Dr Tara Walker

Research Articles

• Protocol for three alternative paradigms to test spatial learning and memory in mice
  
  Blackmore, Daniel G., Brici, David and Walker, Tara L. (2022). Protocol for three alternative paradigms to test spatial learning and memory in mice. STAR Protocols, 3 (3) 101500, 1-16. doi: 10.1016/j.xpro.2022.101500

• Does a rare mutation in PTPRA contribute to the development of Parkinson's disease in an Australian multi-incident family?

  Hill, Melissa A., Bentley, Steven R., Walker, Tara L., Mellick, George D., Wood, Stephen A. and Sykes, Alex M. (2022). Does a rare mutation in PTPRA contribute to the development of Parkinson's disease in an Australian multi-incident family?. PLoS ONE, 17 (7 July) e0271499, e0271499. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0271499

• Selenium mediates exercise-induced adult neurogenesis and reverses learning deficits induced by hippocampal injury and aging

  Leiter, Odette, Zhuo, Zhan, Rust, Ruslan, Wasielewska, Joanna M., Grönnert, Lisa, Kowal, Susann, Overall, Rupert W., Adusumilli, Vijay S., Blackmore, Daniel G., Southon, Adam, Ganio, Katherine, McDevitt, Christopher A., Rund, Nicole, Brici, David, Aththanayake Mudiyan, Imesh , Sykes, Alexander M., Rünker, Annette E., Zocher, Sara, Ayton, Scott, Bush, Ashley I., Bartlett, Perry F., Hou, Sheng-Tao, Kempermann, Gerd and Walker, Tara L. (2022). Selenium mediates exercise-induced adult neurogenesis and reverses learning deficits induced by hippocampal injury and aging. Cell Metabolism, 34 (3), 408-423.e8. doi: 10.1016/j.cmet.2022.01.005

• Apple Peel and Flesh Contain Pro-neurogenic Compounds

  Ichwan, Muhammad, Walker, Tara L., Nicola, Zeina, Ludwig-Müller, Jutta, Böttcher, Christoph, Overall, Rupert W., Adusumilli, Vijay S., Bulut, Merve, Sykes, Alex M., Hübner, Norbert, Ramirez-Rodriguez, Gerardo, Ortiz-López, Leonardo, Lugo-Hernández, Enrique A. and Kempermann, Gerd (2021). Apple Peel and Flesh Contain Pro-neurogenic Compounds. Stem Cell Reports, 16 (3), 548-565. doi: 10.1016/j.stemcr.2021.01.005

• ROS dynamics delineate functional states of hippocampal neural stem cells and link to their activity-dependent exit from quiescence

  Adusumilli, Vijay S., Walker, Tara L., Overall, Rupert W., Klatt, Gesa M., Zeidan, Salma A., Zocher, Sara, Kirova, Dilyana G., Ntitsias, Konstantinos, Fischer, Tim J., Sykes, Alex M., Reinhardt, Susanne, Dahl, Andreas, Mansfeld, Jörg, Rünker, Annette E. and Kempermann, Gerd (2021). ROS dynamics delineate functional states of hippocampal neural stem cells and link to their activity-dependent exit from quiescence. Cell Stem Cell, 28 (2), 300-314.e6. doi: 10.1016/j.stem.2020.10.019

• Platelets in Neurodegenerative Conditions—Friend or Foe?

  Leiter, Odette and Walker, Tara L. (2020). Platelets in Neurodegenerative Conditions—Friend or Foe?. Frontiers in Immunology, 11 747, 747. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.00747

• Impaired adult hippocampal neurogenesis in a mouse model of familial hypercholesterolemia: a role for the LDL receptor and cholesterol metabolism in adult neural precursor cells

  Engel, Daiane F., Grzyb, Anna N., de Oliveira, Jade, Poetzsch, Alexandra, Walker, Tara L., Brocardo, Patricia S., Kempermann, Gerd and de Bem, Andreza F. (2019). Impaired adult hippocampal neurogenesis in a mouse model of familial hypercholesterolemia: a role for the LDL receptor and cholesterol metabolism in adult neural precursor cells. Molecular Metabolism, 30, 1-15. doi: 10.1016/j.molmet.2019.09.002

• Platelets: the missing link between the blood and brain?

  Leiter, Odette and Walker, Tara L. (2019). Platelets: the missing link between the blood and brain?. Progress in Neurobiology, 183 101695, 101695. doi: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2019.101695

• The systemic exercise-released chemokine lymphotactin/XCL1 modulates in vitro adult hippocampal precursor cell proliferation and neuronal differentiation

  Leiter, Odette, Bernas, Stefanie N., Seidemann, Suse, Overall, Rupert W., Horenburg, Cindy, Kowal, Susann, Kempermann, Gerd and Walker, Tara L. (2019). The systemic exercise-released chemokine lymphotactin/XCL1 modulates in vitro adult hippocampal precursor cell proliferation and neuronal differentiation. Scientific Reports, 9 (1) 11831, 11831. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-48360-5

• MiR-135a1-5p is critical for exercise-induced adult neurogenesis

  Pons-Espinal, Meritxell, Gasperini, Caterina, Marzi, Matteo J., Braccia, Clarissa, Armirotti, Andrea, Poetzsch, Alexandra, Walker, Tara L., Fabel, Klaus, Nicassio, Francesco, Kempermann, Gerd and Tonelli, Davide De Pietri (2019). MiR-135a1-5p is critical for exercise-induced adult neurogenesis. Stem Cell Reports, 12 (6), 1298-1312. doi: 10.1016/j.stemcr.2019.04.020

• Exercise-induced activated platelets increase adult hippocampal precursor proliferation and promote neuronal differentiation

  Leiter, Odette, Seidemann, Suse, Overall, Rupert W., Ramasz, Beáta, Rund, Nicole, Schallenberg, Sonja, Grinenko, Tatyana, Wielockx, Ben, Kempermann, Gerd and Walker, Tara L. (2019). Exercise-induced activated platelets increase adult hippocampal precursor proliferation and promote neuronal differentiation. Stem Cell Reports, 12 (4), 667-679. doi: 10.1016/j.stemcr.2019.02.009

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• Preventing ferroptotic cell death in ageing and neurodegeneration
• Do platelets mediate the exercise-induced reduction in cognitive decline in ageing and Alzheimer’s disease?