Gretchen Hermes, MD, PhD

• Lieping Chen
• Luis Garcia-Segura
• Marcelo Dietrich
• Mihaly Hajos
• Tamas Horvath
• Xiao-Bing Gao

Aging; Chronic Diseases; HIV/AIDS; Mental Health

• Role of mitochondrial uncoupling protein-2 (UCP2) in higher brain functions, neuronal plasticity and network oscillation.Hermes G, Nagy D, Waterson M, Zsarnovszky A, Varela L, Hajos M, Horvath TL. Role of mitochondrial uncoupling protein-2 (UCP2) in higher brain functions, neuronal plasticity and network oscillation. Molecular Metabolism 2016, 5: 415-421. PMID: 27257601, PMCID: PMC4877662, DOI: 10.1016/j.molmet.2016.04.002.
• Neural plasticity in hypocretin neurons: the basis of hypocretinergic regulation of physiological and behavioral functions in animals.Gao XB, Hermes G. Neural plasticity in hypocretin neurons: the basis of hypocretinergic regulation of physiological and behavioral functions in animals. Frontiers In Systems Neuroscience 2015, 9: 142. PMID: 26539086, PMCID: PMC4612503, DOI: 10.3389/fnsys.2015.00142.
• UCP2 induced by natural birth regulates neuronal differentiation of the hippocampus and related adult behavior.Simon-Areces J, Dietrich MO, Hermes G, Garcia-Segura LM, Arevalo MA, Horvath TL. UCP2 induced by natural birth regulates neuronal differentiation of the hippocampus and related adult behavior. PloS One 2012, 7: e42911. PMID: 22905184, PMCID: PMC3414493, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0042911.
• Post-weaning chronic social isolation produces profound behavioral dysregulation with decreases in prefrontal cortex synaptic-associated protein expression in female rats.Hermes G, Li N, Duman C, Duman R. Post-weaning chronic social isolation produces profound behavioral dysregulation with decreases in prefrontal cortex synaptic-associated protein expression in female rats. Physiology & Behavior 2011, 104: 354-9. PMID: 21185848, PMCID: PMC3387788, DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2010.12.019.
• Social isolation dysregulates endocrine and behavioral stress while increasing malignant burden of spontaneous mammary tumors.Hermes GL, Delgado B, Tretiakova M, Cavigelli SA, Krausz T, Conzen SD, McClintock MK. Social isolation dysregulates endocrine and behavioral stress while increasing malignant burden of spontaneous mammary tumors. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2009, 106: 22393-8. PMID: 20018726, PMCID: PMC2799783, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0910753106.
• Neurological and behavioral abnormalities, ventricular dilatation, altered cellular functions, inflammation, and neuronal injury in brains of mice due to common, persistent, parasitic infection.Hermes G, Ajioka JW, Kelly KA, Mui E, Roberts F, Kasza K, Mayr T, Kirisits MJ, Wollmann R, Ferguson DJ, Roberts CW, Hwang JH, Trendler T, Kennan RP, Suzuki Y, Reardon C, Hickey WF, Chen L, McLeod R. Neurological and behavioral abnormalities, ventricular dilatation, altered cellular functions, inflammation, and neuronal injury in brains of mice due to common, persistent, parasitic infection. Journal Of Neuroinflammation 2008, 5: 48. PMID: 18947414, PMCID: PMC2588578, DOI: 10.1186/1742-2094-5-48.
• Isolation and the timing of mammary gland development, gonadarche, and ovarian senescence: implications for mammary tumor burden.Hermes GL, McClintock MK. Isolation and the timing of mammary gland development, gonadarche, and ovarian senescence: implications for mammary tumor burden. Developmental Psychobiology 2008, 50: 353-60. PMID: 18393277, DOI: 10.1002/dev.20295.
• Social isolation and the inflammatory response: sex differences in the enduring effects of a prior stressor.Hermes GL, Rosenthal L, Montag A, McClintock MK. Social isolation and the inflammatory response: sex differences in the enduring effects of a prior stressor. American Journal Of Physiology. Regulatory, Integrative And Comparative Physiology 2006, 290: R273-82. PMID: 16210419, DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00368.2005.
• The sectored foraging field: a novel design to quantify spatial strategies, learning, memory, and emotion.Hermes GL, Jacobs LF, McClintock MK. The sectored foraging field: a novel design to quantify spatial strategies, learning, memory, and emotion. Neurobiology Of Learning And Memory 2005, 84: 69-73. PMID: 15936684, DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2005.02.001.
• Emotions and Disease Exhibtion Cataloghttps://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/emotions/