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Michael J. Meaney

Michael J. Meaney

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Medicine
Canada
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
165
Citations
121119
World Ranking
626
National Ranking
19

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Canada Leader Award

Overview

Michael J. Meaney is affiliated with McGill University in Canada and has contributed extensively to the field of Medicine, with a focus on Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Molecular Biology. The primary topics of their research include Birth, Development, and Health, Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum, Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development, Stress Responses and Cortisol, Tryptophan and brain disorders, Functional Brain Connectivity Studies, and Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging.

Their recent publications feature a range of studies, including:

  • Correction: Differential transcriptional response following glucocorticoid activation in cultured blood immune cells: a novel approach to PTSD biomarker development, 2020, Translational Psychiatry
  • Cohort profile: Singapore Preconception Study of Long-Term Maternal and Child Outcomes (S-PRESTO), 2020, European Journal of Epidemiology
  • Homotopic local-global parcellation of the human cerebral cortex from resting-state functional connectivity, 2023, NeuroImage
  • Understanding the Link Between Allergy and Neurodevelopmental Disorders: A Current Review of Factors and Mechanisms, 2021, Frontiers in Neurology
  • Maternal Prenatal Mood, Pregnancy-Specific Worries, and Early Child Psychopathology: Findings From the DREAM BIG Consortium, 2020, Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

Frequently collaborating with other researchers, Michael J. Meaney has coauthored numerous papers with Yap Seng Chong, Patrícia Pelufo Silveira, Peter D. Gluckman, Irina Pokhvisneva, and Kieran J. O'Donnell. Their works have appeared predominantly in established venues such as Biological Psychiatry, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Translational Psychiatry, Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, and Molecular Psychiatry.

Their body of research covers diverse aspects of health and developmental sciences, integrating molecular biology and clinical psychology with public health considerations. The breadth of their work is reflected in the volume of published material, with over 230 publications in Medicine and numerous papers addressing child health, maternal mental health, and neurodevelopmental topics.

Best Publications

  • Epigenetic programming by maternal behavior.

    Ian C G Weaver;Nadia Cervoni;Frances A Champagne;Ana C D'Alessio

  • Epigenetic regulation of the glucocorticoid receptor in human brain associates with childhood abuse

    Patrick O McGowan;Aya Sasaki;Aya Sasaki;Ana C D'Alessio;Sergiy Dymov

  • Maternal Care, Hippocampal Glucocorticoid Receptors, and Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Responses to Stress

    Dong Liu;Josie Diorio;Josie Diorio;Beth Tannenbaum;Beth Tannenbaum;Christian Caldji;Christian Caldji

  • Maternal care, gene expression, and the transmission of individual differences in stress reactivity across generations.

    Michael J Meaney

  • Nongenomic Transmission Across Generations of Maternal Behavior and Stress Responses in the Rat

    Darlene Francis;Josie Diorio;Dong Liu;Michael J. Meaney

  • Cortisol levels during human aging predict hippocampal atrophy and memory deficits.

    Sonia J. Lupien;Mony de Leon;Susan de Santi;Antonio Convit

  • Early, postnatal experience alters hypothalamic corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) mRNA, median eminence CRF content and stress-induced release in adult rats

    Paul M. Plotsky;Michael J. Meaney

  • Maternal care during infancy regulates the development of neural systems mediating the expression of fearfulness in the rat

    Christian Caldji;Beth Tannenbaum;Shakti Sharma;Darlene Francis

  • Socioeconomic status and the brain: mechanistic insights from human and animal research

    Daniel A. Hackman;Martha J. Farah;Michael J. Meaney;Michael J. Meaney

  • Epigenetics and the biological definition of gene x environment interactions.

    Michael J. Meaney

  • Maternal care, hippocampal synaptogenesis and cognitive development in rats.

    Dong Liu;Josie Diorio;Jamie C. Day;Darlene D. Francis

  • The role of the medial prefrontal cortex (cingulate gyrus) in the regulation of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal responses to stress

    Diane Diorio;Victor Viau;Michael J. Meaney

  • Effect of neonatal handling on age-related impairments associated with the hippocampus.

    M. J. Meaney;D. H. Aitken;C. Van Berkel;Seema Bhatnagar

  • Maturation of the adrenocortical stress response: Neuroendocrine control mechanisms and the stress hyporesponsive period

    Robert M. Sapolsky;Michael J. Meaney

  • Variations in maternal care in the rat as a mediating influence for the effects of environment on development.

    Frances A Champagne;Darlene D Francis;Adam Mar;Michael J Meaney

  • Environmental programming of stress responses through DNA methylation: life at the interface between a dynamic environment and a fixed genome.

    Michael J. Meaney;Moshe Szyf

  • Early environmental regulation of forebrain glucocorticoid receptor gene expression: implications for adrenocortical responses to stress.

    Michael J. Meaney;Josie Diorio;Darlene Francis;Judith Widdowson

  • Reversal of Maternal Programming of Stress Responses in Adult Offspring through Methyl Supplementation: Altering Epigenetic Marking Later in Life

    Ian C. G. Weaver;Frances A. Champagne;Shelley E. Brown;Sergiy Dymov

  • Maternal care effects on the hippocampal transcriptome and anxiety-mediated behaviors in the offspring that are reversible in adulthood

    Ian C. G. Weaver;Michael J. Meaney;Moshe Szyf

  • Long-term behavioral and neuroendocrine adaptations to adverse early experience.

    Charlotte O. Ladd;Rebecca L. Huot;K.V. Thrivikraman;Charles B. Nemeroff

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter D. Gluckman
Peter D. Gluckman University of Auckland
Meir Steiner
Meir Steiner McMaster University
Anqi Qiu
Anqi Qiu Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Michael S. Kobor
Michael S. Kobor University of British Columbia
Keith M. Godfrey
Keith M. Godfrey University of Southampton
Robert D. Levitan
Robert D. Levitan Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Seang-Mei Saw
Seang-Mei Saw National University of Singapore
Alison S. Fleming
Alison S. Fleming University of Toronto
Leslie Atkinson
Leslie Atkinson Toronto Metropolitan University
James L. Kennedy
James L. Kennedy Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

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