, J. A., T. S. Benice, P. Van Meer, B. S. Park and J. Raber (2011). "Acetylcholine receptor and behavioral deficits in mice lacking apolipoprotein E." Neurobiol Aging 32(1): 75-84. PMC3172704

Siegel, J. A., G. E. Haley and J. Raber (2012). "Apolipoprotein E isoform-dependent effects on anxiety and cognition in female TR mice." Neurobiol Aging 33(2): 345-358. PMC2935518

Smith, B. A., P. Carlson-Kuhta and F. B. Horak (2014). "Consistency in Administration and Response for the Backward Push and Release Test: A Clinical Assessment of Postural Responses." Physiother Res Int. 

Smith, B. A., N. R. Goldberg and C. K. Meshul (2011). "Effects of treadmill exercise on behavioral recovery and neural changes in the substantia nigra and striatum of the 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine-lesioned mouse." Brain Res 1386: 70-80. PMC3073026

Smith, B. A., J. V. Jacobs and F. B. Horak (2014). "Effects of amplitude cueing on postural responses and preparatory cortical activity of people with Parkinson disease." J Neurol Phys Ther 38(4): 207-215. 

Sorwell, K. G., J. Garten, L. Renner, A. Weiss, V. T. Garyfallou, S. G. Kohama, M. Neuringer and H. F. Urbanski (2012). "Hormone supplementation during aging: how much and when?" Rejuvenation Res 15(2): 128-131. PMC3332522

Sorwell, K. G., S. G. Kohama and H. F. Urbanski (2012). "Perimenopausal regulation of steroidogenesis in the nonhuman primate." Neurobiol Aging 33(7): 1487.e1481-1413. PMC3196783

Sorwell, K. G., S. G. Kohama and H. F. Urbanski (2014). "Testosterone increases circulating dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate levels in the male rhesus macaque." Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 5: 101. PMC4070064

Sorwell, K. G. and H. F. Urbanski (2010). "Dehydroepiandrosterone and age-related cognitive decline." Age (Dordr) 32(1): 61-67. PMC2829637

Sorwell, K. G. and H. F. Urbanski (2013). "Causes and consequences of age-related steroid hormone changes: insights gained from nonhuman primates." J Neuroendocrinol 25(11): 1062-1069. PMC3883982

Stafford, J. M. and K. M. Lattal (2009). "Direct comparisons of the size and persistence of anisomycin-induced consolidation and reconsolidation deficits." Learn Mem 16(8): 494-503. PMC2726013

Stafford, J. M. and K. M. Lattal (2011). "Is an epigenetic switch the key to persistent extinction?" Neurobiol Learn Mem 96(1): 35-40. PMC3111857

Stafford, J. M., D. K. Maughan, E. C. Ilioi and K. M. Lattal (2013). "Exposure to a fearful context during periods of memory plasticity impairs extinction via hyperactivation of frontal-amygdalar circuits." Learn Mem 20(3): 156-163. PMC3578276

Stafford, J. M., J. D. Raybuck, A. E. Ryabinin and K. M. Lattal (2012). "Increasing histone acetylation in the hippocampus-infralimbic network enhances fear extinction." Biol Psychiatry 72(1): 25-33. PMC3352991

Stonebarger GA, Urbanski HF, Woltjer RL, Vaughan KL, Ingram DK, Schultz PL, Calderazzo SM, Siedeman JA, Mattison JA, Rosene DL, Kohama SG (2020). "Amyloidosis increase is not attenuated by long-term calorie restriction or related to neuron density in the prefrontal cortex of extremely aged rhesus macaques." Geroscience (PMID: 3287685)

Thielke, S. M., N. C. Mattek, T. L. Hayes, H. H. Dodge, A. R. Quiñones, D. Austin, J. Petersen and J. A. Kaye (2014). "Associations between observed in-home behaviors and self-reported low mood in community-dwelling older adults." J Am Geriatr Soc 62(4): 685-689. PMC4007277

Torres ERS, Hall R, Bobe G, Choi J, Impey S, Pelz C, Lindner JR, Stevens JF, Raber J (2019). "Integrated Metabolomics-DNA Methylation Analysis Reveals Significant Long-Term Tissue-Dependent Directional Alterations in Aminoacyl-tRNA Biosynthesis in the Left Ventricle of the Heart and Hippocampus Following Proton Irradiation." Front Mol Biosci (PMID: 31552266)

Urbanski, H. F. and K. G. Sorwell (2012). "Age-related changes in neuroendocrine rhythmic function in the rhesus macaque." Age (Dordr)34(5): 1111-1121. PMC3448984

Urbanski, H. F., K. G. Sorwell, V. T. Garyfallou, J. Garten, A. Weiss, L. Renner, M. Neuringer and S. G. Kohama (2014). "Androgen supplementation during aging: development of a physiologically appropriate protocol." Rejuvenation Res 17(2): 150-153. PMC3995436 [Available on 2015/4/1]

Villasana, L., S. Acevedo, C. Poage and J. Raber (2006). "Sex- and APOE isoform-dependent effects of radiation on cognitive function." Radiat Res 166(6): 883-891. 

Villasana, L., C. Dayger and J. Raber (2013). "Dose- and ApoE isoform-dependent cognitive injury after cranial ⁵⁶Fe irradiation in female mice." Radiat Res 179(4): 493-500. 

Villasana, L., T. Pfankuch and J. Raber (2010). "Isoform-dependent effects of apoE on doublecortin-positive cells and microtubule-associated protein 2 immunoreactivity following (137)Cs irradiation." Radiat Environ Biophys 49(3): 421-426. 

Villasana, L., C. Poage, P. van Meer and J. Raber (2008). "Passive avoidance learning and memory of 56Fe sham-irradiated and irradiated human apoE transgenic mice." Radiats Biol Radioecol 48(2): 167-170. 

Villasana, L., J. Rosenberg and J. Raber (2010). "Sex-dependent effects of 56Fe irradiation on contextual fear conditioning in C57BL/6J mice." Hippocampus 20(1): 19-23. PMC3850563

Villasana, L. E., T. S. Benice and J. Raber (2011). "Long-term effects of 56Fe irradiation on spatial memory of mice: role of sex and apolipoprotein E isoform." Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 80(2): 567-573. 

Villasana, L. E., R. A. Rosenthal, S. R. Doctrow, T. Pfankuch, D. G. Zuloaga, A. M. Garfinkel and J. Raber (2013). "Effects of alpha-lipoic acid on associative and spatial memory of sham-irradiated and 56Fe-irradiated C57BL/6J male mice." Pharmacol Biochem Behav 103(3): 487-493. 

Yeiser, L. A., L. E. Villasana and J. Raber (2013). "ApoE isoform modulates effects of cranial ⁵⁶Fe irradiation on spatial learning and memory in the water maze." Behav Brain Res 237: 207-214. 

Zhang, C., K. J. Tonsfeldt, J. Qiu, M. A. Bosch, K. Kobayashi, R. A. Steiner, M. J. Kelly and O. K. Rønnekleiv (2013). "Molecular mechanisms that drive estradiol-dependent burst firing of Kiss1 neurons in the rostral periventricular preoptic area." Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab305(11): E1384-1397. PMC3882370