| Microglia and beyond: innate immune cells as regulators of brain development and behavioral function KM Lenz, LH Nelson Frontiers in immunology 9, 698, 2018 | 567 | 2018 |
| Microglia are essential to masculinization of brain and behavior KM Lenz, BM Nugent, R Haliyur, MM McCarthy Journal of Neuroscience 33 (7), 2761-2772, 2013 | 557 | 2013 |
| Brain feminization requires active repression of masculinization via DNA methylation BM Nugent, CL Wright, AC Shetty, GE Hodes, KM Lenz, A Mahurkar, ... Nature neuroscience 18 (5), 690-697, 2015 | 433 | 2015 |
| A starring role for microglia in brain sex differences KM Lenz, MM McCarthy The Neuroscientist 21 (3), 306-321, 2015 | 342 | 2015 |
| Neuroimmunology and neuroepigenetics in the establishment of sex differences in the brain MM McCarthy, BM Nugent, KM Lenz Nature Reviews Neuroscience 18 (8), 471-484, 2017 | 302 | 2017 |
| Psychological predictors of college women's leadership aspirations KJ Boatwright, RK Egidio Journal of college student development 44 (5), 653-669, 2003 | 230 | 2003 |
| Sexual differentiation of the rodent brain: dogma and beyond KM Lenz, BM Nugent, MM McCarthy Frontiers in neuroscience 6, 26, 2012 | 212 | 2012 |
| Sex differences in microglial phagocytosis in the neonatal hippocampus LH Nelson, S Warden, KM Lenz Brain, behavior, and immunity 64, 11-22, 2017 | 200 | 2017 |
| Organized for sex–steroid hormones and the developing hypothalamus KM Lenz, MM McCarthy European Journal of Neuroscience 32 (12), 2096-2104, 2010 | 137 | 2010 |
| Microglia depletion in early life programs persistent changes in social, mood-related, and locomotor behavior in male and female rats LH Nelson, KM Lenz Behavioural brain research 316, 279-293, 2017 | 133 | 2017 |
| Mast cells in the developing brain determine adult sexual behavior KM Lenz, LA Pickett, CL Wright, KT Davis, A Joshi, MM McCarthy Journal of Neuroscience 38 (37), 8044-8059, 2018 | 122 | 2018 |
| The immune system as a novel regulator of sex differences in brain and behavioral development LH Nelson, KM Lenz Journal of neuroscience research 95 (1-2), 447-461, 2017 | 115 | 2017 |
| A survey of neuroimmune changes in pregnant and postpartum female rats A Haim, D Julian, C Albin-Brooks, HM Brothers, KM Lenz, B Leuner Brain, behavior, and immunity 59, 67-78, 2017 | 84 | 2017 |
| Small cells with big implications: microglia and sex differences in brain development, plasticity and behavioral health LH Nelson, AI Saulsbery, KM Lenz Progress in neurobiology 176, 103-119, 2019 | 58 | 2019 |
| Prostaglandin E2 regulates AMPA receptor phosphorylation and promotes membrane insertion in preoptic area neurons and glia during sexual differentiation KM Lenz, CL Wright, RC Martin, MM McCarthy PloS one 6 (4), e18500, 2011 | 57 | 2011 |
| Maternal licking influences dendritic development of motoneurons in a sexually dimorphic neuromuscular system KM Lenz, DR Sengelaub Brain research 1092 (1), 87-99, 2006 | 51 | 2006 |
| Neuroimmunology of the female brain across the lifespan: Plasticity to psychopathology RM Barrientos, PJ Brunton, KM Lenz, L Pyter, SJ Spencer Brain, behavior, and immunity 79, 39-55, 2019 | 44 | 2019 |
| Maternal care effects on the development of a sexually dimorphic motor system: the role of spinal oxytocin KM Lenz, DR Sengelaub Hormones and behavior 58 (4), 575-581, 2010 | 35 | 2010 |
| Maternal allergic inflammation in rats impacts the offspring perinatal neuroimmune milieu and the development of social play, locomotor behavior, and cognitive flexibility MR Breach, CN Dye, A Joshi, S Platko, RA Gilfarb, AR Krug, ... Brain, behavior, and immunity 95, 269-286, 2021 | 31 | 2021 |
| Prenatal allergen exposure perturbs sexual differentiation and programs lifelong changes in adult social and sexual behavior KM Lenz, LA Pickett, CL Wright, A Galan, MM McCarthy Scientific reports 9 (1), 4837, 2019 | 30 | 2019 |