selected publications academicarticle Iannucci, J., Dominy, R., Bandopadhyay, S., Arthur, E. M., Noarbe, B., Jullienne, A., ... Shapiro, L. A. (2024). Traumatic brain injury alters the effects of class II invariant peptide (CLIP) antagonism on chronic meningeal CLIP+B cells, neuropathology, and neurobehavioral impairment in 5xFAD mice. Journal of Neuroinflammation. 21(1), 165. Wang, F., Wang, W., Gu, S., Qi, D., Smith, N. A., Peng, W., ... Huang, J. H. (2023). Distinct astrocytic modulatory roles in sensory transmission during sleep, wakefulness, and arousal states in freely moving mice. Nature Communications. 14(1), 2186. Iannucci, J., Beevers, S., Tobin, R., NewellRogers, M. K., & Shapiro, L. A. (2022). Altered Affect and Increased CLIP+ B cells in the Meningeal Lymphatics of 5xFAD mice are mitigated by antagonizing MHCIIassociated invariant chain (CLIP). Alzheimer's and Dementia. 18(S3), Iannucci, J., Nizamutdinov, D., & Shapiro, L. A. (2022). Neurogenesis and chronic neurobehavioral outcomes are partially improved by vagus nerve stimulation in a mouse model of Gulf War illness. 90, 205-215. Newell-Rogers, M. K., Duong, A., Nazarali, R., Tobin, R. P., Rogers, S. K., & Shapiro, L. A. (2022). Unilateral Cervical Vagotomy Modulates Immune Cell Profiles and the Response to a Traumatic Brain Injury. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 23(17), 9851-9851. Venkatasamy, L., Nizamutdinov, D., Jenkins, J., & Shapiro, L. A. (2021). Vagus Nerve Stimulation Ameliorates Cognitive Impairment and Increased Hippocampal Astrocytes in a Mouse Model of Gulf War Illness. Neuroscience Insights. 16, 26331055211018456-263310552110184. Newell-Rogers, M. K., Rogers, S. K., Tobin, R. P., Mukherjee, S., & Shapiro, L. A. (2020). Antagonism of Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factory (MIF) after Traumatic Brain Injury Ameliorates Astrocytosis and Peripheral Lymphocyte Activation and Expansion. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 21(20), 7448-7448. Mukherjee, S., Arisi, G. M., Mims, K., Hollingsworth, G., O'Neil, K., & Shapiro, L. A. (2020). Neuroinflammatory mechanisms of post-traumatic epilepsy. Journal of Neuroinflammation. 17(1), 193. Sulhan, S., Lyon, K. A., Shapiro, L. A., & Huang, J. H. (2020). Neuroinflammation and blood-brain barrier disruption following traumatic brain injury: Pathophysiology and potential therapeutic targets. Journal of Neuroscience Research. 98(1), 19-28. Bancroft, E., Srinivasan, R., & Shapiro, L. A. (2019). Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor Alters Functional Properties of CA1 Hippocampal Neurons in Mouse Brain Slices. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 21(1), 276-276. Wang, F., Pan, F., Shapiro, L. A., & Huang, J. H. (2018). Stress Induced Neuroplasticity and Mental Disorders 2018. Neural Plasticity. 2018, 5382537-3. Nizamutdinov, D., Mukherjee, S., Deng, C., Stauss, H. M., & Shapiro, L. A. (2018). Gulf War agents pyridostigmine bromide and permethrin cause hypersensitive nociception that is restored after vagus nerve stimulation. 69, 93-96. Shapiro, L. A. (2017). Altered Hippocampal Neurogenesis during the First 7 Days after a Fluid Percussion Traumatic Brain Injury. Cell Transplantation. 26(7), 1314-1318. Nizamutdinov, D., DeMorrow, S., McMillin, M., Kain, J., Mukherjee, S., Zeitouni, S., ... Shapiro, L. A. (2017). Hepatic alterations are accompanied by changes to bile acid transporter-expressing neurons in the hypothalamus after traumatic brain injury. Scientific Reports. 7(1), 40112. Wang, F., Wang, X., Shapiro, L. A., Cotrina, M. L., Liu, W., Wang, E. W., ... Huang, J. H. (2017). NKCC1 up-regulation contributes to early post-traumatic seizures and increased post-traumatic seizure susceptibility. 222(3), 1543-1556. Nizamutdinov, D., & Shapiro, L. A. (2017). Overview of Traumatic Brain Injury: An Immunological Context. Brain Sciences. 7(1), 11-11. Wang, F., Pan, F., Shapiro, L. A., & Huang, J. H. (2017). Stress Induced Neuroplasticity and Mental Disorders. Neural Plasticity. 2017, 9634501-3. Robinson, C., Apgar, C., & Shapiro, L. A. (2016). Astrocyte Hypertrophy Contributes to Aberrant Neurogenesis after Traumatic Brain Injury. 2016, 1347987-10. Arisi, G. M., Foresti, M. L., Katki, K., & Shapiro, L. A. (2015). Increased CCL2, CCL3, CCL5, and IL-1 cytokine concentration in piriform cortex, hippocampus, and neocortex after pilocarpine-induced seizures. Journal of Neuroinflammation. 12(1), 129. Rogers, S. K., Shapiro, L. A., Tobin, R. P., Tow, B., Zuzek, A., Mukherjee, S., & Newell-Rogers, M. K. (2014). Levetiracetam Differentially Alters CD95 Expression of Neuronal Cells and the Mitochondrial Membrane Potential of Immune and Neuronal Cells in vitro. Frontiers in Neurology. 5, 17. Tobin, R. P., Mukherjee, S., Kain, J. M., Rogers, S. K., Henderson, S. K., Motal, H. L., Newell Rogers, M. K., & Shapiro, L. A. (2014). Traumatic brain injury causes selective, CD74-dependent peripheral lymphocyte activation that exacerbates neurodegeneration. Acta Neuropathologica Communications. 2(1), 143. Niesman, I. R., Schilling, J. M., Shapiro, L. A., Kellerhals, S. E., Bonds, J. A., Kleschevnikov, A. M., ... Head, B. P. (2014). Traumatic brain injury enhances neuroinflammation and lesion volume in caveolin deficient mice. Journal of Neuroinflammation. 11(1), 39. Mukherjee, S., Zeitouni, S., Cavarsan, C. F., & Shapiro, L. A. (2013). Increased seizure susceptibility in mice 30days after fluid percussion injury. Frontiers in Neurology. 4, 28. Sanchez, R. M., Ribak, C. E., & Shapiro, L. A. (2012). Synaptic connections of hilar basal dendrites of dentate granule cells in a neonatal hypoxia model of epilepsy. EPILEPSIA. 53 Suppl 1(SUPPL. 1), 98-108. Arisi, G. M., Foresti, M. L., Mukherjee, S., & Shapiro, L. A. (2012). The role of olfactory stimulus in adult mammalian neurogenesis. Behavioural Brain Research. 227(2), 356-362. Arisi, G. M., Ruch, M., Foresti, M. L., Mukherjee, S., Ribak, C. E., & Shapiro, L. A. (2011). Astrocyte Alterations in the Hippocampus Following Pilocarpine-induced Seizures in Aged Rats. Aging and Disease. 2(4), 294-300. Shapiro, L. A. (2011). From bench to bedside: unique challenges of treating epilepsy in the aging brain. Aging and Disease. 2(4), 275-277. Shapiro, L. A., Wang, L., Upadhyaya, P., & Ribak, C. E. (2011). Seizure-induced Increased Neurogenesis Occurs in the Dentate Gyrus of Aged Sprague-Dawley Rats. Aging and Disease. 2(4), 286-293. Mukherjee, S., Katki, K., Arisi, G. M., Foresti, M. L., & Shapiro, L. A. (2011). Early TBI-Induced Cytokine Alterations are Similarly Detected by Two Distinct Methods of Multiplex Assay. Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience. 4, 21. Foresti, M. L., Arisi, G. M., & Shapiro, L. A. (2011). Role of glia in epilepsy-associated neuropathology, neuroinflammation and neurogenesis. Brain Research Reviews. 66(1-2), 115-122. Shapiro, L. A., Bialowas-McGoey, L. A., & Whitaker-Azmitia, P. M. (2010). Effects of S100B on Serotonergic Plasticity and Neuroinflammation in the Hippocampus in Down Syndrome and Alzheimer's Disease: Studies in an S100B Overexpressing Mouse Model. Cardiovascular Psychiatry and Neurology. 2010, 153657-13. Ribak, C. E., Shapiro, L. A., Yan, X., Dashtipour, K., Nadler, J. V., Obenaus, A., Spigelman, I., & Buckmaster, P. S. (2010). Seizure-induced basal dendrites on granule cells. EPILEPSIA. 51, 43-43. Foresti, M. L., Arisi, G. M., Katki, K., Montaez, A., Sanchez, R. M., & Shapiro, L. A. (2009). Chemokine CCL2 and its receptor CCR2 are increased in the hippocampus following pilocarpine-induced status epilepticus. Journal of Neuroinflammation. 6(1), 40. Ribak, C. E., Shapiro, L. A., Perez, Z. D., & Spigelman, I. (2009). Microglia-associated granule cell death in the normal adult dentate gyrus. 214(1), 25-35. Shapiro, L. A., Perez, Z. D., Foresti, M. L., Arisi, G. M., & Ribak, C. E. (2009). Morphological and ultrastructural features of Iba1-immunolabeled microglial cells in the hippocampal dentate gyrus. BRAIN RESEARCH. 1266, 29-36. Shapiro, L. A., Ng, K., Zhou, Q., & Ribak, C. E. (2009). Subventricular zone-derived, newly generated neurons populate several olfactory and limbic forebrain regions. Epilepsy and Behavior. 14 Suppl 1(Suppl 1), 74-80. Jacquin, M. F., Arends, J., Xiang, C., Shapiro, L. A., Ribak, C. E., & Chen, Z. (2008). In DRG11 knock-out mice, trigeminal cell death is extensive and does not account for failed brainstem patterning. Journal of Neuroscience. 28(14), 3577-3585. Shapiro, L. A., Wang, L., & Ribak, C. E. (2008). Rapid astrocyte and microglial activation following pilocarpine-induced seizures in rats. EPILEPSIA. 49+Suppl+2, 33-41. Shapiro, L. A., Ribak, C. E., & Jessberger, S. (2008). Structural changes for adult-born dentate granule cells after status epilepticus. EPILEPSIA. 49 Suppl 5(s5), 13-18. Shapiro, L. A., Ng, K. L., Zhou, Q., & Ribak, C. E. (2007). Olfactory enrichment enhances the survival of newly born cortical neurons in adult mice. NeuroReport. 18(10), 981-985. Ribak, C. E., & Shapiro, L. A. (2007). Dendritic development of newly generated neurons in the adult brain. Brain Research Reviews. 55(2), 390-394. Shapiro, L. A., Figueroa-Aragon, S., & Ribak, C. E. (2007). Newly generated granule cells show rapid neuroplastic changes in the adult rat dentate gyrus during the first five days following pilocarpine-induced seizures. European Journal of Neuroscience. 26(3), 583-592. Shapiro, L. A., Ng, K. L., Kinyamu, R., Whitaker-Azmitia, P., Geisert, E. E., Blurton-Jones, M., Zhou, Q., & Ribak, C. E. (2007). Origin, migration and fate of newly generated neurons in the adult rodent piriform cortex. 212(2), 133-148. Shapiro, L. A., Upadhyaya, P., & Ribak, C. E. (2007). Spatiotemporal profile of dendritic outgrowth from newly born granule cells in the adult rat dentate gyrus. BRAIN RESEARCH. 1149, 30-37. Shapiro, L. A., & Ribak, C. E. (2006). Newly born dentate granule neurons after pilocarpine-induced epilepsy have hilar basal dendrites with immature synapses. Epilepsy Research. 69(1), 53-66. Shapiro, L. A., Korn, M. J., Shan, Z., & Ribak, C. E. (2005). GFAP-expressing radial glia-like cell bodies are involved in a one-to-one relationship with doublecortin-immunolabeled newborn neurons in the adult dentate gyrus. BRAIN RESEARCH. 1040(1-2), 81-91. Shapiro, L. A., & Ribak, C. E. (2005). Integration of newly born dentate granule cells into adult brains: hypotheses based on normal and epileptic rodents. Brain Research Reviews. 48(1), 43-56. Shapiro, L. A., Korn, M. J., & Ribak, C. E. (2005). Newly generated dentate granule cells from epileptic rats exhibit elongated hilar basal dendrites that align along GFAP-immunolabeled processes. Neuroscience. 136(3), 823-831. Shapiro, L. A., & Whitaker-Azmitia, P. M. (2004). Expression levels of cytoskeletal proteins indicate pathological aging of S100B transgenic mice: an immunohistochemical study of MAP-2, drebrin and GAP-43. BRAIN RESEARCH. 1019(1-2), 39-46. Shapiro, L. A., Marks, A., & Whitaker-Azmitia, P. M. (2004). Increased clusterin expression in old but not young adult S100B transgenic mice: evidence of neuropathological aging in a model of Down Syndrome. BRAIN RESEARCH. 1010(1-2), 17-21. Kahne, D., Tudorica, A., Borella, A., Shapiro, L., Johnstone, F., Huang, W., & Whitaker-Azmitia, P. M. (2002). Behavioral and magnetic resonance spectroscopic studies in the rat hyperserotonemic model of autism. Physiology and Behavior. 75(3), 403-410. Kirmani, B. F., Shetty, A. K., & Shapiro, L. A. Editorial: New Directions in the Management of Status Epilepticus. Frontiers in Neurology. 9(NOV), 994. Brakel, K., Aceves, M., Garza, A., Yoo, C., Escobedo, G., Panchani, N., Shapiro, L., & Hook, M. Inflammation increases the development of depression behaviors in male rats after spinal cord injury. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity - Health. 14, 100258-100258. Kirmani, B. F., Shapiro, L. A., & Shetty, A. K. Neurological and Neurodegenerative Disorders: Novel Concepts and Treatment. Aging and Disease. 12(4), 950-953. chapter Ribak, C. E., Shapiro, L. A., Yan, X., Dashtipour, K., Nadler, J. V., Obenaus, A., Spigelman, I., & Buckmaster, P. S. (2012). Seizure-Induced Formation of Basal Dendrites on Granule Cells of the Rodent Dentate Gyrus. Jasper's Basic Mechanisms of the Epilepsies. (pp. 484-493). Oxford University Press (OUP). Ribak, C. E., Perez, Z. D., & Shapiro, L. A. (2008). Developmental Profile of Newly Generated Granule Cells in the Adult Rodent Dentate Gyrus. From Development to Degeneration and Regeneration of the Nervous System. (pp. 225-242). Oxford University Press (OUP). Ribak, C. E., & Shapiro, L. A. (2007). Ultrastructure and synaptic connectivity of cell types in the adult rat dentate gyrus. Progress in Brain Research. The Dentate Gyrus: A Comprehensive Guide to Structure, Function, and Clinical Implications. (pp. 155-166). Elsevier. RIBAK, C. E., SHAPIRO, L. A., SERESS, L., & BAKAY, R. A. (2006). CHAPTER 14 Alumina Gel Injection Models of Epilepsy in Monkeys. Models of Seizures and Epilepsy. (pp. 179-187). Elsevier. conference paper Iannucci, J., Beevers, S., Newell-Rogers, M. K., & Shapiro, L. A. (2022). ADAPTIVE IMMUNE TARGETING AMELIORATES DEPRESSION AND COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT IN A MOUSE MODEL OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE FOLLOWING TBI. JOURNAL OF NEUROTRAUMA. A118-A118. Nazarali, R., Shapiro, L. A., & Mukherjee, S. (2018). Vagotomy decreases splenocytes and MHCII+/CD11B+cells in the spleen. Journal of Immunology. Shapiro, L. A., & Huang, J. H. (2014). ALTERED NEUROGENESIS FOLLOWING A FLUID PERCUSSION INJURY IN MICE. JOURNAL OF NEUROTRAUMA. A96-A97. Shapiro, L. A., Obenaus, A., Mukherjee, S., Hurst, J., Kain, J., Tobin, R., & Newell-Rogers, K. (2014). HIPPOCAMPAL NEURON LOSS, WHITE MATTER DAMAGE AND BEHAVIORAL ALTERATIONS FOLLOWING A FLUID PERCUSSION INJURY IN MICE. JOURNAL OF NEUROTRAUMA. A34-A34. Foresti, M. L., Arisi, G. M., Montanez, A., & Shapiro, L. A. (2009). CCR2 EXPRESSION IS UP-REGULATED IN THE HIPPOCAMPUS AFTER PILOCARPINE-INDUCED SEIZURES. EPILEPSIA. 475-476. Heida, J. G., Katki, K., Arisi, G. M., Zhang, K., Shapiro, L. A., & Sanchez, R. M. (2009). HIPPOCAMPAL CYTOKINE EXPRESSION AFTER NEONATAL HYPOXIA-INDUCED SEIZURES. EPILEPSIA. 368-369. Arisi, G., Montanez, A., Foresti, M. L., Katki, K., Heida, J. G., Sanchez, R. M., & Shapiro, L. A. (2009). MINOCYCLINE RESCUES RATS FROM WEIGHT LOSS AND CEREBRAL LESIONS AFTER PILOCARPINE-INDUCED STATUS EPILEPTICUS. EPILEPSIA. 130-130. Sanchez, R. M., Zhang, K., & Shapiro, L. A. (2008). ASTROCYTE HYPERTROPHY IN NEONATAL RAT DENTATE GYRUS AFTER HYPOXIA-INDUCED SEIZURES. EPILEPSIA. 352-353.
principal investigator on Vagus Nerve Stimulation as a Treatment Strategy for Gulf War Illness awarded by United States Army - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States) 2015 - 2020
co-principal investigator on Mechanisms by which CD74 Contributes to Traumatic Brain Injury awarded by National Institutes of Health - (Bethesda, Maryland, United States) 2019 - 2023 The Contributions of CD74 to Acquired Epilepsy awarded by Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy - (Chicago, Illinois, United States) 2015 - 2017
teaching activities BICH491 Hnr-research Instructor MSCI685 Directed Studies Instructor MSCI689 Sptp: Intro To Neuroimmunology Instructor MSCI691 Research Credit: Medical Sci Instructor NRSC485 Directed Studies Instructor NRSC491 Hnr-research Instructor
mailing address Texas A&M Health Science Center Neuroscience & Experimental Therapeutics Bryan, TX 77807 USA