Hagit Cohen Laboratory.

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Selected Publications:

2024

Impact of pre-trauma recreational drug use on mental health outcomes among survivors of the Israeli Nova Festival terrorist attack

Nacasch, N., Malka, T., Zohar, J., Dejorno, Y. V., Levi, G., Gross, R., Weiser, M., & Cohen, H. (2024).Impact of pre-trauma recreational drug use on mental health outcomes among survivors of the Israeli Nova Festival terrorist attack. World Psychiatry, 23(3), 452-454.https://doi.org/10.1002/wps.21254

2023

The potential beneficial effect of sleep deprivation following traumatic events to preventing PTSD: Review of current insight regarding sleep, memory, and trauma resonating with ancient rituals—Àìsùn Oku (African) and Tsuya (Japanese)

Cohen, H., Ephraim‐Oluwanuga, O. T., Akintunde, O. T., Gureje, O., Matar, M. A., Todder, D., & Zohar, J. (2023). The potential beneficial effect of sleep deprivation following traumatic events to preventing PTSD: Review of current insight regarding sleep, memory, and trauma resonating with ancient rituals—Àìsùn Oku (African) and Tsuya (Japanese). Neuropsychopharmacology Reports, 43(1), 2-11.

Hydrocortisone in the emergency department: a prospective, double-blind, randomized, controlled posttraumatic stress disorder study. Hydrocortisone during golden hours.

Carmi, L., Zohar, J., Weissman, T., Juven-Wetzler, A., Bierer, L., Yehuda, R., & Cohen, H. (2023). Hydrocortisone in the emergency department: a prospective, double-blind, randomized, controlled posttraumatic stress disorder study. Hydrocortisone during golden hours. CNS spectrums, 28(4), 457-463.

Sounds of danger and post-traumatic stress responses in wild rodents: ecological validity of a translational model of post-traumatic stress disorder.

Cohen, H., Matar, M.A., Todder, D. et al. Sounds of danger and post-traumatic stress responses in wild rodents: ecological validity of a translational model of post-traumatic stress disorder. Mol Psychiatry (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41380-023-02240-7

2022

MDMA treatment paired with a trauma-cue promotes adaptive stress responses in a translational model of PTSD in rats. 

Arluk, S., Matar, M.A., Carmi, L. et al. MDMA treatment paired with a trauma-cue promotes adaptive stress responses in a translational model of PTSD in rats. Transl Psychiatry 12, 181 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-022-01952-8

2020

Significance of the orexinergic system in modulating stress-related responses in an animal model of post-traumatic stress disorder.

Cohen, S., Matar, M.A., Vainer, E. et al. Significance of the orexinergic system in modulating stress-related responses in an animal model of post-traumatic stress disorder. Transl Psychiatry 10, 10 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-020-0698-9

2017

Controlled Low-Pressure Blast-Wave Exposure Causes Distinct Behavioral and Morphological Responses Modelling Mild Traumatic Brain Injury, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, and Comorbid Mild Traumatic Brain Injury–Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.

Zuckerman, A., Ram, O., Ifergane, G., Matar, M. A., Sagi, R., Ostfeld, I., … & Cohen, H. (2017). Controlled low-pressure blast-wave exposure causes distinct behavioral and morphological responses modelling mild traumatic brain injury, post-traumatic stress disorder, and comorbid mild traumatic brain injury–post-traumatic stress disorder. Journal of neurotrauma, 34(1), 145-164.

2015

Diurnal Fluctuations in HPA and Neuropeptide Y-ergic Systems Underlie Differences in Vulnerability to Traumatic Stress Responses at Different Zeitgeber Times. 

Cohen, S., Vainer, E., Matar, M. et al. Diurnal Fluctuations in HPA and Neuropeptide Y-ergic Systems Underlie Differences in Vulnerability to Traumatic Stress Responses at Different Zeitgeber Times. Neuropsychopharmacol 40, 774–790 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/npp.2014.257

2014

Distinctive hippocampal and amygdalar cytoarchitectural changes underlie specific patterns of behavioral disruption following stress exposure in an animal model of PTSD.

Cohen, H., Kozlovsky, N., Matar, M. A., Zohar, J., & Kaplan, Z. (2014). Distinctive hippocampal and amygdalar cytoarchitectural changes underlie specific patterns of behavioral disruption following stress exposure in an animal model of PTSD. European Neuropsychopharmacology, 24(12), 1925-1944.

2012

Post-exposure sleep deprivation facilitates correctly timed interactions between glucocorticoid and adrenergic systems, which attenuate traumatic stress responses.

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Cohen S, Kozlovsky N, Matar MA, Kaplan Z, Zohar J, Cohen H. Post-exposure sleep deprivation facilitates correctly timed interactions between glucocorticoid and adrenergic systems, which attenuate traumatic stress responses. Neuropsychopharmacology, 37(11):2388-2404, 2012.

The Neuropeptide Y (NPY)-ergic System is Associated with Behavioral Resilience to Stress Exposure in an Animal Model of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.

Cohen, H., Liu, T., Kozlovsky, N. et al. The Neuropeptide Y (NPY)-ergic System is Associated with Behavioral Resilience to Stress Exposure in an Animal Model of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.Neuropsychopharmacol 37, 350–363 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/npp.2011.230

2000

Autonomic dysregulation in panic disorder and in post-traumatic stress disorder: application of power spectrum analysis of heart rate variability at rest and in response to recollection of trauma or panic attacks.

Cohen, H., Benjamin, J., Geva, A. B., Matar, M. A., Kaplan, Z., & Kotler, M. (2000). Autonomic dysregulation in panic disorder and in post-traumatic stress disorder: application of power spectrum analysis of heart rate variability at rest and in response to recollection of trauma or panic attacks. Psychiatry research, 96(1), 1-13.

Hagit Cohen, Ph.D

Jack Dreyfus Chair in Psychiatry,
Professor of Psychiatric Neuroscience.
Head of Anxiety and Stress Research Unit,
Faculty of Health Sciences,Ben-Gurion University.

Ministry of Health,
Beer-Sheba Mental Health Center,
P.O. Box 4600, Beer-Sheva 84170, Israel
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