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Melissa D. Bauman

University of California, DavisORCID 0000-0003-0701-3851Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:experimental assay· 3 Organism:mouse· 3 Research Focus:differential expression· 2 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 2 Organism:non-human primate· 2 Organism:rat· 2 Approach:statistical model· 2 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1

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NeuroscienceDevelopmental PsychobiologyPeer-reviewedJul 1, 2026

Innovative Methods for Prenatal Cannabis Exposure: Vapor Inhalation Chamber and Metabolite Quantification in Prairie Voles and Rats

Sophia Rogers, Casey E. Hogrefe, Chun‐Yi Wu…·Karen Lisa Bales

This study develops a cross-species inhalation protocol to expose pregnant prairie voles and rats to THC, showing placental transfer and species-specific distribution patterns.

DOI 10.1002/dev.70185

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GenomicsNature CommunicationsPeer-reviewedSep 21, 2022

Multi-omic brain and behavioral correlates of cell-free fetal DNA methylation in macaque maternal obesity models

Benjamin I. Laufer, Yu Hasegawa, Zhichao Zhang…·Janine M. LaSalle

The paper identifies methylation changes in cell-free fetal DNA linked to maternal obesity and correlates them with infant brain and behavioral outcomes in macaques.

12 citations

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NeuroscienceBiological PsychiatryPeer-reviewedNov 2, 2020

Alterations in retrotransposition, synaptic connectivity, and myelination implicated by transcriptomic changes following maternal immune activation in non-human primates

Nicholas F. Page, Michael J. Gandal, Myka L. Estes…·Daniel H. Geschwind

This study identifies transcriptomic changes in non-human primate brains exposed to maternal immune activation, revealing alterations in retrotransposition, synaptic connectivity, and myelination.

35 citations

non-human primatebulk RNA-seq

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NeurosciencebioRxivPreprintJul 2, 2020

Maternal immune activation during pregnancy alters early neurobehavioral development in nonhuman primate offspring

Roza Vlasova, Ana‐Maria Iosif, Amy M. Ryan…·Melissa D. Bauman

This study examines the effects of maternal immune activation on neurobehavioral development in rhesus monkey offspring, finding reduced gray matter volume in specific brain regions.

1 citation

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NeurosciencebioRxivPreprintJul 14, 2019

Enhancing rigor and reproducibility in maternal immune activation models: practical considerations and predicting resilience and susceptibility using baseline immune responsiveness before pregnancy

Myka L. Estes, Kathleen Farrelly, Scott Cameron…·A. Kimberley McAllister

This study identifies variability factors in maternal immune activation models and shows baseline immune responsiveness predicts offspring outcomes.

6 citations

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