Liisa Galea

The Male Default Prevails in Biomedical Research: Sex Inclusion in Nature (2025)

Ashlyn Swift-Gallant and Liisa A.M. Galea and Lindsay S. Cahill

03 / 2026

What Gets Funded Shapes What We Know: 15 Years of Canadian Womens Health Research

Laura L Gravelsins and Tallinn FL Splinter and Ahmad Mohammad and Samantha A Blankers and Gabrielle L Desilets and Liisa AM Galea

02 / 2026

Spatial dynamics of cellular and molecular plasticity in the maternal and postpartum mouse brain

Keon Arbabi and Shahrzad Ghazisaeidi and Bharti Kukreja and Min Yi Feng and Hugo Hudson and Maria Eleni Fafouti and Liisa A.M. Galea and Shreejoy J. Tripathy and Brian T. Kalish

01 / 2026

Sex-specific factors and APOEe4 genotype alter functional connectivity at middle age

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Bonnie H. Lee and Andrew J. McGovern and Stephanie E. Lieblich and Selene V. Mitchell and Jie Yin and Jonathan R. Epp and Liisa A.M. Galea

01 / 2026

Reproductive history differentially shapes the neural response of middle-aged females to estradiol therapy after a metabolic challenge

Jennifer E Richard and Ahmad Mohammad and Stephanie E Lieblich and Kimberly A Go and Soda Wang and Rebecca K Rechlin and Tallinn FL Splinter and George E. Barreto and Liisa AM Galea

01 / 2026

Advancing evidence-based regulation: Organization for the Study of Sex Differences and Society for Womens Health Research support FDA action on menopausal hormone therapy and encourage broader sex-informed drug label updates

Biology of Sex Differences

Rebecca L. Cunningham and Liisa A.M. Galea and Syreen Goulmamine and Georgios Kararigas and Kathryn G. Schubert and Kristen L. Zuloaga and Sofia B. Ahmed

01 / 2026

Beyond Binary Policy: Precision Medicine Requires Sex-Inclusive Research

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Andrew J. McGovern and Kristen Montgomery and Liisa A. M. Galea

12 / 2025

Cell Type-Specific Remodelling of the Female Hippocampus by Reproductive Experience and Age

Andrew J McGovern and Paula Duarte-Guterman and Liisa AM Galea

09 / 2025

Association Between Menopause Age and Estradiol-Based Hormone Therapy With Cognitive Performance in Cognitively Normal Women in the CLSA

Neurology

Tanvi A. Puri and Laura L. Gravelsins and Madeline Wood Alexander and Andrew J. McGovern and Paula Duarte Guterman and Jennifer S. Rabin and Kelly J. Murphy and Liisa A.M. Galea

09 / 2025

Translational perspectives on womens mental health

The British Journal of Psychiatry

Liisa A. M. Galea

06 / 2025

One size does not fit all: how type of menopause and hormone therapy matters for brain health

The British Journal of Psychiatry

Laura L. Gravelsins and Liisa A. M. Galea

06 / 2025

Impaired parvalbumin interneurons in the retrosplenial cortex as the cause of sex-dependent vulnerability in Alzheimers disease

Science Advances

Dylan J. Terstege and Yi Ren and Bo Young Ahn and Heewon Seo and Kabirat Adigun and Liisa A. M. Galea and Derya Sargin and Jonathan R. Epp

05 / 2025

Womens Health Research Funding in Canada across 15 years suggests low funding levels with a narrow focus

Laura L Gravelsins and Tallinn FL Splinter and Ahmad Mohammad and Samantha A Blankers and Gabrielle L Desilets and Liisa AM Galea

04 / 2025

Leveraging research into sex differences and steroid hormones to improve brain health

Nature Reviews Endocrinology

Bonnie H. Lee and Rand S. Eid and Travis E. Hodges and Claudia Barth and Liisa A. M. Galea

04 / 2025

Menopausal hormone therapy and the female brain: leveraging neuroimaging and prescription registry data from the UK Biobank cohort

Claudia Barth and Liisa AM Galea and Emily G Jacobs and Bonnie H Lee and Lars T Westlye and Ann-Marie G de Lange

04 / 2025

Parity and APOEe4 genotype contribute distinct changes to functional connectivity across the middle-aged brain

Bonnie H. Lee and Andrew J. McGovern and Stephanie E. Lieblich and Selene V. Mitchell and Jie Yin and Jonathan R. Epp and Liisa A.M. Galea

03 / 2025

Canadian Health Research Funding Patterns for Sexual and Gender Minority Populations Reflect Exclusion of Women

LGBT Health

Amanda B. Namchuk and Tori N. Stranges and Tallinn F.L. Splinter and Katherine N. Moore and Carmen H. Logie and Liisa A.M. Galea

03 / 2025

The interplay between age at menopause and synaptic integrity on Alzheimers disease risk in women

Science Advances

Madeline Wood Alexander and William G. Honer and Rowan Saloner and Liisa A. M. Galea and David A. Bennett and Jennifer S. Rabin and Kaitlin B. Casaletto

03 / 2025

Estradiol-based Menopausal Hormone Therapy is associated with improved episodic and prospective memory scores in the Canadian Longitudinal Study of Aging

Tanvi A. Puri and Laura Gravelsins and Madeline Wood Alexander and Andrew J. McGovern and Paula Duarte-Guterman and Jennifer S. Rabin and Kelly J. Murphy and Liisa A.M. Galea

01 / 2025

Estrogens dynamically regulate neurogenesis in the dentate gyrus of adult female rats

Hippocampus

Shunya Yagi and Ahmad Mohammad and Yanhua Wen and Ariel A. Batalln Burrowes and Samantha A. Blankers and Liisa A. M. Galea

11 / 2024

Exploring the parity paradox: Differential effects on neuroplasticity and inflammation by APOEe4 genotype at middle age

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Bonnie H Lee and Melike Cevizci and Stephanie E Lieblich and Muna Ibrahim and Yanhua Wen and Rand S Eid and Yvonne Lamers and Paula Duarte-Guterman and Liisa A.M. Galea

08 / 2024

Pregnancy History and Estradiol Influence Spatial Memory, Hippocampal Plasticity, and Inflammation in Middle-aged Rats

Tanvi A. Puri and Stephanie E. Lieblich and Muna Ibrahim and Liisa A. M. Galea

06 / 2024

An Analysis of Two-Spirit, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Research Funded by Canadian Institutes of Health Research

Amanda B. Namchuk and Tori N. Stranges and Tallinn F.L. Splinter and Katherine N. Moore and Carmen H. Logie and Liisa A.M. Galea

01 / 2024

Cellular and molecular signatures of motherhood in the adult and ageing rat brain

Open Biology

P. Duarte-Guterman and J. E. Richard and S. E. Lieblich and R. S. Eid and Y. Lamers and L. A. M. Galea

11 / 2023

Exploring the parity paradox: Differential effects on neuroplasticity and neuroinflammation by APOEe4 genotype at middle-age

Bonnie H Lee and Mel Cevizci and Stephanie E Lieblich and Muna Ibrahim and Yanhua Wen and Rand S Eid and Yvonne Lamers and Paula Duarte-Guterman and Liisa A.M. Galea

07 / 2023

Beyond sex differences: short- and long-term effects of pregnancy on the brain

Trends in Neurosciences

Tanvi A. Puri and Jennifer E. Richard and Liisa A.M. Galea

06 / 2023

Are we moving the dial? Canadian health research funding trends for womens health, 2S/LGBTQ + health, sex, or gender considerations

Biology of Sex Differences

Tori N. Stranges and Amanda B. Namchuk and Tallinn F. L. Splinter and Katherine N. Moore and Liisa A. M. Galea

06 / 2023

Long-term cellular and molecular signatures of pregnancy in the adult and ageing brain

P Duarte-Guterman and JE Richard and SE Lieblich and RS Eid and Y Lamers and LAM Galea

02 / 2023

High Estradiol reduces adult neurogenesis but strengthens functional connectivity within the hippocampus during spatial pattern separation in adult female rats

Shunya Yagi and Stephanie E. Lieblich and Liisa A.M. Galea

12 / 2022

Are we moving the dial? Canadian Health Research Funding Trends for Womens Health, 2S/LGBTQ+ Health, Sex, or Gender Considerations

Tori N. Stranges and Amanda B. Namchuk and Tallinn F. L. Splinter and Katherine N. Moore and Liisa A. M. Galea

12 / 2022

Sex and BDNF Val66Met Polymorphism matter for exercise-induced increase in neurogenesis and cognition in middle-aged mice

Dannia Islas-Preciado and Tallinn F.L. Splinter and Muna Ibrahim and Natasha Black and Sarah Wong and Stephanie E Lieblich and Teresa Liu-Ambrose and Cindy K Barha and Liisa A.M. Galea

07 / 2022

Sex differences in contextual pattern separation, neurogenesis, and functional connectivity within the limbic system

Biology of Sex Differences

Shunya Yagi and Amanda Lee and Nadine Truter and Liisa A. M. Galea

07 / 2022

An analysis of neuroscience and psychiatry papers published from 2009 and 2019 outlines opportunities for increasing discovery of sex differences

Nature Communications

Rebecca K. Rechlin and Tallinn F. L. Splinter and Travis E. Hodges and Arianne Y. Albert and Liisa A. M. Galea

04 / 2022

Automated classification of estrous stage in rodents using deep learning

Nora S. Wolcott and Kevin K. Sit and Gianna Raimondi and Travis Hodges and Rebecca M. Shansky and Liisa A. M. Galea and Linnaea E. Ostroff and Michael J. Goard

03 / 2022

Sex differences in contextual pattern separation, activation of new neurons, and functional connectivity within the limbic system

Shunya Yagi and Amanda Lee and Nadine Truter and Liisa AM Galea

03 / 2022

Sex and age differences in cognitive bias and neural activation in response to cognitive bias

Travis E. Hodges and Grace Y. Lee and Sophia H. Noh and Liisa A.M. Galea

02 / 2022

When Trauma Gets Under Your Skin

Biological Psychiatry

Jennifer E. Richard and Liisa A.M. Galea

02 / 2022

Are sex differences in cognitive impairment reflected in epigenetic age acceleration metrics?

Neurobiology of Aging

Amy M. Inkster and Paula Duarte-Guterman and Arianne Y. Albert and Cindy K. Barha and Liisa A.M. Galea and Wendy P. Robinson

01 / 2022

Sex differences in predictors and regional patterns of brain-age-gap estimates

N Sanford and R Ge and M Antoniades and A Modabbernia and SS Haas and HC Whalley and L Galea and SG Popescu and JH Cole and S Frangou

01 / 2022

Androgens and Adult Neurogenesis in the Hippocampus

Androgens: Clinical Research and Therapeutics

Samantha A. Blankers and Liisa A.M. Galea

12 / 2021

Harnessing the Power of Sex Differences: What a Difference Ten Years Did Not Make

Rebecca K. Rechlin and Tallinn F.L. Splinter and Travis E. Hodges and Arianne Y. Albert and Liisa A.M. Galea

07 / 2021

Sex differences and estradiol effects in MAPK and Akt cell signalling across subregions of the hippocampus

Paul A. S. Sheppard and Tanvi A. Puri and Liisa A. M. Galea

05 / 2021

Intention to receive a COVID-19 vaccine: Results from a population-based survey in Canada

Gina S. Ogilvie and Shanlea Gordon and Laurie W. Smith and Arianne Albert and C. Sarai Racey and Amy Booth and Anna Gottschlich and David Goldfarb and Melanie C.M. Murray and Liisa A.M. Galea and Angela Kaida and Lori A. Brotto and Manish Sadarangani

02 / 2021

Postpartum corticosterone and fluoxetine shift the tryptophan-kynurenine pathway in dams

Wansu Qiu and Kimberly A. Go and Yvonne Lamers and Liisa A. M. Galea

02 / 2021

Sex differences in cortisol and memory following acute social stress in amnestic mild cognitive impairment

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Kelly J. Murphy and Travis E. Hodges and Paul A. S. Sheppard and Angela K. Troyer and Elizabeth Hampson and Liisa A. M. Galea

10 / 2020

Perinatal depression: Heterogeneity of disease and in animal models

Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology

Wansu Qiu and Travis E. Hodges and Emily L. Clark and Samantha A. Blankers and Liisa A.M. Galea

10 / 2020

Sex Differences in Maturation and Attrition of Adult Neurogenesis in the Hippocampus

eneuro

Shunya Yagi and Jared E.J. Splinter and Daria Tai and Sarah Wong and Yanhua Wen and Liisa A.M. Galea

07 / 2020

Sex influences the effects of APOE genotype and Alzheimers diagnosis on neuropathology and memory

Paula Duarte-Guterman and Arianne Y. Albert and Cindy K. Barha and Liisa A.M. Galea

06 / 2020

Risk-based Decision Making in Rats: Modulation by Sex and Amphetamine

Dannia Islas-Preciado and Steven R. Wainwright and Julia Sniegocki and Stephane E. Lieblich and Shunya Yagi and Stan B. Floresco and Liisa A. M. Galea

03 / 2020

A Tribute to Bruce S. McEwen

Trends in Neurosciences

Liisa A.M. Galea and Roberta D. Brinton and Heather A. Cameron and Cheryl D. Conrad and Sonia J. Lupien and Rebecca M. Shansky and Catherine S. Woolley and Elizabeth Gould

03 / 2020

Structural plasticity of the hippocampus in response to estrogens in female rodents

Molecular Brain

Paul A. S. Sheppard and Elena Choleris and Liisa A. M. Galea

12 / 2019

Folic acid, but not folate, regulates different stages of neurogenesis in the ventral hippocampus of adult female rats

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Wansu Qiu and Aarthi R. Gobinath and Yanhua Wen and Jehannine Austin and Liisa A. M. Galea

10 / 2019

Androgens Enhance Adult Hippocampal Neurogenesis in Males but Not Females in an Age-Dependent Manner

Endocrinology

Paula Duarte-Guterman and Stephanie E Lieblich and Steven R Wainwright and Carmen Chow and Jessica A Chaiton and Neil V Watson and Liisa A M Galea

09 / 2019

Selective activation of estrogen receptors a and : Implications for depressive-like phenotypes in female mice exposed to chronic unpredictable stress

Rand S. Eid and Stephanie E. Lieblich and Paula Duarte-Guterman and Jessica A. Chaiton and Amanda G. Mah and Sarah J. Wong and Yanhua Wen and Liisa A.M. Galea

09 / 2019

Inflammation in Alzheimers disease: do sex and APOE matter?

Paula Duarte-Guterman and Arianne Y. Albert and Amy M. Inkster and Cindy K. Barha and Liisa A.M. Galea

08 / 2019

Early and late effects of maternal experience on hippocampal neurogenesis, microglia, and the circulating cytokine milieu

Neurobiology of Aging

Rand S. Eid and Jessica A. Chaiton and Stephanie E. Lieblich and Tamara S. Bodnar and Joanne Weinberg and Liisa A.M. Galea

06 / 2019

Sex differences in depression: Insights from clinical and preclinical studies

Progress in Neurobiology

Rand S. Eid and Aarthi R. Gobinath and Liisa A.M. Galea

05 / 2019

The long and short term effects of motherhood on the brain

Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology

Paula Duarte-Guterman and Benedetta Leuner and Liisa A.M. Galea

02 / 2019

Sex differences in hippocampal cognition and neurogenesis

Neuropsychopharmacology

Shunya Yagi and Liisa A. M. Galea

01 / 2019

Beyond sex differences: short and long-term implications of motherhood on womens health

Current Opinion in Physiology

Liisa AM Galea and Wansu Qiu and Paula Duarte-Guterman

12 / 2018

Premarin has opposing effects on spatial learning, neural activation, and serum cytokine levels in middle-aged female ratsdepending on reproductive history

Neurobiology of Aging

Liisa A.M. Galea and Meighen M. Roes and Christina J. Dimech and Carmen Chow and Rand Mahmoud and Stephanie E. Lieblich and Paula Duarte-Guterman

10 / 2018

Maternal exercise increases but concurrent maternal fluoxetine prevents the increase in hippocampal neurogenesis of adult offspring

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Aarthi R. Gobinath and Sarah Wong and Carmen Chow and Stephanie E. Lieblich and Alasdair M. Barr and Liisa A.M. Galea

05 / 2018

Neural androgen receptors affect the number of surviving new neurones in the adult dentate gyrus of male mice

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

A. Swift-Gallant and P. Duarte-Guterman and D. K. Hamson and M. Ibrahim and D. A. Monks and L. A. M. Galea

04 / 2018

Voluntary running influences the efficacy of fluoxetine in a model of postpartum depression

Neuropharmacology

Aarthi R. Gobinath and Robin J. Richardson and Carmen Chow and Joanna L. Workman and Stephanie E. Lieblich and Alasdair M. Barr and Liisa A.M. Galea

01 / 2018

Premarin has opposing effects on spatial learning, neural activiation and serum cytokine levels in middle age dependent on reproductive history

Liisa AM Galea and Meighen M. Roes and Christina van den Brink and Carmen Chow and Rand Mahmoud and Stephanie E. Lieblich and Paula Duarte-Guterman

12 / 2017

Sex and estrous cycle differences in immediate early gene activation in the hippocampus and the dorsal striatum after the cue competition task

Hormones and Behavior

Yagi, S. and Drewczynski, D. and Wainwright, S.R. and Barha, C.K. and Hershorn, O. and Galea, L.A.M.

The maternal 'baby brain' revisited

Nature Neuroscience

Barha, C.K. and Galea, L.A.M.

Sex, hormones, and genotype interact to influence psychiatric disease, treatment, and behavioral research

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Gobinath, A.R. and Choleris, E. and Galea, L.A.M.

Parity modifies the effects of fluoxetine and corticosterone on behavior, stress reactivity, and hippocampal neurogenesis

Neuropharmacology

Workman, J.L. and Gobinath, A.R. and Kitay, N.F. and Chow, C. and Brummelte, S. and Galea, L.A.M.

Why estrogens matter for behavior and brain health

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Galea, L.A.M. and Frick, K.M. and Hampson, E. and Sohrabji, F. and Choleris, E.

Sex hormones and adult hippocampal neurogenesis: Regulation, implications, and potential mechanisms

Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology

Mahmoud, R. and Wainwright, S.R. and Galea, L.A.M.

Postpartum depression: Etiology, treatment and consequences for maternal care

Hormones and Behavior

Brummelte, S. and Galea, L.A.M.

Hormones and the regulation of adult neurogenesis in the hippocampus and beyond: Where are we now? Introduction to the special issue on hormonal regulation of adult neurogenesis: Implications for disease

Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology

Galea, L.A.M. and Duarte-Guterman, P.

Ovarian hormones, but not fluoxetine, impart resilience within a chronic unpredictable stress model in middle-aged female rats

Neuropharmacology

Mahmoud, R. and Wainwright, S.R. and Chaiton, J.A. and Lieblich, S.E. and Galea, L.A.M.

Enzymatic depletion of the polysialic acid moiety associated with the neural cell adhesion molecule inhibits antidepressant efficacy

Neuropsychopharmacology

Wainwright, S.R. and Barha, C.K. and Hamson, D.K. and Epp, J.R. and Chow, C. and Lieblich, S.E. and Rutishauser, U. and Galea, L.A.M.

Testosterone has antidepressant-like efficacy and facilitates imipramine-induced neuroplasticity in male rats exposed to chronic unpredictable stress

Hormones and Behavior

Wainwright, S.R. and Workman, J.L. and Tehrani, A. and Hamson, D.K. and Chow, C. and Lieblich, S.E. and Galea, L.A.M.

A new beginning

Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology

Galea, L.

Personalising exercise recommendations for brain health: Considerations and future directions

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Barha, C.K. and Galea, L.A. and Nagamatsu, L.S. and Erickson, K.I. and Liu-Ambrose, T.

Maternal postpartum corticosterone and fluoxetine differentially affect adult male and female offspring on anxiety-like behavior, stress reactivity, and hippocampal neurogenesis

Neuropharmacology

Gobinath, A.R. and Workman, J.L. and Chow, C. and Lieblich, S.E. and Galea, L.A.M.

Sex and strategy use matters for pattern separation, adult neurogenesis, and immediate early gene expression in the hippocampus

Hippocampus

Yagi, S. and Chow, C. and Lieblich, S.E. and Galea, L.A.M.

Prior high corticosterone exposure reduces activation of immature neurons in the ventral hippocampus in response to spatial and nonspatial memory

Hippocampus

Workman, J.L. and Chan, M.Y.T. and Galea, L.A.M.

Influence of sex and stress exposure across the lifespan on endophenotypes of depression: Focus on behavior, glucocorticoids, and hippocampus

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Gobinath, A.R. and Mahmoud, R. and Galea, L.A.M.

Hippocampal learning, memory, and neurogenesis: Effects of sex and estrogens across the lifespan in adults

Hormones and Behavior

Duarte-Guterman, P. and Yagi, S. and Chow, C. and Galea, L.A.M.

Estradiol and GPER activation differentially affect cell proliferation but not GPER expression in the hippocampus of adult female rats

PLoS ONE

Duarte-Guterman, P. and Lieblich, S.E. and Chow, C. and Galea, L.A.M.

Amphetamine sensitization and cross-sensitization with acute restraint stress: impact of prenatal alcohol exposure in male and female rats

Psychopharmacology

Uban, K.A. and Comeau, W.L. and Bodnar, T. and Yu, W.K. and Weinberg, J. and Galea, L.A.M.

Multiparity-induced enhancement of hippocampal neurogenesis and spatial memory depends on ovarian hormone status in middle age

Neurobiology of Aging

Barha, C.K. and Lieblich, S.E. and Chow, C. and Galea, L.A.M.

Alcohol and pregnancy: Effects on maternal care, HPA axis function, and hippocampal neurogenesis in adult females

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Workman, J.L. and Raineki, C. and Weinberg, J. and Galea, L.A.M.

Neuronal Gonadotrophin-Releasing Hormone (GnRH) and Astrocytic Gonadotrophin Inhibitory Hormone (GnIH) Immunoreactivity in the Adult Rat Hippocampus

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Ferris, J.K. and Tse, M.T. and Hamson, D.K. and Taves, M.D. and Ma, C. and McGuire, N. and Arckens, L. and Bentley, G.E. and Galea, L.A.M. and Floresco, S.B. and Soma, K.K.

The Maternal Brain: Short- and Long-Term Effects of Reproductive Experience on Hippocampus Structure and Function in Adulthood

Sex Differences in the Central Nervous System

Roes, M. and Galea, L.A.M.

Effects of chronic oestradiol, progesterone and medroxyprogesterone acetate on hippocampal neurogenesis and adrenal mass in adult female rats

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Chan, M. and Chow, C. and Hamson, D.K. and Lieblich, S.E. and Galea, L.A.M.

Hippocampal plasticity during the peripartum period: Influence of sex steroids, stress and ageing

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Galea, L.A.M. and Leuner, B. and Slattery, D.A.

Sex, drugs, and adult neurogenesis: Sex-dependent effects of escalating adolescent cannabinoid exposure on adult hippocampal neurogenesis, stress reactivity, and amphetamine sensitization

Hippocampus

Lee, T.T.-Y. and Wainwright, S.R. and Hill, M.N. and Galea, L.A.M. and Gorzalka, B.B.

Postpartum Corticosterone Administration Reduces Dendritic Complexity and Increases the Density of Mushroom Spines of Hippocampal CA3 Arbours in Dams

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Workman, J.L. and Brummelte, S. and Galea, L.A.M.

The hormone therapy, Premarin, impairs hippocampus-dependent spatial learning and memory and reduces activation of new granule neurons in response to memory in female rats

Neurobiology of Aging

Barha, C.K. and Galea, L.A.M.

Increased hippocampal neurogenesis and p21 expression in depression: Dependent on antidepressants, sex, age, and antipsychotic exposure

Neuropsychopharmacology

Epp, J.R. and Beasley, C.L. and Galea, L.A.

17-Estradiol, but not estrone, increases the survival and activation of new neurons in the hippocampus in response to spatial memory in adult female rats

Hormones and Behavior

McClure, R.E.S. and Barha, C.K. and Galea, L.A.M.

Hormonal modulators of glial ABCA1 and apoE levels

Journal of Lipid Research

Fan, J. and Shimizu, Y. and Chan, J. and Wilkinson, A. and Ito, A. and Tontonoz, P. and Dullaghan, E. and Galea, L.A.M. and Pfeifer, T. and Wellington, C.L.

Androgens increase survival of adult-born neurons in the dentate gyrus by an androgen receptor-dependent mechanism in male rats

Endocrinology

Hamson, D.K. and Wainwright, S.R. and Taylor, J.R. and Jones, B.A. and Watson, N.V. and Galea, L.A.M.

Upregulation of CB1 receptor binding in the ventromedial prefrontal cortex promotes proactive stress-coping strategies following chronic stress exposure

Behavioural Brain Research

McLaughlin, R.J. and Hill, M.N. and Dang, S.S. and Wainwright, S.R. and Galea, L.A.M. and Hillard, C.J. and Gorzalka, B.B.

Sex differences in neurogenesis and activation of new neurons in response to spatial learning and memory

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Chow, C. and Epp, J.R. and Lieblich, S.E. and Barha, C.K. and Galea, L.A.M.

Hippocampus-dependent learning influences hippocampal neurogenesis

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Epp, J.R. and Chow, C. and Galea, L.A.M.

Antidepressant use during pregnancy and serotonin transporter genotype (SLC6A4) Affect newborn serum reelin levels

Developmental Psychobiology

Brummelte, S. and Galea, L.A.M. and Devlin, A.M. and Oberlander, T.F.

The neural plasticity theory of depression: Assessing the roles of adult neurogenesis and psa-ncam within the hippocampus

Neural Plasticity

Wainwright, S.R. and Galea, L.A.M.

Sex, hormones and neurogenesis in the hippocampus: Hormonal modulation of neurogenesis and potential functional implications

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Galea, L.A.M. and Wainwright, S.R. and Roes, M.M. and Duarte-Guterman, P. and Chow, C. and Hamson, D.K.

Reproductive experience does not persistently alter prefrontal cortical-dependent learning but does alter strategy use dependent on estrous phase

Hormones and Behavior

Workman, J.L. and Crozier, T. and Lieblich, S.E. and Galea, L.A.M.

Basal regulation of HPA and dopamine systems is altered differentially in males and females by prenatal alcohol exposure and chronic variable stress

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Uban, K.A. and Comeau, W.L. and Ellis, L.A. and Galea, L.A.M. and Weinberg, J.

Estradiol modulates effort-based decision making in female rats

Neuropsychopharmacology

Uban, K.A. and Rummel, J. and Floresco, S.B. and Galea, L.A.M.

Gestational and postpartum corticosterone exposure to the dam affects behavioral and endocrine outcome of the offspring in a sexually-dimorphic manner

Neuropharmacology

Brummelte, S. and Lieblich, S.E. and Galea, L.A.M.

Endocrine substrates of cognitive and affective changes during pregnancy and postpartum

Behavioral Neuroscience

Workman, J.L. and Barha, C.K. and Galea, L.A.M.

Maternal bisphenol A (BPA) decreases attractiveness of male offspring

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Galea, L.A.M. and Barha, C.K.

Chronic restraint stress in adolescence differentially influences hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis function and adult hippocampal neurogenesis in male and female rats

Hippocampus

Barha, C.K. and Brummelte, S. and Lieblich, S.E. and Galea, L.A.

Strain differences in neurogenesis and activation of new neurons in the dentate gyrus in response to spatial learning

Neuroscience

Epp, J.R. and Scott, N.A. and Galea, L.A.M.

Motherhood alters the cellular response to estrogens in the hippocampus later in life

Neurobiology of Aging

Barha, C.K. and Galea, L.A.M.

Everyday life memory deficits in pregnant women

Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology

Cuttler, C. and Graf, P. and Pawluski, J.L. and Galea, L.A.M.

Elevated corticosterone levels during the first postpartum period influence subsequent pregnancy outcomes and behaviours of the dam

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Wong, J.H.K. and Brummelte, S. and Galea, L.A.M.

Activation and survival of immature neurons in the dentate gyrus with spatial memory is dependent on time of exposure to spatial learning and age of cells at examination

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Epp, J.R. and Haack, A.K. and Galea, L.A.M.

Hypogonadism predisposes males to the development of behavioural and neuroplastic depressive phenotypes

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Wainwright, S.R. and Lieblich, S.E. and Galea, L.A.M.

Progesterone treatment normalizes the levels of cell proliferation and cell death in the dentate gyrus of the hippocampus after traumatic brain injury

Experimental Neurology

Barha, C.K. and Ishrat, T. and Epp, J.R. and Galea, L.A.M. and Stein, D.G.

Prenatal alcohol exposure reduces the proportion of newly produced neurons and glia in the dentate gyrus of the hippocampus in female rats

Hormones and Behavior

Uban, K.A. and Sliwowska, J.H. and Lieblich, S. and Ellis, L.A. and Yu, W.K. and Weinberg, J. and Galea, L.A.M.

Elevated corticosterone levels in stomach milk, serum, and brain of male and female offspring after maternal corticosterone treatment in the rat

Developmental Neurobiology

Brummelte, S. and Schmidt, K.L. and Taves, M.D. and Soma, K.K. and Galea, L.A.M.

Pregnancy decreases oestrogen receptor a expression and pyknosis, but not cell proliferation or survival, in the hippocampus

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Pawluski, J.L. and Barakauskas, V.E. and Galea, L.A.M.

Low doses of 17a-estradiol and 17-estradiol facilitate, whereas higher doses of estrone and 17a-and 17-estradiol impair, contextual fear conditioning in adult female rats

Neuropsychopharmacology

Barha, C.K. and Dalton, G.L. and Galea, L.A.M.

Chronic high corticosterone reduces neurogenesis in the dentate gyrus of adult male and female rats

Neuroscience

Brummelte, S. and Galea, L.A.M.

Task difficulty in the Morris water task influences the survival of new neurons in the dentate gyrus

Hippocampus

Epp, J.R. and Haack, A.K. and Galea, L.A.M.

Hormone regulation of adult hippocampal neurogenesis in the mammalian brain

Hormones, Brain and Behavior Online

Barha, C.K. and Barker, J.M. and Brummelte, S. and Epp, J.R. and Galea, L.A.M.

Males show stronger contextual fear conditioning than females after context pre-exposure

Physiology and Behavior

Barker, J.M. and Galea, L.A.M.

Influence of different estrogens on neuroplasticity and cognition in the hippocampus

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - General Subjects

Barha, C.K. and Galea, L.A.M.

Chronic corticosterone during pregnancy and postpartum affects maternal care, cell proliferation and depressive-like behavior in the dam

Hormones and Behavior

Brummelte, S. and Galea, L.A.M.

Depression during pregnancy and postpartum: Contribution of stress and ovarian hormones

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Brummelte, S. and Galea, L.A.M.

Stress-induced suppression of hippocampal neurogenesis in adult male rats is altered by prenatal ethanol exposure

Stress

Sliwowska, J.H. and Barker, J.M. and Barha, C.K. and Lan, N. and Weinberg, J. and Galea, L.A.M.

Estradiol does not influence strategy choice but place strategy choice is associated with increased cell proliferation in the hippocampus of female rats

Hormones and Behavior

Rummel, J. and Epp, J.R. and Galea, L.A.M.

Different forms of oestrogen rapidly upregulate cell proliferation in the dentate gyrus of adult female rats

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Barha, C.K. and Lieblich, S.E. and Galea, L.A.M.

Effects of steroid hormones on neurogenesis in the hippocampus of the adult female rodent during the estrous cycle, pregnancy, lactation and aging

Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology

Pawluski, J.L. and Brummelte, S. and Barha, C.K. and Crozier, T.M. and Galea, L.A.M.

Sex and regional differences in estradiol content in the prefrontal cortex, amygdala and hippocampus of adult male and female rats

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Barker, J.M. and Galea, L.A.M.

Reproductive experience alters corticosterone and CBG levels in the rat dam

Physiology and Behavior

Pawluski, J.L. and Charlier, T.D. and Lieblich, S.E. and Hammond, G.L. and Galea, L.A.M.

Offspring-exposure reduces depressive-like behaviour in the parturient female rat

Behavioural Brain Research

Pawluski, J.L. and Lieblich, S.E. and Galea, L.A.M.

The contribution of reproductive experience, steroid and peptide hormones on dendritic spine density and morphology in the hippocampus and prefrontal cortex

Dendritic Spines: Biochemistry, Modeling and Properties

Crozier, T.M. and Pawluski, J.L. and Brummelte, S. and Galea, L.A.M.

Role of estradiol withdrawal in 'anhedonic' sucrose consumption: A model of postpartum depression

Physiology and Behavior

Green, A.D. and Barr, A.M. and Galea, L.A.M.

Prior sexual experience increases hippocampal cell proliferation and decreases risk assessment behavior in response to acute predator odor stress in the male rat

Behavioural Brain Research

Spritzer, M.D. and Weinberg, A. and Viau, V. and Galea, L.A.M.

Neonatal S100B protein levels after prenatal exposure to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors

Pediatrics

Pawluski, J.L. and Galea, L.A.M. and Brain, U. and Papsdorf, M. and Oberlander, T.F.

Hippocampus-dependent strategy choice predicts low levels of cell proliferation in the dentate gyrus

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Epp, J.R. and Galea, L.A.M.

Running wild: Neurogenesis in the hippocampus across the lifespan in wild and laboratory-bred Norway rats

Hippocampus

Epp, J.R. and Barker, J.M. and Galea, L.A.M.

ERa, but not ER, mediates the expression of sexual behavior in the female rat

Behavioural Brain Research

Mazzucco, C.A. and Walker, H.A. and Pawluski, J.L. and Lieblich, S.E. and Galea, L.A.M.

Adult hippocampal cell proliferation is suppressed with estrogen withdrawal after a hormone-simulated pregnancy

Hormones and Behavior

Green, A.D. and Galea, L.A.M.

Sleep deprivation can inhibit adult hippocampal neurogenesis independent of adrenal stress hormones

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Mueller, A.D. and Pollock, M.S. and Lieblich, S.E. and Epp, J.R. and Galea, L.A.M. and Mistlberger, R.E.

Repeated estradiol administration alters different aspects of neurogenesis and cell death in the hippocampus of female, but not male, rats

Neuroscience

Barker, J.M. and Galea, L.A.M.

The Role of Reproductive Experience on Hippocampal Function and Plasticity

Neurobiology of the Parental Brain

Pawluski, J.L. and Galea, L.A.M.

Gonadal hormone modulation of neurogenesis in the dentate gyrus of adult male and female rodents

Brain Research Reviews

Galea, L.A.M.

Endocrine regulation of cognition and neuroplasticity: Our pursuit to unveil the complex interaction between hormones, the brain, and behaviour

Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology

Galea, L.A.M. and Uban, K.A. and Epp, J.R. and Brummelte, S. and Barha, C.K. and Wilson, W.L. and Lieblich, S.E. and Pawluski, J.L.

Castration differentially affects spatial working and reference memory in male rats

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Spritzer, M.D. and Gill, M. and Weinberg, A. and Galea, L.A.M.

Hippocampus-dependent learning promotes survival of new neurons in the dentate gyrus at a specific time during cell maturation

Neuroscience

Epp, J.R. and Spritzer, M.D. and Galea, L.A.M.

Maternal care affects male and female offspring working memory and stress reactivity

Physiology and Behavior

Barha, C.K. and Pawluski, J.L. and Galea, L.A.M.

Testosterone and dihydrotestosterone, but not estradiol, enhance survival of new hippocampal neurons in adult male rats

Developmental Neurobiology

Spritzer, M.D. and Galea, L.A.M.

Reproductive experience alters hippocampal neurogenesis during the postpartum period in the dam

Neuroscience

Pawluski, J.L. and Galea, L.A.M.

Hippocampal morphology is differentially affected by reproductive experience in the mother

Journal of Neurobiology

Pawluski, J.L. and Galea, L.A.M.

First reproductive experience persistently affects spatial reference and working memory in the mother and these effects are not due to pregnancy or 'mothering' alone

Behavioural Brain Research

Pawluski, J.L. and Vanderbyl, B.L. and Ragan, K. and Galea, L.A.M.

Both estrogen receptor a and estrogen receptor agonists enhance cell proliferation in the dentate gyrus of adult female rats

Neuroscience

Mazzucco, C.A. and Lieblich, S.E. and Bingham, B.I. and Williamson, M.A. and Viau, V. and Galea, L.A.M.

High post-partum levels of corticosterone given to dams influence postnatal hippocampal cell proliferation and behavior of offspring: A model of post-partum stress and possible depression

Hormones and Behavior

Brummelte, S. and Pawluski, J.L. and Galea, L.A.M.

Systemic and local administration of estradiol into the prefrontal cortex or hippocampus differentially alters working memory

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Sinopoli, K.J. and Floresco, S.B. and Galea, L.A.M.

Gonadal hormone modulation of hippocampal neurogenesis in the adult

Hippocampus

Galea, L.A.M. and Spritzer, M.D. and Barker, J.M. and Pawluski, J.L.

Endocannabinoids modulate stress-induced suppression of hippocampal cell proliferation and activation of defensive behaviours

European Journal of Neuroscience

Hill, M.N. and Kambo, J.S. and Sun, J.C. and Gorzalka, B.B. and Galea, L.A.M.

Reproductive experience differentially affects spatial reference and working memory performance in the mother

Hormones and Behavior

Pawluski, J.L. and Walker, S.K. and Galea, L.A.M.

Activational levels of androgens influence risk assessment behaviour but do not influence stress-induced suppression in hippocampal cell proliferation in adult male rats

Behavioural Brain Research

Kambo, J.S. and Galea, L.A.M.

Estradiol-induced enhancement in cell proliferation is mediated through estrogen receptors in the dentate cyrus of adult female rats

Drug Development Research

Nagy, A.I. and Ormerod, B.K. and Mazzucco, C. and Galea, L.A.M.

High level estradiol impairs and low level estradiol facilitates non-spatial working memory

Behavioural Brain Research

Wide, J.K. and Hanratty, K. and Ting, J. and Galea, L.A.M.

Adult Hippocampal Neurogenesis and Voluntary Running Activity: Circadian and Dose-Dependent Effects

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Holmes, M.M. and Galea, L.A.M. and Mistlberger, R.E. and Kempermann, G.

Estradiol enhances neurogenesis in the dentate gyri of adult male meadow voles by increasing the survival of young granule neurons

Neuroscience

Ormerod, B.K. and Lee, T.T.-Y. and Galea, L.A.M.

N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor activity and estradiol: Separate regulation of cell proliferation in the dentate gyrus of adult female meadow vole

Journal of Endocrinology

Ormerod, B.K. and Falconer, E.M. and Galea, L.A.M.

Estradiol initially enhances but subsequently suppresses (via adrenal steroids) granule cell proliferation in the dentate gyrus of adult female rats

Journal of Neurobiology

Ormerod, B.K. and Lee, T.T.-Y. and Galea, L.A.M.

Sex differences in cell proliferation, cell death and defensive behavior following acute predator odor stress in adult rats

Brain Research

Falconer, E.M. and Galea, L.A.M.

Reproductive status influences the survival of new cells in the dentate gyrus of adult male meadow voles

Neuroscience Letters

Ormerod, B.K. and Galea, L.A.M.

High levels of estradiol impair spatial performance in the Morris water maze and increase 'depressive-like' behaviors in the female meadow vole

Physiology and Behavior

Galea, L.A.M. and Lee, T.T.-Y. and Kostaras, X. and Sidhu, J.A. and Barr, A.M.

Low levels of estradiol facilitate, whereas high levels of estradiol impair, working memory performance on the radial arm maze

Behavioral Neuroscience

Holmes, M.M. and Wide, J.K. and Galea, L.A.M.

Defensive behavior and hippocampal cell proliferation: Differential modulation by naltrexone during stress

Behavioral Neuroscience

Holmes, M.M. and Galea, L.A.M.

Estradiol alleviates depressive-like symptoms in a novel animal model of post-partum depression

Behavioural Brain Research

Galea, L.A.M and Wide, J.K. and Barr, A.M.

Reproductive status influences cell proliferation and cell survival in the dentate gyrus of adult female meadow voles: A possible regulatory role for estradiol

Neuroscience

Ormerod, B.K. and Galea, L.A.M.

Adult neurogenesis in natural populations

Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Boonstra, R. and Galea, L. and Matthews, S. and Wojtowicz, J.M.

High levels of estradiol disrupt conditioned place preference learning, stimulus response learning and reference memory but have limited effects on working memory

Behavioural Brain Research

Galea, L.A.M. and Wide, J.K. and Paine, T.A. and Holmes, M.M. and Ormerod, B.K. and Floresco, S.B.

Exposure to fox odor inhibits cell proliferation in the hippocampus of adult rats via an adrenal hormone-dependent mechanism

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Tanapat, P. and Hastings, N.B. and Rydel, T.A. and Galea, L.A.M. and Gould, E.

Spatial working memory and hippocampal size across pregnancy in rats

Hormones and Behavior

Galea, L.A.M. and Ormerod, B.K. and Sampath, S. and Kostaras, X. and Wilkie, D.M. and Phelps, M.T.

Relations of hippocampal volume and dentate gyrus width to gonadal hormone levels in male and female meadow voles

Brain Research

Galea, L.A.M. and Perrot-Sinal, T.S. and Kavaliers, M. and Ossenkopp, K.-P.

Sex and seasonal differences in the rate of cell proliferation in the dentate gyrus of adult wild meadow voles

Neuroscience

Galea, L.A.M. and McEwen, B.S.

Stress inhibits the proliferation of granule cell precursors in the developing dentate gyrus

International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience

Tanapat, P. and Galea, L.A.M. and Gould, E.

Sex differences in spatial learning and prefrontal and parietal cortical dendritic morphology in the meadow vole, Microtus pennsylvanicus

Brain Research

Kavaliers, M. and Ossenkopp, K.-P. and Galea, L.A.M. and Bryan Kolb

Neurogenesis in the dentate gyrus of the adult tree shrew is regulated by psychosocial stress and NMDA receptor activation

Journal of Neuroscience

Gould, E. and McEwen, B.S. and Tanapat, P. and Galea, L.A.M. and Fuchs, E.

Sex differences in dendritic atrophy of CA3 pyramidal neurons in response to chronic restraint stress

Neuroscience

Galea, L.A.M. and McEwen, B.S. and Tanapat, P. and Deak, T. and Spencer, R.L. and Dhabhar, F.S.

Chronic stress impairs rat spatial memory on the Y maze, and this effect is blocked by tianeptine pretreatment

Behavioral Neuroscience

Conrad, C.D. and Galea, L.A.M. and Kuroda, Y. and McEwen, B.S.

Spatial learning in deer mice: Sex differences and the effects of endogenous opioids and 60 Hz magnetic fields

Journal of Comparative Physiology - A Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Kavaliers, M. and Ossenkopp, K.-P. and Prato, F.S. and Innes, D.G.L. and Galea, L.A.M. and Kinsella, D.M. and Perrot-Sinal, T.S.

Sexually dimorphic spatial learning in meadow voles Microtus pennsylvanicus and deer mice Peromyscus maniculatus

Journal of Experimental Biology

Galea, L.A.M. and Kavaliers, M. and Ossenkopp, K.-P.

Parasitic infection impairs spatial learning in mice

Animal Behaviour

Kavaliers, M. and Colwell, D.D. and Galea, L.A.

Sex differences in the expression and antagonism of swim stress-induced analgesia in deer mice vary with the breeding season

Pain

Kavaliers, M. and Galea, L.A.M.

Gonadal Hormone Levels and Spatial Learning Performance in the Morris Water Maze in Male and Female Meadow Voles, Microtus pennsylvanicus

Hormones and Behavior

Galea, L.A.M. and Kavaliers, M. and Ossenkopp, K.-P. and Hampson, E.

Naloxone facilitates spatial learning in a water-maze task in female, but not male, adult nonbreeding meadow voles

Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior

Galea, L.A.M. and Saksida, L. and Kavaliers, M. and Ossenkopp, K.-P.

Sexually dimorphic spatial learning varies seasonally in two populations of deer mice

Brain Research

Galea, L.A.M. and Kavaliers, M. and Ossenkopp, K.-P. and Innes, D. and Hargreaves, E.L.

Performance (re-acquisition) of a water-maze task by adult meadow voles: Effects of age of initial task acquisition and in utero environment (litter sex-ratio)

Behavioural Brain Research

Galea, L.A.M. and Ossenkopp, K.-P. and Kavaliers, M.

Spatial water maze learning using celestial cues by the meadow vole, Microtus pennsylvanicus

Behavioural Brain Research

Kavaliers, M. and Galea, L.A.M.

Reduction of predator odor-induced anxiety in mice by the neurosteroid 3a-hydroxy-4-pregnen-20-one (3aHP)

Brain Research

Kavaliers, M. and Wiebe, J.P. and Galea, L.A.M.

Developmental changes in spatial learning in the Morris water-maze in young meadow voles, Microtus pennsylvanicus

Behavioural Brain Research

Galea, L.A.M. and Ossenkopp, K.-P. and Kavaliers, M.

Male preference for the odors of estrous female mice is enhanced by the neurosteroid 3a-hydroxy-4-pregnen-20-one (3aHP)

Brain Research

Kavaliers, M. and Wiebe, J.P. and Galea, L.A.M.

Predator-induced opioid and non-opioid mediated analgesia in young meadow voles: sex differences and developmental changes

Brain Research

Saksida, L.M. and Galea, L.A.M. and Kavaliers, M.

Sex differences in route-learning

Personality and Individual Differences

Galea, L.A.M. and Kimura, D.

Antinociceptive effects of the enkephalinase inhibitor, SCH 34826, in the snail, Cepaea nemoralis

Peptides

Saksida, L.M. and Galea, L.A.M. and Kavaliers, M.