Member of editorial council, member of editorial board of “Extreme Psychology and Personal Safety” journal
| Country |
USA |
| Academic degrees and titles |
Ph.D. in Neuroscience |
| Occupation and current place of work |
Research Associate, Department of Psychiatry, Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies, University of North Carolina |
| E-mail address |
balanirina2013@gmail.com |
| Scopus ID |
56501777100 |
| Main scientific publications |
- Balan I, Patterson R, Boero G, Krohn H, O'Buckley TK, Meltzer-Brody S, Morrow AL. Brexanolone therapeutics in post-partum depression involves inhibition of systemic inflammatory pathways. EBioMedicine. 2023 Mar;89:104473. doi: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2023.104473. Epub 2023 Feb 16. PMID: 36801618; PMCID: PMC9984433.
- Balan I, Aurelian L, Williams KS, Campbell B, Meeker RB, Morrow AL. Inhibition of human macrophage activation via pregnane neurosteroid interactions with toll-like receptors: Sex differences and structural requirements. Front Immunol. 2022 Jul 29;13:940095. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.940095. PMID: 35967446; PMCID: PMC9373802.
- Balan I, Aurelian L, Schleicher R, Boero G, O'Buckley T, Morrow AL. Neurosteroid allopregnanolone (3α,5α-THP) inhibits inflammatory signals induced by activated MyD88-dependent toll-like receptors. Transl Psychiatry. 2021 Feb 26;11(1):145. doi: 10.1038/s41398-021-01266-1. PMID: 33637705; PMCID: PMC7909379.
- Balan I, Beattie MC, O'Buckley TK, Aurelian L, Morrow AL. Endogenous Neurosteroid (3α,5α)3-Hydroxypregnan-20-one Inhibits Toll-like-4 Receptor Activation and Pro-inflammatory Signaling in Macrophages and Brain. Sci Rep. 2019 Feb 4;9(1):1220. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-37409-6. PMID: 30718548; PMCID: PMC6362084.
- Morrow AL, Boero G, Balan I. Emerging evidence for endogenous neurosteroid modulation of pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory pathways that impact neuropsychiatric disease. Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2024 Mar;158:105558. doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2024.105558. Epub 2024 Jan 19. PMID: 38244954.
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