Heather Murphey

University of Kentucky — United States

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Life Sciences

13h-index1.2kcitations16works0.02yr avg
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Research Topics

Human-Animal Interaction Studies(12), Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior(5), Memory and Neural Mechanisms(4), Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies(4), Gut microbiota and health(2)

Publications16 total

A Combination Cocktail Improves Spatial Attention in a Canine Model of Human Aging and Alzheimer's Disease
Journal of Alzheimer s Disease·2012· 32 citedOpen Access
P2‐362: Spatial attention is improved in aged canines treated with a medical food cocktail
Alzheimer s & Dementia·2012Open Access
Chronic antioxidant and mitochondrial cofactor administration improves discrimination learning in aged but not young dogs
Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry·2005· 39 cited
Learning ability in aged beagle dogs is preserved by behavioral enrichment and dietary fortification: a two-year longitudinal study
Neurobiology of Aging·2004· 205 cited
Long-term treatment with antioxidants and a program of behavioral enrichment reduces age-dependent impairment in discrimination and reversal learning in beagle dogs
Experimental Gerontology·2004· 142 cited
Concept abstraction in the aging dog: development of a protocol using successive discrimination and size concept tasks
Behavioural Brain Research·2004· 37 cited
Response latency in Canis familiaris: Mental ability or mental strategy?
Behavioral Neuroscience·2003· 7 cited
Locomotor activity rhythms in dogs vary with age and cognitive status.
Behavioral Neuroscience·2003· 74 cited
Landmark discrimination learning in the dog: effects of age, an antioxidant fortified food, and cognitive strategy
Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews·2002· 143 cited
Dietary enrichment counteracts age-associated cognitive dysfunction in canines
Neurobiology of Aging·2002· 151 cited
Age-dependent decline in locomotor activity in dogs is environment specific
Physiology & Behavior·2002· 65 cited
Visuospatial impairments in aged canines (Canis familiaris): The role of cognitive-behavioral flexibility.
Behavioral Neuroscience·2002· 105 cited
Visuospatial impairments in aged canines (Canis familiaris): The role of cognitive-behavioral flexibility.
Behavioral Neuroscience·2002· 100 cited
Landmark discrimination learning in aged dogs is improved by treatment with an antioxidant enriched diet
The Society for Neuroscience Abstracts·2000· 3 cited
Comparison of the effects of adrafinil, propentofylline, and nicergoline on behavior in aged dogs
American Journal of Veterinary Research·2000· 32 cited
Behavioral Activating Effects of Adrafinil in Aged Canines
Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior·2000· 23 cited

Frequent Co-authors

Norton W. Milgram(13), Elizabeth Head(13), Bruce A. Muggenburg(13), Carl W. Cotman(11), Candace J Ikeda-Douglas(9), Christina T. Siwak(8), Steven C. Zicker(7), P. Dwight Tapp(4), Alan Chan(3), Pria Nippak(3), D. Holowachuk(2), J. Estrada(2), Amy L.S. Dowling(2), Katie McCarty(2), Samuel R. Bethel(2), Jonathan Nitz(2), M. Paul Murphy(2), Curt Hendrix(2), Philippe Gruet(2), Frédérique Woehrlé(2)