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Overview

Monika Fleshner is affiliated with the University of Colorado Boulder in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine, with key focus areas including Physiology, Molecular Biology, Neurology, Biological Psychiatry, and Gastroenterology.

The scientist's work frequently addresses topics such as gut microbiota and health, diet and metabolism studies, tryptophan and brain disorders, long-term effects of COVID-19, neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms, gastrointestinal motility and disorders, and exercise and physiological responses.

Monika Fleshner has contributed to several research publications across multiple well-regarded scientific journals. Prominent among them are:

  • SARS-CoV-2 spike S1 subunit induces neuroinflammatory, microglial and behavioral sickness responses: Evidence of PAMP-like properties (2021) in Brain Behavior and Immunity
  • Repeated sleep disruption in mice leads to persistent shifts in the fecal microbiome and metabolome (2020) in PLoS ONE
  • Ruminiclostridium 5, Parabacteroides distasonis, and bile acid profile are modulated by prebiotic diet and associate with facilitated sleep/clock realignment after chronic disruption of rhythms (2021) in Brain Behavior and Immunity
  • Dietary prebiotics alter novel microbial dependent fecal metabolites that improve sleep (2020) in Scientific Reports
  • Effects of Immunization With the Soil-Derived Bacterium Mycobacterium vaccae on Stress Coping Behaviors and Cognitive Performance in a "Two Hit" Stressor Model (2021) in Frontiers in Physiology

They often publish in venues such as Brain Behavior and Immunity, SLEEP, Frontiers in Physiology, Nutrients, and PLoS ONE. The distribution of publications indicates a strong engagement with neuroscience, immunology, and physiology communities.

Frequent collaborators of Monika Fleshner include Shelby Hopkins, Tel Kelley, Robert S. Thompson, Pieter C. Dorrestein, and Rob Knight. These coauthors have worked together on numerous projects, reflecting a collaborative approach to multidisciplinary research.

Best Publications

  • Position statement. Part one: Immune function and exercise.

    Walsh Np;Gleeson M;Shephard Rj;Woods Ja

  • Neurobiology of exercise.

    Rod K. Dishman;Hans Rudolf Berthoud;Frank W. Booth;Carl W. Cotman

  • Inverted-U relationship between the level of peripheral corticosterone and the magnitude of hippocampal primed burst potentiation.

    David M. Diamond;David M. Diamond;M. Catherine Bennett;Monika Fleshner;Gregory M. Rose;Gregory M. Rose

  • Psychoneuroimmunology. The interface between behavior, brain, and immunity

    Steven F. Maier;Linda R. Watkins;Monika Fleshner

  • Influence of sleep deprivation and circadian misalignment on cortisol, inflammatory markers, and cytokine balance.

    Kenneth P. Wright;Amanda L. Drake;Danielle J. Frey;Monika Fleshner

  • EXPOSURE TO ACUTE STRESS INDUCES BRAIN INTERLEUKIN-1BETA PROTEIN IN THE RAT

    Kien T. Nguyen;Terrence Deak;Stephanie M. Owens;Tadahiko Kohno

  • The Role of the Vagus Nerve in Cytokine-to-Brain Communication

    Steven F. Maier;Lisa E. Goehler;Monika Fleshner;Linda R. Watkins

  • A Role for Proinflammatory Cytokines and Fractalkine in Analgesia, Tolerance, and Subsequent Pain Facilitation Induced by Chronic Intrathecal Morphine

    Ian N. Johnston;Erin D. Milligan;Julie Wieseler-Frank;Matthew G. Frank

  • Catecholamines mediate stress-induced increases in peripheral and central inflammatory cytokines.

    J.D. Johnson;J. Campisi;C.M. Sharkey;S.L. Kennedy

  • Freewheel Running Prevents Learned Helplessness/Behavioral Depression: Role of Dorsal Raphe Serotonergic Neurons

    Benjamin N. Greenwood;Teresa E. Foley;Heidi E. W. Day;Jay Campisi

  • Long-term voluntary wheel running is rewarding and produces plasticity in the mesolimbic reward pathway.

    Benjamin N. Greenwood;Teresa E. Foley;Tony V. Le;Paul V. Strong

  • Treadmill running produces both positive and negative physiological adaptations in Sprague-Dawley rats.

    Albert Moraska;Terrence Deak;Robert L. Spencer;David Roth

  • Psychological stress impairs spatial working memory: relevance to electrophysiological studies of hippocampal function.

    David M. Diamond;Monika Fleshner;Nan Ingersoll;Gregory M. Rose

  • The immune system and memory consolidation: a role for the cytokine IL-1β

    C. Rachal Pugh;Monika Fleshner;Linda R. Watkins;Steven F. Maier

  • The effects of 40 hours of total sleep deprivation on inflammatory markers in healthy young adults.

    Danielle J. Frey;Monika Fleshner;Kenneth P. Wright

  • Selective effects of peripheral lipopolysaccharide administration on contextual and auditory-cue fear conditioning.

    Pugh Cr;Kumagawa K;Fleshner M;Watkins Lr

  • Releasing signals, secretory pathways, and immune function of endogenous extracellular heat shock protein 72.

    John D. Johnson;Monika Fleshner

  • A LONG TERM INCREASE IN BASAL LEVELS OF CORTICOSTERONE AND A DECREASE IN CORTICOSTEROID-BINDING GLOBULIN AFTER ACUTE STRESSOR EXPOSURE

    Monika Fleshner;Terrence Deak;Robert L. Spencer;Mark L. Laudenslager

  • A selective role for corticosterone in contextual-fear conditioning.

    Pugh Cr;Tremblay D;Fleshner M;Rudy Jw

  • Neurobiology of exercise

    R. K. Dishman;H. R. Berthoud;F. W. Booth;C. W. Cotman

Frequent Co-Authors

Benjamin N. Greenwood
Benjamin N. Greenwood University of Colorado Denver
Steven F. Maier
Steven F. Maier University of Colorado Boulder
Linda R. Watkins
Linda R. Watkins University of Colorado Boulder
David M. Diamond
David M. Diamond University of South Florida
Kenneth P. Wright
Kenneth P. Wright University of Colorado Boulder
Fred W. Turek
Fred W. Turek Northwestern University
Rob Knight
Rob Knight University of California, San Diego
Martha Hotz Vitaterna
Martha Hotz Vitaterna Northwestern University
Pieter C. Dorrestein
Pieter C. Dorrestein University of California, San Diego
Terrence Deak
Terrence Deak Binghamton University

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