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Yvonne M. Nolan is affiliated with University College Cork in Ireland. Their research spans multiple fields, with a strong emphasis on neuroscience, medicine, and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Over their career, Nolan has produced 32 publications in neuroscience, 31 in medicine, and 24 in biochemistry and related molecular sciences.

The scientist's work focuses on several subfields including physiology, molecular biology, cancer research, behavioral neuroscience, and biological psychiatry. Their main research topics include stress responses and cortisol, tryptophan and brain disorders, diet and metabolism studies, neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms, gut microbiota and health, innovations in medical education, and anatomy and medical technology.

Nolan has authored multiple recent papers covering a range of key topics and neurological conditions. Notable publications include:

  • "Microbiota from Alzheimer's patients induce deficits in cognition and hippocampal neurogenesis" (2023, Brain)
  • "Inflammation, Lifestyle Factors, and the Microbiome-Gut-Brain Axis: Relevance to Depression and Antidepressant Action" (2022, Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics)
  • "The 'middle-aging' brain" (2024, Trends in Neurosciences)
  • "Adult-born neurons from the dorsal, intermediate, and ventral regions of the longitudinal axis of the hippocampus exhibit differential sensitivity to glucocorticoids" (2020, Molecular Psychiatry)
  • "Outrunning a bad diet: Interactions between exercise and a Western-style diet for adolescent mental health, metabolism and microbes" (2023, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews)

Nolan frequently collaborates with other researchers. Some of their most frequent co-authors include Sarah Nicolas, Olivia F. O'Leary, John F. Cryan, Sebastian Dohm-Hansen, and Michael Ita.

Their work has appeared in a variety of journals, with the most frequent venues being the British Journal of Surgery (4 publications), Clinical Anatomy (2 publications), bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2 publications), Neuroscience Applied (2 publications), and Brain (1 publication).

Best Publications

  • The influence of microglia on the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease.

    Caitríona M. Long-Smith;Aideen M. Sullivan;Yvonne M. Nolan

  • CD200 Ligand–Receptor Interaction Modulates Microglial Activation In Vivo and In Vitro: A Role for IL-4

    Anthony Lyons;Eric J Downer;Suzanne Crotty;Yvonne M Nolan

  • The age-related attenuation in long-term potentiation is associated with microglial activation.

    Rebecca Griffin;Rachel Nally;Yvonne Nolan;Yvonne McCartney

  • Contributions of central and systemic inflammation to the pathophysiology of Parkinson's disease.

    Louise M. Collins;André Toulouse;Thomas J. Connor;Yvonne M. Nolan

  • Depression's Unholy Trinity: Dysregulated Stress, Immunity, and the Microbiome

    Joana S. Cruz-Pereira;Kieran Rea;Yvonne M. Nolan;Olivia F. O'Leary

  • Role of interleukin-4 in regulation of age-related inflammatory changes in the hippocampus.

    Yvonne Nolan;Frank O. Maher;Darren S. Martin;Rachael M. Clarke

  • Activation of p38 Plays a Pivotal Role in the Inhibitory Effect of Lipopolysaccharide and Interleukin-1β on Long Term Potentiation in Rat Dentate Gyrus

    Aine Kelly;Emily Vereker;Yvonne Nolan;Marcella Brady

  • Neuroinflammation negatively affects adult hippocampal neurogenesis and cognition: can exercise compensate?

    Sinéad M. Ryan;Yvonne M. Nolan

  • The anti-inflammatory cytokine, interleukin (IL)-10, blocks the inhibitory effect of IL-1 beta on long term potentiation. A role for JNK.

    Áine Kelly;Aileen Lynch;Emily Vereker;Yvonne Nolan

  • Stress and adolescent hippocampal neurogenesis: diet and exercise as cognitive modulators

    Cara M. Hueston;John F. Cryan;Yvonne M. Nolan

  • Lipopolysaccharide-induced increase in signalling in hippocampus is abrogated by IL-10 – a role for IL-1β?

    Aileen M. Lynch;Christine Walsh;Ada Delaney;Yvonne Nolan

  • Downregulation of IL-4-induced signalling in hippocampus contributes to deficits in LTP in the aged rat.

    F.O. Maher;Yvonne Nolan;Marina A. Lynch

  • Inflammation, Lifestyle Factors, and the Microbiome‐Gut‐Brain Axis: Relevance to Depression and Antidepressant Action

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  • Differential effect of chronic antidepressant treatments on lipopolysaccharide-induced depressive-like behavioural symptoms in the rat.

    Yan Shen;Thomas J. Connor;Yvonne Nolan;John P. Kelly

  • Born this way: Hippocampal neurogenesis across the lifespan

    Danka A. Kozareva;John F. Cryan;Yvonne M. Nolan

  • Parkinson's disease in the nuclear age of neuroinflammation.

    Yvonne M. Nolan;Aideen M. Sullivan;André Toulouse

  • A role for interleukin-1β in determining the lineage fate of embryonic rat hippocampal neural precursor cells

    Holly F. Green;Eimear Treacy;Aoife K. Keohane;Aideen M. Sullivan

  • Tumour necrosis factor-α impairs neuronal differentiation but not proliferation of hippocampal neural precursor cells: Role of Hes1

    Aoife Keohane;Sinead Ryan;Eimer Maloney;Aideen M. Sullivan

  • Inflammation and the developing brain: consequences for hippocampal neurogenesis and behavior

    Holly F. Green;Yvonne M. Nolan

  • GSK-3 mediates the release of IL-1β, TNF-α and IL-10 from cortical glia

    Holly F. Green;Yvonne M. Nolan

  • Imaging of neurosphere oxygenation with phosphorescent probes.

    Ruslan I. Dmitriev;Alexander V. Zhdanov;Yvonne M. Nolan;Dmitri B. Papkovsky

  • Evidence that lipopolysaccharide-induced cell death is mediated by accumulation of reactive oxygen species and activation of p38 in rat cortex and hippocampus.

    Yvonne Nolan;Emily Vereker;Aileen M Lynch;Marina A Lynch

Frequent Co-Authors

Marina A. Lynch
Marina A. Lynch Trinity College Dublin
Catherine Stanton
Catherine Stanton Teagasc - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority
Nathalie Castanon
Nathalie Castanon University of Bordeaux
Catherine Rivier
Catherine Rivier Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Lionel Naccache
Lionel Naccache Sorbonne University

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