Scholars@Duke

• Research
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  Selected Grants

  • Influence of prenatal exposure to air pollution and maternal stress on microglial sculpting of neural circuits awarded by National Institutes of Health 2021 - 2023
  • The Microglial Developmental Index: A Novel Framework for Understanding the Role of Microglia in the Etiology of Autism Spectrum Disorder" awarded by National Institutes of Health 2019 - 2021
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Smith, Caroline J., Danielle N. Rendina, Marcy A. Kingsbury, Karen E. Malacon, Dang M. Nguyen, Jessica J. Tran, Benjamin A. Devlin, et al. “Microbial modulation via cross-fostering prevents the effects of pervasive environmental stressors on microglia and social behavior, but not the dopamine system.” Molecular Psychiatry, May 2023. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41380-023-02108-w.
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    • Bilbo, Staci, Caroline Smith, Danielle Rendina, Marcy Kingsbury, Karen Malacon, Dang Nguyen, Jessica Tran, et al. “Microbial modulation prevents the effects of pervasive environmental stressors on microglia and social behavior, but not the dopamine system.” Res Sq, February 9, 2023. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-2548369/v1.
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    • Smith, Caroline J., Tania Lintz, Madeline J. Clark, Karen E. Malacon, Alia Abiad, Nicholas J. Constantino, Veronica J. Kim, et al. “Prenatal opioid exposure inhibits microglial sculpting of the dopamine system selectively in adolescent male offspring.” Neuropsychopharmacology : Official Publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology 47, no. 10 (September 2022): 1755–63. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41386-022-01376-4.
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    • Edlow, Andrea G., Ruthy M. Glass, Caroline J. Smith, Phuong Kim Tran, Kaitlyn James, and Staci Bilbo. “Placental Macrophages: A Window Into Fetal Microglial Function in Maternal Obesity.” International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience : The Official Journal of the International Society for Developmental Neuroscience 77 (October 2019): 60–68. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2018.11.004.
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    • Smith, C. J., A. Bhanot, E. Norman, J. E. Mullett, S. D. Bilbo, C. J. McDougle, N. R. Zürcher, and J. M. Hooker. “A Protocol for Sedation Free MRI and PET Imaging in Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder.” Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders 49, no. 7 (July 2019): 3036–44. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-019-04010-3.
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    • Kopec, Ashley M., Caroline J. Smith, and Staci D. Bilbo. “Neuro-Immune Mechanisms Regulating Social Behavior: Dopamine as Mediator?” Trends in Neurosciences 42, no. 5 (May 2019): 337–48. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tins.2019.02.005.
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    • Smith, Caroline J., and Staci D. Bilbo. “Microglia Sculpt Sex Differences in Social Behavior.” Neuron 102, no. 2 (April 2019): 275–77. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2019.03.039.
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    • Kopec, Ashley M., Caroline J. Smith, Nathan R. Ayre, Sean C. Sweat, and Staci D. Bilbo. “Microglial dopamine receptor elimination defines sex-specific nucleus accumbens development and social behavior in adolescent rats.” Nature Communications 9, no. 1 (September 2018): 3769. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06118-z.
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    • Smith, Caroline J. W., Aarane M. Ratnaseelan, and Alexa H. Veenema. “Robust age, but limited sex, differences in mu-opioid receptors in the rat brain: relevance for reward and drug-seeking behaviors in juveniles.” Brain Structure & Function 223, no. 1 (January 2018): 475–88. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00429-017-1498-8.
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    • Smith, Caroline J. W., Max L. Poehlmann, Sara Li, Aarane M. Ratnaseelan, Remco Bredewold, and Alexa H. Veenema. “Age and sex differences in oxytocin and vasopressin V1a receptor binding densities in the rat brain: focus on the social decision-making network.” Brain Structure & Function 222, no. 2 (March 2017): 981–1006. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00429-016-1260-7.
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