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2024

Maxwell, N. D., Smiley, C. E., Sadek, A. T., Loyo-Rosado, F. Z., Giles, D. C., Macht, V. A., Woodruff, J. L., Taylor, D. L., Glass, V. M., Wilson, S. P., Reagan, L. P., Fadel, J. R., & Grillo, C. A. (2024). Leptin Activation of Dorsal Raphe Neurons Inhibits Feeding Behavior. Diabetes, 73(11), 1821–1831. https://doi.org/10.2337/db24-0207

Crews, F. T., Coleman, L. G., Jr, Macht, V. A., & Vetreno, R. P. (2024). Alcohol, HMGB1, and Innate Immune Signaling in the Brain. Alcohol research : current reviews, 44(1), 04. https://doi.org/10.35946/arcr.v44.1.04

Crews, F. T., Macht, V., & Vetreno, R. P. (2024). Epigenetic regulation of microglia and neurons by proinflammatory signaling following adolescent intermittent ethanol (AIE) exposure and in human AUD. Advances in Drug and Alcohol Research, 4, 12094.

2023

Burzynski, H. E., Ayala, K. E., Frick, M. A., Dufala, H. A., Woodruff, J. L., Macht, V. A., ... & Reagan, L. P. (2023). Delayed cognitive impairments in a rat model of Gulf War Illness are stimulus-dependent. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 113, 248-258.

Macht, V., Vetreno, R., Elchert, N., Fisher, R., & Crews, F. (2023). Indomethacin restores loss of hippocampal neurogenesis and cholinergic innervation and reduces innate immune expression and reversal learning deficits in adult male and female rats following adolescent ethanol exposure. Alcohol: Clinical and Experimental Research, 47(3), 470-485.

Crews, F. T., Coleman Jr, L. G., Macht, V. A., Vetreno, R. P., & Dantzer, R. (2023). Targeting persistent changes in neuroimmune and epigenetic signaling in adolescent drinking to treat alcohol use disorder in adulthood. Pharmacological Reviews, 75(2), 380-396.

2022

Crews, F., Vetreno, R., Macht, V., & Coleman, L. (2022, September). Adolescence and persistent ethanol induction of TLR receptors. In ALCOHOLISM-CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH (Vol. 46, pp. 72-72). 111 RIVER ST, HOBOKEN 07030-5774, NJ USA: WILEY.

Burzynski, H. E., Macht, V. A., Woodruff, J. L., Crawford, J. N., Erichsen, J. M., Piroli, G. G., ... & Reagan, L. P. (2022). Pyridostigmine bromide elicits progressive and chronic impairments in the cholinergic anti-inflammatory pathway in the prefrontal cortex and hippocampus of male rats. Neurobiology of Stress, 18, 100446.

Dannenhoffer, C. A., Gómez‐A, A., Macht, V. A., Jawad, R., Sutherland, E. B., Vetreno, R. P., ... & Robinson, D. L. (2022). Impact of adolescent intermittent ethanol exposure on interneurons and their surrounding perineuronal nets in adulthood. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 46(5), 759-769.

Macht, V. A., Vetreno, R. P., & Crews, F. T. (2022). Cholinergic and neuroimmune signaling interact to impact adult hippocampal neurogenesis and alcohol pathology across development. Frontiers in Pharmacology, 13, 849997.

2021

Macht, V., Vetreno, R., Elchert, N., & Crews, F. (2021). Galantamine prevents and reverses neuroimmune induction and loss of adult hippocampal neurogenesis following adolescent alcohol exposure. Journal of neuroinflammation, 18, 1-19.

Reagan, L. P., Cowan, H. B., Woodruff, J. L., Piroli, G. G., Erichsen, J. M., Evans, A. N., ... & Grillo, C. A. (2021). Hippocampal-specific insulin resistance elicits behavioral despair and hippocampal dendritic atrophy. Neurobiology of stress, 15, 100354.

Dannenhoffer, C. A., Robertson, M. M., Macht, V. A., Mooney, S. M., Boettiger, C. A., & Robinson, D. L. (2021). Chronic alcohol exposure during critical developmental periods differentially impacts persistence of deficits in cognitive flexibility and related circuitry. International review of neurobiology, 160, 117-173.

Robinson, D. L., Amodeo, L. R., Chandler, L. J., Crews, F. T., Ehlers, C. L., Gómez-A, A., ... & Werner, D. F. (2021). The role of sex in the persistent effects of adolescent alcohol exposure on behavior and neurobiology in rodents. International review of neurobiology, 160, 305-340.

2020

Macht, V., Elchert, N., & Crews, F. (2020). Adolescent alcohol exposure produces protracted cognitive-behavioral impairments in adult male and female rats. Brain sciences, 10(11), 785.

Macht, V. A., Woodruff, J. L., Burzynski, H. E., Grillo, C. A., Reagan, L. P., & Fadel, J. R. (2020). Interactions between pyridostigmine bromide and stress on glutamatergic neurochemistry: Insights from a rat model of Gulf War Illness. Neurobiology of stress, 12, 100210.

Macht, V., Crews, F. T., & Vetreno, R. P. (2020). Neuroimmune and epigenetic mechanisms underlying persistent loss of hippocampal neurogenesis following adolescent intermittent ethanol exposure. Current opinion in pharmacology, 50, 9-16.

2019

Grillo, C. A., Woodruff, J. L., Macht, V. A., & Reagan, L. P. (2019). Insulin resistance and hippocampal dysfunction: Disentangling peripheral and brain causes from consequences. Experimental neurology, 318, 71-77.

Macht, V. A., Woodruff, J. L., Maissy, E. S., Grillo, C. A., Wilson, M. A., Fadel, J. R., & Reagan, L. P. (2019). Pyridostigmine bromide and stress interact to impact immune function, cholinergic neurochemistry and behavior in a rat model of Gulf War Illness. Brain, behavior, and immunity, 80, 384-393.

2018

Macht, V. A., Woodruff, J. L., Grillo, C. A., Wood, C. S., Wilson, M. A., & Reagan, L. P. (2018). Pathophysiology in a model of Gulf War Illness: Contributions of pyridostigmine bromide and stress. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 96, 195-202.

Macht, V. A., & Reagan, L. P. (2018). Chronic stress from adolescence to aging in the prefrontal cortex: a neuroimmune perspective. Frontiers in neuroendocrinology, 49, 31-42.

Macht, V. A. (2018). Neurochemistry, Physiology, And Behavior In A Model Of Gulf War Illness (Doctoral dissertation, University of South Carolina).

2017

Macht, V. A., Kelly, S. J., & Gass, J. T. (2017). Sex-specific effects of developmental alcohol exposure on cocaine-induced place preference in adulthood. Behavioural brain research, 332, 259-268.

Van Doorn, C., Macht, V. A., Grillo, C. A., & Reagan, L. P. (2017). Leptin resistance and hippocampal behavioral deficits. Physiology & behavior, 176, 207-213.

Hagar, J. M., Macht, V. A., Wilson, S. P., & Fadel, J. R. (2017). Upregulation of orexin/hypocretin expression in aged rats: Effects on feeding latency and neurotransmission in the insular cortex. Neuroscience, 350, 124-132.

Macht, V. A., Vazquez, M., Petyak, C. E., Grillo, C. A., Kaigler, K., Enos, R. T., ... & Reagan, L. P. (2017). Leptin resistance elicits depressive-like behaviors in rats. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 60, 151-160.

2016

Macht, V. A. (2016). Neuro-immune interactions across development: a look at glutamate in the prefrontal cortex. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 71, 267-280.

2015

Grillo, C. A., Risher, M., Macht, V. A., Bumgardner, A. L., Hang, A., Gabriel, C., ... & Reagan, L. P. (2015). Repeated restraint stress-induced atrophy of glutamatergic pyramidal neurons and decreases in glutamatergic efflux in the rat amygdala are prevented by the antidepressant agomelatine. Neuroscience, 284, 430-443.

Macht, V. (2015). Low-Dose Stimulant Treatment During Periadolescence in a FASD Model: Interactions Among the Catecholamines.

2014

Grillo, C. A., Mulder, P., Macht, V. A., Kaigler, K. F., Wilson, S. P., Wilson, M. A., & Reagan, L. P. (2014). Dietary restriction reverses obesity-induced anhedonia. Physiology & behavior, 128, 126-132.

2011

Grillo, C. A., Piroli, G. G., Evans, A. N., Macht, V. A., Wilson, S. P., Scott, K. A., ... & Reagan, L. P. (2011). Obesity/hyperleptinemic phenotype adversely affects hippocampal plasticity: effects of dietary restriction. Physiology & behavior, 104(2), 235-241.