Brennan A. Baca

Homeostatic neuroimmune rhythms are linked to priming of olfactory bulb responses to an intranasal inflammatory challenge

The paper shows that time of day influences the olfactory bulb's response to inflammatory challenges through rhythmic immune gene expression and microglial activity in mice.

Endocannabinoid signaling is a critical link between circadian desynchronization and metabolic dysfunction

This study shows that endocannabinoid signaling via CB1r mediates metabolic dysfunction caused by circadian desynchronization, with the liver playing a key role.

Estradiol-induced progesterone synthesis develops post-puberty in the rostral hypothalamus and coincides with post-pubertal changes in the steroidogenic pathway in female mouse hypothalamic astrocytes

This study shows that estradiol-induced progesterone synthesis in the rostral hypothalamus develops post-puberty in female mice and correlates with increased membrane ER expression in hypothalamic astrocytes.