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Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
John Disterhoft Lab

Publications

Learn more about the work we do in the Disterhoft Lab through our recent publications.

  1. Chen Z, Ford KP, Islam MBAR, Wan H, Han H, Ramakrishnan A, Brown RJ, Villanueva V, Wang Y, Davis BT  et al.  Anti-CD49d Ab treatment ameliorates age-associated inflammatory response and mitigates CD8+ T-cell cytotoxicity after traumatic brain injury.  J Neuroinflammation  2024 Oct 19;21(1):267. pii:267
  2. Russo ML, Ayala G, Neal D, Rogalsky AE, Ahmad S, Musial TF, Pearlman M, Bean LA, Farooqi AK, Ahmed A  et al.  Alzheimer's-linked axonal changes accompany elevated antidromic action potential failure rate in aged mice.  Brain Res  2024 Oct 15;1841:149083. doi:10.1016/j.brainres.2024.149083
  3. Song Z, Alpers A, Warner K, Iacobucci F, Hoskins E, Disterhoft JF, Voss JL, Widge AS  Chronic, Reusable, Multiday Neuropixels Recordings during Free-Moving Operant Behavior.  eNeuro  2024 Jan;11(1). pii:ENEURO.0245-23.2023
  4. Chen Z, Ford K, Islam M, Iamsawat S, Davis B, Weiss C, Schwulst S  ANTI-CD49D ANTIBODY TREATMENT IMPROVES SURVIVAL AND ATTENUATES NEUROCOGNITIVE DEFICITS AFTER TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY IN AGED MICE.  Shock  2024 Jan 01;61(1):112-119. doi:10.1097/SHK.0000000000002256
  5. Bac B, Hicheri C, Weiss C, Buell A, Vilcek N, Spaeni C, Geula C, Savas JN, Disterhoft JF  The TgF344-AD rat: behavioral and proteomic changes associated with aging and protein expression in a transgenic rat model of Alzheimer's disease.  Neurobiol Aging  2023 Mar;123:98-110. doi:10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2022.12.015
  6. Wirtshafter HS, Disterhoft JF  Place cells are nonrandomly clustered by field location in CA1 hippocampus.  Hippocampus  2023 Feb;33(2):65-84. doi:10.1002/hipo.23489
  7. Miller LN, Weiss C, Disterhoft JF  Learning-related changes in cellular activity within mouse dentate gyrus during trace eyeblink conditioning.  Hippocampus  2022 Oct;32(10):776-794. doi:10.1002/hipo.23468
  8. Weiss C, Bertolino N, Procissi D, Disterhoft JF  Brain activity studied with magnetic resonance imaging in awake rabbits.  Front Neuroimaging  2022;1:965529. pii:965529
  9. Rapp AP, Hark TJ, Power JM, Savas JN, Matthew Oh M, Disterhoft JF  Sex-Dependent Effects of Chronic Microdrive Implantation on Acquisition of Trace Eyeblink Conditioning.  Neurobiol Learn Mem  2022 Sep;193:107649. doi:10.1016/j.nlm.2022.107649
  10. Wirtshafter HS, Disterhoft JF  In Vivo Multi-Day Calcium Imaging of CA1 Hippocampus in Freely Moving Rats Reveals a High Preponderance of Place Cells with Consistent Place Fields.  J Neurosci  2022 Jun 01;42(22):4538-4554. doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1750-21.2022
  11. Lin C, Oh MM, Disterhoft JF  Aging-Related Alterations to Persistent Firing in the Lateral Entorhinal Cortex Contribute to Deficits in Temporal Associative Memory.  Front Aging Neurosci  2022;14:838513. pii:838513
  12. Weiss C, Bertolino N, Procissi D, Aleppo G, Smith QC, Viola KL, Bartley SC, Klein WL, Disterhoft JF  Diet-induced Alzheimer's-like syndrome in the rabbit.  Alzheimers Dement (N Y)  2022;8(1):e12241. pii:e12241
  13. Russo ML, Molina-Campos E, Ybarra N, Rogalsky AE, Musial TF, Jimenez V, Haddad LG, Voskobiynyk Y, D'Souza GX, Carballo G  et al.  Variability in sub-threshold signaling linked to Alzheimer's disease emerges with age and amyloid plaque deposition in mouse ventral CA1 pyramidal neurons.  Neurobiol Aging  2021 Oct;106:207-222. doi:10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2021.06.018
  14. Islam MBAR, Davis BT, Kando MJ, Mao Q, Procissi D, Weiss C, Schwulst SJ  Differential neuropathology and functional outcome after equivalent traumatic brain injury in aged versus young adult mice.  Exp Neurol  2021 Jul;341:113714. doi:10.1016/j.expneurol.2021.113714
  15. Bertolino N, Procissi D, Disterhoft JF, Weiss C  Detection of memory- and learning-related brain connectivity changes following trace eyeblink-conditioning using resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging in the awake rabbit.  J Comp Neurol  2021 May 01;529(7):1597-1606. doi:10.1002/cne.25042
  16. Rapp AP, Weiss C, Oh MM, Disterhoft JF  Intact Female Mice Acquire Trace Eyeblink Conditioning Faster than Male and Ovariectomized Female Mice.  eNeuro  2021;8(2). pii:ENEURO.0199-20.2021
  17. Buss EW, Corbett NJ, Roberts JG, Ybarra N, Musial TF, Simkin D, Molina-Campos E, Oh KJ, Nielsen LL, Ayala GD  et al.  Cognitive aging is associated with redistribution of synaptic weights in the hippocampus.  Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A  2021 Feb 23;118(8). pii:e1921481118
  18. Hansel C, Disterhoft JF  Why is synaptic plasticity not enough?  Neurobiol Learn Mem  2020 Dec;176:107336. doi:10.1016/j.nlm.2020.107336
  19. Rozema NB, Procissi D, Bertolino N, Viola KL, Nandwana V, Abdul N, Pribus S, Dravid V, Klein WL, Disterhoft JF  et al.  Aβ oligomer induced cognitive impairment and evaluation of ACU193-MNS-based MRI in rabbit.  Alzheimers Dement (N Y)  2020;6(1):e12087. pii:e12087
  20. Lin C, Sherathiya VN, Oh MM, Disterhoft JF  Persistent firing in LEC III neurons is differentially modulated by learning and aging.  Elife  2020 Jul 20;9. pii:e56816
  21. Cheng DT, Katzenelson AM, Faulkner ML, Disterhoft JF, Power JM, Desmond JE  Contingency awareness, aging, and the parietal lobe.  Neurobiol Aging  2020 Jul;91:125-135. doi:10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2020.02.024
  22. Weiss C, Lendacki FR, Rigby PH, Wyrwicz AM, Disterhoft JF, Spiess J  Conditioned Contextual Freezing is A Neurobehavioral Biomarker of Axonal Injury Indicated by Reduced Fractional Anisotropy in A Mouse Model of Blast-Induced Mild Traumatic Brain Injury.  Shock  2020 Jun;53(6):744-753. doi:10.1097/SHK.0000000000001424
  23. Titley HK, Watkins GV, Lin C, Weiss C, McCarthy M, Disterhoft JF, Hansel C  Intrinsic Excitability Increase in Cerebellar Purkinje Cells after Delay Eye-Blink Conditioning in Mice.  J Neurosci  2020 Mar 04;40(10):2038-2046. doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2259-19.2019
  24. Oh MM, Disterhoft JF  Learning and aging affect neuronal excitability and learning.  Neurobiol Learn Mem  2020 Jan;167:107133. doi:10.1016/j.nlm.2019.107133
  25. White LR, Boyle PA, Foster TC, Gazzaley AH, Disterhoft JF  How do we validate approaches that aim to harness reserve to improve the aging brain?  Neurobiol Aging  2019 Nov;83:145-149. doi:10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2019.03.024
  26. Miller LN, Weiss C, Disterhoft JF  Genetic Ablation of Neural Progenitor Cells Impairs Acquisition of Trace Eyeblink Conditioning.  eNeuro  2019;6(5). pii:ENEURO.0251-19.2019
  27. Suter EE, Weiss C, Disterhoft JF  Differential responsivity of neurons in perirhinal cortex, lateral entorhinal cortex, and dentate gyrus during time-bridging learning.  Hippocampus  2019 Jun;29(6):511-526. doi:10.1002/hipo.23041