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Biography

Henriette van Praag, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Biomedical Science at the Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, ³Ô¹ÏÍø.Ìý Dr. van Praag's research laboratory Ìýis located in the FAU Brain Institute on the MacArthur Campus in Jupiter. The van Praag lab aims to understand the beneficial effects of exercise on brain function and behavior.

Education

• 1992: Ph.D. Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel

Work History

• 2018-Present: Associate Professor, Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine and Brain Institute, ³Ô¹ÏÍø, Jupiter, FL
• 2007-2018: Investigator, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD
• 1997-2007: Staff Scientist, Salk Institute, La Jolla, CA
• 1992-1997: Postdoctoral Fellow, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, NJ

Scholarly Activity

Interests

• Co-editor in Chief of the journal:Ìý

Selected Peer-Reviewed Publications

• Zhu, X., Joo, Y., Boss, S., McDevitt, R.A., Xie, A., Wang, Y., Xue, Y., Su, S., Lee, S.K., Sah, N., Zhang, S., Ye, R., Pinto, A., Zhang, Y., Araki, K., Araki, M., Morales, M., Mattson, M.P.,Ìý van Praag, H ., Wang, W.ÌýTDRD3-null mice show post-transcriptional and behavioural impairments associated with neurogenesis and synaptic plasticity.Ìý Progress in Neurobiology Ìýdoi: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2024.102568. 2024.Ìý
• Edmunds KJ, Pandos AA, Hoang I, Mamlouk GM, Motovylyak A, Lose SR, Asthana S, Stremlau M, Johnson SC,Ìý van Praag H , Okonkwo OC. BDNF expression mediates verbal learning and memory in women in a cohort enriched with risk for Alzheimer’s Disease.Ìý Alzheimers & DementiaÌý 17(1):370062, 2025.Ìý
• Pinto A, Haytural H, Loss CM, Alvarez C, Ertas A, Curtis O, Williams AR, Murphy G, Salleng KJ, Gografe S, Visavadiya NP, Khamoui A, AltıntaÅŸ A, Kafri T, Barres R, Deshmukh AS,Ìý van Praag H .ÌýMuscle Cathepsin B treatment improves behavioral and neurogenic deficits in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s Disease.Ìý Aging CellÌý Nov;24(11):e70242. doi: 10.1111/acel.70242. PMID: 41047763, 2025.Ìý
• Ben-Zeev T, Levi C, Ratamess NA, van Praag H, Hoffman JR. Comparison of Different Exercise Modalities on Neuronal Plasticity and Spatial Memory.
  Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2026 Sep 1. doi: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000004130.

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