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  1. A Tellurium-Based Small Immunomodulatory Molecule Ameliorates Depression-Like Behavior in Two Distinct Rat Models

    Article • NeuroMolecular Medicine, July 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Eitan Okun

  2. Food and Age: It Takes Two to Degenerate

    Article • Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, June 2020, Frontiers

    Dr. Eitan Okun

  3. A modified Barnes maze for an accurate assessment of spatial learning in mice

    Article • Journal of Neuroscience Methods, January 2020, Elsevier

    Dr. Eitan Okun

  4. L-Lactate Promotes Adult Hippocampal Neurogenesis

    Article • Frontiers in Neuroscience, May 2019, Frontiers

    Dr. Eitan Okun

  5. Extracellular DAMPs in Plants and Mammals: Immunity, Tissue Damage and Repair

    Article • Trends in Immunology, November 2018, Elsevier

    Dr. Eitan Okun

  6. The Toll Pathway in the Central Nervous System of Flies and Mammals

    Article • NeuroMolecular Medicine, October 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Eitan Okun

  7. Restoring microglial and astroglial homeostasis using DNA immunization in a Down Syndrome mouse model

    Article • Brain Behavior and Immunity, October 2018, Elsevier

    Dr. Eitan Okun

  8. Dopaminergic Modulation of Synaptic Integration and Firing Patterns in the Rat Entopeduncular Nucleus

    Article • Journal of Neuroscience, June 2017, Society for Neuroscience

    Dr. Eitan Okun

  9. Sirt6 alters adult hippocampal neurogenesis

    Article • PLoS ONE, June 2017, PLOS

    Dr. Eitan Okun

  10. Toll-like receptor 3 deficiency decreases epileptogenesis in a pilocarpine model of SE-induced epilepsy in mice

    Article • Epilepsia, February 2017, Wiley

    Dr. Eitan Okun

  11. Unraveling cognitive traits using the Morris water maze unbiased strategy classification (MUST-C) algorithm

    Article • Brain Behavior and Immunity, February 2016, Elsevier

    Dr. Eitan Okun

  12. Corrigendum to “Unraveling cognitive traits using the Morris water maze unbiased strategy classification (MUST-C) algorithm” [Brain Behav. Immun. 52C (2016) 132–144]

    Article • Brain Behavior and Immunity, February 2016, Elsevier

    Dr. Eitan Okun

  13. DAMPs as mediators of sterile inflammation in aging-related pathologies

    Article • Ageing Research Reviews, November 2015, Elsevier

    Dr. Eitan Okun

  14. Postnatal TLR2 activation impairs learning and memory in adulthood

    Article • Brain Behavior and Immunity, August 2015, Elsevier

    Dr. Eitan Okun

  15. No ECSIT-stential evidence for a link with Alzheimer's disease yet (retrospective on DOI 10.1002/bies.201100193)

    Article • BioEssays, November 2014, Wiley

    Dr. Eitan Okun

  16. Cardiovascular Fitness and Cognitive Spatial Learning in Rodents and in Humans

    Article • The Journals of Gerontology Series A, September 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Eitan Okun

  17. Toll-like receptors as developmental tools that regulate neurogenesis during development: an update

    Article • Frontiers in Neuroscience, August 2014, Frontiers

    Dr. Eitan Okun

  18. Pancreatic polypeptide inhibits somatostatin secretion

    Article • FEBS Letters, July 2014, Wiley

    Dr. Eitan Okun

  19. A heavy toll on the outcome of ischemic brain stroke

    Article • Experimental Neurology, April 2014, Elsevier

    Dr. Eitan Okun

  20. Toll-like receptors 2 and 4 modulate autonomic control of heart rate and energy metabolism

    Article • Brain Behavior and Immunity, February 2014, Elsevier

    Dr. Eitan Okun

  21. Evidence that collaboration between HIF-1α and Notch-1 promotes neuronal cell death in ischemic stroke

    Article • Neurobiology of Disease, February 2014, Elsevier

    Dr. Eitan Okun

  22. Tellurium Compound AS101 Ameliorates Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis by VLA-4 Inhibition and Suppression of Monocyte and T Cell Infiltration into the CNS

    Article • NeuroMolecular Medicine, November 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Eitan Okun

  23. Opposing actions of environmental enrichment and Alzheimer’s disease on the expression of hippocampal microRNAs in mouse models

    Article • Translational Psychiatry, September 2013, Nature

    Dr. Eitan Okun

  24. A ketone ester diet exhibits anxiolytic and cognition-sparing properties, and lessens amyloid and tau pathologies in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease

    Article • Neurobiology of Aging, June 2013, Elsevier

    Dr. Eitan Okun

  25. Neuron-Specific Expression of Tomosyn1 in the Mouse Hippocampal Dentate Gyrus Impairs Spatial Learning and Memory

    Article • NeuroMolecular Medicine, March 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Eitan Okun

  26. Dietary energy intake modifies brainstem autonomic dysfunction caused by mutant α-synuclein

    Article • Neurobiology of Aging, March 2013, Elsevier

    Dr. Eitan Okun

  27. Effects of cerium oxide nanoparticles on the growth of keratinocytes, fibroblasts and vascular endothelial cells in cutaneous wound healing

    Article • Biomaterials, March 2013, Elsevier

    Dr. Eitan Okun

  28. Involvement of PGC-1α in the formation and maintenance of neuronal dendritic spines

    Article • Nature Communications, December 2012, Nature

    Dr. Eitan Okun

  29. Evidence for a Developmental Role for TLR4 in Learning and Memory

    Article • PLoS ONE, October 2012, PLOS

    Dr. Eitan Okun

  30. Aberrant heart rate and brainstem brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) signaling in a mouse model of Huntington's disease

    Article • Neurobiology of Aging, July 2012, Elsevier

    Dr. Eitan Okun

  31. The Tellurium compound, AS101, increases SIRT1 level and activity and prevents type 2 diabetes

    Article • Aging, June 2012, Impact Journals, LLC

    Dr. Eitan Okun

  32. DNA immunization with HBsAg-based particles expressing a B cell epitope of amyloid β-peptide attenuates disease progression and prolongs survival in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease

    Article • Vaccine, February 2012, Elsevier

    Dr. Eitan Okun

  33. Roles of Innate Immunity and Inflammation in the Aging Brain

    Article • July 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Eitan Okun

  34. Toll-like receptor signaling in neural plasticity and disease

    Article • Trends in Neurosciences, May 2011, Elsevier

    Dr. Eitan Okun

  35. Evidence for Altered Numb Isoform Levels in Alzheimer's Disease Patients and a Triple Transgenic Mouse Model

    Article • Journal of Alzheimer s Disease, April 2011, IOS Press

    Dr. Eitan Okun

  36. Electroconvulsive shock ameliorates disease processes and extends survival in huntingtin mutant mice

    Article • Human Molecular Genetics, November 2010, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Eitan Okun

  37. GLP-1 receptor stimulation depresses heart rate variability and inhibits neurotransmission to cardiac vagal neurons

    Article • Cardiovascular Research, August 2010, European Society of Cardiology

    Dr. Eitan Okun

  38. Toll-like receptor 3 inhibits memory retention and constrains adult hippocampal neurogenesis

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, August 2010, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr. Eitan Okun

  39. TLR2 activation inhibits embryonic neural progenitor cell proliferation

    Article • Journal of Neurochemistry, April 2010, Wiley

    Dr. Eitan Okun

  40. Tomosyn Expression Pattern in the Mouse Hippocampus Suggests Both Presynaptic and Postsynaptic Functions

    Article • Frontiers in Neuroanatomy, January 2010, Frontiers

    Dr. Eitan Okun

  41. Evidence that adiponectin receptor 1 activation exacerbates ischemic neuronal death

    Article • Experimental & Translational Stroke Medicine, January 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Eitan Okun

  42. Involvement of Fc Receptors in Disorders of the Central Nervous System

    Article • NeuroMolecular Medicine, October 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Eitan Okun

  43. The Therapeutic Potential of microRNAs in Nervous System Damage, Degeneration, and Repair

    Article • NeuroMolecular Medicine, September 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Eitan Okun

  44. Adhesion- and migration-related side effects of phosphothioated CpG oligodeoxynucleotides

    Article • Cell Adhesion & Migration, July 2009, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Eitan Okun

  45. TOLL-LIKE RECEPTORS IN ISCHEMIA-REPERFUSION INJURY

    Article • Shock, July 2009, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr. Eitan Okun

  46. Phosphothioated oligodeoxynucleotides induce nonspecific effects on neuronal cell adhesion in a growth substrate-dependent manner

    Article • Journal of Neuroscience Research, June 2009, Wiley

    Dr. Eitan Okun

  47. Toll-like receptors in neurodegeneration

    Article • Brain Research Reviews, March 2009, Elsevier

    Dr. Eitan Okun

  48. Neuronal Vulnerability to Oxidative Damage in Aging

    Article • January 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Eitan Okun

  49. Basis of Ionic Dysregulation in Cerebral Ischemia

    Article • January 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Eitan Okun

  50. Rapamycin and curcumin induce apoptosis in primary resting B chronic lymphocytic leukemia cells

    Article • Leukemia & Lymphoma, January 2009, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Eitan Okun

  51. The organotellurium compound ammonium trichloro(dioxoethylene-0,0') tellurate enhances neuronal survival and improves functional outcome in an ischemic stroke model in mice

    Article • Journal of Neurochemistry, August 2007, Wiley

    Dr. Eitan Okun

  52. The organotellurium compound ammonium trichloro(dioxoethylene-o,o′)tellurate reacts with homocysteine to form homocystine and decreases homocysteine levels in hyperhomocysteinemic mice

    Article • FEBS Journal, May 2007, Wiley

    Dr. Eitan Okun

  53. Gamma secretase–mediated Notch signaling worsens brain damage and functional outcome in ischemic stroke

    Article • Nature Reports Stem Cells, May 2006, Nature

    Dr. Eitan Okun

  54. Experimental handling stress as infection-facilitating factor for the goldfish ulcerative disease

    Article • Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology, February 2006, Elsevier

    Dr. Eitan Okun

  55. Upregulation of carp GDNF mRNA by the immunomodulator AS101

    Article • Developmental & Comparative Immunology, January 2006, Elsevier

    Dr. Eitan Okun