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Boris Sakic

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Associate Professor (Part-Time)Psychiatry & Behavioural NeurosciencesMcMaster University

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100 publications.

01

Gonadal hormones contribute to sex differences in behavior, pathology and epigenetic modifications in the 3×Tg-AD mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease

Song W, Creighton SD, Michalski B, Mojgani J, Kapadia M, Ma D, Sakic B, Zovkic IB, Fahnestock M

Biology of Sex Differences20263 citations
DOI: 10.1186/s13293-025-00790-9
02

Gonadal Hormones Contribute to Sex Differences in Autoimmunity, Pathology and Behaviour in the 3×Tg‐AD Mouse Model of Alzheimer’s Disease

Fahnestock M, Song W, Ma D, Creighton SD, Mian F, Michalski B, Forsythe P, Sakic B, Zovkic I

Alzheimer's and Dementia2022
DOI: 10.1002/alz.062738
03

Sex-Dependent Differences in Serum Autoantibody Levels in the 3×Tg-AD Model of Alzheimer’s Disease

Ma D, Song W, Michalski B, Sakic B, Fahnestock M

Journal of Immunology2022
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.208.supp.108.14
04

Differential effects of chronic immunosuppression on behavioral, epigenetic, and Alzheimer’s disease-associated markers in 3xTg-AD mice

Kapadia M, Mian MF, Ma D, Hutton CP, Azam A, Narkaj K, Cao C, Brown B, Michalski B, Morgan D

Alzheimer's Research and Therapy202113 citationsOpen Access
DOI: 10.1186/s13195-020-00745-9PMID: W3118711961
05

Differential Effects of Chronic Immunosuppression on Behavioral, Epigenetic and Alzheimer’s Disease-Associated Markers in 3xtg-AD Mice

Kapadia M, Mian FM, Ma D, Hutton CP, Azam A, Narkaj K, Cao C, Brown B, Michalski B, Morgan D

Research Square (Research Square)2020Open Access
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-60074/v2PMID: W4240520511
06

Differential Effects of Chronic Immunosuppression on Behavioral, Epigenetic and Alzheimer’s Disease-Associated Markers in 3xTg-AD Mice

Kapadia M, Mian FM, Ma D, Hutton CP, Azam A, Narkaj K, Cao C, Brown B, Michalski B, Morgan D

Research Square (Research Square)2020Open Access
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-60074/v1PMID: W4253051510
07

Age-Dependent Synthesis of Diverse Autoantibodies in the 3xTg-AD Model of Alzheimer's Disease

Ma D, Song W, Kapadia M, Fahnestock M, Sakic B

Journal of Immunology2020Senior author
08

Age-Dependent Synthesis of Diverse Autoantibodies in the 3xTg-AD Model of Alzheimer’s Disease

Ma D, Song W, Kapadia M, Fahnestock M, Sakic B

Journal of Immunology2020Senior author
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.204.supp.64.5
09

Cerebrospinal fluid collection in laboratory mice: Literature review and modified cisternal puncture method

Šakić B

Journal of Neuroscience Methods201928 citationsFirst author
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2018.09.025
10

Early pathologies in the 3XTG-ad mouse model of Alzheimer's disease

Fahnestock M, Shekari A, Hatkar R, Teeling J, Forsythe P, Ma D, Florica T, Kapadia M, Sakic B

Journal of Neurochemistry2019Senior author

Frequent collaborators

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Boris SakicHenry SzechtmanJudah Aryeh DenburgMargaret FahnestockSusan DenburgDavid CowanDonglai MaJoseph MacriMichael Mark CyrCatherine KrasnikElyse RosaJack Gauldie
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Henry Szechtman

Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences

33 shared papers, latest 2018

Judah Aryeh Denburg

Medicine

30 shared papers, latest 2006

Susan Denburg

Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences

13 shared papers, latest 2001

Margaret Fahnestock

Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences

13 shared papers, latest 2026

Donglai Ma

Pathology & Molecular Medicine

3 shared papers, latest 2018

Joseph Macri

Pathology & Molecular Medicine

3 shared papers, latest 2005

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