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Marlene A. Wilson is affiliated with the University of South Carolina in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on neuroscience and medicine, with a particular emphasis on behavioral neuroscience, cognitive neuroscience, social psychology, endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, and pharmacology.

The scientist's main research topics include stress responses and cortisol, memory and neural mechanisms, neuroendocrine regulation and behavior, menopause and its health impacts and treatments, cholinesterase and neurodegenerative diseases, nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, and regulation of appetite and obesity.

Recent publications by Marlene A. Wilson include:

  • "Cholinergic neurotransmission in the basolateral amygdala during cued fear extinction" (2020) published in Neurobiology of Stress
  • "Individual Differences in Conditioned Fear and Extinction in Female Rats" (2021) published in Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
  • "ChAT::Cre transgenic rats show sex-dependent altered fear behaviors, ultrasonic vocalizations and cholinergic marker expression" (2023) published in Genes Brain & Behavior
  • "Differential effects of high-fat diet on endocrine, metabolic and depressive-like behaviors in male and female rats" (2024) published in Appetite
  • "Artificial intelligence (AI) use for personal protective equipment training, remediation, and education in health care" (2025) published in American Journal of Infection Control

Marlene A. Wilson frequently publishes in venues such as The FASEB Journal, Neurobiology of Stress, Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, Appetite, and Genes Brain & Behavior.

Key frequent coauthors include:

  • Kris F. Kaigler
  • Susan K. Wood
  • Devin M Kellis
  • Jim R. Fadel
  • Sarah C. Tryon

Best Publications

  • Hippocampal excitability increases during the estrous cycle in the rat: a potential role for brain-derived neurotrophic factor.

    Helen E. Scharfman;Thomas C. Mercurio;Jeffrey H. Goodman;Marlene A. Wilson

  • Hippocampal Insulin Resistance Impairs Spatial Learning and Synaptic Plasticity

    Claudia A. Grillo;Gerardo G. Piroli;Robert C. Lawrence;Shayna A. Wrighten

  • The effects of chronic treadmill and wheel running on behavior in rats.

    Paul R Burghardt;Laura J Fulk;Gregory A Hand;Marlene A Wilson

  • Anxiolytic effects of diazepam and ethanol in two behavioral models: comparison of males and females.

    Marlene A Wilson;Paul R Burghardt;Kris A Ford;Matthew B Wilkinson

  • Estrogen status and skeletal muscle recovery from disuse atrophy.

    J. M. McClung;J. M. Davis;M. A. Wilson;E. C. Goldsmith

  • Gender differences in brain and behavior: Hormonal and neural bases.

    Sandra J Kelly;Nancy L Ostrowski;Marlene A Wilson

  • Influences of gender, gonadectomy 5 and estrous cycle on GABA/BZ receptors and benzodiazepine responses in rats

    Marlene A. Wilson

  • Sex differences in hippocampal slice excitability: role of testosterone.

    M.D Smith;L.S Jones;M.A Wilson

  • Integrin-mediated collagen gel contraction by cardiac fibroblasts. Effects of angiotensin II.

    Maria Lonnett Burgess;Wayne E. Carver;Louis Terracio;Steven P. Wilson

  • Effects of altered amygdalar neuropeptide Y expression on anxiety-related behaviors.

    Stefany D Primeaux;Stefany D Primeaux;Steven P Wilson;Michael C Cusick;David A York

  • Chronic physical exercise reduces anxiety-like behavior in rats.

    Fulk Lj;Stock Hs;Lynn A;Marshall J

  • Increased Open Field Locomotion and Decreased Striatal GABAA Binding After Activity Wheel Running

    Dishman Rk;Dunn Al;Youngstedt Sd;Davis Jm

  • Sex differences in GABA/benzodiazepine receptor changes and corticosterone release after acute stress in rats

    Marlene A. Wilson;Rosemary Biscardi

  • Cholinergic regulation of fear learning and extinction.

    Marlene A. Wilson;Jim R. Fadel

  • Downregulation of hypothalamic insulin receptor expression elicits depressive-like behaviors in rats

    Claudia A. Grillo;Gerardo G. Piroli;Kris F. Kaigler;Steven P. Wilson

  • GABA physiology: modulation by benzodiazepines and hormones.

    Marlene A. Wilson

  • The Role of Amygdalar Mu-Opioid Receptors in Anxiety-Related Responses in Two Rat Models

    Marlene A Wilson;Lorain Junor

  • Overexpression of proenkephalin in the amygdala potentiates the anxiolytic effects of benzodiazepines.

    Wen Kang;Steven P Wilson;Marlene A Wilson

  • Influence of gender and brain region on neurosteroid modulation of GABA responses in rats

    Marlene A. Wilson;Rosemary Biscardi

  • Overexpression of neuropeptide Y in the central nucleus of the amygdala decreases ethanol self-administration in "anxious" rats.

    Stefany D. Primeaux;Steven P. Wilson;George A. Bray;David A. York

Frequent Co-Authors

Steven P. Wilson
Steven P. Wilson University of South Carolina
Jim R. Fadel
Jim R. Fadel University of South Carolina
Lawrence P. Reagan
Lawrence P. Reagan University of South Carolina
Claudia A. Grillo
Claudia A. Grillo University of South Carolina
Alexander J. McDonald
Alexander J. McDonald University of South Carolina
Franco Mascagni
Franco Mascagni University of South Carolina
Randall R. Sakai
Randall R. Sakai University of Cincinnati
John S. Raglin
John S. Raglin Indiana University
Cheryl A. Frye
Cheryl A. Frye University at Albany, State University of New York
Joseph C. Glorioso
Joseph C. Glorioso University of Pittsburgh

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