Kirk Feindel

Dr. Kirk Feindel

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Academic Career Length

25Years (2002-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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6 April 2011 in Angewandte Chemie International Edition
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SCSoshan Cheong
Soshan Cheong
PFPeter Ferguson
Peter Ferguson
KFKirk Feindel
Kirk Feindel
IHIan Hermans
Ian Hermans
PCPaul T. Callaghan
Paul T. Callaghan
RTRichard Tilley
Richard Tilley

28 August 2004 in Journal of the American Chemical Society
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KFKirk Feindel
Kirk Feindel
LLLogan P.-A. LaRocque
Logan P.-A. LaRocque
DSDieter Starke
Dieter Starke
SBSteven H. Bergens
Steven H. Bergens
RWRoderick E. Wasylishen
Roderick E. Wasylishen

15 July 2020 in eneuro
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BSBhedita Seewoo
Bhedita Seewoo
LHLauren A. Hennessy
Lauren A. Hennessy
KFKirk Feindel
Kirk Feindel
SESarah J. Etherington
Sarah J. Etherington
PCPaul Croarkin
Paul Croarkin
JRJennifer Rodger
Jennifer Rodger
Prior research suggests that the neurobiological underpinnings of depression include aberrant brain functional connectivity, neurometabolite levels, and hippocampal volume. Chronic restraint stress (CRS) depression model in rats has been shown to elicit behavioral, gene expression, protein, functional connectivity, and hippocampal volume changes similar to those in human depression. However, no study to date has examined the association between behavioral changes and brain changes within the same animals. This study specifically addressed the correlation between the outcomes of behavioral tests and multiple 9.4 T magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) modalities in the CRS model using data collected longitudinally in the same animals. CRS involved placing young adult male Sprague Dawley rats in individual transparent tubes for 2.5 h daily over 13 d. Elevated plus maze (EPM) and forced swim tests (FSTs) confirmed the presence of anxiety-like and depression-like behaviors, respectively, postrestraint. Resting-state functional MRI (rs-fMRI) data revealed hypoconnectivity within the salience and interoceptive networks and hyperconnectivity of several brain regions to the cingulate cortex. Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy revealed decreased sensorimotor cortical glutamate (Glu), glutamine (Gln), and combined Glu-Gln (Glx) levels. Volumetric analysis of T2-weighted images revealed decreased hippocampal volume. Importantly, these changes parallel those found in human depression, suggesting that the CRS rodent model has utility for translational studies and novel intervention development for depression.

11 January 2006 in Chemphyschem
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KFKirk Feindel
Kirk Feindel
SBSteven H. Bergens
Steven H. Bergens
RWRoderick E. Wasylishen
Roderick E. Wasylishen

29 September 2006 in Journal of the American Chemical Society
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KFKirk Feindel
Kirk Feindel
SBSteven H. Bergens
Steven H. Bergens
RWRoderick E. Wasylishen
Roderick E. Wasylishen