Raju, R. M., & Smith, C. J. (2025). Microglia as critical mediators linking perinatal immune stress to mental health trajectories. Neuropsychopharmacology, epub ahead of print. Article
Martin, E. M., Xue, J., & Smith, C. J. (2025). Effects of environmental toxicant exposures on oxytocin and vasopressin systems in the developing brain: Factors imparting risk and resilience. Behavioural Brain Research, epub ahead of print Article
Joel D, Smith CJ, & Veenema AH. (2024) Beyond the binary: Characterizing the relationships between sex and neuropeptide receptor binding density measures in the rat brain. Hormones and Behavior, 159, 105471. Article.
Smith CJ, Rendina DN, Kingsbury MA, Malacon KE, Nguyen DN, Tran JJ, Devlin BA, Raju RM, Clark MJ, Burgett L, Zhang JH, Cetinbas M, Sadreyev RI, Chen K, Iyer MS, Bilbo SD. (2023) Microbial modulation via cross-fostering prevents the effects of pervasive environmental stressors on microglia and social behavior, but not the dopamine system. Molecular Psychiatry, epub ahead of print. Article.
Smith CJ, Lintz T, Clark MJ, Malacon KE, Constantino NJ, Kim VJ, Jo YC, Alonso-Caraballo Y, Abiad A, Bilbo SD, Chartoff, EC. (2022) Prenatal opioid exposure induces microglial sculpting of the dopamine system selectively in adolescent male offspring. Neuropsychopharmacology. epub ahead of print. Pubmed.
Devlin BA, Smith CJ, Bilbo SD. (2022) Sickness and the Social Brain: How the immune system regulates behavior across species, Brain, Behavior, and Evolution, 97(3-4):197-210. Pubmed.
Block CL, Eroglu O, Mague SD, Smith CJ, Ceasrine AM, Sriworarat C, Blount C, Beben KA, Malacon KE, Ndubuizu N, Talbot A, Gallagher NM, Chan Jo Y, Nyangacha T, Carlson DE, Dzirasa K, Eroglu C, Bilbo SD (2022) Prenatal environmental stressors impair microglia function and adult behavior in males. Cell Reports, 40(5):111161. Pubmed.
Smith CJ. (2021) Emerging roles for microglia and microbiota in the development of social circuits, Brain, Behavior, and Immunity – Health 16:100296. PDF. Pubmed.
Invited mini review in special issue: “Emerging PNI Research: Future Leaders in Focus”
Smith CJ, Bilbo SD. (2021) Sickness and the Social Brain: Love in the time of COVID, Frontiers in Psychiatry, 12:633664. PDF. Pubmed.
Suda, N, Hernandez JC, Poulton J, Jones JP, Konsoula J, Smith CJ, Parker W. (2021) Therapeutic doses of acetaminophen with co-administration of cysteine and mannitol during early development result in long term behavioral changes in laboratory rats, PLoS One, 16(6):e0253543. PDF.Pubmed.
Smith CJ*, Kingsbury MA*, Dziabis JE, Hanamsagar R, Malacon KE, Tran JN, Norris, HA, Gulino M, Bilbo SD. (2020) Neonatal immune challenge induces female-specific changes in social behavior and somatostatin cell number, Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 90:332-345. *these authors contributed equally. PDF.Pubmed.
Bordt EA, Block CL, Petrozziello T, Sadri-Vakili G, Smith CJ, Edlow AG, Bilbo SD. (2020) Isolation of microglia from mouse or human tissue, Star Protocols, 1(1):100035. Pubmed.
Smith CJ, Bhanot A, Norman E, Mullett JE, Bilbo SD, McDougle CJ, Zurcher NR, Hooker JM. (2019) A protocol for sedation-free MRI and PET imaging in adults with autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 49(7):3036-3044. Pubmed.
Smith CJ, Bilbo SD. (2019) Microglia sculpt sex differences in social behavior. Neuron, 102:276-277. Pubmed.
Kopec AM, Smith CJ, Bilbo SD. (2019) Neuroimmune mechanisms regulating social behavior: Dopamine as mediator? Trends in Neurosciences, 42(5): 275-277. Pubmed.
Smith CJ, DiBenedictis BT, Veenema AH. (2019) Comparing vasopressin and oxytocin fiber and receptor density patterns in the social behavior neural network: Implications for cross-system signaling. Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology, 53:100737. Pubmed.
Edlow AG, Glass RM, Smith CJ, Tran PK, James K, Bilbo SD. (2019) Placental Macrophages: A window into fetal neuroimmune function in maternal obesity. International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience, 77:60-68. Pubmed.
Bordt EA, Smith CJ, Demarest TG, Bilbo SD, Kingsbury MA. (2019) Mitochondria, Oxytocin, and Vasopressin: Unfolding the inflammatory protein response. Neurotoxicology Research, 36(2):337-348. Pubmed.
Kopec AM, Smith CJ, Ayre NR, Sweat SC, Bilbo SD. (2018) Microglial dopamine receptor elimination defines sex-specific nucleus accumbens development and social behavior in adolescent rats. Nature Communications, 9(1): 3769. Pubmed.
Smith CJ, Ratnaseelan AM, Veenema AH. (2018) Robust age, but limited sex, differences in µ-opioid receptors in the rat brain: relevance for reward and drug-seeking behavior in juveniles. Brain Structure & Function, 223:475-488. Pubmed.
Smith CJ, Wilkins KB, Li S, Tulimieri M, Veenema AH. (2018) Nucleus accumbens µ-opioid receptors regulate context-specific social preferences in the juvenile rat. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 89:59-68. Pubmed.
Smith CJ, Mogavero JM, Tulimieri M, Veenema AH. (2017) Involvement of the oxytocin system in the nucleus accumbens in the regulation of juvenile social novelty-seeking behavior. Hormones & Behavior, 93:94-98. Pubmed.
Smith CJ, Poehlmann ML, Li S, Ratnaseelan AM, Bredewold R, Veenema AH. (2017) Age and sex differences in oxytocin and vasopressin V1a receptor binding densities in the rat brain: Focus on the social decision-making network. Brain Structure & Function, 222(2):981-1006. Pubmed.
Smith CJ, Wilkins KB, Mogavero JM, Veenema AH. (2015) Social novelty investigation in the juvenile rat: modulation by the µ-opioid system. Journal of Neuroendocrinology, 10:752-64. Pubmed.
Bredewold R, Smith CJ, Dumais KM, Veenema AH. (2014) Sex-specific modulation of juvenile social play behavior by vasopressin and oxytocin depends on social context. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 8: 216. Pubmed.
Rood BD, Stott RT, You S, Smith CJ, Woodbury ME, De Vries GJ. (2013) Site of origin of and sex differences in the vasopressin innervation of the mouse (Mus musculus) brain. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 521: 2321-58. Pubmed.
