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Overview

Terry L. Davidson is affiliated with American University in the United States and specializes primarily in the field of Neuroscience. Their research spans various subfields including Cognitive Neuroscience, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Nutrition and Dietetics, and Cell Biology.

The main topics addressed by Davidson's research encompass Memory and Neural Mechanisms, Regulation of Appetite and Obesity, Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques, Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications, Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms, Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies, and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research.

Davidson has contributed to several research publications, with recent notable papers including:

  • "Vulnerability of the Hippocampus to Insults: Links to Blood-Brain Barrier Dysfunction" (2024), International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • "Appetitive interoception, the hippocampus and western-style diet" (2022), Reviews in Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders
  • "Hippocampal-dependent appetitive control is impaired by experimental exposure to a Western-style diet" (2020), Royal Society Open Science

Frequently publishing in venues such as Physiology & Behavior, Journal of Visualized Experiments, Royal Society Open Science, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, and Reviews in Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders, Davidson's works appear across a range of scientific journals that address behavioral, molecular, and biochemical facets of neuroscience.

Collaborations form an important part of Davidson's research output, with frequent co-authors including Anthony L. Riley, Richard J. Stevenson, Alexia Hyde, Cassie J. Rowe, and Mikayla Crowley-Perry.

Best Publications

  • Western diet consumption and cognitive impairment: Links to hippocampal dysfunction and obesity

    Scott E. Kanoski;Terry L. Davidson

  • NIH working group report: Innovative research to improve maintenance of weight loss

    Paul S. MacLean;Rena R. Wing;Terry Davidson;Leonard Epstein

  • A role for sweet taste: calorie predictive relations in energy regulation by rats.

    Susan E. Swithers;Terry L. Davidson

  • The Effects of a High-Energy Diet on Hippocampal Function and Blood-Brain Barrier Integrity in the Rat

    Scott E. Kanoski;Yanshu Zhang;Wei Zheng;Terry L. Davidson

  • The Effects of Energy-Rich Diets on Discrimination Reversal Learning and on BDNF in the Hippocampus and Prefrontal Cortex of the Rat

    Scott E. Kanoski;Robert L. Meisel;Amanda J. Mullins;Terry L. Davidson

  • High-intensity sweeteners and energy balance.

    Susan E. Swithers;Ashley A. Martin;Terry L. Davidson

  • A role for hippocampus in the utilization of hunger signals.

    T.L. Davidson;Leonard E. Jarrard

  • Memory inhibition and energy regulation

    T L Davidson;Scott E Kanoski;Elwood K Walls;Leonard E Jarrard

  • The effects of a high-energy diet on hippocampal-dependent discrimination performance and blood–brain barrier integrity differ for diet-induced obese and diet-resistant rats

    Terry L. Davidson;Andrew Monnot;Adelai U. Neal;Ashley A. Martin

  • A potential role for the hippocampus in energy intake and body weight regulation.

    Terry L Davidson;Scott E Kanoski;Lindsey A Schier;Deborah J Clegg

  • Different patterns of memory impairments accompany short- and longer-term maintenance on a high-energy diet.

    Scott E. Kanoski;Terry L. Davidson

  • Hippocampal lesions do not impair negative patterning: a challenge to configural association theory.

    T. L. Davidson;Margaret G. McKernan;Leonard E. Jarrard

  • Evaluation of the association between maternal smoking, childhood obesity, and metabolic disorders: a national toxicology program workshop review.

    Mamta Behl;Deepa Rao;Kjersti Aagaard;Terry L. Davidson

  • A Pavlovian approach to the problem of obesity.

    T L Davidson;S E Swithers

  • Inter-relationships among Diet, Obesity and Hippocampal-dependent Cognitive Function

    Terry L. Davidson;Sara L. Hargrave;Susan E. Swithers;Camille H. Sample

  • The hippocampus and motivation revisited: appetite and activity

    Andrea L Tracy;Leonard E Jarrard;T.L Davidson

  • Contributions of the hippocampus and medial prefrontal cortex to energy and body weight regulation

    Terry L. Davidson;Kinho Chan;Leonard E. Jarrard;Scott E. Kanoski

  • The hippocampus and inhibitory learning: a ‘Gray’ area?

    T.L Davidson;Leonard E Jarrard

  • Experience with the high-intensity sweetener saccharin impairs glucose homeostasis and GLP-1 release in rats

    Susan E. Swithers;Alycia F. Laboy;Kiely Clark;Stephanie Cooper

  • Human cognitive function and the obesogenic environment.

    Ashley A. Martin;Terry L. Davidson

  • On the hippocampus and learned conditional responding: Effects of aspiration versus ibotenate lesions

    Leonard E. Jarrard;T. L. Davidson

  • Hippocampal lesions do not impair negative patterning: A challenge to configural association theory.

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Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen C. Benoit
Stephen C. Benoit University of Cincinnati
Leonard E. Jarrard
Leonard E. Jarrard Washington and Lee University
Terry L. Powley
Terry L. Powley Purdue University West Lafayette
Robert A. Rescorla
Robert A. Rescorla University of Pennsylvania
Alexander J. Rothman
Alexander J. Rothman University of Minnesota
Kerri N. Boutelle
Kerri N. Boutelle University of California, San Diego
Richard J. Stevenson
Richard J. Stevenson Macquarie University
Leonard H. Epstein
Leonard H. Epstein University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Barbara J. Rolls
Barbara J. Rolls Pennsylvania State University
Rena R. Wing
Rena R. Wing Brown University

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