Ruth M. Barrientos

7.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
74 papers, 5.8k citations indexed

About

Ruth M. Barrientos is a scholar working on Neurology, Behavioral Neuroscience and Biological Psychiatry. According to data from OpenAlex, Ruth M. Barrientos has authored 74 papers receiving a total of 5.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Neurology, 27 papers in Behavioral Neuroscience and 23 papers in Biological Psychiatry. Recurrent topics in Ruth M. Barrientos's work include Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (41 papers), Stress Responses and Cortisol (27 papers) and Tryptophan and brain disorders (23 papers). Ruth M. Barrientos is often cited by papers focused on Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (41 papers), Stress Responses and Cortisol (27 papers) and Tryptophan and brain disorders (23 papers). Ruth M. Barrientos collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and France. Ruth M. Barrientos's co-authors include Steven F. Maier, Linda R. Watkins, Jerry W. Rudy, Michael J. Butler, Matthew G. Frank, Emily A. Higgins, Randall C. O’Reilly, Meagan M. Kitt, David Sprunger and Joseph C. Biedenkapp and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Neuroscience, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Pain.

In The Last Decade

Ruth M. Barrientos

69 papers receiving 5.7k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

The impact of nutrition on COVID-19 susceptibility and long-term consequences

2020 414 citations Michael J. Butler, Ruth M. Barrientos Brain Behavior and Immunity profile →

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Jan Pieter Konsman France

Ning Quan United States

Lisa E. Goehler United States

Chun Yang China

Darin J. Knapp United States

Juan C. Leza Spain

Quentin J. Pittman Canada

Joana Almeida Palha Portugal

Raffaella Molteni Italy

Raz Yirmiya Israel

Jan Pieter Konsman France

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20 of 20 papers shown

Barrientos, Ruth M., et al.. (2025). Neuroinflammatory mechanisms linking high‐fat diets to Alzheimer's disease vulnerability: Beyond the amyloid hypothesis. Alzheimer s & Dementia. 21(11). e70911–e70911.

Bütler, Michael, et al.. (2025). Obesity-associated memory impairment and neuroinflammation precede widespread peripheral perturbations in aged rats. Immunity & Ageing. 22(1). 2–2. 3 indexed citations

Bütler, Michael, et al.. (2024). Short-term high fat diet impairs memory, exacerbates the neuroimmune response, and evokes synaptic degradation via a complement-dependent mechanism in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease. Brain Behavior and Immunity. 121. 56–69. 11 indexed citations

Santos, Jéssica Cristina dos, Braedan Oliver, Jonathan P. Godbout, et al.. (2023). The role of microglia in 67NR mammary tumor‐induced suppression of brain responses to immune challenges in female mice. Journal of Neurochemistry. 168(10). 3482–3499. 3 indexed citations

Butler, Michael J., et al.. (2023). Young adult and aged female rats are vulnerable to amygdala-dependent, but not hippocampus-dependent, memory impairment following short-term high-fat diet. Brain Research Bulletin. 195. 145–156. 14 indexed citations

Butler, Michael J., et al.. (2023). Dietary fatty acids differentially impact phagocytosis, inflammatory gene expression, and mitochondrial respiration in microglial and neuronal cell models. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience. 17. 1227241–1227241. 6 indexed citations

Barrientos, Ruth M., et al.. (2021). The Perfect Cytokine Storm: How Peripheral Immune Challenges Impact Brain Plasticity & Memory Function in Aging. PubMed. 7(1). 47–60. 17 indexed citations

D’Angelo, Heather, Meagan M. Kitt, Peter M. Grace, et al.. (2020). Postoperative cognitive dysfunction is made persistent with morphine treatment in aged rats. Neurobiology of Aging. 98. 214–224. 39 indexed citations

Spencer, Sarah J., Luba Sominsky, Alita Soch, et al.. (2018). High-fat diet worsens the impact of aging on microglial function and morphology in a region-specific manner. Neurobiology of Aging. 74. 121–134. 63 indexed citations

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Spencer, Sarah J., Anikó Kőrösi, Sophie Layé, Barbara Shukitt‐Hale, & Ruth M. Barrientos. (2017). Food for thought: how nutrition impacts cognition and emotion. npj Science of Food. 1(1). 7–7. 180 indexed citations

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Barrientos, Ruth M., Meagan M. Kitt, Heather D’Angelo, et al.. (2016). Stable, long-term, spatial memory in young and aged rats achieved with a one day Morris water maze training protocol. Learning & Memory. 23(12). 699–702. 8 indexed citations

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Barrientos, Ruth M., et al.. (2014). The role of hepatic and splenic macrophages in E. coli-induced memory impairments in aged rats. Brain Behavior and Immunity. 43. 60–67. 5 indexed citations

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Frank, Matthew G., Ruth M. Barrientos, Brittany M. Thompson, et al.. (2012). IL-1RA injected intra-cisterna magna confers extended prophylaxis against lipopolysaccharide-induced neuroinflammatory and sickness responses. Journal of Neuroimmunology. 252(1-2). 33–39. 20 indexed citations

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Loram, Lisa C., Frederick R. Taylor, Keith A. Strand, et al.. (2011). Prior laparotomy or corticosterone potentiates lipopolysaccharide-induced fever and sickness behaviors. Journal of Neuroimmunology. 239(1-2). 53–60. 23 indexed citations

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Barrientos, Ruth M., Matthew G. Frank, N.Y. Crysdale, et al.. (2011). Little Exercise, Big Effects: Reversing Aging and Infection-Induced Memory Deficits, and Underlying Processes. Journal of Neuroscience. 31(32). 11578–11586. 124 indexed citations

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Barrientos, Ruth M., Linda R. Watkins, Jerry W. Rudy, & Steven F. Maier. (2009). Characterization of the sickness response in young and aging rats following E. coli infection. Brain Behavior and Immunity. 23(4). 450–454. 52 indexed citations

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Barrientos, Ruth M., Matthew G. Frank, Amy M. Hein, et al.. (2008). Time course of hippocampal IL-1 β and memory consolidation impairments in aging rats following peripheral infection. Brain Behavior and Immunity. 23(1). 46–54. 193 indexed citations

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Barrientos, Ruth M., Simone Baltrusch, S. Sigrist, et al.. (2008). Kinetics of Insulin Secretion from MIN6 Pseudoislets after Encapsulation in a Prototype Device of a Bioartificial Pancreas. Hormone and Metabolic Research. 41(1). 5–9. 14 indexed citations

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Barrientos, Ruth M., Emily A. Higgins, David Sprunger, et al.. (2002). Memory for context is impaired by a post context exposure injection of interleukin-1 beta into dorsal hippocampus. Behavioural Brain Research. 134(1-2). 291–298. 213 indexed citations

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Rudy, Jerry W., Ruth M. Barrientos, & Randall C. O’Reilly. (2002). Hippocampal formation supports conditioning to memory of a context.. Behavioral Neuroscience. 116(4). 530–538. 218 indexed citations

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