Publications

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  1. Kaneko-Tarui, T., Carasi-Schwartz, F., Singh, K., Gildawie, K. R., Vassoler, F. M., Byrnes, E. M., Yen, E. (2026). A pilot multiplex salivary transcriptomic analysis to understand the sex-specific effects of maternal opioid use in offspring. Scientific Reports. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-026-49873-6. PMID: 42032153
  2. Gildawie, K. R., Budge, K. E., Isgate, S. B., @Celatka, J., @Gulsby, M., #Cunningham, C. C., Vassoler, F. M., Byrnes, E. M. (2026). Postnatal environment differentially modulates neurodevelopmental outcomes following voluntary prenatal oxycodone exposure in rats. Neurotoxicology and Teratology, 107603. DOI: 10.1016/j.nnt.2026.107603. PMID: 42031343
  3. Gildawie, K. R., @Budge, K. E., Vassoler, F. M., Yen, E., Byrnes, E. M. (2026). Effects of prenatal methadone and buprenorphine exposure on motivated responding to sucrose and gene expression in male and female rats. Addiction Neuroscience, 100256. DOI: 10.1016/j.addicn.2026.100256. PMID: 42293989 (Contribution to Special Issue: Early life influences on addiction)
  4. Gildawie, K. R., @Budge, K. E., Vassoler, F. M., Yen, E., Byrnes, E. M. (2025). Differential effects of prenatal buprenorphine and methadone on postnatal growth and gene expression in the nucleus accumbens. Developmental Psychobiology, 67(1), e70015. DOI: 10.1002/dev.70015. PMID: 39648276
  5. @Fanikos, M., Kohn, S. A., Stamato, R., Brenhouse, H. C., ^Gildawie, K. R. (2024). Impacts of age and environment on postnatal microglial activity: consequences for cognitive function following early life adversity. PLoS ONE, 19(6). DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0306022. PMID: 38917075
  6. Vassoler, F. M., Budge, K. E., Isgate, S. B., Gildawie, K. R., Byrnes, E. M. (2024). Neuroplasticity- related genes correlate with individual differences in distinct phases of oxycodone self-administration in male rats. Neuropharmacology, 109972. DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2024. 109972. PMID: 38710443
  7. Gildawie, K. R., Wang, K., Budge, K. E., Byrnes, E. M. (2024). Sex-dependent effects of maternal separation on effort-based responding for palatable food are associated with c-Fos expression in the nucleus accumbens. Neuroscience, 537, 174-188. DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2023. 11.030 PMID: 38036058
  8. Granata, L., Gildawie, K. R., Ismail, N., Brenhouse, H. C., Kopec, A. M. (2022). Immune signaling as a node of interaction between systems that sex-specifically develop during puberty and adolescence. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 57, 101143. DOI: 10.1016/j.dcn.2022.101143 PMID: 35933922
  9. Gildawie, K. R., #Ryll, L., #Hexter., J. C., Peterzell, S., Valentine, A. A., Brenhouse, H. (2021). A two-hit adversity model in developing rats reveals sex-specific impacts on prefrontal cortex structure and behavior. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 48, 100924. DOI: 10.1016/j.dcn.2021.100924 PMID: 33515957
  10. *Gildawie, K. R., *Orso, R., Peterzell, S., Thompson, V., Brenhouse, H. (2020). Sex differences in prefrontal cortex microglia morphology: Impact of a two-hit model of adversity throughout development. Neuroscience Letters, 135381. DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2020.135381 PMID: 32927000
  11. #Soares, A. R., Gildawie, K. R., Honeycutt, J. A., Brenhouse, H. (2020). Region-specific effects of maternal separation on oxidative stress accumulation in parvalbumin neurons of male and female rats. Behavioural Brain Research, 112658. DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2020.112658 PMID: 2339550
  12. Gildawie, K. R., Honeycutt, J.A., Brenhouse, H. (2020). Region-specific effects of maternal separation on perineuronal net formation around parvalbumin-expressing interneurons in male and female rats. Neuroscience, 428, 23-37. DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2019.12.010 PMID: 31887358
  13. Carey, A. N., Pintea, G. I., Van Leuven, S., Gildawie, K. R., Squicimara, L., Fine, E., Rovnak, A., Harrington, M. (2019). Red Raspberry (Rubus ideaus) Supplementation Mitigates the Effects of a High Fat Diet on Brain and Behavior in Mice. Nutritional Neuroscience, 1-11. DOI: 10.1080/1028415X.2019.1641284 PMID: 3132869
  14. Gildawie, K. R., Galli, R. L., Shukitt-Hale, B., & Carey, A. N. (2018). Protective Effects of Foods Containing Flavonoids on Age-Related Cognitive Decline. Current Nutrition Reports, 1-10. DOI: 10.1007/s13668-018-0227-0 PMID: 29892789
  15. Ganguly, P., Thompson, V., Gildawie, K., & Brenhouse, H. (2018). Adolescent food restriction in rats alters prefrontal cortex microglia in an experience-dependent manner. Stress, 1-7. DOI: 10.1080/10253890.2017.1423054 PMID: 293072
  16. Carey, A. N., Gildawie, K. R., Rovnak, A., Thangthaeng, N., Fisher, D. R., & Shukitt-Hale, B. (2017). Blueberry supplementation attenuates microglia activation and increases neuroplasticity in mice consuming a high-fat diet. Nutritional Neuroscience, 22(4), 253-263. DOI: 10.1080/1028415X.2017.1376472 PMID: 28931353
  17. Feldman, G., Lavallee, J., Gildawie, K., & Greeson, J. M. (2016). Dispositional Mindfulness Uncouples Physiological and Emotional Reactivity to a Laboratory Stressor and Emotional Reactivity to Executive Functioning Lapses in Daily Life. Mindfulness, 7(2), 527-541. DOI: 10.1007/s12671-015-0487-3 PMID: 27087863