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John F. Sheridan is affiliated with The Ohio State University in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on Neuroscience, Medicine, and Psychology. Within these areas, Sheridan has contributed extensively to subfields including Clinical Psychology, Behavioral Neuroscience, Biological Psychiatry, Neurology, and Epidemiology.

The scientist's main research topics center on complex neurobiological and psychological mechanisms related to stress and trauma. Key areas of work include Stress Responses and Cortisol, Tryptophan and brain disorders, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research, Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms, Traumatic Brain Injury Research, Sleep and Wakefulness Research, and Child Abuse and Trauma.

Sheridan's recent publications reflect this focus and include studies published in well-regarded journals. Selected papers are:

  • The neuroimmunology of social-stress-induced sensitization, 2022, Nature Immunology
  • Interleukin-1 receptor on hippocampal neurons drives social withdrawal and cognitive deficits after chronic social stress, 2020, Molecular Psychiatry
  • Brain-Based Biotypes of Psychiatric Vulnerability in the Acute Aftermath of Trauma, 2021, American Journal of Psychiatry
  • Prognostic neuroimaging biomarkers of trauma-related psychopathology: resting-state fMRI shortly after trauma predicts future PTSD and depression symptoms in the AURORA study, 2021, Neuropsychopharmacology
  • Chronic Cortical Inflammation, Cognitive Impairment, and Immune Reactivity Associated with Diffuse Brain Injury Are Ameliorated by Forced Turnover of Microglia, 2022, Journal of Neuroscience

Collaborative work is a significant aspect of Sheridan's scientific career, with frequent coauthors including:

  • Thomas C. Neylan
  • Sarah D. Linnstaedt
  • Robert M. Domeier
  • Niels K. Rathlev
  • Ronald C. Kessler

Sheridan has contributed prolifically to several publication venues. The most frequent include:

  • UNC Libraries
  • Brain Behavior and Immunity
  • Molecular Psychiatry
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Neuropsychopharmacology

Best Publications

  • Alterations in brain and immune function produced by mindfulness meditation.

    Richard J. Davidson;Jon Kabat-Zinn;Jessica Schumacher;Melissa Rosenkranz

  • Chronic stress alters the immune response to influenza virus vaccine in older adults

    Janice K. Kiecolt-Glaser;Ronald Glaser;Stefan Gravenstein;William B. Malarkey

  • Requirement of Mip-1α for an Inflammatory Response to Viral Infection

    Donald N. Cook;Melinda A. Beck;Thomas M. Coffman;Suzanne L. Kirby

  • Minocycline attenuates lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced neuroinflammation, sickness behavior, and anhedonia

    Christopher J Henry;Yan Huang;Angela Wynne;Mark L. Hanke

  • Multilevel integrative analyses of human behavior: social neuroscience and the complementing nature of social and biological approaches.

    John T. Cacioppo;Gary G. Berntson;John F. Sheridan;Martha K. McClintock

  • β-Adrenergic Receptor Antagonism Prevents Anxiety-like Behavior and Microglial Reactivity Induced by Repeated Social Defeat

    Eric S. Wohleb;Mark L. Hanke;Angela W. Corona;Nicole D. Powell

  • Social stress up-regulates inflammatory gene expression in the leukocyte transcriptome via β-adrenergic induction of myelopoiesis

    Nicole D Powell;Erica Kate Sloan;Michael T Bailey;Jesusa Mg Arevalo

  • Stress-related immune suppression: Health implications

    Ronald Glaser;John Rice;John Sheridan;Richard Fertel

  • Stress-induced recruitment of bone marrow-derived monocytes to the brain promotes anxiety-like behavior.

    Eric S. Wohleb;Nicole D. Powell;Jonathan P. Godbout;John F. Sheridan

  • Effect of Sleep Deprivation on Response to Immunizaton

    Karine Spiegel;John F. Sheridan;Eve Van Cauter

  • The childhood asthma management program (CAMP): Design, rationale, and methods

    Gail G. Shapiro;Thomas R. DuHamel;Timothy G. Wighton;Tamara Chinn

  • Monocyte trafficking to the brain with stress and inflammation: a novel axis of immune-to-brain communication that influences mood and behavior.

    Eric S. Wohleb;Daniel B. McKim;John F. Sheridan;Jonathan P. Godbout

  • A comparison of mindfulness-based stress reduction and an active control in modulation of neurogenic inflammation

    Melissa A. Rosenkranz;Richard J. Davidson;Donal G. MacCoon;John F. Sheridan

  • Social stress induces glucocorticoid resistance in subordinate animals.

    Ronit Avitsur;Jennifer L. Stark;John F. Sheridan

  • Autonomic, Neuroendocrine, and Immune Responses to Psychological Stress: The Reactivity Hypothesisa

    John T. Cacioppo;Gary G. Berntson;William B. Malarkey;Janice K. Kiecolt-Glaser

  • Chronic stress modulates the immune response to a pneumococcal pneumonia vaccine.

    Ronald Glaser;John Sheridan;William B. Malarkey;Robert C. MacCallum

  • Microglia Priming with Aging and Stress

    Anzela Niraula;John F Sheridan;Jonathan P Godbout

  • Social stress induces glucocorticoid resistance in macrophages.

    Jennifer L. Stark;Ronit Avitsur;David A. Padgett;Kim A. Campbell

  • Microglial recruitment of IL-1β-producing monocytes to brain endothelium causes stress-induced anxiety.

    Daniel B. McKim;Daniel B. McKim;Michael D. Weber;Michael D. Weber;Anzela Niraula;Anzela Niraula;Caroline M. Sawicki

  • Heterogeneity in neuroendocrine and immune responses to brief psychological stressors as a function of autonomic cardiac activation

    John T. Cacioppo;William B. Malarkey;Janice K. Kiecolt-Glaser;Bert N. Uchino

  • Restraint stress slows cutaneous wound healing in mice.

    David A. Padgett;Phillip T. Marucha;John F. Sheridan

  • Multilevel Integrative Analyses of Human Behavior: Social Neuroscience and the Complementing Nature

    John T. Cacioppo;Gary G. Berntson;John F. Sheridan;Martha K. McClintock

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael T. Bailey
Michael T. Bailey The Ohio State University
Ronald Glaser
Ronald Glaser The Ohio State University
William B. Malarkey
William B. Malarkey The Ohio State University
Laure Aurelian
Laure Aurelian University of Maryland, Baltimore
Janice K. Kiecolt-Glaser
Janice K. Kiecolt-Glaser The Ohio State University
Harald Engler
Harald Engler Essen University Hospital
Kerry J. Ressler
Kerry J. Ressler Harvard University
Diego A. Pizzagalli
Diego A. Pizzagalli Harvard University
Gari D. Clifford
Gari D. Clifford Emory University
Karestan C. Koenen
Karestan C. Koenen Harvard University

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