Dr Luba Sominsky

The role of microglia and monocytes in the generation and resolution of the immune response in female and male rats

S Malik, H Wang, S Xavier, M Slayo, S Bozinovski, L Sominsky, S Spencer

(2023), Vol. 107, pp. 179-192, Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, Netherlands, C1

Pre-pregnancy obesity is associated with greater systemic inflammation and increased risk of antenatal depression

L Sominsky, M O'Hely, K Drummond, S Cao, F Collier, P Dhar, A Loughman, S Dawson, M Tang, T Mansell, R Saffery, D Burgner, A Ponsonby, P Vuillermin

(2023), Vol. 113, pp. 189-202, Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, C1

Inhibiting microglia exacerbates the early effects of cuprizone in males in a rat model of multiple sclerosis, with no effect in females

S Xavier, S Younesi, L Sominsky, S Spencer

(2023), Vol. 14, pp. 1-11, Frontiers in Neurology, Lausanne, Switzerland, C1

Inflammation and Nitro-oxidative Stress as Drivers of Endocannabinoid System Aberrations in Mood Disorders and Schizophrenia

G Morris, L Sominsky, K Walder, M Berk, W Marx, A Carvalho, C Bortolasci, M Maes, B Puri

(2022), Vol. 59, pp. 3485-3503, Molecular Neurobiology, Berlin, Germany, C1

Long-term role of neonatal microglia and monocytes in ovarian health

Simin Younesi, Alita Soch, Luba Sominsky, Sarah Spencer

(2022), pp. 1-45, Journal of Endocrinology, Bristol, Eng., C1

The role of metformin as a treatment for neuropsychiatric illness

S Dodd, L Sominsky, D Siskind, C Bortolasci, A Carvalho, M Maes, A Walker, K Walder, A Yung, L Williams, H Myles, T Watson, M Berk

(2022), Vol. 64, pp. 32-43, European Neuropsychopharmacology, Netherlands, C1

High maternal omega-3 supplementation dysregulates body weight and leptin in newborn male and female rats: Implications for hypothalamic developmental programming

S Xavier, J Gili, P McGowan, S Younesi, P Wright, D Walker, S Spencer, L Sominsky

(2021), Vol. 13, pp. 1-19, Nutrients, 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, FASEB Journal, United States, C1

Ovarian follicles are resistant to monocyte perturbations-implications for ovarian health with immune disruption

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, C1

Monocyte perturbation modulates the ovarian response to an immune challenge

S Younesi, S Spencer, L Sominsky

(2021), Vol. 536, Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology, Ireland, C1

Maternal diet before and during pregnancy modulates microglial activation and neurogenesis in the postpartum rat brain

S Xavier, A Soch, S Younesi, S Malik, S Spencer, L Sominsky

(2021), Vol. 98, pp. 185-197, Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, Netherlands, 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, Journal of Neuroinflammation, England, C1

The role of microglia in the second and third postnatal weeks of life in rat hippocampal development and memory

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, Journal of Neuroendocrinology, United States, 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, Journal of Neuroinflammation, England, C1

Obesity after neonatal overfeeding is independent of hypothalamic microgliosis

A Soch, L Sominsky, S De Luca, S Spencer

(2019), Vol. 31, Journal of Neuroendocrinology, United States, C1

Chronic predator stress in female mice reduces primordial follicle numbers: implications for the role of ghrelin

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

Conditional microglial depletion in rats leads to reversible anorexia and weight loss by disrupting gustatory circuitry

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

High-fat diet worsens the impact of aging on microglial function and morphology in a region-specific manner

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, United States, C1

Acylated ghrelin supports the ovarian transcriptome and follicles in the mouse: Implications for fertility

L Sominsky, J Goularte, Z Andrews, S Spencer

(2019), Vol. 10, Frontiers in Endocrinology, Switzerland, C1

Acylated ghrelin suppresses the cytokine response to lipopolysaccharide and does so independently of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis

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

Increased hypothalamic microglial activation after viral-induced pneumococcal lung infection is associated with excess serum amyloid A production

H Wang, M Blackall, L Sominsky, S Spencer, R Vlahos, M Churchill, S Bozinovski

(2018), Vol. 15, Journal of Neuroinflammation, England, 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

Neonatal overfeeding increases capacity for catecholamine biosynthesis from the adrenal gland acutely and long-term in the male rat

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

Neonatal immune activation depletes the ovarian follicle reserve and alters ovarian acute inflammatory mediators in neonatal rats

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

Neonatal overfeeding by small-litter rearing sensitises hippocampal microglial responses to immune challenge: Reversal with neonatal repeated injections of saline or minocycline

S De Luca, I Ziko, K Dhuna, L Sominsky, M Tolcos, L Stokes, S Spencer

(2017), Vol. 29, Journal of Neuroendocrinology, United States, C1

Neonatal overfeeding disrupts pituitary ghrelin signalling in female rats long-term; Implications for the stress response

L Sominsky, I Ziko, S Spencer

(2017), Vol. 12, PLoS ONE, United States, 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, England, 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, Frontiers in Endocrinology, 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, Journal of Endocrinology, England, C1

Early life peripheral lipopolysaccharide challenge reprograms catecholaminergic neurons

L Ong, E Fuller, L Sominsky, D Hodgson, P Dunkley, P Dickson

(2017), Vol. 7, Scientific Reports, England, C1

Overfeeding during a critical postnatal period exacerbates hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis responses to immune challenge: A role for adrenal melanocortin 2 receptors

G Cai, I Ziko, J Barwood, A Soch, L Sominsky, J Molero, S Spencer

(2016), Vol. 6, Scientific Reports, England, C1

Early life overfeeding impairs spatial memory performance by reducing microglial sensitivity to learning

S De Luca, I Ziko, L Sominsky, J Nguyen, T Dinan, A Miller, T Jenkins, S Spencer

(2016), Vol. 13, Journal of Neuroinflammation, England, C1

Neonatal overfeeding induces early decline of the ovarian reserve: Implications for the role of leptin

L Sominsky, I Ziko, A Soch, J Smith, S Spencer

(2016), Vol. 431, pp. 24-35, Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology, Ireland, 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

Eating behavior and stress: A pathway to obesity

L Sominsky, S Spencer

(2014), Vol. 5, Frontiers in Psychology, Switzerland, 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, Netherlands, 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, England, 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), Vol. 7, Frontiers in Neuroscience, Switzerland, 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, United States, C1-1

Functional Programming of the Autonomic Nervous System by Early Life Immune Exposure: Implications for Anxiety

L Sominsky, E Fuller, E Bondarenko, L Ong, L Averell, E Nalivaiko, P Dunkley, P Dickson, D Hodgson

(2013), Vol. 8, PLoS ONE, United States, 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, Netherlands, 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, United States, 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, United States, 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, England, 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, Netherlands, 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, England, C1-1

Neonatal lipopolysaccharide exposure impairs sexual development and reproductive success in the Wistar rat

A Walker, S Hiles, L Sominsky, E McLaughlin, D Hodgson

(2011), Vol. 25, pp. 674-684, Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, Netherlands, C1-1

Metastatic-promoting effects of LPS: Sexual dimorphism and mediation by catecholamines and prostaglandins

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, Netherlands, 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, England, C1-1