Alon Friedman

Summary

Affiliation: Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Country: Israel

Publications

  1. ncbi Molecular cascades that mediate the influence of inflammation on epilepsy
    Alon Friedman
    Department of Physiology and Neurobiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Zlotowski Center for Neuroscience, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
    Epilepsia 52:33-9. 2011
  2. ncbi Blood-brain barrier breakdown-inducing astrocytic transformation: novel targets for the prevention of epilepsy
    Alon Friedman
    Department of Physiology, Zlotowski Center for Neuroscience, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva 84105, Israel
    Epilepsy Res 85:142-9. 2009
  3. ncbi Motor inhibition and learning impairments in school-aged children following exposure to organophosphate pesticides in infancy
    Ora Kofman
    Department of Behavioral Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beersheva, Israel
    Pediatr Res 60:88-92. 2006
  4. ncbi Pathogenesis of stress-associated skin disorders: exploring the brain-skin axis
    Lev Pavlovsky
    Department of Physiology, Soroka University Hospital and Zlotowski Center of Neuroscience, Ben Gurion University, Beersheva, Israel
    Curr Probl Dermatol 35:136-45. 2007
  5. ncbi Novel fluorescein angiography-based computer-aided algorithm for assessment of retinal vessel permeability
    Yonatan Serlin
    Department of Physiology and Neurobiology, Zlotowski Center for Neuroscience, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
    PLoS ONE 8:e61599. 2013
  6. ncbi Long-lasting pro-ictogenic effects induced in vivo by rat brain exposure to serum albumin in the absence of concomitant pathology
    Federica Frigerio
    Department of Neuroscience, Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research, Via G La Masa 19, Milan, Italy
    Epilepsia 53:1887-97. 2012
  7. ncbi Albumin is taken up by hippocampal NG2 cells and astrocytes and decreases gap junction coupling
    Oliver Braganza
    Institute of Cellular Neurosciences, University of Bonn, Sigmund Freud Strasse 25, Bonn, Germany
    Epilepsia 53:1898-906. 2012
  8. ncbi Stimulation of the sphenopalatine ganglion induces reperfusion and blood-brain barrier protection in the photothrombotic stroke model
    Haviv Levi
    Department of Physiology, Zlotowski Center for Neuroscience, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
    PLoS ONE 7:e39636. 2012
  9. ncbi Astrocytic dysfunction in epileptogenesis: consequence of altered potassium and glutamate homeostasis?
    Yaron David
    Department of Physiology, Zlotowski Center for Neuroscience, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva 84105, Israel
    J Neurosci 29:10588-99. 2009
  10. ncbi Blood-brain barrier breakdown as a therapeutic target in traumatic brain injury
    Dan Shlosberg
    Department of Physiology and Neurobiology, Zlotowski Center for Neuroscience, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva 84105, Israel
    Nat Rev Neurol 6:393-403. 2010

Collaborators

  • Ora Kofman
  • Andrea Berger
  • U Heinemann
  • Gaby S Pell
  • Gerald Seifert
  • Christian Steinhäuser
  • Annamaria Vezzani
  • Lev Pavlovsky
  • Dominik Zumsteg
  • Yoash Chassidim
  • Ilan Shelef
  • Yonatan Serlin
  • Oren Tomkins
  • Haviv Levi
  • Ofer Prager
  • Yaron David
  • Jonathan E Cohen
  • Itai Weissberg
  • Oliver Braganza
  • Federica Frigerio
  • Dan Shlosberg
  • Daniela Kaufer
  • R Orie Browne
  • Roee Admon
  • Christopher J Gasho
  • Jaime Levy
  • Svetlana Lublinsky
  • Geva Tal
  • Ronel Veksler
  • Talma Hendler
  • Lavi J Shachar
  • Hadar Shalev
  • Boris Knyazer
  • Shy Hefetz
  • Yisrael Parmet
  • Kerstin Hüttmann
  • Elena von Staden
  • Sara Parrella
  • Angelisa Frasca
  • Karl Schoknecht
  • Peter Bedner
  • Francesco M Noé
  • Akiva Feintuch
  • Moni Benifla
  • Avi Cohen
  • Mony Benifla
  • Chen Klein
  • Luisa P Cacheaux
  • Sebastian Ivens
  • Ezequiel Lapilover
  • Hermona Soreq
  • Liat Ben Moyal-Segal

Detail Information

Publications17

  1. ncbi Molecular cascades that mediate the influence of inflammation on epilepsy
    Alon Friedman
    Department of Physiology and Neurobiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Zlotowski Center for Neuroscience, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
    Epilepsia 52:33-9. 2011
    ..To what extent targeting the immune system is successful in preventing epileptogenesis, and which signaling pathway should be beleaguered is still under intensive research...
  2. ncbi Blood-brain barrier breakdown-inducing astrocytic transformation: novel targets for the prevention of epilepsy
    Alon Friedman
    Department of Physiology, Zlotowski Center for Neuroscience, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva 84105, Israel
    Epilepsy Res 85:142-9. 2009
    ..We propose that primary vascular injury, and specifically BBB breakdown and repair, are key elements in altered interactions within the neurovascular unit and thus may serve as new therapeutic targets...
  3. ncbi Motor inhibition and learning impairments in school-aged children following exposure to organophosphate pesticides in infancy
    Ora Kofman
    Department of Behavioral Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beersheva, Israel
    Pediatr Res 60:88-92. 2006
    ..Children with pesticide or kerosene poisoning had a retrieval deficit on the acquisition phase of a verbal learning task...
  4. ncbi Pathogenesis of stress-associated skin disorders: exploring the brain-skin axis
    Lev Pavlovsky
    Department of Physiology, Soroka University Hospital and Zlotowski Center of Neuroscience, Ben Gurion University, Beersheva, Israel
    Curr Probl Dermatol 35:136-45. 2007
    ..We review here the available knowledge regarding the possible mechanisms underlying stress actions in the pathogenesis and course of skin diseases...
  5. ncbi Novel fluorescein angiography-based computer-aided algorithm for assessment of retinal vessel permeability
    Yonatan Serlin
    Department of Physiology and Neurobiology, Zlotowski Center for Neuroscience, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
    PLoS ONE 8:e61599. 2013
    ..To present a novel method for quantitative assessment of retinal vessel permeability using a fluorescein angiography-based computer algorithm...
  6. ncbi Long-lasting pro-ictogenic effects induced in vivo by rat brain exposure to serum albumin in the absence of concomitant pathology
    Federica Frigerio
    Department of Neuroscience, Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research, Via G La Masa 19, Milan, Italy
    Epilepsia 53:1887-97. 2012
    ..c.v.) albumin injection in naive rats; (3) measured electroencephalography (EEG) activity in these rats, their susceptibility to kainic acid (KA)-induced seizures, and their hippocampal afterdischarge threshold (ADT)...
  7. ncbi Albumin is taken up by hippocampal NG2 cells and astrocytes and decreases gap junction coupling
    Oliver Braganza
    Institute of Cellular Neurosciences, University of Bonn, Sigmund Freud Strasse 25, Bonn, Germany
    Epilepsia 53:1898-906. 2012
    ..1, the predominating astrocytic K(+) channel subunit, is altered by albumin...
  8. ncbi Stimulation of the sphenopalatine ganglion induces reperfusion and blood-brain barrier protection in the photothrombotic stroke model
    Haviv Levi
    Department of Physiology, Zlotowski Center for Neuroscience, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
    PLoS ONE 7:e39636. 2012
    ..However, the detailed effects of SPG stimulation on the injured brain are not known...
  9. ncbi Astrocytic dysfunction in epileptogenesis: consequence of altered potassium and glutamate homeostasis?
    Yaron David
    Department of Physiology, Zlotowski Center for Neuroscience, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva 84105, Israel
    J Neurosci 29:10588-99. 2009
    ..We suggest that the resulting reduction in the clearance of extracellular potassium underlies frequency-dependent neuronal hyperexcitability and network synchronization...
  10. ncbi Blood-brain barrier breakdown as a therapeutic target in traumatic brain injury
    Dan Shlosberg
    Department of Physiology and Neurobiology, Zlotowski Center for Neuroscience, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva 84105, Israel
    Nat Rev Neurol 6:393-403. 2010
    ..Finally, we highlight areas for future basic research and clinical studies into TBI...
  11. ncbi Emotional brain rhythms and their impairment in post-traumatic patients
    Jonathan E Cohen
    Department of Physiology and Neurobiology, Zlotowski Center for Neuroscience, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, POB 653, Beer Sheva 84105, Israel
    Hum Brain Mapp 34:1344-56. 2013
    ..Hum Brain Mapp, 2013. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc...
  12. ncbi Quantitative imaging assessment of blood-brain barrier permeability in humans
    Yoash Chassidim
    Departments of Physiology and Cell Biology and Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Health Sciences, Zlotowski Center for Neuroscience, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
    Fluids Barriers CNS 10:9. 2013
    ..Large clinical trials are awaited to fully understand the significance of BBB permeability as a biomarker and target for treatment in neurological disorders...
  13. ncbi Stress-induced altered cholinergic-glutamatergic interactions in the mouse hippocampus
    Lev Pavlovsky
    Department of Physiology and Neurobiology, Zlotowski Center for Neuroscience, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, POB 653, Beer Sheva 84105, Israel
    Brain Res 1472:99-106. 2012
    ..These changes may underlie specific hippocampal malfunction, including cognitive and emotional disturbances, as observed in patients with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)...
  14. ncbi Blood-brain barrier dysfunction, status epilepticus, seizures, and epilepsy: a puzzle of a chicken and egg?
    Alon Friedman
    Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
    Epilepsia 52:19-20. 2011
    ..Transforming growth factor beta (TGF-β) signaling appears to be a potential new target for the prevention of epileptogenesis and secondary damage following status epilepticus...
  15. ncbi Coding region paraoxonase polymorphisms dictate accentuated neuronal reactions in chronic, sub-threshold pesticide exposure
    R Orie Browne
    Department of Physiology, Soroka University Medical Center, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
    FASEB J 20:1733-5. 2006
    ..Thus, gene-environment interactions involving the ACHE/PON1 locus may be causally involved in determining the physiological response to OP exposure...
  16. ncbi Dynamic in vivo imaging of cerebral blood flow and blood-brain barrier permeability
    Ofer Prager
    Department of Physiology, Soroka University Medical Center and Zlotowski Center for Neuroscience, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
    Neuroimage 49:337-44. 2010
    ..The new approach may be used to study changes in rCBF, neurovascular coupling and BBB permeability under normal and pathological brain conditions...
  17. ncbi Blood-brain barrier breakdown following traumatic brain injury: a possible role in posttraumatic epilepsy
    Oren Tomkins
    Departments of Physiology and Neurobiology, Zlotowski Center for Neuroscience, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, 84105 Beer Sheva, Israel
    Cardiovasc Psychiatry Neurol 2011:765923. 2011
    ..Based on recent animal studies and the colocalization found between the region of disrupted BBB and abnormal EEG activity, we suggest a role for a vascular lesion in the pathogenesis of PTE...