Advisor - Justin Rhodes
Education
B.A. Psychology - University of North Carolina Wilmington. 2018.
M.S. Psychological Sciences - University of North Carolina Wilmington. 2021.
Awards and Honors
2024 Trainee Professional Development Award, Society for Neuroscience
2023 NSF NRT Miniature Brain Machinery Traineeship, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
2022 Neuroscience Program Fellowship, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
2021 Research Live! Finalist, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
2018 Williams-Kowal Research Scholar Award, University of North Carolina Wilmington
2018 Research Supplies Grant, University of North Carolina Wilmington
Courses Taught
MCB 101 - Microbiology Lab
Recent Publications
- Otero AM, Connolly MG, Gonzalez-Ricon RJ, Wang SS, Allen JM, Antonson AM. (2024). Influenza A virus during pregnancy disrupts maternal intestinal immunity and fetal cortical development in a dose- and time-dependent manner. Molecular Psychiatry. doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41380-024-02648-9
- Patel RK, Pirozzi NT, Hoefler TG, Connolly MG, Singleton LG, Kohman RA. (2023). Sex-dependent deficits in associative learning across multiple LPS doses. Physiology & Behavior. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physbeh.2023.114249
- Connolly MG, Potter OV, Bruce SR, Kohman RA. (2022). Exercise duration differentially effects age-related neuroinflammation and hippocampal neurogenesis. Neuroscience. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroscience.2022.03.022
- Connolly MG, Potter OV, Sexton AR, Kohman RA. (2021). Effects of Toll-like receptor 4 inhibition on spatial memory and cell proliferation in male and female adult and aged mice. Brain Behav Immun, 97:383-393. doi: 10.1016/j.bbi.2021.06.008.
- Connolly MG, Yost OL, Potter OV, Giedraitis ME, Kohman RA. (2020). Toll-like receptor 4 differentially regulates adult hippocampal neurogenesis in an age- and sex-dependent manner. Hippocampus, 30:958-969. doi: 10.1002/hipo.23209