Selected publications

Kigar SL*, Lim TV*, Turner L, Bullmore ET, Ersche KD. Peripheral expression of dopamine genes as a biomarker for cocaine addiction in humans.

European Addiction Research

Kigar SL*, Lynall ME*, DePuyt AE, Atkinson R, Samuels JD, et al. Chronic social defeat stress induces meningeal neutrophilia via type I interferon signaling in male mice.

Nature Communications · 16:8153

Smith AJ*, Kigar SL*, Dercon Q, Hitchcock C, Lynall ME, Nord CL. Inflammatory profiles of transdiagnostic symptom dimensions in healthy females.

Brain, Behavior, & Immunity – Health · 50:101146

Lynall ME*, Kigar SL*, Lehmann ML, DePuyt AE, Tuong ZK, et al. B cells are abnormal in psychosocial stress and regulate meningeal myeloid cell activation.

Brain, Behavior, & Immunity · 97:226–238

Kigar SL, Chang L, Guerrero CR, Sehring JR, Cuarenta A, et al. N6-methyladenine is an epigenetic marker of early life stress.

Scientific Reports · 7:18078

Herkenham M, Kigar SL. Contributions of the adaptive immune system to mood regulation: mechanisms and pathways of neuroimmune interactions.

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry · 79(Pt A):49–57

Kigar SL, Chang L, Auger AP. Gadd45b is an epigenetic regulator of juvenile social behavior and alters local pro-inflammatory cytokine production in the rodent amygdala.

Brain, Behavior, & Immunity · 46:60–69