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  • 2008 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Gary L. Wenk is affiliated with The Ohio State University in the United States. Their research spans key areas within immunology, microbiology, and neuroscience, reflecting a focus on the interaction between immune processes and neurological health.

Wenk's published work encompasses topics including:

  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Immune cells in cancer
  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Immune Response and Inflammation

The scientist's main fields of study are Immunology and Microbiology with three publications, and Neuroscience with two publications. Subfields consist of Immunology, Neurology, and Physiology, indicating a multidisciplinary approach bridging immune system functions and nervous system physiology.

Frequent coauthors contributing to their research include Daniele Lana, Maria Grazia Giovannini, Filippo Ugolini, Daniele Nosi, and Giada Magni. Collaboration with these researchers points to a networked effort within their thematic research domains.

Key publication venues for their recent research output are Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience and the International Journal of Molecular Sciences.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Gary L. Wenk include:

  • The Emerging Role of the Interplay Among Astrocytes, Microglia, and Neurons in the Hippocampus in Health and Disease, published in 2021 in Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
  • Phenomic Microglia Diversity as a Druggable Target in the Hippocampus in Neurodegenerative Diseases, published in 2023 in International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Recognition of the scientist's standing within the scientific community includes the award of Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2008.

Best Publications

  • Inflammation and Alzheimer's disease.

    H Akiyama;S Barger;S Barnum;B Bradt

  • Neuropathologic changes in Alzheimer's disease.

    Gary L Wenk

  • The Neuropharmacological Basis for the Use of Memantine in the Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease

    Michael A. Rogawski;Gary L. Wenk

  • Lesions in nucleus basalis magnocellularis and medial septal area of rats produce qualitatively similar memory impairments

    DJ Hepler;DS Olton;GL Wenk;JT Coyle

  • Chronic neuroinflammation in rats reproduces components of the neurobiology of Alzheimer's disease

    Beatrice Hauss-Wegrzyniak;Pawel Dobrzanski;James D Stoehr;Gary L Wenk

  • The Nucleus Basalis Magnocellularis Cholinergic System: One Hundred Years of Progress

    Gary L. Wenk

  • Microglial Activation and β-Amyloid Deposit Reduction Caused by a Nitric Oxide-Releasing Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug in Amyloid Precursor Protein Plus Presenilin-1 Transgenic Mice

    Paul T. Jantzen;Karen E. Connor;Giovanni DiCarlo;Gary L. Wenk

  • Memory impairments following basal forebrain lesions.

    David J. Hepler;Gary L. Wenk;Brenda L. Cribbs;David S. Olton

  • Behavioral, biochemical, histological, and electrophysiological effects of 192 IgG-saporin injections into the basal forebrain of rats

    Gary L. Wenk;James D. Stoehr;George Quintana;Sherri Mobley

  • Aminergic systems in Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease

    Robert J. D'Amato;Richard M. Zweig;Peter J. Whitehouse;Gary L. Wenk

  • Age-related changes in multiple neurotransmitter systems in the monkey brain.

    Gary L. Wenk;Donna J. Pierce;Robert G. Struble;Donald L. Price

  • Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) in Alzheimer's disease: old and new mechanisms of action.

    Laura Gasparini;Ennio Ongini;Gary Wenk

  • Attention and the frontal cortex as examined by simultaneous temporal processing

    David S. Olton;Gary L. Wenk;Russell M. Church;Warren H. Meck

  • Loss of NMDA, but not GABA-A, binding in the brains of aged rats and monkeys

    Gary L. Wenk;Lary C. Walker;Donald L. Price;Linda C. Cork

  • Individual differences in aging: Behavioral and neurobiological correlates

    Alicja L. Markowska;William S. Stone;Donald K. Ingram;Jay Reynolds

  • The Neuron-Astrocyte-Microglia Triad in Normal Brain Ageing and in a Model of Neuroinflammation in the Rat Hippocampus

    Francesca Cerbai;Daniele Lana;Daniele Nosi;Polina Petkova-Kirova

  • Galantamine: Effect on nicotinic receptor binding, acetylcholinesterase inhibition, and learning

    Diana S. Woodruff-Pak;Richard W. Vogel;Gary L. Wenk

  • Chronic treatment of old rats with donepezil or galantamine: effects on memory, hippocampal plasticity and nicotinic receptors

    C.A Barnes;J Meltzer;F Houston;G Orr

  • An hypothesis on the role of glucose in the mechanism of action of cognitive enhancers.

    Gary L. Wenk

  • Recovery of neocortical choline acetyltransferase activity following ibotenic acid injection into the nucleus basalis of Meynert in rats

    G L Wenk;D S Olton

Frequent Co-Authors

David S. Olton
David S. Olton Johns Hopkins University
Susanna Rosi
Susanna Rosi University of California, San Francisco
Maria Grazia Giovannini
Maria Grazia Giovannini University of Florence
Paul E. Gold
Paul E. Gold Syracuse University
Alicja L. Markowska
Alicja L. Markowska National Institute on Aging
Carol A. Barnes
Carol A. Barnes University of Arizona
Jacqueline N. Crawley
Jacqueline N. Crawley University of California, Davis
Joseph T. Coyle
Joseph T. Coyle Harvard University
Cheryl A. Kitt
Cheryl A. Kitt Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Diana S. Woodruff-Pak
Diana S. Woodruff-Pak Temple University

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