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, SAMB, 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. Clocks Sleep. 2025;7 (3):. doi: 10.3390/clockssleep7030048. PubMed PMID:40981211 PubMed Central PMC12452560.
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. Elife. 2025;14 :. doi: 10.7554/eLife.104720. PubMed PMID:40928213 PubMed Central PMC12422731.
3. Villanueva, SAMB, 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.
4. 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.
5. 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.

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