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Cynthia J.M. Kane

High Impact Emeritus

Professor Emeritus

Also affiliated: Texas Tech University (2005); Dartmouth–Hitchcock Medical Center (2005); Stanford Medicine (1991); Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (2005); Stanford University (1988–1992)

26 h-index 56 pubs 2,453 cited

  • Animals
  • Ethanol
  • Female
  • Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
  • Pregnancy
  • Rats
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Cerebellum
  • Mice
  • Microglia
  • Rats, Sprague-Dawley
  • Transforming Growth Factor beta
  • Mice, Inbred C57BL
  • Neurons

Biography and Research Information

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Cynthia J.M. Kane's research focuses on the neurobiological effects of ethanol exposure, particularly during critical developmental periods. Her work investigates how alcohol impacts neuroinflammation, myelination, and gene expression in the cerebellum and hippocampus, utilizing mouse models to study both fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) and alcohol use disorder (AUD).

Her recent publications explore the molecular signaling pathways, such as TLR4 and MyD88, involved in ethanol-induced neuroinflammation. Kane also examines the long-term consequences of developmental ethanol exposure on brain development and function, with a specific interest in cerebellar transcriptomic changes that may relate to disease onset. Her research group collaborates with other faculty members at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, including Paul D. Drew, James C. Douglas, Tonya Rafferty, and Kalee N. Holloway, on shared publications.

Kane has an h-index of 26 and has authored 56 publications with over 2,400 citations. She is recognized as a highly cited researcher.

Metrics

  • h-index: 26
  • Publications: 56
  • Citations: 2,453

Positions

  • Professor Emeritus publications 1988–2023
    University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Institution web page

Selected Publications

  • Ethanol Induces Neuroinflammation in a Chronic Plus Binge Mouse Model of Alcohol Use Disorder via TLR4 and MyD88-Dependent Signaling (2023)
    Cells 32 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Ethanol-induced cerebellar transcriptomic changes in a postnatal model of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders: Focus on disease onset (2023)
    Frontiers in Neuroscience 15 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Cerebellar Transcriptomic Analysis in a Chronic plus Binge Mouse Model of Alcohol Use Disorder Demonstrates Ethanol-Induced Neuroinflammation and Altered Glial Gene Expression (2023)
    Cells 11 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Effects of chronic and binge ethanol administration on mouse cerebellar and hippocampal neuroinflammation (2022)
    The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse 16 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Ethanol effects on cerebellar myelination in a postnatal mouse model of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (2021)
    Alcohol 17 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Ethanol modulation of hippocampal neuroinflammation, myelination, and neurodevelopment in a postnatal mouse model of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (2021)
    Neurotoxicology and Teratology 15 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Divergent and overlapping hippocampal and cerebellar transcriptome responses following developmental ethanol exposure during the secondary neurogenic period (2021)
    Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research 14 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Ethanol modulation of cerebellar neuroinflammation in a postnatal mouse model of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (2021)
    Journal of Neuroscience Research 26 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Neuroinflammatory contribution of microglia and astrocytes in fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (2020)
    Journal of Neuroscience Research 61 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Prenatal Ethanol Exposure and Postnatal Environmental Intervention Alter Dopaminergic Neuron and Microglia Morphology in the Ventral Tegmental Area During Adulthood (2019)
    Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research 29 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • PPAR-γ agonists suppress neuroinflammation in a FASD animal model (2017)
    Alcohol DOI OpenAlex
  • Protection against alcohol-induced neuronal and cognitive damage by the PPARγ receptor agonist pioglitazone (2017)
    Brain Behavior and Immunity 47 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor-γ Agonists: Potential Therapeutics for Neuropathology Associated with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (2016)
    Journal of Clinical & Cellular Immunology 7 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Inflammatory responses to alcohol in the CNS: nuclear receptors as potential therapeutics for alcohol-induced neuropathologies (2016)
    Journal of Leukocyte Biology 51 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Alcohol and Neuroimmune Interactions (2016)
    Elsevier eBooks DOI OpenAlex

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