B. Blair Braden

Braden, B.B., Dassel, K.B., Bimonte-Nelson, H.A., O'Rourke, H.P., Connor, D.J., Moorhous, S., Sabbagh, M.N., Caselli, R.J., Baxter, L.C. Gender and post-menopause hormone therapy effects on hippocampal volume and verbal memory. Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition. 2016; 1-20.

Braden, B.B., Andrews, M.G., Acosta, J.I., Mennenga, S.E., Lavery, C., and Bimonte-Nelson, H.A. A comparison of progestins within three classes: Differential effects on learning and memory in the aging surgically menopausal rat. Behavioural Brain Research, 2016; in press

Braden, B. B., Pipe, T., Smith, R., Glaspy, T.K., Deatherage, B.R., and Baxter, L.C. Brain and behavior changes associated with an abbreviated four-week Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction course in back pain patients. Brain and Behavior, 2016; 0(0), e00443.

Braden, B.B., Kingston, M.L., Whitton, E., Lavery, C., Tsang, C.W., Neisewander, J.L., and Bimonte-Nelson, H.A. Progesterone-induced learning and memory impairments are reversed by the GABAA antagonist bicuculline. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience. 2015; 7:149.

Wallace, E., Young K.D., Kye-Min K., Chen, S., Braden, B.B., Williams, J., Jasso, K., Garcia, A.N., Rho, J., Bimonte-Nelson, H.A., and Maganti, R. Differential effects of duration of sleep fragmentation on spatial learning and synaptic plasticity in pubertal mice. Brain Research. 2015; 1615:116-28.

Smith, R., Braden, B.B., Chen, K., Ponce, F.A., Lane, R. D. and Baxter, L.C.  The neural basis of attaining conscious awareness of sad mood. Brain Imaging and Behavior. 2015; 9(3):574-87.

Mennenga, S.E., Baxter, L.C., Grunfeld, I.S., Brewer, G.A., Aiken, L.S., Engler-Chiurazzi, E.B., Camp, B.W., Acosta, J.I., Braden, B.B., Schaefer, K.R., Gerson, J.E., Lavery, C.N., Tsang, C.W.S., Hewitt, L.T., Kingston, M.L., Koebele, S.V., Patten, K.J., Ball, B.H., McBeath, M.K., Bimonte-Nelson, H.A. Navigating to new frontiers in behavioral neuroscience: Traditional neuropsychological tests predict human performance on a rodent-inspired radial-arm maze. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. 2014; 8.

Wolf, A., Braden, B.B., Bimonte-Nelson, H.A., Kusne, Y., Young, N., Engler, E.B., Garcia, A.N., Walker D.G., Moses G.S., Tran H., LaFerla F., Lue L., Emerson Lombardo N., Valla J. Broad-based nutritional supplementation in 3xTg mice corrects mitochondrial function and indicates sex-specificity in response to Alzheimer's disease intervention. Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease. 2012; 32(1):217-32.

Engler-Chiurazzi, E.B., Talboom, J.S., Braden, B.B., Tsang, C.W., Andrews, M., Mennenga, S.E., and Bimonte-Nelson, H.A. Continuous estrone treatment impairs spatial memory and does not impact number of basal forebrain cholinergic neurons in the surgically menopausal middle-aged rat. Hormones and Behavior. 2012; 62(1):1-9.

Camp, B.W., Gerson, J., Tsang, C.W., Villa, S.R., Acosta, J.I., Braden, B.B., Hoffman, A.N., Conrad, C.D., Bimonte-Nelson, H.A. High serum androstenedione levels correlate with impaired memory in the surgically menopausal rat: a replication and new findings. European Journal of Neuroscience. 2012; 36(8):3086-95.

Braden B.B., Garcia A.N., Mennenga S.E., Prokai L., Villa S.R., Acosta J.I., Lefort N., Simard A.R., Bimonte-Nelson H.A. Cognitive-impairing effects of medroxyprogesterone acetate in the rat: independent and interactive effects across time. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2011; 218(2):405-18.

Butler T.R., Smith K.J., Self R.L., Braden B.B., Prendergast M.A. Neurodegenerative effects of recombinant HIV-1 Tat(1-86) are associated with inhibition of microtubule formation and oxidative stress-related reductions in microtubule-associated protein-2(a,b). Neurochem Res. 2011; 36(5):819-28.

Acosta, J.I., Mayer, L., Braden, B.B., Nonnenmacher, S., Mennenga, S.E., Bimonte-Nelson, H.A. The cognitive effects of CEE depend on whether menopause etiology is transitional or surgical. Endocrinology. 2010; 151(8):3795-80.

Braden, B. B., Talboom, J. S., Crain, I. D., Simard, A. R., Lukas, R. J., Prokai, L., Scheldrup, M. R., Bowman, B. L., & Bimonte-Nelson, H. A. Medroxyprogesterone acetate impairs memory and alters the GABAergic system in aged surgically menopausal rats. Neurobiol Learn Mem. 2010; 93, 444-453.

Butler, T.R., Smith, K.J., Self, R.L., Braden, B.B., Prendergast, M.A. Sex differences in neurotoxic effects of adenosine A1 receptor antagonism during ethanol withdrawal: reversal with an A1 receptor agonist or an NMDA receptor antagonist. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2008; 32(7), 1260-70.

Smith, K.J., Butler, T.R., Self, R.L., Braden, B.B., Prendergast, M.A. Potentiation of N-methyl-Daspartate receptor-mediated neuronal injury during methamphetamine withdrawal in vitro requires co-activation of IP3 receptors. Brain Res. 2008; 1187, 67-73.