Ruth M. Barrientos

Behavioral neuroscientist at Ohio State with research interests in aging, neuroinflammation, memory, nutrition, & exercise.

[Ruth M. Barrientos @RBarrientosLab]

🚨New paper! We found refined (ultra-processed), low-fiber diets impair the aging amygdala, regardless of fat or sugar, within days. They robustly reduce butyrate and disrupt brain mitochondrial function, especially in microglial. Big team effort! Free: https://t.co/H3yD3bTjJn

[Ruth M. Barrientos @RBarrientosLab]

@mackey_alfonso Proud and grateful mentor!!! Way to go @mackey_alfonso !!🎉🥳👏👏

[Ruth M. Barrientos @RBarrientosLab]

@NiccoloTerrando @UCSFAnesthesia @NIHAging @DukeU @DukeMedSchool Congrats Niccolo!! Well-deserved!! 🎉👏🏼

[Ruth M. Barrientos @RBarrientosLab]

And the beaches were spectacular too! If you’re interested in bringing a psychoneuroimmunology (PNI) symposium to a conference in your IberoAmerican country, please reach out!!

[Ruth M. Barrientos @RBarrientosLab]

Wonderful experience at the #Neuroimmunology2024 SBI conference in Fortaleza, Brazil! 🇧🇷 Impressive science & the warmest, most friendly society ever. Great turnout to our @PNIRS IberoAmerica symposium. Thanks @DrPeterGrace and @LouveauAntoine for your awesome talks!

[Ruth M. Barrientos @RBarrientosLab]

@MaluTansey @IUMedSchool Congratulations, that’s exciting! 🎉🥳🙌🏼

[Ruth M. Barrientos @RBarrientosLab]

Celebrating @AlvarezBD1 for defending his candidacy like a ninja 🥷! You made the whole lab proud, Bryan! 🥳🙌🏼🎉👏🏼

[Ruth M. Barrientos @RBarrientosLab]

@EKCaldwell @AmerLabOSU Congratulations @AmerLabOSU and team!!🥳👏🙌

[BrainBehavImm @BrainBehavImm]

🟪New #BBI Research by @mackey_alfonso

Short-term high high-fat diet impairs #memory, exacerbates the #neuroimmune response, and evokes synaptic degradation via a complement-dependent mechanism in a mouse model of #Alzheimer’s disease @PNIRS

🔗Read more: https://t.co/Cy23G0JSgl

[Sabrina Mackey-Alfonso @mackey_alfonso]

My first lead author publication is out! I am so proud of this work and grateful to the people who helped me get here. This represents the culmination of a lot of hard work and scientific growth. Special thank yous to @RBarrientosLab and @michaelbutler91

https://t.co/k0ZsSiQFAO

[Ruth M. Barrientos @RBarrientosLab]

Thrilled to share our new paper showing HFD exacerbates memory decline in a mouse model of AD, even in the absence of obesity. So proud of @mackey_alfonso (her 1st 1st-author pub)! 🥳🤩 Many thnx to the whole lab & @HarryFu80763542 for their contributions! https://t.co/THJRI0fMzm

[Ruth M. Barrientos @RBarrientosLab]

@neurokaty @LeunerLab @OhioStateNGP Great job, Dr. Dye! And congrats to the awesome mentors!!🎉🙌🏼🍾

[Ruth M. Barrientos @RBarrientosLab]

@LeunerLab @MichaelaBreach Congratulations Dr. Rachel Gilfarb!! So happy for you! 🎉🍾🙌🏼

[Ruth M. Barrientos @RBarrientosLab]

@MariaMMihaylova Beautiful!

[Martin Picard @MitoPsychoBio]

Reversal of hair graying spotted this morning

Since publishing our paper showing the reversibility of hair greying we have received dozens of testimony and visual evidence of white human hairs recovering color, often in response to positive life changes

Beautiful plasticity

[Ruth M. Barrientos @RBarrientosLab]

@mike_doc_B Thanks Michael!! 😊

[Ruth M. Barrientos @RBarrientosLab]

Thank you! 🙏 I’m so honored to be president-elect of PNIRS. This Society has been instrumental in shaping me as a scientist, nurturing my curiosity & fostering my growth. I hope to continue our tradition of being a close-knit, fun, and supportive community!

[Lisa M. Christian, PhD @LisaM_Christian]

Congratulations to Ruth Barrientos! New president-elect of the Psychoneuroimmunology Research Society (PNIRS)!

[Ruth M. Barrientos @RBarrientosLab]

@JacobAllenPhD Thank you Jacob!!☺️😄

[Ruth M. Barrientos @RBarrientosLab]

@jfcryan Thanks John!!😊

[Ruth M. Barrientos @RBarrientosLab]

@agnes_nadjar Thank you Agnes! Means so much coming from you! 🙏

[Ruth M. Barrientos @RBarrientosLab]

@MitoPsychoBio Thank you Martin!!😊