Research interests
Neuroimmunology, Neuroendocrinology
Affiliations
Senior Scientist, Barwon Health
Publications
G Morris, L Sominsky, K Walder, M Berk, W Marx, A Carvalho, C Bortolasci, M Maes, B Puri
(2022), Molecular Neurobiology, C1
S Xavier, J Gili, P McGowan, S Younesi, P Wright, D Walker, S Spencer, L Sominsky
(2021), Vol. 13, pp. 1-19, Nutrients, Basel, Switzerland, C1
Microglial ablation in rats disrupts the circadian system
L Sominsky, T Dangel, S Malik, S De Luca, N Singewald, S Spencer
(2021), Vol. 35, pp. 1-10, FASEB Journal, Chichester, Eng., C1
L Sominsky, S Younesi, S de Luca, S Loone, K Quinn, S Spencer
(2021), Vol. 105, pp. 100-112, Biology of Reproduction, United States, C1
The maternal gut microbiome during pregnancy and offspring allergy and asthma
Y Gao, R Nanan, L Macia, J Tan, L Sominsky, T Quinn, M O'Hely, A Ponsonby, M Tang, F Collier, D Strickland, P Dhar, S Brix, S Phipps, P Sly, S Ranganathan, J Stokholm, K Kristiansen, L Gray, P Vuillermin
(2021), Vol. 148, pp. 669-678, Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, United States, C1
Monocyte perturbation modulates the ovarian response to an immune challenge
Simin Younesi, Sarah Spencer, Luba Sominsky
(2021), Vol. 536, pp. 1-8, Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
S Xavier, A Soch, S Younesi, S Malik, S Spencer, L Sominsky
(2021), Vol. 98, pp. 185-197, Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, C1
Microglia depletion fails to abrogate inflammation-induced sickness in mice and rats
E Vichaya, S Malik, L Sominsky, B Ford, S Spencer, R Dantzer
(2020), Vol. 17, pp. 1-14, Journal of neuroinflammation, London, Eng., C1
A Soch, L Sominsky, S Younesi, S De Luca, M Gunasekara, S Bozinovski, S Spencer
(2020), Vol. 88, pp. 675-687, Brain, behavior, and immunity, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
Microglial regulation of satiety and cognition
S De Luca, A Miller, L Sominsky, S Spencer
(2020), Vol. 32, pp. 1-12, Journal of neuroendocrinology, Chichester, Eng., C1
Glial remodeling enhances short-term memory performance in Wistar rats
S De Luca, A Soch, L Sominsky, T Nguyen, A Bosakhar, S Spencer
(2020), Vol. 17, pp. 1-18, Journal of neuroinflammation, London, Eng., C1
Obesity after neonatal overfeeding is independent of hypothalamic microgliosis
A Soch, L Sominsky, S De Luca, S Spencer
(2019), Vol. 31, pp. 1-12, Journal of neuroendocrinology, Chichester, Eng., C1
M Di Natale, A Soch, I Ziko, S De Luca, S Spencer, L Sominsky
(2019), Vol. 241, pp. 201-219, Journal of endocrinology, Bristol, Eng., C1
Neuroimmune regulation of female reproduction in health and disease
E Fuller, S Younesi, S Xavier, L Sominsky
(2019), Vol. 28, pp. 8-13, Current opinion in behavioral sciences, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
S De Luca, L Sominsky, A Soch, H Wang, I Ziko, M Rank, S Spencer
(2019), Vol. 77, pp. 77-91, Brain, behavior, and immunity, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
S Spencer, B Basri, L Sominsky, A Soch, M Ayala, P Reineck, B Gibson, R Barrientos
(2019), Vol. 74, pp. 121-134, Neurobiology of Aging, C1
L Sominsky, J Goularte, Z Andrews, S Spencer
(2019), Vol. 9, pp. 1-17, Frontiers in endocrinology, Lausanne, Switzerland, C1
I Ziko, L Sominsky, S De Luca, F Lelngei, S Spencer
(2018), Vol. 74, pp. 86-95, Brain, behavior, and immunity, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
H Wang, M Blackall, L Sominsky, S Spencer, R Vlahos, M Churchill, S Bozinovski
(2018), Vol. 15, pp. 1-11, Journal of neuroinflammation, London, Eng., C1
Hormonal and nutritional regulation of postnatal hypothalamic development
L Sominsky, C Jasoni, H Twigg, S Spencer
(2018), Vol. 237, pp. R47-R64, Journal of endocrinology, Bristol, England, C1
Microglia: key players in neurodevelopment and neuronal plasticity
L Sominsky, S De Luca, S Spencer
(2018), Vol. 94, pp. 56-60, International journal of biochemistry and cell biology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
L Sominsky, L Ong, I Ziko, P Dickson, S Spencer
(2018), Vol. 470, pp. 295-303, Molecular and cellular endocrinology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
How Food Can Change a Baby's Brain
Luba Sominsky, Sarah Spencer
(2018), Vol. 6, pp. 1-1, Frontiers for Young Minds, Lausanne, Switzerland, C1
E Fuller, L Sominsky, J Sutherland, K Redgrove, L Harms, E McLaughlin, D Hodgson
(2017), Vol. 97, pp. 719-730, Biology of reproduction, Oxford, Eng., C1
S De Luca, I Ziko, K Dhuna, L Sominsky, M Tolcos, L Stokes, S Spencer
(2017), Vol. 29, pp. 1-14, Journal of neuroendocrinology, Chichester, Eng., C1
L Sominsky, I Ziko, S Spencer
(2017), Vol. 12, pp. 1-18, PLoS ONE, San Francisco, Calif., C1
Early life disruption to the ghrelin system with over-eating is resolved in adulthood in male rats
L Sominsky, I Ziko, T Nguyen, Z Andrews, S Spencer
(2017), Vol. 113, pp. 21-30, Neuropharmacology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
Linking stress and infertility: a novel role for Ghrelin
L Sominsky, D Hodgson, E McLaughlin, R Smith, H Wall, S Spencer
(2017), Vol. 38, pp. 432-467, Endocrine reviews, Oxford, Eng., C1
Hyperleptinemia in neonatally overfed female rats does not dysregulate feeding circuitry
I Ziko, L Sominsky, T Nguyen, K Yam, S Luca, A Korosi, S Spencer
(2017), Vol. 8, pp. 1-11, Frontiers in endocrinology, Lausanne, Switzerland, C1
Hypothalamic effects of neonatal diet: reversible and only partially leptin dependent
L Sominsky, I Ziko, T Nguyen, J Quach, S Spencer
(2017), Vol. 234, pp. 41-56, The journal of endocrinology, Bristol, Eng., C1
Early life peripheral lipopolysaccharide challenge reprograms catecholaminergic neurons
L Ong, E Fuller, L Sominsky, D Hodgson, P Dunkley, P Dickson
(2017), Vol. 7, pp. 1-6, Scientific reports, London, Eng., C1
Guohui Cai, Ilvana Ziko, Joanne Barwood, Alita Soch, Luba Sominsky, Juan Molero, Sarah Spencer
(2016), Vol. 6, pp. 1-10, Scientific reports, London, Eng., C1
S De Luca, I Ziko, L Sominsky, J Nguyen, T Dinan, A Miller, T Jenkins, S Spencer
(2016), Vol. 13, pp. 1-15, Journal of neuroinflammation, London, Eng., C1
L Sominsky, I Ziko, A Soch, J Smith, S Spencer
(2016), Vol. 431, pp. 24-35, Molecular and cellular endocrinology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
Effects of exercise on adolescent and adult hypothalamic and hippocampal neuroinflammation
A Soch, S Bradburn, L Sominsky, S De Luca, C Murgatroyd, S Spencer
(2016), Vol. 26, pp. 1435-1446, Hippocampus, Chichester, Eng., C1
Delayed Spatial Win-shift Test on Radial Arm Maze
Simone De Luca, Luba Sominsky, Sarah Spencer
(2016), Vol. 6, Bio-Protocol, Sunnyvale, Calif., C1
Oral immune activation by disgust and disease-related pictures
R Stevenson, D Hodgson, M Oaten, L Sominsky, M Mahmut, T Case
(2015), Vol. 29, pp. 119-129, Journal of psychophysiology, Boston, Mass., C1
Factors in early-life programming of reproductive fitness
L Sominsky, E Fuller, D Hodgson
(2015), Vol. 102, pp. 216-225, Neuroendocrinology, Sydney, N.S.W., E1
Eating behavior and stress: A pathway to obesity
L Sominsky, S Spencer
(2014), Vol. 5, Frontiers in Psychology, C1-1
Neonatal overfeeding alters hypothalamic microglial profiles and central responses to immune challenge long-term
I Ziko, S De Luca, T Dinan, J Barwood, L Sominsky, G Cai, R Kenny, L Stokes, T Jenkins, S Spencer
(2014), Vol. 41, pp. 32-43, Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, C1-1
Plasma IL-12 levels are suppressed in vivo by stress and surgery through endogenous release of glucocorticoids and prostaglandins but not catecholamines or opioids
L Shaashua, E Rosenne, E Neeman, L Sorski, L Sominsky, P Matzner, G Page, S Ben-Eliyahu
(2014), Vol. 42, pp. 11-23, Psychoneuroendocrinology, C1-1
Immune regulation of ovarian development: Programming by neonatal immune challenge
L Sominsky, A Sobinoff, M Jobling, V Pye, E McLaughlin, D Hodgson
(2013), Frontiers in Neuroscience, C1-1
Neonatal lipopolysaccharide treatment has long-term effects on monoaminergic and cannabinoid receptors in the rat
K Zavitsanou, V Dalton, A Walker, C Weickert, L Sominsky, D Hodgson
(2013), Vol. 67, pp. 290-299, Synapse, C1-1
L Sominsky, E Fuller, E Bondarenko, L Ong, L Averell, E Nalivaiko, P Dunkley, P Dickson, D Hodgson
(2013), Vol. 8, PLoS ONE, C1-1
In vivo suppression of plasma IL-12 levels by acute and chronic stress paradigms: Potential mediating mechanisms and sex differences
L Shaashua, L Sominsky, B Levi, L Sorski, M Reznick, G Page, S Ben-Eliyahu
(2012), Vol. 26, pp. 996-1005, Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, C1-1
Neonatal immune challenge alters reproductive development in the female rat
L Sominsky, C Meehan, A Walker, L Bobrovskaya, E McLaughlin, D Hodgson
(2012), Vol. 62, pp. 345-355, Hormones and Behavior, C1-1
The sustained phase of tyrosine hydroxylase activation in vivo
L Ong, L Sominsky, P Dickson, D Hodgson, P Dunkley
(2012), Vol. 37, pp. 1938-1943, Neurochemical Research, C1-1
Transgenerational transmission of anxiety induced by neonatal exposure to lipopolysaccharide: Implications for male and female germ lines
A Walker, G Hawkins, L Sominsky, D Hodgson
(2012), Vol. 37, pp. 1320-1335, Psychoneuroendocrinology, C1-1
Increased microglial activation in the rat brain following neonatal exposure to a bacterial mimetic
L Sominsky, A Walker, L Ong, R Tynan, F Walker, D Hodgson
(2012), Vol. 226, pp. 351-356, Behavioural Brain Research, C1-1
Maternal separation in early life impairs tumor immunity in adulthood in the F344 rat
T Nakamura, A Walker, L Sominsky, T Allen, S Rosengren, D Hodgson
(2011), Vol. 14, pp. 335-343, Stress, C1-1
A Walker, S Hiles, L Sominsky, E McLaughlin, D Hodgson
(2011), Vol. 25, pp. 674-684, Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, C1-1
R Naor, V Domankevich, S Shemer, L Sominsky, E Rosenne, B Levi, S Ben-Eliyahu
(2009), Vol. 23, pp. 611-621, Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, C1-1
Reducing resistance to diabetes treatment using short narrative interventions
M Mishalia, L Sominskya, A Heymann
(2009), Vol. 27, pp. 192-197, Family Practice, C1-1
Predicting Health: The Role of the Early-Life Environment
Luba Sominsky, Adam Walker, Deborah Hodgson
(), pp. 266-295, The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Psychoneuroimmunology, B1-1
Funded Projects at Deakin
Industry and Other Funding
Investigating whether the expression of immune related genes in the placenta influence the baby's risk of developing food allergy.
Prof Peter Vuillermin, Dr Luba Sominsky
- 2022: $25,000
Supervisions
No completed student supervisions to report