Publications by authors named "Heather Bline"
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- - Prebiotic galactooligosaccharides (GOS) have been shown to lower anxiety-like behaviors in both mice and humans, but the underlying biological processes are not fully understood yet.
- - In a study with C57BL/6 mice, GOS supplementation decreased anxiety behaviors and specific inflammatory gene expressions in the brain, alongside changes in gut bacteria and serum metabolite levels.
- - Notably, the metabolite methyl-indole-3-acetic acid (methyl-IAA), produced from bacterial metabolism, was linked to reduced anxiety; administering methyl-IAA directly also lowered anxiety-like behavior and inflammation in brain cells.
Genetic screens provide a mechanism to identify genes involved with different cellular and organismal processes. Using a Flp/FRT screen in the eye we identified mutations that result in alterations and de-regulation of cell growth and division. From this screen a group of undergraduate researchers part of the Fly-CURE consortium mapped and characterized a new allele of the gene ,
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