Katerina Zavitsanou

Chris O’Brien Lifehouse — Australia

Neuroscience · Life Sciences

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Research Topics

Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research(25), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling(20), Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior(19), Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research(14), Tryptophan and brain disorders(13)

Publications61 total

Prehabilitation and Supportive Care in Oncology Treatment for women with Breast Cancer (PROactive-B) receiving neoadjuvant chemotherapy: program development and feasibility
The Breast·2024Open Access
Effects of Immune Activation during Early or Late Gestation on N-Methyl-d-Aspartate Receptor Measures in Adult Rat Offspring
Frontiers in Psychiatry·2017· 39 citedOpen Access
128. Dysregulation of Kynurenine Metabolism is Related to Proinflammatory Cytokines, Prefrontal Cortex Volume, and Attention in Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia Bulletin·2017· 1 citedOpen Access
Effects of immune activation during early or late gestation on schizophrenia-related behaviour in adult rat offspring
Brain Behavior and Immunity·2016· 115 citedOpen Access
Striatal but not frontal cortical up-regulation of the epidermal growth factor receptor in rats exposed to immune activation in utero and cannabinoid treatment in adolescence
Psychiatry Research·2016· 9 cited
Alteration of transcriptional networks in the entorhinal cortex after maternal immune activation and adolescent cannabinoid exposure
Brain Behavior and Immunity·2016· 30 cited
ISDN2014_0222: Adolescent cannabinoid exposure after maternal immune activation increases proliferation in the adult subventricular zone
International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience·2015
ISDN2014_0225: Unravelling the links between maternal infection, kynurenines, schizophrenia and its prevention in an animal model
International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience·2015
Developmental influences on schizophrenia-like cognitive and neurophysiological outcomes in a rat model of maternal immune challenge
Brain Behavior and Immunity·2015
Testosterone attenuates and the selective estrogen receptor modulator, raloxifene, potentiates amphetamine-induced locomotion in male rats
Hormones and Behavior·2015· 17 citedOpen Access
Mismatch Negativity (MMN) in Freely-Moving Rats with Several Experimental Controls
PLoS ONE·2014· 103 citedOpen Access
Alteration of imprinted Dlk1-Dio3 miRNA cluster expression in the entorhinal cortex induced by maternal immune activation and adolescent cannabinoid exposure
Translational Psychiatry·2014· 77 citedOpen Access
Effect of maternal immune activation on the kynurenine pathway in preadolescent rat offspring and on MK801-induced hyperlocomotion in adulthood: Amelioration by COX-2 inhibition
Brain Behavior and Immunity·2014· 45 cited
Prenatal poly I:C age-dependently alters cannabinoid type 1 receptors in offspring: A longitudinal small animal PET study using [18F]MK-9470
Experimental Neurology·2014· 22 cited
5:15 PM INTERACTION OF MATERNAL INFECTION AND ADOLESCENT CANNABINOID EXPOSURE ON MIRNA REGULATION OF GENE EXPRESSION IN THE ADULT ENTORHINAL CORTEX
Schizophrenia Research·2014
Poster #T88 THE EFFECTS OF MATERNAL IMMUNE ACTIVATION AND MK-801 ON MISMATCH RESPONSES IN AWAKE FREELY MOVING RATS
Schizophrenia Research·2014
Neonatal lipopolysaccharide treatment has long‐term effects on monoaminergic and cannabinoid receptors in the rat
Synapse·2013· 27 cited
Increases in [3H]Muscimol and [3H]Flumazenil Binding in the Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex in Schizophrenia Are Linked to α4 and γ2S mRNA Levels Respectively
PLoS ONE·2013· 21 citedOpen Access
Synergistic Effect between Maternal Infection and Adolescent Cannabinoid Exposure on Serotonin 5HT<sub>1A</sub> Receptor Binding in the Hippocampus: Testing the “Two Hit” Hypothesis for the Development of Schizophrenia
ISRN Psychiatry·2012· 44 citedOpen Access
Poster #120 PARALLEL INCREASES IN [H]MUSCIMOL AND [H]FLUMAZENIL BINDING IN THE DORSOLATERAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX IN SCHIZOPHRENIA ARE LINKED TO GABAA RECEPTOR A4 AND G2S MRNA SUBUNIT LEVELS RESPECTIVELY
Schizophrenia Research·2012
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Frequent Co-authors

Xu‐Feng Huang(16), Victoria S. Dalton(11), Cynthia Shannon Weickert(9), Mathieu Verdurand(7), Vu H. Nguyen(7), Kelly A. Newell(6), Deborah M. Hodgson(5), Chao Deng(4), Hongqin Wang(4), Elias D. Kouvelas(4), Yinghua Yu(3), Crystal L. Meehan(3), Lauren Harms(3), Juanita Todd(3), Ulrich Schall(3), Patricia T. Michie(3), Mei Han(3), Sharon L. Hollins(3), Frederick R. Walker(3), Murray J. Cairns(3)