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J. Leigh Leasure

TitleProfessor
InstitutionUniversity of Houston
DepartmentPsychology
Address4800 Calhoun Rd
Houston TX 77004
Phone713.743.8616
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    1. Felton EK, Kulesz PA, Leasure JL, Rodgers SP. Effects of exercise and transient estradiol exposure in middle-aged female rats. Horm Behav. 2025 Feb; 168:105690. PMID: 39864230.
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    2. Perez EC, Gehm KH, Lobo VG, Olvera M, Leasure JL. Adulthood effects of developmental exercise in rats. Dev Psychobiol. 2024 Jan; 66(1):e22444. PMID: 38131238.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Animals
    3. Najjar LZ, Leasure JL, Henderson CE, Francis DJ, Neighbors C. Subjective and Behavioral Impulsivity Differentially Moderate Within- and Between-Person Associations Between Physical Activity and Alcohol Consumption. J Stud Alcohol Drugs. 2023 01; 84(1):137-146. PMID: 36799684; PMCID: PMC9948142.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    4. Ghosh A, Muthuraju S, Badal S, Wooden J, Leasure JL, Roman G, Das J. Differential Expression of Presynaptic Munc13-1 and Munc13-2 in Mouse Hippocampus Following Ethanol Drinking. Neuroscience. 2022 04 01; 487:166-183. PMID: 35167938; PMCID: PMC8930510.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    5. Henderson CE, Najjar LZ, Young CM, Leasure JL, Neighbors C, Gasser ML, Lindgren KP. Longitudinal relations between physical activity and alcohol consumption among young adults. Psychol Addict Behav. 2023 Mar; 37(2):285-293. PMID: 34941330; PMCID: PMC9218000.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    6. Cortez I, Brocardo PS, Leasure JL. Changes in Affective Behavior and Oxidative Stress after Binge Alcohol in Male and Female Rats. Brain Sci. 2021 Sep 21; 11(9). PMID: 34573270; PMCID: PMC8468617.
      Citations: 2     
    7. Wooden JI, Spinetta MJ, Nguyen T, O'Leary CI, Leasure JL. A Sensitive Homecage-Based Novel Object Recognition Task for Rodents. Front Behav Neurosci. 2021; 15:680042. PMID: 34177480; PMCID: PMC8232937.
      Citations: 6     
    8. Cortez I, Rodgers SP, Kosten TA, Leasure JL. Sex and Age Effects on Neurobehavioral Toxicity Induced by Binge Alcohol. Brain Plast. 2020 Dec 29; 6(1):5-25. PMID: 33680843; PMCID: PMC7902983.
      Citations: 10     
    9. West RK, Rodgers SP, Leasure JL. Neural Perturbations Associated With Recurrent Binge Alcohol in Male and Female Rats. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2021 02; 45(2):365-374. PMID: 33295022; PMCID: PMC8006861.
      Citations: 7     Fields:    Translation:Animals
    10. West RK, Najjar LZ, Leasure JL. Exercise-driven restoration of the alcohol-damaged brain. Int Rev Neurobiol. 2019; 147:219-267. PMID: 31607356.
      Citations: 7     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    11. Wooden JI, Schuller K, Roman G, Das J, Leasure JL. MUNC13-1 heterozygosity does not alter voluntary ethanol consumption or sensitivity in mice. Alcohol. 2020 03; 83:89-97. PMID: 31265903; PMCID: PMC7043798.
      Citations: 3     Fields:    Translation:Animals
    12. Perez EC, Bravo DR, Rodgers SP, Khan AR, Leasure JL. Shaping the adult brain with exercise during development: Emerging evidence and knowledge gaps. Int J Dev Neurosci. 2019 Nov; 78:147-155. PMID: 31229526; PMCID: PMC6824985.
      Citations: 6     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    13. West RK, Wooden JI, Barton EA, Leasure JL. Recurrent binge ethanol is associated with significant loss of dentate gyrus granule neurons in female rats despite concomitant increase in neurogenesis. Neuropharmacology. 2019 04; 148:272-283. PMID: 30659841.
      Citations: 8     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    14. Perez EC, Rodgers SP, Inoue T, Pedersen SE, Leasure JL, Gaber MW. Olfactory Memory Impairment Differs by Sex in a Rodent Model of Pediatric Radiotherapy. Front Behav Neurosci. 2018; 12:158. PMID: 30116180; PMCID: PMC6084003.
      Citations: 7     
    15. Xu S, Pany S, Benny K, Tarique K, Al-Hatem O, Gajewski K, Leasure JL, Das J, Roman G. Ethanol Regulates Presynaptic Activity and Sedation through Presynaptic Unc13 Proteins in Drosophila. eNeuro. 2018 May-Jun; 5(3). PMID: 29911175; PMCID: PMC6001265.
      Citations: 13     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    16. Sahnoune I, Inoue T, Kesler SR, Rodgers SP, Sabek OM, Pedersen SE, Zawaski JA, Nelson KH, Ris MD, Leasure JL, Gaber MW. Exercise ameliorates neurocognitive impairments in a translational model of pediatric radiotherapy. Neuro Oncol. 2018 04 09; 20(5):695-704. PMID: 29121259; PMCID: PMC5892168.
      Citations: 16     Fields:    Translation:Animals
    17. West RK, Maynard ME, Leasure JL. Binge ethanol effects on prefrontal cortex neurons, spatial working memory and task-induced neuronal activation in male and female rats. Physiol Behav. 2018 05 01; 188:79-85. PMID: 29407478; PMCID: PMC5845786.
      Citations: 19     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    18. Barton EA, Baker C, Leasure JL. Investigation of Sex Differences in the Microglial Response to Binge Ethanol and Exercise. Brain Sci. 2017 Oct 24; 7(10). PMID: 29064447; PMCID: PMC5664066.
      Citations: 27     
    19. Maynard ME, Barton EA, Robinson CR, Wooden JI, Leasure JL. Sex differences in hippocampal damage, cognitive impairment, and trophic factor expression in an animal model of an alcohol use disorder. Brain Struct Funct. 2018 Jan; 223(1):195-210. PMID: 28752318; PMCID: PMC5773363.
      Citations: 32     Fields:    Translation:Animals
    20. Barton EA, Lu Y, Megjhani M, Maynard ME, Kulkarni PM, Roysam B, Leasure JL. Binge alcohol alters exercise-driven neuroplasticity. Neuroscience. 2017 02 20; 343:165-173. PMID: 27932309; PMCID: PMC5263121.
      Citations: 3     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    21. Rodgers SP, Zawaski JA, Sahnoune I, Leasure JL, Gaber MW. Radiation-Induced Growth Retardation and Microstructural and Metabolite Abnormalities in the Hippocampus. Neural Plast. 2016; 2016:3259621. PMID: 27242931; PMCID: PMC4875992.
      Citations: 7     Fields:    Translation:Animals
    22. Maynard ME, Chung C, Comer A, Nelson K, Tran J, Werries N, Barton EA, Spinetta M, Leasure JL. Ambient temperature influences the neural benefits of exercise. Behav Brain Res. 2016 Feb 15; 299:27-31. PMID: 26608539.
      Citations: 3     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    23. Leasure JL, Neighbors C, Henderson CE, Young CM. Exercise and Alcohol Consumption: What We Know, What We Need to Know, and Why it is Important. Front Psychiatry. 2015; 6:156. PMID: 26578988; PMCID: PMC4629692.
      Citations: 54     
    24. Kulkarni PM, Barton E, Savelonas M, Padmanabhan R, Lu Y, Trett K, Shain W, Leasure JL, Roysam B. Quantitative 3-D analysis of GFAP labeled astrocytes from fluorescence confocal images. J Neurosci Methods. 2015 May 15; 246:38-51. PMID: 25745860.
      Citations: 12     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    25. Leasure JL, Neighbors C. Impulsivity moderates the association between physical activity and alcohol consumption. Alcohol. 2014 Jun; 48(4):361-6. PMID: 24525252; PMCID: PMC4950502.
      Citations: 8     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    26. Maynard ME, Leasure JL. Exercise enhances hippocampal recovery following binge ethanol exposure. PLoS One. 2013; 8(9):e76644. PMID: 24098797; PMCID: PMC3786922.
      Citations: 29     Fields:    Translation:Animals
    27. Rodgers SP, Trevino M, Zawaski JA, Gaber MW, Leasure JL. Neurogenesis, exercise, and cognitive late effects of pediatric radiotherapy. Neural Plast. 2013; 2013:698528. PMID: 23691370; PMCID: PMC3649702.
      Citations: 24     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimals
    28. Hawley DF, Morch K, Christie BR, Leasure JL. Differential response of hippocampal subregions to stress and learning. PLoS One. 2012; 7(12):e53126. PMID: 23285257; PMCID: PMC3532167.
      Citations: 25     Fields:    Translation:Animals
    29. Hawley DF, Leasure JL. Region-specific response of the hippocampus to chronic unpredictable stress. Hippocampus. 2012 Jun; 22(6):1338-49. PMID: 21805528.
      Citations: 25     Fields:    Translation:Animals
    30. Leasure JL, Grider M. The effect of mild post-stroke exercise on reactive neurogenesis and recovery of somatosensation in aged rats. Exp Neurol. 2010 Nov; 226(1):58-67. PMID: 20696163.
      Citations: 16     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    31. Leasure JL, Nixon K. Exercise neuroprotection in a rat model of binge alcohol consumption. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2010 Mar 01; 34(3):404-14. PMID: 20028365; PMCID: PMC2936244.
      Citations: 48     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    32. Leasure JL, Decker L. Social isolation prevents exercise-induced proliferation of hippocampal progenitor cells in female rats. Hippocampus. 2009 Oct; 19(10):907-12. PMID: 19235230.
      Citations: 52     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    33. Leasure JL, Jones M. Forced and voluntary exercise differentially affect brain and behavior. Neuroscience. 2008 Oct 15; 156(3):456-65. PMID: 18721864.
      Citations: 126     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    34. Leasure JL, Giddabasappa A, Chaney S, Johnson JE, Pothakos K, Lau YS, Fox DA. Low-level human equivalent gestational lead exposure produces sex-specific motor and coordination abnormalities and late-onset obesity in year-old mice. Environ Health Perspect. 2008 Mar; 116(3):355-61. PMID: 18335103; PMCID: PMC2265051.
      Citations: 68     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsPHPublic Health
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