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Anat Biegon

Stony Brook University
Verified email at stonybrookmedicine.edu
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Clinical trials in head injury

…, ME Michel, B Ansell, A Baethmann, A Biegon… - Journal of …, 2002 - liebertpub.com
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) remains a major public health problem globally. In the United
States the incidence of closed head injuries admitted to hospitals is conservatively estimated to …

Brain monoamine oxidase A activity predicts trait aggression

…, B Williams, F Telang, E Shumay, A Biegon… - Journal of …, 2008 - Soc Neuroscience
The genetic deletion of monoamine oxidase A (MAO A), an enzyme that breaks down the
monoamine neurotransmitters norepinephrine, serotonin, and dopamine, produces aggressive …

Evidence of gender differences in the ability to inhibit brain activation elicited by food stimulation

…, PK Thanos, A Geliebter, A Biegon… - Proceedings of the …, 2009 - National Acad Sciences
Although impaired inhibitory control is linked to a broad spectrum of health problems,
including obesity, the brain mechanism(s) underlying voluntary control of hunger are not well …

Modulation by estradiol of serotonin receptors in brain

A Biegon, BS McEwen - Journal of Neuroscience, 1982 - Soc Neuroscience
Estrogens were found to exert a biphasic effect on the density of serotonin receptors in the
female rat brain: an acute reduction in serotonin receptor density throughout the brain is …

Dynamic changes in N-methyl-d-aspartate receptors after closed head injury in mice: Implications for treatment of neurological and cognitive deficits

A Biegon, PA Fry, CM Paden… - Proceedings of the …, 2004 - National Acad Sciences
Traumatic brain injury is a leading cause of mortality and morbidity among young people. For
the last couple of decades, it was believed that excess stimulation of brain receptors for the …

Serotonergic and noradrenergic receptors in the rat brain: modulation by chronic exposure to ovarian hormones

A Biegon, A Reches, L Snyder, BS McEwen - Life sciences, 1983 - Elsevier
Noradrenergic (α 1 and β) and serotonergic (5HT 1 and 5HT 2 ) receptors were assayed in
the brains of ovariectomized female rats treated for 2 weeks with estrogen, progesterone or a …

Female advantage in verbal memory: Evidence of sex-specific cognitive reserve

…, PM Maki, LH Rubin, RB Lipton, S Landau, A Biegon… - Neurology, 2016 - AAN Enterprises
Objective: We investigated sex differences in verbal memory across different levels of neural
dysfunction, measured by temporal lobe glucose metabolic rates (TLGluMR). Methods: …

Serial microPET measures of the metabolic reaction to a microdialysis probe implant

WK Schiffer, MM Mirrione, A Biegon, DL Alexoff… - Journal of neuroscience …, 2006 - Elsevier
Despite the widespread use of chronic brain implants in experimental and clinical settings,
the effects of these long-term procedures on brain metabolism and receptor expression …

Distribution of glutamate transporter subtypes during human brain development

O Bar‐Peled, H Ben‐Hur, A Biegon… - Journal of …, 1997 - Wiley Online Library
In the mature brain, removal of glutamate from the synaptic cleft plays an important role in
the maintenance of subtoxic levels of glutamate. This requirement is handled by a family of …

Better verbal memory in women than men in MCI despite similar levels of hippocampal atrophy

EE Sundermann, A Biegon, LH Rubin, RB Lipton… - Neurology, 2016 - AAN Enterprises
Objective: To examine sex differences in the relationship between clinical symptoms related
to Alzheimer disease (AD) (verbal memory deficits) and neurodegeneration (hippocampal …