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Therese Rajasekera

Neuroscience · The Ohio State University

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Early career · publishing since 2018Rising activity
Stress Responses and CortisolTryptophan and brain disordersMaternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and PostpartumNeuroendocrine regulation and behaviorGut microbiota and health

Publications

28

Citations

356

Est. group size

~3

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

9

Publishing since 2018

Research summary
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Therese Rajasekera studies how stress during pregnancy affects both the mother and offspring, focusing on connections between the gut microbiome, immune system inflammation, and hormones. Their work also looks at sex differences in stress-related mental health conditions like PTSD and ADHD, and how these relate to pregnancy and postpartum outcomes. Much of the research uses animal models alongside human pregnancy cohort studies to understand these biological pathways.

Prenatal and maternal stressGut microbiome and brain-immune interactionsSex differences in stress-related psychiatric disordersPregnancy and postpartum mental healthInflammation and neuroendocrine signaling

Publication output was steady at 2 per year from 2018-2023 before increasing sharply in 2024-2025, suggesting growing research activity in recent years.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 3.8/year recently
172018: 2 publications182019: 2 publications192020: 3 publications202021: 2 publications212022: 2 publications222023: 2 publications232024: 7 publications7242025: 7 publications7252026: 1 publication26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Biological Psychiatry×8
  • Brain Behavior and Immunity×3
  • medRxiv×3
  • Scientific Reports×2
  • Behavioural Brain Research×1
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Last updated Jul 19, 2026.

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