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Overview

Frederick R. Walker is affiliated with the University of Newcastle Australia in Australia. Their research primarily falls within the field of Medicine, with a focus on subfields including Neurology, Clinical Psychology, Surgery, General Health Professions, and Rehabilitation.

Their work covers several main topics including:

  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery
  • Healthcare professionals' stress and burnout
  • Acute Ischemic Stroke Management
  • Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
  • Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts
  • Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes

Frederick R. Walker has published multiple papers in well-known venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • JMIR Research Protocols
  • Scientific Reports
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • BMJ Open
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Some recent papers of note are:

  • Time-efficient intervention to improve older adolescents' cardiorespiratory fitness: findings from the 'Burn 2 Learn' cluster randomised controlled trial (2020), published in British Journal of Sports Medicine
  • Astrocyte remodeling in the beneficial effects of long-term voluntary exercise in Alzheimer's disease (2020), published in Journal of Neuroinflammation
  • Improving Patient Outcomes Following Total Knee Arthroplasty: Identifying Rehabilitation Pathways Based on Modifiable Psychological Risk and Resilience Factors (2020), published in Frontiers in Psychology
  • Opposing Associations of Stress and Resilience With Functional Outcomes in Stroke Survivors in the Chronic Phase of Stroke: A Cross-Sectional Study (2020), published in Frontiers in Neurology
  • More than motor impairment: A spatiotemporal analysis of cognitive impairment and associated neuropathological changes following cortical photothrombotic stroke (2021), published in Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Michael Nilsson
  • Murielle G. Kluge
  • Sarah J. Johnson
  • Steven Maltby
  • Rebecca J. Hood

Best Publications

  • Chronic stress alters the density and morphology of microglia in a subset of stress-responsive brain regions

    Ross J. Tynan;Sundresan Naicker;Madeleine Hinwood;Eugene Nalivaiko

  • Evidence that Microglia Mediate the Neurobiological Effects of Chronic Psychological Stress on the Medial Prefrontal Cortex

    M. Hinwood;J. Morandini;T. A. Day;F. R. Walker

  • A comparative examination of the anti-inflammatory effects of SSRI and SNRI antidepressants on LPS stimulated microglia

    Ross J. Tynan;Judith Weidenhofer;Madeleine Hinwood;Murray J. Cairns

  • Chronic stress induced remodeling of the prefrontal cortex: structural re-organization of microglia and the inhibitory effect of minocycline.

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  • Acute and Chronic Stress-Induced Disturbances of Microglial Plasticity, Phenotype and Function

    Frederick Rohan Walker;Michael Nilsson;Kimberley Jones

  • Immunization with a heat-killed preparation of the environmental bacterium Mycobacterium vaccae promotes stress resilience in mice

    Stefan O. Reber;Philip H. Siebler;Nina C. Donner;James T. Morton

  • Chronic stress-induced disruption of the astrocyte network is driven by structural atrophy and not loss of astrocytes

    Ross J. Tynan;Sarah B. Beynon;Madeleine Hinwood;Sarah J. Johnson

  • In the search for integrative biomarker of resilience to psychological stress

    Frederick R. Walker;Kane Pfingst;Luca Carnevali;Andrea Sgoifo

  • Microglial activation in the injured and healthy brain: What are we really talking about? Practical and theoretical issues associated with the measurement of changes in microglial morphology

    S.B. Beynon;F.R. Walker

  • A critical review of the mechanism of action for the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors: do these drugs possess anti-inflammatory properties and how relevant is this in the treatment of depression?

    Frederick Rohan Walker

  • A comparative study of cybersickness during exposure to virtual reality and "classic" motion sickness: are they different?

    Alireza Mazloumi Gavgani;Frederick R. Walker;Deborah M. Hodgson;Eugene Nalivaiko

  • Prior voluntary wheel running attenuates neuropathic pain.

    Peter M Grace;Timothy J Fabisiak;Suzanne M Green-Fulgham;Nathan D Anderson

  • Quantitative assessment of microglial morphology and density reveals remarkable consistency in the distribution and morphology of cells within the healthy prefrontal cortex of the rat

    Ratchaniporn Kongsui;Sarah B Beynon;Sarah J Johnson;Frederick Rohan Walker

  • Peripheral immune cells infiltrate into sites of secondary neurodegeneration after ischemic stroke.

    K.A. Jones;S. Maltby;M.W. Plank;M. Kluge

  • Endotoxin exposure in early life alters the development of anxiety-like behaviour in the Fischer 344 rat.

    Frederick Rohan Walker;James March;Deborah Maree Hodgson

  • Neonatal endotoxin exposure influences HPA responsivity and impairs tumor immunity in Fischer 344 rats in adulthood.

    Deborah M Hodgson;Brendon Knott;Frederick R Walker

  • Combined Ampakine and BDNF Treatments Enhance Poststroke Functional Recovery in Aged Mice via AKT-CREB Signaling:

    Andrew N Clarkson;Kim Parker;Michael Nilsson;F Rohan Walker

  • Respiratory pattern in awake rats: Effects of motor activity and of alerting stimuli

    Muammar M. Kabir;Mirza I. Beig;Mathias Baumert;Mimosa Trombini

  • Exercise reverses the effects of early life stress on orexin cell reactivity in male but not female rats.

    Morgan H James;Erin Jane Campbell;Frederick Rohan Walker;Douglas W Smith

  • Increased microglial activation in the rat brain following neonatal exposure to a bacterial mimetic

    Luba Sominsky;A. K. Walker;L. K. Ong;R. J. Tynan

  • Early treatment with minocycline following stroke in rats improves functional recovery and differentially modifies responses of peri-infarct microglia and astrocytes

    Wai Ping Yew;Natalia D. Djukic;Jaya S. P. Jayaseelan;Frederick R. Walker

  • Chronic stress exposure following photothrombotic stroke is associated with increased levels of Amyloid beta accumulation and altered oligomerisation at sites of thalamic secondary neurodegeneration in mice

    Lin Kooi Ong;Zidan Zhao;Murielle Kluge;Frederick R Walker

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Nilsson
Michael Nilsson University of Newcastle Australia
Eugene Nalivaiko
Eugene Nalivaiko University of Newcastle Australia
Julie Bernhardt
Julie Bernhardt Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health
Brian Kelly
Brian Kelly University of Newcastle Australia
Charles H. Hillman
Charles H. Hillman Northeastern University
Ronald C. Plotnikoff
Ronald C. Plotnikoff University of Newcastle Australia
Benjamin N. Greenwood
Benjamin N. Greenwood University of Colorado Denver
Chris Lonsdale
Chris Lonsdale Australian Catholic University
Darryl W. Eyles
Darryl W. Eyles University of Queensland
Malcolm K. Horne
Malcolm K. Horne Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health

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