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Overview

Nada M. Porter is affiliated with the University of Kentucky in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with a specialized emphasis on physiology. The main topics of their work include diet and metabolism studies.

Porter has contributed to the academic community through publications, notably in the journal Current Developments in Nutrition. Their recent paper titled "Effects of Long-Term Dietary High Vitamin D3 Supplementation on Cognition, the Brain Transcriptome and Microbiome in Male and Female Aging F344 Rats" was published in 2024.

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Lawrence D. Brewer
  • Eric M. Blalock
  • Julien R Thibault
  • Sangderk Lee
  • Olivier Thibault

Their contributions extend within the field of medicine, intersecting with studies on the physiological effects of diet and metabolism, as evidenced by their publication record and research topics. Porter has not been noted as an author of book publications or as a recipient of awards to date.

Best Publications

  • Incipient Alzheimer's disease: Microarray correlation analyses reveal major transcriptional and tumor suppressor responses

    Eric M. Blalock;James W. Geddes;Kuey Chu Chen;Nada M. Porter

  • Gene microarrays in hippocampal aging: statistical profiling identifies novel processes correlated with cognitive impairment.

    Eric M. Blalock;Kuey-Chu Chen;Keith Sharrow;James P. Herman

  • Vitamin D hormone confers neuroprotection in parallel with downregulation of L-type calcium channel expression in hippocampal neurons.

    Lawrence D. Brewer;Veronique Thibault;Kuey-Chu Chen;Moises C. Langub

  • Cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase decreases GABAA receptor current in mouse spinal neurons.

    Nada M. Porter;Roy E. Twyman;Michael D. Uhler;Robert L. Macdonald

  • Calcineurin Triggers Reactive/Inflammatory Processes in Astrocytes and Is Upregulated in Aging and Alzheimer's Models

    Christopher M. Norris;Inga Kadish;Eric M. Blalock;Kuey-Chu Chen

  • Hippocampal Expression Analyses Reveal Selective Association of Immediate-Early, Neuroenergetic, and Myelinogenic Pathways with Cognitive Impairment in Aged Rats

    Wayne B. Rowe;Eric M. Blalock;Kuey-Chu Chen;Inga Kadish

  • Vitamin D prevents cognitive decline and enhances hippocampal synaptic function in aging rats

    Caitlin S. Latimer;Lawrence D. Brewer;James L. Searcy;Kuey-Chu Chen

  • A new glucocorticoid hypothesis of brain aging: implications for Alzheimer's disease.

    Philip W. Landfield;Eric M. Blalock;Kuey-Chu Chen;Nada M. Porter

  • Calcium dysregulation in neuronal aging and Alzheimer's disease: history and new directions

    Olivier Thibault;Nada M. Porter;Kuey-Chu Chen;Eric M. Blalock

  • Stress hormones and brain aging: adding injury to insult?

    Nada Porter;Philip W. Landfield

  • Hippocampal and Cognitive Aging across the Lifespan: A Bioenergetic Shift Precedes and Increased Cholesterol Trafficking Parallels Memory Impairment

    Inga Kadish;Olivier Thibault;Eric M. Blalock;Kuey-C. Chen

  • Calcium Channel Density and Hippocampal Cell Death with Age in Long-Term Culture

    Nada M. Porter;Olivier Thibault;Véronique Thibault;Kuey-Chu Chen

  • Harnessing the power of gene microarrays for the study of brain aging and Alzheimer's disease: Statistical reliability and functional correlation

    E.M. Blalock;K.-C. Chen;A.J. Stromberg;C.M. Norris

  • Long-Term Pioglitazone Treatment Improves Learning and Attenuates Pathological Markers in a Mouse Model of Alzheimer's Disease

    James L. Searcy;Jeremiah T. Phelps;Tristano Pancani;Inga Kadish

  • Increased vulnerability of hippocampal neurons with age in culture: temporal association with increases in NMDA receptor current, NR2A subunit expression and recruitment of L-type calcium channels.

    Lawrence D. Brewer;Olivier Thibault;Jeanise Staton;Veronique Thibault

  • Mechanisms of neuronal death in brain aging and Alzheimer's disease: role of endocrine-mediated calcium dyshomeostasis.

    P W Landfield;O Thibault;M L Mazzanti;N M Porter

  • Calcineurin enhances L-type Ca2+ channel activity in hippocampal neurons: increased effect with age in culture

    C.M Norris;E.M Blalock;K.-C Chen;N.M Porter

  • Intranasal Insulin Improves Age-Related Cognitive Deficits and Reverses Electrophysiological Correlates of Brain Aging

    Shaniya Maimaiti;Katie L. Anderson;Chris DeMoll;Lawrence D. Brewer

  • Dietary vitamin D deficiency in rats from middle to old age leads to elevated tyrosine nitration and proteomics changes in levels of key proteins in brain: Implications for low vitamin D-dependent age-related cognitive decline

    Jeriel T.R. Keeney;Sarah Förster;Rukhsana Sultana;Lawrence D. Brewer

  • Chronic 1α,25-(OH)2vitamin D3 treatment reduces Ca2+-mediated hippocampal biomarkers of aging

    Lawrence D. Brewer;Nada M. Porter;D. Steven Kerr;Philip W. Landfield

  • Effect of high-fat diet on metabolic indices, cognition, and neuronal physiology in aging F344 rats

    Tristano Pancani;Katie L. Anderson;Lawrence D. Brewer;Inga Kadish

Frequent Co-Authors

Olivier Thibault
Olivier Thibault University of Kentucky
Philip W. Landfield
Philip W. Landfield University of Kentucky
James P. Herman
James P. Herman University of Cincinnati
Stephen J. Moss
Stephen J. Moss Tufts University
William R. Markesbery
William R. Markesbery University of Kentucky
Richard Grondin
Richard Grondin University of Kentucky
Bradley K. Taylor
Bradley K. Taylor University of Pittsburgh
Zhiming Zhang
Zhiming Zhang University of Kentucky
Thomas C. Foster
Thomas C. Foster University of Florida

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