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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2017 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Margaret M. McCarthy is affiliated with the University of Maryland, Baltimore in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields centered around neuroscience and medicine, with a significant focus on behavioral neuroscience, social psychology, immunology, genetics, and public health. McCarthy's work addresses complex mechanisms involving neuroendocrine regulation, stress responses, neuroinflammation, sex and gender in healthcare, and hormone effects.

The scientist has authored numerous publications across various reputable venues. Frequent publication outlets include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Brain Behavior and Immunity, Biology of Sex Differences, Neuron, and the Journal of Neuroscience.

Key research topics covered by McCarthy are:

  • Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
  • Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Sex and Gender in Healthcare
  • Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research
  • Estrogen and related hormone effects
  • Reproductive System and Pregnancy

McCarthy's frequent collaborators include Jonathan W. VanRyzin, Ashley E. Marquardt, Seth A. Ament, Erin L. Reinl, and Sheryl E. Arambula.

Recent notable publications by McCarthy include:

  • Considering Sex as a Biological Variable in Basic and Clinical Studies: An Endocrine Society Scientific Statement, 2021, Endocrine Reviews
  • Androgens and the developing hippocampus, 2020, Biology of Sex Differences
  • Why and How to Account for Sex and Gender in Brain and Behavioral Research, 2023, Journal of Neuroscience
  • Neuroendocrine-Immune Crosstalk Shapes Sex-Specific Brain Development, 2020, Endocrinology
  • Molecular omics resources should require sex annotation: a call for action, 2021, Nature Methods

In addition to articles, McCarthy has contributed to the academic book collection, publishing a book titled Mad Mädchen with Berghahn Books in 2022.

The scientist's research portfolio is prominent in neuroscience, with a total of 43 publications, and medicine, comprising 38 publications. Their interdisciplinary work spans public health, genetics, social psychology, and immunology, providing a multidimensional approach to understanding brain function and health outcomes.

McCarthy was awarded the title of Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2017.

Best Publications

  • Knobil and Neill's Physiology of reproduction

    T. M. Plant;Anthony J Zeleznik;David F. Albertini;Robert L. Goodman

  • Early Life Programming and Neurodevelopmental Disorders

    Tracy L. Bale;Tallie Z. Baram;Alan S. Brown;Jill M. Goldstein

  • Estradiol and the Developing Brain

    Margaret M. McCARTHY

  • Reframing sexual differentiation of the brain

    Margaret M McCarthy;Arthur P Arnold

  • Sex Differences in the Brain: The Not So Inconvenient Truth

    Margaret M. McCarthy;Arthur P. Arnold;Gregory F. Ball;Jeffrey D. Blaustein

  • Microglia Are Essential to Masculinization of Brain and Behavior

    Kathryn M. Lenz;Bridget M. Nugent;Rachana Haliyur;Margaret M. McCarthy

  • CNS Region-Specific Oxytocin Receptor Expression: Importance in Regulation of Anxiety and Sex Behavior

    Tracy L. Bale;Aline M. Davis;Anthony P. Auger;Daniel M. Dorsa

  • The epigenetics of sex differences in the brain.

    Margaret M. McCarthy;Anthony P. Auger;Tracy L. Bale;Geert J. De Vries

  • An Anxiolytic Action of Oxytocin is Enhanced by Estrogen in the Mouse

    Margaret M Mccarthy;Christelle H Mcdonald;Phillip J Brooks;David Goldman

  • Brain feminization requires active repression of masculinization via DNA methylation

    Bridget M Nugent;Christopher L Wright;Amol C Shetty;Georgia E Hodes

  • Considering sex as a biological variable in preclinical research

    Leah R. Miller;Cheryl Marks;Jill B. Becker;Patricia D. Hurn

  • Induction of PGE2 by estradiol mediates developmental masculinization of sex behavior.

    Stuart K Amateau;Margaret M McCarthy

  • Neuroimmunology and neuroepigenetics in the establishment of sex differences in the brain.

    Margaret M. McCarthy;Bridget M. Nugent;Kathryn M. Lenz

  • A Starring Role for Microglia in Brain Sex Differences

    Kathryn M. Lenz;Margaret M. McCarthy

  • Developmental Time Course of Estradiol, Testosterone, and Dihydrotestosterone Levels in Discrete Regions of Male and Female Rat Brain

    Anne T. M. Konkle;Margaret M. McCarthy

  • When is a sex difference not a sex difference

    Margaret M. McCarthy;Anne T.M. Konkle

  • Differential effects of chronic unpredictable stress on hippocampal CB1 receptors in male and female rats

    Christian G. Reich;Michael E. Taylor;Margaret M. McCarthy

  • Microglial Phagocytosis of Newborn Cells Is Induced by Endocannabinoids and Sculpts Sex Differences in Juvenile Rat Social Play.

    Jonathan W. VanRyzin;Ashley E. Marquardt;Kathryn J. Argue;Haley A. Vecchiarelli

  • Estrogen modulation of oxytocin and its relation to behavior.

    McCarthy Mm

  • Brain Estradiol Content in Newborn Rats: Sex Differences, Regional Heterogeneity, and Possible de Novo Synthesis by the Female Telencephalon

    Stuart K. Amateau;Jesse J. Alt;Carolyn L. Stamps;Margaret M. McCarthy

  • Gonadal Steroids Promote Glial Differentiation and Alter Neuronal Morphology in the Developing Hypothalamus in a Regionally Specific Manner

    Jessica A. Mong;Edmund Glaser;Margaret M. McCarthy

Frequent Co-Authors

Donald W. Pfaff
Donald W. Pfaff Rockefeller University
Jessica A. Mong
Jessica A. Mong University of Maryland, Baltimore
Anthony P. Auger
Anthony P. Auger University of Wisconsin–Madison
Arthur P. Arnold
Arthur P. Arnold University of California, Los Angeles
Geert J. De Vries
Geert J. De Vries Georgia State University
Gregory F. Ball
Gregory F. Ball University of Maryland, College Park
David R. Grattan
David R. Grattan University of Otago
Allan E. Herbison
Allan E. Herbison University of Cambridge
Nancy G. Forger
Nancy G. Forger Georgia State University
James G. Pfaus
James G. Pfaus Charles University

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