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Michela Gallagher

Researcher at Johns Hopkins University

Publications -  297
Citations -  33385

Michela Gallagher is an academic researcher from Johns Hopkins University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Hippocampal formation & Hippocampus. The author has an hindex of 95, co-authored 293 publications receiving 31710 citations. Previous affiliations of Michela Gallagher include University of Vermont & Texas A&M University.

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A specific amyloid-|[beta]| protein assembly in the brain impairs memory

TL;DR: It is found that memory deficits in middle-aged Tg2576 mice are caused by the extracellular accumulation of a 56-kDa soluble amyloid-β assembly, which is proposed to be Aβ*56 (Aβ star 56), which may contribute to cognitive deficits associated with Alzheimer's disease.
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Orbitofrontal cortex and basolateral amygdala encode expected outcomes during learning

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined neural activity in rat orbitofrontal cortex and basolateral amygdala during instrumental learning in an olfactory discrimination task and found that neurons in both regions fired selectively during the anticipation of rewarding or aversive outcomes.
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Severity of spatial learning impairment in aging: Development of a learning index for performance in the Morris water maze.

TL;DR: New measures that provide information about the spatial distribution of the rat's search during both training and probe trial performance are described and a learning index that provides a continuous, graded measure of the severity of age-related impairment in the Morris water maze task is described.
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Reduction of hippocampal hyperactivity improves cognition in amnestic mild cognitive impairment.

TL;DR: The view that increased hippocampal activation in aMCI is a dysfunctional condition and that targeting excess hippocampal activity has therapeutic potential is supported.