Ghiani, Cristina A., Ph.D.

Research

Molecular and cellular mechanisms of neuron-glia cross talk and gene-environmental interactions involved in brain development

Appointments

• Dept of Psychiatry
• Dept of Pathology and laboratory Medicine
• Visiting Assoc Professor

Publications

1. Villanueva, SA, Wang, HB, Nguyen-Ngo, K, Chen, CT, Stark, G, Block, GD et al.. Dissociating the Effects of Light at Night from Circadian Misalignment in a Neurodevelopmental Disorder Mouse Model Using Ultradian Light-Dark Cycles. bioRxiv. 2025; :. doi: 10.1101/2025.07.04.663193. PubMed PMID:40631310 PubMed Central PMC12236487.
2. Wang, HB, Smale, NE, Brown, SH, Villanueva, SAMB, Zhou, D, Mulji, A et al.. Scheduled feeding improves behavioral outcomes and reduces inflammation in a mouse model of Fragile X syndrome. bioRxiv. 2025; :. doi: 10.1101/2024.09.16.613343. PubMed PMID:39345407 PubMed Central PMC11429936.
3. Dell'Angelica, D, Singh, K, Colwell, CS, Ghiani, CA. Circadian Interventions in Preclinical Models of Huntington's Disease: A Narrative Review. Biomedicines. 2024;12 (8):. doi: 10.3390/biomedicines12081777. PubMed PMID:39200241 PubMed Central PMC11351982.
4. Chiem, E, Zhao, K, Dell'Angelica, D, Ghiani, CA, Paul, KN, Colwell, CS et al.. Scheduled feeding improves sleep in a mouse model of Huntington's disease. Front Neurosci. 2024;18 :1427125. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2024.1427125. PubMed PMID:39161652 PubMed Central PMC11330895.
5. Longcore, T, Villanueva, SAMB, Nguyen-Ngo, K, Ghiani, CA, Harrison, B, Colwell, CS et al.. Relative importance of intensity and spectrum of artificial light at night in disrupting behavior of a nocturnal rodent. J Exp Biol. 2024;227 (14):. doi: 10.1242/jeb.247235. PubMed PMID:38873751 PubMed Central PMC11418196.

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