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Steven Barger

TitleProfessor
Faculty RankProfessor
InstitutionNorthern Arizona University
DepartmentPsychological Sciences
AddressPO Box 15106
Flagstaff AZ 86011
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    1. Baldwin JA, Barger SD, Kirby C, Bordeaux SJ, Young S, Morrison G, Hyeoma S, Elwell K, Tutt M, Camplain C, Thomas H, Horowitz C, Whitman R, Bezue K. Feasibility and preliminary outcomes of a culturally adapted motivational interviewing intervention to reduce early childhood caries among children of two American Indian communities. Discov Public Health. 2025; 22(1):549. PMID: 40964239.
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    2. Asante J, Nagel CL, Barger SW. Prescription-based association of P-glycoprotein substrates with Alzheimer's disease risk: A nested case-control study. J Alzheimers Dis. 2025 Aug; 106(3):1063-1073. PMID: 40551611.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    3. Asante JJ, Barger SW. P-glycoprotein and Alzheimer's Disease: Threats and Opportunities. ASN Neuro. 2025; 17(1):2495632. PMID: 40264334.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimals
    4. Nordstrand AE, Barger SD, Tvedt MA, Gjerstad CL, Engen HG, Adler AB. A novel intervention for acute stress reaction: exploring the feasibility of ReSTART among Norwegian soldiers. Eur J Psychotraumatol. 2024; 15(1):2400011. PMID: 39286908.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    5. Barger SD, Kirby C, Thomas H, Camplain C, Young S, Morrison G, Hyeoma S, Bordeaux SJ, Horowitz C, Baldwin JA. Pre-Pandemic and Recent Oral and Medical Health Care Utilization among Young American Indian Children and Their Caregivers. J Community Health. 2024 Oct; 49(5):914-925. PMID: 38466490.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    6. Barger SD, Ol?is JA. Partitioning the Composition of Adverse Childhood Experiences From Accumulated Adversity: Cross-Sectional Evidence From 2 U.S. Samples. AJPM Focus. 2024 Apr; 3(2):100192. PMID: 38419615.
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    7. Gajewski MP, Barger SW. Design, synthesis, and characterization of novel system xC- transport inhibitors: inhibition of microglial glutamate release and neurotoxicity. J Neuroinflammation. 2023 Dec 06; 20(1):292. PMID: 38057869.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    8. McCarthy MJ, Garcia YE, Cassady M, Mall NS, Bosch PR, Barger SD. Barriers and strategies for engagement and retention of rural Latino and Native American dyads in psychosocial interventions after stroke. Patient Educ Couns. 2023 10; 115:107869. PMID: 37473605.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    9. Li Q, Morrill NK, Moerman-Herzog AM, Barger SW, Joly-Amado A, Peters M, Soueidan H, Diemler C, Prabhudeva S, Weeber EJ, Nash KR. Central repeat fragment of reelin leads to active reelin intracellular signaling and rescues cognitive deficits in a mouse model of reelin deficiency. Cell Signal. 2023 09; 109:110763. PMID: 37315752.
      Citations: 2     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    10. Russakoff B, Wood C, Lininger MR, Barger SD, Trotter RT, Maltinsky S, Mbegbu M, Coyne B, Panisello Yag?e D, Kyman S, Tucker-Morgan K, Ceniceros K, Padilla C, Hurtado K, Menard A, Villa F, Wayment HA, Hepp C, Furstenau T, Fofanov V, Liu CM, Pearson TR. A Quantitative Assessment of Staphylococcus aureus Community Carriage in Yuma, Arizona. J Infect Dis. 2023 04 26; 227(9):1031-1041. PMID: 36322556.
      Citations: 9     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    11. Barger SD, Lininger MR, Trotter RT, Mbegbu M, Kyman S, Tucker-Morgan K, Wood C, Coyne B, Russakoff B, Ceniceros K, Padilla C, Maltinsky S, Pearson T. Cross-sectional study of the association of social relationship resources with Staphylococcus aureus colonization in naturally occurring social groups along the US/Mexico border. PLoS One. 2023; 18(4):e0284400. PMID: 37053196.
      Citations: 3     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    12. Barger SD, Struve GC. Association of Depression With 10-Year and Lifetime Cardiovascular Disease Risk Among US Adults, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2005-2018. Prev Chronic Dis. 2022 05 26; 19:E28. PMID: 35617679.
      Citations: 10     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    13. Camplain C, Kirby C, Barger SD, Thomas H, Tutt M, Elwell K, Young S, Morrison G, Hyeoma S, Baldwin JA. Community based participatory research approaches to combat oral health inequities among American Indian and Alaska Native populations. J Public Health Dent. 2022 Mar; 82 Suppl 1:79-82. PMID: 35726469.
      Citations: 8     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    14. Wu S, Zhou J, Zhang H, Barger SW. Serine Racemase Expression Differentiates Aging from Alzheimer's Brain. Curr Alzheimer Res. 2022; 19(7):494-502. PMID: 35929621.
      Citations: 8     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    15. Williams PG, Barger SD, Curtis BJ. Individual differences in habitual short sleep duration and dysfunction: Subjective health versus objective cardiovascular disease risk. Health Psychol. 2021 Sep; 40(9):587-596. PMID: 34843320.
      Citations: 2     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    16. Hendrix RD, Ou Y, Davis JE, Odle AK, Groves TR, Allen AR, Childs GV, Barger SW. Alzheimer amyloid-?- peptide disrupts membrane localization of glucose transporter 1 in astrocytes: implications for glucose levels in brain and blood. Neurobiol Aging. 2021 01; 97:73-88. PMID: 33161213.
      Citations: 18     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    17. Barger SD, Lininger MR, Trotter RT, Wayment HA, Mbegbu M, Kyman S, Pearson T. Educational Attainment and Staphylococcus aureus Colonization in a Hispanic Border Community: Testing Fundamental Cause Theory. mSphere. 2020 09 30; 5(5). PMID: 32999080.
      Citations: 8     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    18. Barger SD, Broom TW, Esposito MV, Lane TS. Is subjective well-being independently associated with mortality? A 14-year prospective cohort study in a representative sample of 25 139 US men and women. BMJ Open. 2020 01 14; 10(1):e031776. PMID: 31941764.
      Citations: 6     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    19. Balasubramaniam M, Parcon PA, Bose C, Liu L, Jones RA, Farlow MR, Mrak RE, Barger SW, Griffin WST. Interleukin-1? drives NEDD8 nuclear-to-cytoplasmic translocation, fostering parkin activation via NEDD8 binding to the P-ubiquitin activating site. J Neuroinflammation. 2019 Dec 27; 16(1):275. PMID: 31882005.
      Citations: 12     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    20. Kakraba S, Ayyadevara S, Penthala NR, Balasubramaniam M, Ganne A, Liu L, Alla R, Bommagani SB, Barger SW, Griffin WST, Crooks PA, Shmookler Reis RJ. A Novel Microtubule-Binding Drug Attenuates and Reverses Protein Aggregation in Animal Models of Alzheimer's Disease. Front Mol Neurosci. 2019; 12:310. PMID: 31920540.
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    21. Pearson T, Barger SD, Lininger M, Wayment H, Hepp C, Villa F, Tucker-Morgan K, Kyman S, Cabrera M, Hurtado K, Menard A, Fulbright K, Wood C, Mbegbu M, Zambrano Y, Fletcher A, Medina-Rodriguez S, Manone M, Aguirre A, Milner T, Trotter Ii RT. Health Disparities in Staphylococcus aureus Transmission and Carriage in a Border Region of the United States Based on Cultural Differences in Social Relationships: Protocol for a Survey Study. JMIR Res Protoc. 2019 Sep 27; 8(9):e14853. PMID: 31573953.
      Citations: 8     Fields:    
    22. Parsons MA, Barger SD. The US Mortality Crisis: An Examination of Non-Hispanic White Mortality and Morbidity in Yavapai County, Arizona. J Community Health. 2019 08; 44(4):661-667. PMID: 30877632.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    23. Websdale N, Ferraro K, Barger SD. The domestic violence fatality review clearinghouse: introduction to a new National Data System with a focus on firearms. Inj Epidemiol. 2019; 6:6. PMID: 31245255.
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    24. Kulas JA, Franklin WF, Smith NA, Manocha GD, Puig KL, Nagamoto-Combs K, Hendrix RD, Taglialatela G, Barger SW, Combs CK. Ablation of amyloid precursor protein increases insulin-degrading enzyme levels and activity in brain and peripheral tissues. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. 2019 01 01; 316(1):E106-E120. PMID: 30422705.
      Citations: 16     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    25. Parcon PA, Balasubramaniam M, Ayyadevara S, Jones RA, Liu L, Shmookler Reis RJ, Barger SW, Mrak RE, Griffin WST. Apolipoprotein E4 inhibits autophagy gene products through direct, specific binding to CLEAR motifs. Alzheimers Dement. 2018 02; 14(2):230-242. PMID: 28945989.
      Citations: 67     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    26. Barger SD, Uchino BN. Racial and Ethnic Variation in the Association of Social Integration with Mortality: Ten-year Prospective Population-based US Study. Sci Rep. 2017 03 06; 7:43874. PMID: 28262712.
      Citations: 10     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    27. Barger SD, Cribbet MR, Muldoon MF. Leukocyte Telomere Length and Cardiovascular Risk Scores for Prediction of Cardiovascular Mortality. Epidemiology. 2017 03; 28(2):e13-e15. PMID: 28146441.
      Citations: 2     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    28. Wang W, Moerman-Herzog AM, Slaton A, Barger SW. Presenilin 1 mutations influence processing and trafficking of the ApoE receptor apoER2. Neurobiol Aging. 2017 01; 49:145-153. PMID: 27810638.
      Citations: 13     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    29. Barger SD, Cribbet MR, Muldoon MF. Participant-Reported Health Status Predicts Cardiovascular and All-Cause Mortality Independent of Established and Nontraditional Biomarkers: Evidence From a Representative US Sample. J Am Heart Assoc. 2016 08 29; 5(9). PMID: 27572824.
      Citations: 33     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    30. Wu S, Barger SW. Disrupted-in-schizophrenia-1 as a broader link of glutamatergic transmission to schizophrenia impacts cerebral neurochemistry via the production of the 'gliotransmitter' d-serine, a NMDA receptor coagonist. J Neurochem. 2016 Aug; 138(4):503-5. PMID: 27501180.
      Citations: 2     Fields:    
    31. Ayyadevara S, Balasubramaniam M, Parcon PA, Barger SW, Griffin WS, Alla R, Tackett AJ, Mackintosh SG, Petricoin E, Zhou W, Shmookler Reis RJ. Proteins that mediate protein aggregation and cytotoxicity distinguish Alzheimer's hippocampus from normal controls. Aging Cell. 2016 10; 15(5):924-39. PMID: 27448508.
      Citations: 53     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    32. Mao X, Phanavanh B, Hamdan H, Moerman-Herzog AM, Barger SW. NF?B-inducing kinase inhibits NF?B activity specifically in neurons of the CNS. J Neurochem. 2016 Apr; 137(2):154-63. PMID: 26778773.
      Citations: 7     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    33. Barger SD, Cribbet MR. Social support sources matter: Increased cellular aging among adults with unsupportive spouses. Biol Psychol. 2016 Mar; 115:43-9. PMID: 26780266.
      Citations: 13     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    34. Deng J, Habib A, Obregon DF, Barger SW, Giunta B, Wang YJ, Hou H, Sawmiller D, Tan J. Soluble amyloid precursor protein alpha inhibits tau phosphorylation through modulation of GSK3? signaling pathway. J Neurochem. 2015 Nov; 135(3):630-7. PMID: 26342176.
      Citations: 39     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    35. Barger SD, Messerli-B?rgy N, Barth J. Social relationship correlates of major depressive disorder and depressive symptoms in Switzerland: nationally representative cross sectional study. BMC Public Health. 2014 Mar 24; 14:273. PMID: 24656048.
      Citations: 43     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    36. Larson NC, Barger SD, Sydeman SJ. Type D personality is not associated with coronary heart disease risk in a North American sample of retirement-aged adults. Int J Behav Med. 2013 Jun; 20(2):277-85. PMID: 22287120.
      Citations: 3     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    37. Barger SD. Social integration, social support and mortality in the US National Health Interview Survey. Psychosom Med. 2013 Jun; 75(5):510-7. PMID: 23723364.
      Citations: 29     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    38. Lutes LD, Daiss SR, Barger SD, Read M, Steinbaugh E, Winett RA. Small changes approach promotes initial and continued weight loss with a phone-based follow-up: nine-month outcomes from ASPIRES II. Am J Health Promot. 2012 Mar-Apr; 26(4):235-8. PMID: 22375574.
      Citations: 23     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    39. Barger SD. Perceived emotional support and frequent social contacts are associated with greater knowledge of stroke warning signs: evidence from two cross-sectional us population surveys. J Health Psychol. 2012 Mar; 17(2):169-78. PMID: 21788305.
      Citations: 5     Fields:    Translation:HumansPHPublic Health
    40. Barger SD, Donoho CJ, Wayment HA. The relative contributions of race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, health, and social relationships to life satisfaction in the United States. Qual Life Res. 2009 Mar; 18(2):179-89. PMID: 19082871.
      Citations: 63     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    41. Barger SD, Gallo LC. Ability of ethnic self-identification to partition modifiable health risk among US residents of Mexican ancestry. Am J Public Health. 2008 Nov; 98(11):1971-8. PMID: 18799775.
      Citations: 10     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    42. Lutes LD, Winett RA, Barger SD, Wojcik JR, Herbert WG, Nickols-Richardson SM, Anderson ES. Small changes in nutrition and physical activity promote weight loss and maintenance: 3-month evidence from the ASPIRE randomized trial. Ann Behav Med. 2008 Jun; 35(3):351-7. PMID: 18568379.
      Citations: 41     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    43. Xu J, Barger SW, Drew PD. The PPAR-gamma Agonist 15-Deoxy-Delta-Prostaglandin J(2) Attenuates Microglial Production of IL-12 Family Cytokines: Potential Relevance to Alzheimer's Disease. PPAR Res. 2008; 2008:349185. PMID: 18615183.
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    44. Barger SD, Burke SM, Limbert MJ. Do induced moods really influence health perceptions? Health Psychol. 2007 Jan; 26(1):85-95. PMID: 17209701.
      Citations: 5     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    45. Croyle RT, Loftus EF, Barger SD, Sun YC, Hart M, Gettig J. How well do people recall risk factor test results? Accuracy and bias among cholesterol screening participants. Health Psychol. 2006 May; 25(3):425-32. PMID: 16719615.
      Citations: 27     Fields:    Translation:HumansPHPublic Health
    46. Barger SD, Muldoon MF. Hypertension labelling was associated with poorer self-rated health in the Third US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. J Hum Hypertens. 2006 Feb; 20(2):117-23. PMID: 16267563.
      Citations: 24     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    47. Barger SD. Do psychological characteristics explain socioeconomic stratification of self-rated health? J Health Psychol. 2006 Jan; 11(1):21-35. PMID: 16314378.
      Citations: 19     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    48. Barger SD, Sydeman SJ. Does generalized anxiety disorder predict coronary heart disease risk factors independently of major depressive disorder? J Affect Disord. 2005 Sep; 88(1):87-91. PMID: 16009431.
      Citations: 29     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    49. Barger SD. The Marlowe-Crowne affair: short forms, psychometric structure, and social desirability. J Pers Assess. 2002 Oct; 79(2):286-305. PMID: 12425392.
      Citations: 26     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    50. Barger SD. Risk factors for violent death in children. JAMA. 2002 Feb 27; 287(8):983; author reply 984. PMID: 11866632.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    51. Barger SD, Kircher JC, Croyle RT. The effects of social context and defensiveness on the physiological responses of repressive copers. J Pers Soc Psychol. 1997 Nov; 73(5):1118-28. PMID: 9417480.
      Citations: 8     Fields:    Translation:Humans
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