THE McCARTHY LAB
Investigating Sex Differences in the Developing Brain
Notable Publications
Marquardt AE, VanRyzin JW, Fuquen RW and McCarthy MM (2023) Social play experience in juvenile rats is indispensable for
appropriate socio-sexual behavior in adulthood in males but not females. Front. Behav. Neurosci. 16:1076765. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2022.1076765
J. Van Ryzin, S.E. Arambula, S.E. Ashton, A.C. Blanchard, M.D. Burzinski, K.T. David, S.E. Edwards, E.L. Graham, A. Holley, K.E. Kight, A.E. Marquardt, M. Perez-Pouchoulen, L.A. Pickett, E.L. Reinl, M.M. McCarthy. (2021) Generation of an Iba1-EGFP Transgenic Rat for the Study of Microglia in an Outbread Rodent Strain. eNeuro 8(5): 1-16
J. Van Ryzin, A.E. Marquardt, K.J. Argue, H.A. Vecchiarelli, S.E. Ashton, S.E. Arambula, M.N. Hill, M.M. McCarthy. (2019) Microglial phagocytosis of newborn cells is induced by endocannabinoids and sculpts sex differences in juvenile rat social play. Neuron
M.M. McCarthy , Nugent BM and Lenz KM (2017) Neuroimmunology and neuroepigenetics in the establishment of sex differences in the brain. Nature Neuroscience Reviews 18: 471-484. PMID:28638119
Hoffman JF, Wright CL, McCarthy MM. (2016) A critical period in Purkinje cell development is mediated by local estradiol synthesis, disrupted by inflammation, and has enduring consequences only for males. Journal of Neuroscience 36(39): 10039-10049. PMID: 27683901
Nugent BM, Wright CL, Shetty AC, Hodes GE, Lenz KM, Mahurkar A, Russo SJ, Devine SE, McCarthy MM. (2015) Brain feminization requires active repression of masculinization via DNA methylation. Nature Neuroscience 18(5):690-7. PMCID: PMC4519828
McCarthy MM and B.M. Nugent (2013) Epigenetic contributions to hormonally mediated sexual differentiation of the brain. Journal of Neuroendocrinology, 25(11); 1133-40, PMID: 23919286 PMCID n/a
D.L. Krebs-Kraft, M.N. Hill, C.J. Hillard, and M.M. McCarthy (2010) Cannabinoids mediate a sex difference in cell proliferation in the developing amygdala with implications for social behavior. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 107:20535-20540. PMCID: PMC2996668
D.L. Krebs-Kraft, M.N. Hill, C.J. Hillard, and M.M. McCarthy (2010) Sex difference in cell proliferation in developing rat amygdala mediated by endocannabinoids has implications for social behavior. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. (2010) Nov 23;107(47):20535-40. PMCID:PMC2996668
J.M. Schwarz, S.-L. Liang, S.M Thompson and M.M. McCarthy (2008) Estradiol induces hypothalamic dendritic spines by enhancing glutamate release: A mechanism for organizational sex differences. Neuron, 58: 584-598. PMCID: PMC2570057
S.K. Amateau and M.M. McCarthy (2004) Induction of PGE2 by estradiol mediates developmental masculinization of sex behavior. Nature Neuroscience 7:643-650 PMID: 15156148