Tracy L. Bale

19.0k citations

128 papers · 14.2k indexed · 8 hit papers · h-index 61

Impact in

Behavioral Neuroscience top 0.02%
- Stress Responses and Cortisol
Biological Psychiatry top 0.1%
- Tryptophan and brain disorders

Papers in

Behavioral Neuroscience 54
- Stress Responses and Cortisol 54
Biological Psychiatry 20
- Tryptophan and brain disorders 20

Co-authors: Wylie Vale Christopher P. Morgan Bridget R. Mueller C. Neill Epperson Stefanie L. Bronson Christopher L. Howerton Bridget M. Nugent Sarah L. Teegarden
Journals: Endocrinology (19 papers)Biological Psychiatry (14 papers)Journal of Neuroscience (13 papers)Neuropsychopharmacology (8 papers)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (7 papers)
Partner nations: United States Switzerland Canada

In The Last Decade

Tracy L. Bale

127 papers receiving 14.0k citations

Hit Papers

8 papers align trajectories log scale

Sex differences and stress across the lifespan 2015 · 550 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2015 Nature Neuroscience
2015 Nature reviews. Neuroscience
2015 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2013 Journal of Neuroscience
2010 Biological Psychiatry
2008 Journal of Neuroscience
2004 The Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology
2000 Nature Genetics

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1	Stress increases sperm respiration and motility in mice and men Nature Communications ·Nickole Moon, Christopher P. Morgan, Ruth Marx-Rattner, A. Y. Jeng, Rachel L. Johnson, Ijeoma Chikezie, Carmen A. Mannella, Mary D. Sammel, C. Neill Epperson, Tracy L. Bale	2024	2
2	HA-tag CD63 is a novel conditional transgenic approach to track extracellular vesicle interactions with sperm and their transfer at conception Scientific Reports ·Christopher P. Morgan, Victoria E. Meadows, Ruth Marx-Rattner, Yasmine M. Cissé, Tracy L. Bale	2023	5
3	Maternal preconception stress produces sex-specific effects at the maternal:fetal interface to impact offspring development and phenotypic outcomes Biology of Reproduction ·Yasmine M. Cissé, Kristen R. Montgomery, Hannah C. Zierden, Elizabeth Hill, Patrick J. Kane, Weiliang Huang, Maureen A. Kane, Tracy L. Bale	2023	4
4	The composition of human vaginal microbiota transferred at birth affects offspring health in a mouse model Nature Communications ·Eldin Jašarević, Elizabeth Hill, Patrick J. Kane, Lindsay Rutt, Trevonn Gyles, Lillian Folts, Kylie D. Rock, Christopher D. Howard, Kathleen E. Morrison, Jacques Ravel, Tracy L. Bale	2021	56
5	Developmental Timing of Trauma in Women Predicts Unique Extracellular Vesicle Proteome Signatures Biological Psychiatry ·Kathleen E. Morrison, Anaïs F. Stenson, Ruth Marx-Rattner, Sierra Carter, Vasiliki Michopoulos, Charles F. Gillespie, Abigail Powers, Weiliang Huang, Maureen A. Kane, Tanja Jovanović, Tracy L. Bale	2021	20
6	Driving the Next Generation: Paternal Lifetime Experiences Transmitted via Extracellular Vesicles and Their Small RNA Cargo Biological Psychiatry ·Christopher P. Morgan, Jennifer C Chan, Tracy L. Bale	2018	51
7	Stress during pregnancy alters temporal and spatial dynamics of the maternal and offspring microbiome in a sex-specific manner Scientific Reports ·Eldin Jašarević, Christopher D. Howard, Ana M. Misic, Daniel P. Beiting, Tracy L. Bale	2017	197
8	Adverse Childhood Experiences and Risk for First-Episode Major Depression During the Menopause Transition The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry ·C. Neill Epperson, Mary D. Sammel, Tracy L. Bale, Deborah R. Kim, Sarah E. Conlin, Stephanie Scalice, Katharine Freeman, Ellen W. Freeman	2017	46
9	Sex differences in microRNA-mRNA networks: examination of novel epigenetic programming mechanisms in the sexually dimorphic neonatal hypothalamus Biology of Sex Differences ·Christopher P. Morgan, Tracy L. Bale	2017	31
10	Sex as a Biological Variable: Who, What, When, Why, and How Neuropsychopharmacology ·Tracy L. Bale, C. Neill Epperson	2016	113
11	Transgenerational epigenetic programming via sperm microRNA recapitulates effects of paternal stress Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Ali B. Rodgers, Christopher P. Morgan, N. Adrian Leu, Tracy L. Bale Hit paper breakdown →	2015	527
12	Alterations in the Vaginal Microbiome by Maternal Stress Are Associated With Metabolic Reprogramming of the Offspring Gut and Brain Endocrinology ·Eldin Jašarević, Christopher L. Howerton, Christopher D. Howard, Tracy L. Bale	2015	260
13	Prenatal Programming of Mental Illness: Current Understanding of Relationship and Mechanisms Current Psychiatry Reports ·Deborah R. Kim, Tracy L. Bale, C. Neill Epperson	2015	154
14	The omniscient placenta: Metabolic and epigenetic regulation of fetal programming Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology ·Bridget M. Nugent, Tracy L. Bale	2015	161
15	Paternal Stress Exposure Alters Sperm MicroRNA Content and Reprograms Offspring HPA Stress Axis Regulation Journal of Neuroscience ·Ali B. Rodgers, Christopher P. Morgan, Stefanie L. Bronson, Sonia D. Revello, Tracy L. Bale Hit paper breakdown →	2013	571
16	Prenatal stress and transgenerational epigenetic programming via the paternal lineage The FASEB Journal ·Christopher P. Morgan, Tracy L. Bale	2011	1
17	Sex differences in prenatal epigenetic programing of stress pathways Stress ·Tracy L. Bale	2011	174
18	Urocortin2 inhibits tumor growth via effects on vascularization and cell proliferation Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Zhengrong Hao, Yan Huang, Jake Cleman, Ion S. Jovin, Wylie Vale, Tracy L. Bale, Frank J. Giordano	2008	49
19	Role of the corticotropin‐releasing factor receptor type 2 in the control of food intake in mice: a meal pattern analysis European Journal of Neuroscience ·Antoine Tabarin, Yolanda Diz-Chaves, Daniele Consoli, M. Monsaingeon, Tracy L. Bale, Michael D. Culler, Rakesh Datta, Filippo Drago, Wylie Vale, George F. Koob, Eric P. Zorrilla, Angelo Contarino	2007	66
20	Vital functions of corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) pathways in maintenance and regulation of energy homeostasis Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Kendall Carlin, Wylie Vale, Tracy L. Bale	2006	48

About Tracy L. Bale

Tracy L. Bale is a scholar working on Behavioral Neuroscience, Biological Psychiatry, Social Psychology, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, having authored 128 papers that have together received 14.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Stress Responses and Cortisol (54 papers), Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (42 papers), Birth, Development, and Health (40 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (23 papers), Tryptophan and brain disorders (20 papers), Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum (12 papers), Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies (12 papers) and Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (12 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Behavioral Neuroscience (5.1k citations), Biological Psychiatry (1.7k citations), Social Psychology (3.9k citations), Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health (3.6k citations) and Endocrine and Autonomic Systems (1.2k citations). Tracy L. Bale has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Canada. Frequent co-authors include Wylie Vale, Christopher P. Morgan, Bridget R. Mueller, C. Neill Epperson, Stefanie L. Bronson, Christopher L. Howerton, Bridget M. Nugent, Sarah L. Teegarden, Margaret M. McCarthy and Kuo‐Fen Lee. Their work appears in journals such as Endocrinology, Biological Psychiatry, Journal of Neuroscience, Neuropsychopharmacology and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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