UCLA Neuroscience Program Ph.D. Admissions Neuroscience Faculty UCLA and Beyond  



Anna Taylor
Stress, Alcohol and Neuroendocrine-Immune Interactions

Work Email Address:  ataylor@mednet.ucla.edu

Laboratory Address:
38-133 BRI Bldg
Work Address:
CHS 38-113
Phone Numbers:
(310) 825-9856

Selected Publications:

Taylor AN, Rahman SU, Sanders NC, Tio DL, Prolo P, Sutton RL. Injury severity differentially affects short- and long-term neuroendocrine outcomes of traumatic brain injury.. J Neurotrauma 2008; 25(4): 311-23.
Taylor AN, Tio DL, Bando JK, Romeo HE, Prolo P. Differential effects of alcohol consumption and withdrawal on circadian temperature and activity rhythms in Sprague-Dawley, Lewis, and Fischer male and female rats.. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2006; 30(3): 438-47.
Torrent M, Sunyer J, Munoz L, Cullinan P, Iturriaga MV, Figueroa C, Vall O, Taylor AN, Anto JM. Early-life domestic aeroallergen exposure and IgE sensitization at age 4 years.. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2006; 118(3): 742-8.
Taylor AN, Rahman SU, Tio DL, Sanders MJ, Bando JK, Truong AH, Prolo P. Lasting neuroendocrine-immune effects of traumatic brain injury in rats.. J Neurotrauma 2006; 23(12): 1802-13.
Huang J, Van Aller GS, Taylor AN, Kerrigan JJ, Liu WS, Trulli JM, Lai Z, Holmes D, Aubart KM, Brown JR, Zalacain M. Phylogenomic and biochemical characterization of three Legionella pneumophila polypeptide deformylases.. J Bacteriol. 2006; 188(14): 5249-57.
Brant A, Zekveld C, Welch J, Jones M, Taylor AN, Cullinan P. The prognosis of occupational asthma due to detergent enzymes: clinical, immunological and employment outcomes.. Clin Exp Allergy 2006; 36(4): 483-8.
Taylor AN, Tio DL, Romeo HE. The febrile response to intraperitoneal lipopolysaccharide: strain and gender differences in rats.. J Neuroimmunol 2005; 158(1-2): 86-93.
Romeo HE, Tio DL, Taylor AN. Effects of glossopharyngeal nerve transection on central and peripheral cytokines and serum corticosterone induced by localized inflammation.. J Neuroimmunol 2003; 136(1-2): 104-11.
Taylor AN, Romeo HE, Beylin AV, Tio DL, Rahman SU, Hova DA. Alcohol consumption in traumatic brain injury: attenuation of TBI-induced hyperthermia and neurocognitive deficits.. J Neurotrauma 2002; 19(12): 159-608.
Taylor AN, Tritt SH, Tio DL, Romeo HE, Yirmiya R. Maternal adrenalectomy abrogates the effect of fetal alcohol exposure on the interleukin-1 beta-induced febrile reponse: gender differences.. Neuroendocrinology 2002; 76(3): 185-92.
Demedts M, Wells AU, Anto JM, Costabel U, Hubbard R, Cullinan P, Slabbynck H, Rizzato G, Poletti V, Verbeken EK, Thomeer MJ, Kokkarinen J, Dalphin JC, Taylor AN Interstitial lung diseases: an epidemiological overview.. Eur Respir J Suppl 2001; 32: 2s-16s.
Romeo HE, Tio DL, Rahman SU, Chiappelli F, Taylor AN The glossopharyngeal nerve as a novel pathway in immune-to-brain communication: relevance to neuroimmune surveillance of the oral cavity.. J Neuroimmunol 2001; 115(1-2): 91-100.
Yirmiya R, Chiappelli F, Tio DL, Tritt SH, Taylor AN Effects of prenatal alcohol and pair feeding on lipopolysaccharide-induced secretion of TNF-a lpha and corticosterone.. Alcohol 1998; 15: 327-335.
Chiappelli F, Kung MA, Tio DL, Tritt SH, Yirmiya R, Taylor AN Fetal alcohol exposure augments the blunting of tumor necrosis factor production in vitro resulting from in vivo priming with lipopolysaccharide in young adult male but not female rats.. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 1997; 21: 1542-1546.
Yirmiya, R, Tio DL, Taylor AN Effects of fetal alcohol exposure on fever, sickness behavior, and pituitary-adrenal activation induced by interleukin-1B in young adult rats.. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity 1996; 10: 205-220.
Haim, S Shakhar, G Rossene, E Taylor, AN Ben-Eliyahu, S Serum levels of sex hormones and corticosterone throughout 4- and 5-day estrous cycles in Fischer 344 rats and their simulation in ovariectomized females.. Journal of endocrinological investigation. . 2003; 26(10): 1013-22.
Jeal, H Draper, A Jones, M Harris, J Welsh, K Taylor, AN Cullinan, P HLA associations with occupational sensitization to rat lipocalin allergens: a model for other animal allergies?. The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology. . 2003; 111(4): 795-9.
Romeo, HE Tio, DL Taylor, AN Effects of glossopharyngeal nerve transection on central and peripheral cytokines and serum corticosterone induced by localized inflammation.. Journal of neuroimmunology. . 2003; 136(1-2): 104-11.
Taylor, AN Romeo, HE Beylin, AV Tio, DL Rahman, SU Hovda, DA Alcohol consumption in traumatic brain injury: attenuation of TBI-induced hyperthermia and neurocognitive deficits.. Journal of neurotrauma. . 2002; 19(12): 1597-608.
Barak, O Weidenfeld, J Goshen, I Ben-Hur, T Taylor, AN Yirmiya, R Intracerebral HIV-1 glycoprotein 120 produces sickness behavior and pituitary-adrenal activation in rats: role of prostaglandins.. Brain, behavior, and immunity. . 2002; 16(6): 720-35.
Taylor, AN Tritt, SH Tio, DL Romeo, HE Yirmiya, R Maternal adrenalectomy abrogates the effect of fetal alcohol exposure on the interleukin-1beta-induced febrile response: gender differences.. Neuroendocrinology. . 2002; 76(3): 185-92.
Barak, O Goshen, I Ben-Hur, T Weidenfeld, J Taylor, AN Yirmiya, R Involvement of brain cytokines in the neurobehavioral disturbances induced by HIV-1 glycoprotein120.. Brain research. . 2002; 933(2): 98-108.
Taylor, AN Tio, DL Heng, NS Yirmiya, R Alcohol consumption attenuates febrile responses to lipopolysaccharide and interleukin-1 beta in male rats.. Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research. . 2002; 26(1): 44-52.
Hodgson, DM Yirmiya, R Taylor, AN Intracerebroventricular interleukin-1beta impairs clearance of tumor cells from the lungs: role of brain prostaglandins.. Journal of neuroimmunology. . 2001; 119(1): 57-63.
Taylor, AN Role of human leukocyte antigen phenotype and exposure in development of occupational asthma.. Current opinion in allergy and clinical immunology. . 2001; 1(2): 157-61.
Pantelidis, P Jones, MG Welsh, KI Taylor, AN du Bois, RM Identification of four novel interleukin-13 gene polymorphisms.. Genes and immunity. . 2000; 1(5): 341-5.
Taylor, AN Tio, DL Yirmiya, R Fetal alcohol exposure attenuates interleukin-1beta-induced fever: neuroimmune mechanisms.. Journal of neuroimmunology. . 1999; 99(1): 44-52.
Hodgson, DM Taylor, AN Zhang, Z Rosenberg, A Lysosphingomyelin prevents behavioral aberrations and hippocampal neuron loss induced by the metabotropic glutamate receptor agonist quisqualate.. Progress in neuro-psychopharmacology & biological psychiatry. . 1999; 23(5): 877-92.
Taylor, AN Tio, DL Chiappelli, F Thymocyte development in male fetal alcohol-exposed rats.. Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research. . 1999; 23(3): 465-70.
Hodgson, DM Yirmiya, R Chiappelli, F Taylor, AN Intracerebral interleukin-1beta impairs response to tumor invasion: involvement of adrenal catecholamines.. Brain research. . 1999; 816(1): 200-8.
Jones, M Graham, C Taylor, AN Sarlo, K Hoyle, V Karol, MH Immunologic cross-reactivity between respiratory chemical sensitizers: reactive dyes and cyanuric chloride.. The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology. . 1998; 102(5): 835-40.
Hodgson, DM Taylor, AN Zhang, Z Rosenberg, A Psychosine blocks quisqualate-induced glutamate excitotoxicity in hippocampal CA sector neurons.. Brain research. . 1998; 802(1-2): 1-8.
Hodgson, DM Yirmiya, R Chiappelli, F Taylor, AN Intracerebral HIV glycoprotein (gp120) enhances tumor metastasis via centrally released interleukin-1.. Brain research. . 1998; 781(1-2): 244-51.
Research Interest:

The overall focus of our research program is understanding the role of neuroendocrine factors, both developmental and adult, in mediating adaptive responses to stress, and in the etiology of alcoholism. To this end, ew use ontogenic studies to determine how developmental insults, such as prenatal alcohol exposure, affect CNS development and produce long-term neuroendocrine, neuroimmunological and nuerobehavioral consequences. Studies are also underway to define mechanisms for the actions of alcohol on neoplasia and immunity.