The Anschutz Foundation Endowed Chair in Women's Integrated Mental and Physical Health Research
Director, InterGenerational Stress and Health
Director, Department of Psychiatry Sex Differences Research
Recognitions
Joseph Erlanger Award and Distinguished Lecture, American Physiological Society
(2019)
NIH Award and Key Lecture, International Federation of Placenta Associations
(2019)
Daniel H. Efron Research Award, American College of Neuropsychopharmacology
(2016)
Medtronic Society for Women’s Health Research Prize, Society for Women's Health Research
(2012)
Maryland Top 100 Women, The Daily Record
(2021)
Publications
Arumugasaamy N, Rock KD, Kuo CY, Bale TL, Fisher JP. Microphysiological systems of the placental barrier. Adv Drug Deliv Rev. 2020;161-162:161-175. PubMed PMID: 32858104
Morrison KE, Cole AB, Kane PJ, Meadows VE, Thompson SM, Bale TL. Pubertal adversity alters chromatin dynamics and stress circuitry in the pregnant brain. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2020 Jul;45(8):1263-1271. PubMed PMID: 32045935
Ramsteijn AS, Jašarevic E, Houwing DJ, Bale TL, Olivier JD. Antidepressant treatment with fluoxetine during pregnancy and lactation modulates the gut microbiome and metabolome in a rat model relevant to depression. Gut Microbes. 2020 Jul 3;11(4):735-753. PubMed PMID: 31971855
Cissé YM, Chan JC, Nugent BM, Banducci C, Bale TL. Brain and placental transcriptional responses as a readout of maternal and paternal preconception stress are fetal sex specific. Placenta. 2020 Oct;100:164-170. PubMed PMID: 32980048
Duffy KA, Bale TL, Epperson CN. Germ Cell Drivers: Transmission of Preconception Stress Across Generations. Front Hum Neurosci. 2021;15:642762. PubMed PMID: 34322003
Bale TL, Jovanovic T. The critical importance in identifying the biological mechanisms underlying the effects of racism on mental health. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2021 Jan;46(1):233. PubMed PMID: 32792682
Morrison KE, Stenson AF, Marx-Rattner R, Carter S, Michopoulos V, Gillespie CF, Powers A, Huang W, Kane MA, Jovanovic T, Bale TL. Developmental Timing of Trauma in Women Predicts Unique Extracellular Vesicle Proteome Signatures. Biol Psychiatry. 2022 Feb 1;91(3):273-282. PubMed PMID: 34715991
Cole AB, Montgomery K, Bale TL, Thompson SM. What the hippocampus tells the HPA axis: Hippocampal output attenuates acute stress responses via disynaptic inhibition of CRF+ PVN neurons. Neurobiol Stress. 2022 Sep;20:100473. PubMed PMID: 35982732
Bale TL, Baram TZ, Brown AS, Goldstein JM, Insel TR, McCarthy MM, Nemeroff CB, Reyes TM, Simerly RB, Susser ES, Nestler EJ. Early life programming and neurodevelopmental disorders. Biol Psychiatry. 2010 Aug 15;68(4):314-9. PubMed PMID: 20674602
Morgan CP, Bale TL. Early prenatal stress epigenetically programs dysmasculinization in second-generation offspring via the paternal lineage. J Neurosci. 2011 Aug 17;31(33):11748-55. PubMed PMID: 21849535
Bale TL. Sex differences in prenatal epigenetic programming of stress pathways. Stress. 2011 Jul;14(4):348-56. PubMed PMID: 21663536
Bale TL, Chen A. Minireview: CRF and Wylie Vale: a story of 41 amino acids and a Texan with grit. Endocrinology. 2012 Jun;153(6):2556-61. PubMed PMID: 22492308
Kim DR, Bale TL, Epperson CN. Prenatal programming of mental illness: current understanding of relationship and mechanisms. Curr Psychiatry Rep. 2015 Feb;17(2):5. PubMed PMID: 25617041
Bale TL. Epigenetic and transgenerational reprogramming of brain development. Nat Rev Neurosci. 2015 Jun;16(6):332-44. PubMed PMID: 25921815
Rodgers AB, Morgan CP, Leu NA, Bale TL. Transgenerational epigenetic programming via sperm microRNA recapitulates effects of paternal stress. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015 Nov 3;112(44):13699-704. PubMed PMID: 26483456
Bale TL, Epperson CN. Sex differences and stress across the lifespan. Nat Neurosci. 2015 Oct;18(10):1413-20. PubMed PMID: 26404716
Rodgers AB, Bale TL. Germ Cell Origins of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Risk: The Transgenerational Impact of Parental Stress Experience. Biol Psychiatry. 2015 Sep 1;78(5):307-14. PubMed PMID: 25895429
Bale TL. The placenta and neurodevelopment: sex differences in prenatal vulnerability. Dialogues Clin Neurosci. 2016 Dec;18(4):459-464. PubMed PMID: 28179817
Jašarevic E, Morrison KE, Bale TL. Sex differences in the gut microbiome-brain axis across the lifespan. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2016 Feb 19;371(1688):20150122. PubMed PMID: 26833840
Morrison KE, Epperson CN, Sammel MD, Ewing G, Podcasy JS, Hantsoo L, Kim DR, Bale TL. Preadolescent Adversity Programs a Disrupted Maternal Stress Reactivity in Humans and Mice. Biol Psychiatry. 2017 Apr 15;81(8):693-701. PubMed PMID: 27776734
Chan JC, Houghton AB, Bale TL. Strained in Planning Your Mouse Background? Using the HPA Stress Axis as a Biological Readout for Backcrossing Strategies. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2017 Aug;42(9):1749-1751. PubMed PMID: 28361869
Bale TL, Epperson CN. Sex as a Biological Variable: Who, What, When, Why, and How. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2017 Jan;42(2):386-396. PubMed PMID: 27658485
Bronson SL, Chan JC, Bale TL. Sex-Specific Neurodevelopmental Programming by Placental Insulin Receptors on Stress Reactivity and Sensorimotor Gating. Biol Psychiatry. 2017 Jul 15;82(2):127-138. PubMed PMID: 28168960
Epperson CN, Sammel MD, Bale TL, Kim DR, Conlin S, Scalice S, Freeman K, Freeman EW. Adverse Childhood Experiences and Risk for First-Episode Major Depression During the Menopause Transition. J Clin Psychiatry. 2017 Mar;78(3):e298-e307. PubMed PMID: 28394509
Hudecova AM, Hansen KEA, Mandal S, Berntsen HF, Khezri A, Bale TL, Fraser TWK, Zimmer KE, Ropstad E. A human exposure based mixture of persistent organic pollutants affects the stress response in female mice and their offspring. Chemosphere. 2018 Apr;197:585-593. PubMed PMID: 29407821
Jašarevic E, Howard CD, Morrison K, Misic A, Weinkopff T, Scott P, Hunter C, Beiting D, Bale TL. The maternal vaginal microbiome partially mediates the effects of prenatal stress on offspring gut and hypothalamus. Nat Neurosci. 2018 Aug;21(8):1061-1071. PubMed PMID: 29988069
Chan JC, Nugent BM, Bale TL. Parental Advisory: Maternal and Paternal Stress Can Impact Offspring Neurodevelopment. Biol Psychiatry. 2018 May 15;83(10):886-894. PubMed PMID: 29198470
Bale TL. Sex matters. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2019 Jan;44(1):1-3. PubMed PMID: 30361539
Epperson CN, Bale TL. Deciphering the Brain Before Birth. Biol Psychiatry. 2019 Jan 15;85(2):90. PubMed PMID: 30573050
Morgan CP, Chan JC, Bale TL. Driving the Next Generation: Paternal Lifetime Experiences Transmitted via Extracellular Vesicles and Their Small RNA Cargo. Biol Psychiatry. 2019 Jan 15;85(2):164-171. PubMed PMID: 30580777
Bale TL, Abel T, Akil H, Carlezon WA Jr, Moghaddam B, Nestler EJ, Ressler KJ, Thompson SM. The critical importance of basic animal research for neuropsychiatric disorders. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2019 Jul;44(8):1349-1353. PubMed PMID: 31048727
Jašarevic E, Bale TL. Prenatal and postnatal contributions of the maternal microbiome on offspring programming. Front Neuroendocrinol. 2019 Oct;55:100797. PubMed PMID: 31574280
Morrison KE, Cole AB, Thompson SM, Bale TL. Brexanolone for the treatment of patients with postpartum depression. Drugs Today (Barc). 2019 Sep;55(9):537-544. PubMed PMID: 31584571
Morrison KE, Stenson AF, Marx-Rattner R, Carter S, Michopoulos V, Gillespie CF, Powers A, Huang W, Kane MA, Jovanovic T, Bale TL. Developmental Timing of Trauma in Women Predicts Unique Extracellular Vesicle Proteome Signatures. Biol Psychiatry. 2022 Feb 1;91(3):273-282. PubMed PMID: 34715991
Cole AB, Montgomery K, Bale TL, Thompson SM. What the hippocampus tells the HPA axis: Hippocampal output attenuates acute stress responses via disynaptic inhibition of CRF PVN neurons. Neurobiol Stress. 2022 Sep;20:100473. PubMed PMID: 35982732
Moon N, Morgan C, Bale TL. Cross Talk proposal: The kids will be fine: parental stress rodent models are good for assessing influences on human neurobiology. J Physiol. 2022 Oct;600(20):4409-4411. PubMed PMID: 36184259
Robertson CD, Davis P, Richardson RR, Iffland PH 2nd, Vieira DCO, Steyert M, McKeon PN, Romanowski AJ, Crutcher G, Jašarevic E, Wolff SBE, Mathur BN, Crino PB, Bale TL, Dick IE, Poulopoulos A. Rapid modeling of an ultra-rare epilepsy variant in wild-type mice by in utero prime editing. bioRxiv. 2023 Dec 19. PubMed PMID: 38106154
Rock KD, Folts LM, Zierden HC, Marx-Rattner R, Leu NA, Nugent BM, Bale TL. Developmental transcriptomic patterns can be altered by transgenic overexpression of Uty. Sci Rep. 2023 Nov 30;13(1):21082. PubMed PMID: 38030664
Moon N, Morgan C, Bale TL. Rebuttal from Nickole Moon, Christopher Morgan and Tracy L. Bale. J Physiol. 2022 Oct;600(20):4417-4418. PubMed PMID: 36190177
Cissé YM, Montgomery KR, Zierden HC, Hill EM, Kane PJ, Huang W, Kane MA, Bale TL. Maternal preconception stress produces sex-specific effects at the maternal:fetal interface to impact offspring development and phenotypic outcomes. Biol Reprod. 2023 Nov 16. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 37971364
Herb BR, Glover HJ, Bhaduri A, Colantuoni C, Bale TL, Siletti K, Hodge R, Lein E, Kriegstein AR, Doege CA, Ament SA. Single-cell genomics reveals region-specific developmental trajectories underlying neuronal diversity in the human hypothalamus. Sci Adv. 2023 Nov 10;9(45):eadf6251. PubMed PMID: 37939194
Montgomery KR, Bridi MS, Folts LM, Marx-Rattner R, Zierden HC, Wulff AB, Kodjo EA, Thompson SM, Bale TL. Chemogenetic activation of CRF neurons as a model of chronic stress produces sex-specific physiological and behavioral effects. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2024 Jan;49(2):443-454. PubMed PMID: 37833589
Kramer AC, Jansson T, Bale TL, Powell TL. Maternal-fetal cross-talk via the placenta: influence on offspring development and metabolism. Development. 2023 Oct 15;150(20). PubMed PMID: 37831056
Zierden HC, Marx-Rattner R, Rock KD, Montgomery KR, Anastasiadis P, Folts L, Bale TL. Extracellular vesicles are dynamic regulators of maternal glucose homeostasis during pregnancy. Sci Rep. 2023 Mar 20;13(1):4568. PubMed PMID: 36941297
Duffy KA, Sammel MD, Johnson RL, Kim DR, Wang EY, Ewing G, Hantsoo L, Kornfield SL, Bale TL, Epperson CN. Maternal adverse childhood experiences impact fetal adrenal volume in a sex-specific manner. Biol Sex Differ. 2023 Feb 17;14(1):7. PubMed PMID: 36803442
Morgan CP, Meadows VE, Marx-Rattner R, Cisse YM, Bale TL. HA-tag CD63 is a novel conditional transgenic approach to track extracellular vesicle interactions with sperm and their transfer at conception. Sci Rep. 2023 Jan 13;13(1):707. PubMed PMID: 36639735