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Linda Watkins to Microglia

This is a "connection" page, showing publications Linda Watkins has written about Microglia.

 
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  1. Ball JB, Frank MG, Green-Fulgham SM, Watkins LR. Use of adeno-associated viruses for transgenic modulation of microglia structure and function: A review of technical considerations and challenges. Brain Behav Immun. 2024 May; 118:368-379.
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    Score: 0.707
  2. Ball JB, Green-Fulgham SM, Watkins LR. Mechanisms of microglia-mediated synapse turnover and synaptogenesis. Prog Neurobiol. 2022 11; 218:102336.
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    Score: 0.633
  3. Grace PM, Wang X, Strand KA, Baratta MV, Zhang Y, Galer EL, Yin H, Maier SF, Watkins LR. DREADDed microglia in pain: Implications for spinal inflammatory signaling in male rats. Exp Neurol. 2018 06; 304:125-131.
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    Score: 0.466
  4. Wieseler J, Ellis A, McFadden A, Stone K, Brown K, Cady S, Bastos LF, Sprunger D, Rezvani N, Johnson K, Rice KC, Maier SF, Watkins LR. Supradural inflammatory soup in awake and freely moving rats induces facial allodynia that is blocked by putative immune modulators. Brain Res. 2017 06 01; 1664:87-94.
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    Score: 0.436
  5. Grace PM, Strand KA, Galer EL, Urban DJ, Wang X, Baratta MV, Fabisiak TJ, Anderson ND, Cheng K, Greene LI, Berkelhammer D, Zhang Y, Ellis AL, Yin HH, Campeau S, Rice KC, Roth BL, Maier SF, Watkins LR. Morphine paradoxically prolongs neuropathic pain in rats by amplifying spinal NLRP3 inflammasome activation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2016 06 14; 113(24):E3441-50.
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    Score: 0.412
  6. Watkins LR, Hutchinson MR. A concern on comparing 'apples' and 'oranges' when differences between microglia used in human and rodent studies go far, far beyond simply species: comment on Smith and Dragunow. Trends Neurosci. 2014 Apr; 37(4):189-90.
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    Score: 0.353
  7. Loram LC, Sholar PW, Taylor FR, Wiesler JL, Babb JA, Strand KA, Berkelhammer D, Day HE, Maier SF, Watkins LR. Sex and estradiol influence glial pro-inflammatory responses to lipopolysaccharide in rats. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2012 Oct; 37(10):1688-99.
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    Score: 0.310
  8. Watkins LR, Hutchinson MR, Johnson KW. Commentary on Landry et al.: "Propentofylline, a CNS glial modulator, does not decrease pain in post-herpetic neuralgia patients: in vitro evidence for differential responses in human and rodent microglia and macrophages". Exp Neurol. 2012 Apr; 234(2):351-3.
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    Score: 0.305
  9. Hains LE, Loram LC, Weiseler JL, Frank MG, Bloss EB, Sholar P, Taylor FR, Harrison JA, Martin TJ, Eisenach JC, Maier SF, Watkins LR. Pain intensity and duration can be enhanced by prior challenge: initial evidence suggestive of a role of microglial priming. J Pain. 2010 Oct; 11(10):1004-14.
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    Score: 0.278
  10. Watkins LR, Hutchinson MR, Ledeboer A, Wieseler-Frank J, Milligan ED, Maier SF. Norman Cousins Lecture. Glia as the "bad guys": implications for improving clinical pain control and the clinical utility of opioids. Brain Behav Immun. 2007 Feb; 21(2):131-46.
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    Score: 0.214
  11. Ledeboer A, Sloane EM, Milligan ED, Frank MG, Mahony JH, Maier SF, Watkins LR. Minocycline attenuates mechanical allodynia and proinflammatory cytokine expression in rat models of pain facilitation. Pain. 2005 May; 115(1-2):71-83.
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    Score: 0.191
  12. Li H, Watkins LR, Wang X. Microglia in neuroimmunopharmacology and drug addiction. Mol Psychiatry. 2024 Jun; 29(6):1912-1924.
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    Score: 0.175
  13. Frank MG, Fonken LK, Watkins LR, Maier SF. Acute stress induces chronic neuroinflammatory, microglial and behavioral priming: A role for potentiated NLRP3 inflammasome activation. Brain Behav Immun. 2020 10; 89:32-42.
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    Score: 0.136
  14. Wang X, Northcutt AL, Cochran TA, Zhang X, Fabisiak TJ, Haas ME, Amat J, Li H, Rice KC, Maier SF, Bachtell RK, Hutchinson MR, Watkins LR. Methamphetamine Activates Toll-Like Receptor 4 to Induce Central Immune Signaling within the Ventral Tegmental Area and Contributes to Extracellular Dopamine Increase in the Nucleus Accumbens Shell. ACS Chem Neurosci. 2019 08 21; 10(8):3622-3634.
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    Score: 0.128
  15. Frank MG, Annis JL, Watkins LR, Maier SF. Glucocorticoids mediate stress induction of the alarmin HMGB1 and reduction of the microglia checkpoint receptor CD200R1 in limbic brain structures. Brain Behav Immun. 2019 08; 80:678-687.
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    Score: 0.126
  16. Frank MG, Fonken LK, Watkins LR, Maier SF. Microglia: Neuroimmune-sensors of stress. Semin Cell Dev Biol. 2019 10; 94:176-185.
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    Score: 0.124
  17. Anttila JE, Albert K, Wires ES, Mätlik K, Loram LC, Watkins LR, Rice KC, Wang Y, Harvey BK, Airavaara M. Post-stroke Intranasal (+)-Naloxone Delivery Reduces Microglial Activation and Improves Behavioral Recovery from Ischemic Injury. eNeuro. 2018 Mar-Apr; 5(2).
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    Score: 0.117
  18. Frank MG, Fonken LK, Annis JL, Watkins LR, Maier SF. Stress disinhibits microglia via down-regulation of CD200R: A mechanism of neuroinflammatory priming. Brain Behav Immun. 2018 03; 69:62-73.
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    Score: 0.114
  19. Fonken LK, Kitt MM, Gaudet AD, Barrientos RM, Watkins LR, Maier SF. Diminished circadian rhythms in hippocampal microglia may contribute to age-related neuroinflammatory sensitization. Neurobiol Aging. 2016 11; 47:102-112.
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    Score: 0.104
  20. Frank MG, Weber MD, Fonken LK, Hershman SA, Watkins LR, Maier SF. The redox state of the alarmin HMGB1 is a pivotal factor in neuroinflammatory and microglial priming: A role for the NLRP3 inflammasome. Brain Behav Immun. 2016 07; 55:215-224.
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    Score: 0.099
  21. Loram LC, Strand KA, Taylor FR, Sloane E, Van Dam AM, Rieger J, Maier SF, Watkins LR. Adenosine 2A receptor agonism: A single intrathecal administration attenuates motor paralysis in experimental autoimmune encephalopathy in rats. Brain Behav Immun. 2015 May; 46:50-4.
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    Score: 0.094
  22. Weber MD, Frank MG, Tracey KJ, Watkins LR, Maier SF. Stress induces the danger-associated molecular pattern HMGB-1 in the hippocampus of male Sprague Dawley rats: a priming stimulus of microglia and the NLRP3 inflammasome. J Neurosci. 2015 Jan 07; 35(1):316-24.
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    Score: 0.094
  23. Barrientos RM, Thompson VM, Kitt MM, Amat J, Hale MW, Frank MG, Crysdale NY, Stamper CE, Hennessey PA, Watkins LR, Spencer RL, Lowry CA, Maier SF. Greater glucocorticoid receptor activation in hippocampus of aged rats sensitizes microglia. Neurobiol Aging. 2015 Mar; 36(3):1483-95.
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    Score: 0.093
  24. Fonken LK, Frank MG, Kitt MM, Barrientos RM, Watkins LR, Maier SF. Microglia inflammatory responses are controlled by an intrinsic circadian clock. Brain Behav Immun. 2015 Mar; 45:171-9.
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    Score: 0.093
  25. Frank MG, Hershman SA, Weber MD, Watkins LR, Maier SF. Chronic exposure to exogenous glucocorticoids primes microglia to pro-inflammatory stimuli and induces NLRP3 mRNA in the hippocampus. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2014 Feb; 40:191-200.
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    Score: 0.087
  26. Bastos LF, Godin AM, Zhang Y, Jarussophon S, Ferreira BC, Machado RR, Maier SF, Konishi Y, de Freitas RP, Fiebich BL, Watkins LR, Coelho MM, Moraes MF. A minocycline derivative reduces nerve injury-induced allodynia, LPS-induced prostaglandin E2 microglial production and signaling via toll-like receptors 2 and 4. Neurosci Lett. 2013 May 24; 543:157-62.
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    Score: 0.083
  27. Frank MG, Thompson BM, Watkins LR, Maier SF. Glucocorticoids mediate stress-induced priming of microglial pro-inflammatory responses. Brain Behav Immun. 2012 Feb; 26(2):337-45.
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    Score: 0.075
  28. Wu Y, Lousberg EL, Moldenhauer LM, Hayball JD, Robertson SA, Coller JK, Watkins LR, Somogyi AA, Hutchinson MR. Attenuation of microglial and IL-1 signaling protects mice from acute alcohol-induced sedation and/or motor impairment. Brain Behav Immun. 2011 Jun; 25 Suppl 1:S155-64.
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    Score: 0.071
  29. Hutchinson MR, Loram LC, Zhang Y, Shridhar M, Rezvani N, Berkelhammer D, Phipps S, Foster PS, Landgraf K, Falke JJ, Rice KC, Maier SF, Yin H, Watkins LR. Evidence that tricyclic small molecules may possess toll-like receptor and myeloid differentiation protein 2 activity. Neuroscience. 2010 Jun 30; 168(2):551-63.
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    Score: 0.067
  30. Hutchinson MR, Lewis SS, Coats BD, Rezvani N, Zhang Y, Wieseler JL, Somogyi AA, Yin H, Maier SF, Rice KC, Watkins LR. Possible involvement of toll-like receptor 4/myeloid differentiation factor-2 activity of opioid inactive isomers causes spinal proinflammation and related behavioral consequences. Neuroscience. 2010 May 19; 167(3):880-93.
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    Score: 0.067
  31. Lewis SS, Hutchinson MR, Rezvani N, Loram LC, Zhang Y, Maier SF, Rice KC, Watkins LR. Evidence that intrathecal morphine-3-glucuronide may cause pain enhancement via toll-like receptor 4/MD-2 and interleukin-1beta. Neuroscience. 2010 Jan 20; 165(2):569-83.
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    Score: 0.066
  32. Hutchinson MR, Ramos KM, Loram LC, Wieseler J, Sholar PW, Kearney JJ, Lewis MT, Crysdale NY, Zhang Y, Harrison JA, Maier SF, Rice KC, Watkins LR. Evidence for a role of heat shock protein-90 in toll like receptor 4 mediated pain enhancement in rats. Neuroscience. 2009 Dec 29; 164(4):1821-32.
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    Score: 0.065
  33. Hutchinson MR, Northcutt AL, Chao LW, Kearney JJ, Zhang Y, Berkelhammer DL, Loram LC, Rozeske RR, Bland ST, Maier SF, Gleeson TT, Watkins LR. Minocycline suppresses morphine-induced respiratory depression, suppresses morphine-induced reward, and enhances systemic morphine-induced analgesia. Brain Behav Immun. 2008 Nov; 22(8):1248-56.
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    Score: 0.060
  34. Hutchinson MR, Zhang Y, Brown K, Coats BD, Shridhar M, Sholar PW, Patel SJ, Crysdale NY, Harrison JA, Maier SF, Rice KC, Watkins LR. Non-stereoselective reversal of neuropathic pain by naloxone and naltrexone: involvement of toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4). Eur J Neurosci. 2008 Jul; 28(1):20-9.
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    Score: 0.060
  35. Frank MG, Baratta MV, Sprunger DB, Watkins LR, Maier SF. Microglia serve as a neuroimmune substrate for stress-induced potentiation of CNS pro-inflammatory cytokine responses. Brain Behav Immun. 2007 Jan; 21(1):47-59.
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    Score: 0.051
  36. Milligan E, Zapata V, Schoeniger D, Chacur M, Green P, Poole S, Martin D, Maier SF, Watkins LR. An initial investigation of spinal mechanisms underlying pain enhancement induced by fractalkine, a neuronally released chemokine. Eur J Neurosci. 2005 Dec; 22(11):2775-82.
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    Score: 0.050
  37. Frank MG, Wieseler-Frank JL, Watkins LR, Maier SF. Rapid isolation of highly enriched and quiescent microglia from adult rat hippocampus: immunophenotypic and functional characteristics. J Neurosci Methods. 2006 Mar 15; 151(2):121-30.
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    Score: 0.049
  38. Milligan ED, Zapata V, Chacur M, Schoeniger D, Biedenkapp J, O'Connor KA, Verge GM, Chapman G, Green P, Foster AC, Naeve GS, Maier SF, Watkins LR. Evidence that exogenous and endogenous fractalkine can induce spinal nociceptive facilitation in rats. Eur J Neurosci. 2004 Nov; 20(9):2294-302.
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    Score: 0.046
  39. Watkins LR, Milligan ED, Maier SF. Glial proinflammatory cytokines mediate exaggerated pain states: implications for clinical pain. Adv Exp Med Biol. 2003; 521:1-21.
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    Score: 0.041
  40. Kwilasz AJ, Todd LS, Duran-Malle JC, Schrama AEW, Mitten EH, Larson TA, Clements MA, Harris KM, Litwiler ST, Wang X, Van Dam AM, Maier SF, Rice KC, Watkins LR, Barrientos RM. Experimental autoimmune encephalopathy (EAE)-induced hippocampal neuroinflammation and memory deficits are prevented with the non-opioid TLR2/TLR4 antagonist (+)-naltrexone. Behav Brain Res. 2021 01 01; 396:112896.
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    Score: 0.035
  41. Peng Y, Zhang X, Zhang T, Grace PM, Li H, Wang Y, Li H, Chen H, Watkins LR, Hutchinson MR, Yin H, Wang X. Lovastatin inhibits Toll-like receptor 4 signaling in microglia by targeting its co-receptor myeloid differentiation protein 2 and attenuates neuropathic pain. Brain Behav Immun. 2019 11; 82:432-444.
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    Score: 0.032
  42. Zhang X, Peng Y, Grace PM, Metcalf MD, Kwilasz AJ, Wang Y, Zhang T, Wu S, Selfridge BR, Portoghese PS, Rice KC, Watkins LR, Hutchinson MR, Wang X. Stereochemistry and innate immune recognition: (+)-norbinaltorphimine targets myeloid differentiation protein 2 and inhibits toll-like receptor 4 signaling. FASEB J. 2019 08; 33(8):9577-9587.
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    Score: 0.032
  43. Fonken LK, Frank MG, D'Angelo HM, Heinze JD, Watkins LR, Lowry CA, Maier SF. Mycobacterium vaccae immunization protects aged rats from surgery-elicited neuroinflammation and cognitive dysfunction. Neurobiol Aging. 2018 11; 71:105-114.
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    Score: 0.030
  44. Frank MG, Fonken LK, Dolzani SD, Annis JL, Siebler PH, Schmidt D, Watkins LR, Maier SF, Lowry CA. Immunization with Mycobacterium vaccae induces an anti-inflammatory milieu in the CNS: Attenuation of stress-induced microglial priming, alarmins and anxiety-like behavior. Brain Behav Immun. 2018 10; 73:352-363.
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    Score: 0.030
  45. Fonken LK, Frank MG, Gaudet AD, D'Angelo HM, Daut RA, Hampson EC, Ayala MT, Watkins LR, Maier SF. Neuroinflammatory priming to stress is differentially regulated in male and female rats. Brain Behav Immun. 2018 05; 70:257-267.
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    Score: 0.029
  46. Spencer SJ, D'Angelo H, Soch A, Watkins LR, Maier SF, Barrientos RM. High-fat diet and aging interact to produce neuroinflammation and impair hippocampal- and amygdalar-dependent memory. Neurobiol Aging. 2017 10; 58:88-101.
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    Score: 0.028
  47. Fonken LK, Weber MD, Daut RA, Kitt MM, Frank MG, Watkins LR, Maier SF. Stress-induced neuroinflammatory priming is time of day dependent. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2016 Apr; 66:82-90.
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    Score: 0.025
  48. Frank MG, Adhikary S, Sobesky JL, Weber MD, Watkins LR, Maier SF. The danger-associated molecular pattern HMGB1 mediates the neuroinflammatory effects of methamphetamine. Brain Behav Immun. 2016 Jan; 51:99-108.
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    Score: 0.024
  49. Selfridge BR, Wang X, Zhang Y, Yin H, Grace PM, Watkins LR, Jacobson AE, Rice KC. Structure-Activity Relationships of (+)-Naltrexone-Inspired Toll-like Receptor 4 (TLR4) Antagonists. J Med Chem. 2015 Jun 25; 58(12):5038-52.
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    Score: 0.024
  50. Grace PM, Shimizu K, Strand KA, Rice KC, Deng G, Watkins LR, Herson PS. (+)-Naltrexone is neuroprotective and promotes alternative activation in the mouse hippocampus after cardiac arrest/cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Brain Behav Immun. 2015 Aug; 48:115-22.
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    Score: 0.024
  51. Barrientos RM, Kitt MM, Watkins LR, Maier SF. Neuroinflammation in the normal aging hippocampus. Neuroscience. 2015 Nov 19; 309:84-99.
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    Score: 0.024
  52. Jacobsen JH, Watkins LR, Hutchinson MR. Discovery of a novel site of opioid action at the innate immune pattern-recognition receptor TLR4 and its role in addiction. Int Rev Neurobiol. 2014; 118:129-63.
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    Score: 0.022
  53. Wang X, Grace PM, Pham MN, Cheng K, Strand KA, Smith C, Li J, Watkins LR, Yin H. Rifampin inhibits Toll-like receptor 4 signaling by targeting myeloid differentiation protein 2 and attenuates neuropathic pain. FASEB J. 2013 Jul; 27(7):2713-22.
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    Score: 0.021
  54. Barrientos RM, Frank MG, Watkins LR, Maier SF. Aging-related changes in neuroimmune-endocrine function: implications for hippocampal-dependent cognition. Horm Behav. 2012 Aug; 62(3):219-27.
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    Score: 0.019
  55. Frank MG, Miguel ZD, Watkins LR, Maier SF. Prior exposure to glucocorticoids sensitizes the neuroinflammatory and peripheral inflammatory responses to E. coli lipopolysaccharide. Brain Behav Immun. 2010 Jan; 24(1):19-30.
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    Score: 0.016
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