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Overview

Alon Friedman is affiliated with Dalhousie University in Canada and has a research profile centered on Medicine and Neuroscience. Their work spans multiple subfields including Neurology, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

The scientific contributions of Alon Friedman focus on several main topics, notably:

  • Epilepsy research and treatment
  • Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances
  • Barrier Structure and Function Studies
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Traumatic Brain Injury Research
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications

Key publication venues where Alon Friedman frequently publishes include:

  • Epilepsia
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine
  • Retina
  • arXiv (Cornell University)

Among recent papers attributed to or associated with Alon Friedman are the following titles, which reflect their research interests and collaborations:

  • "Structural, Molecular, and Functional Alterations of the Blood-Brain Barrier during Epileptogenesis and Epilepsy: A Cause, Consequence, or Both?" (2020), published in International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • "Repurposed molecules for antiepileptogenesis: Missing an opportunity to prevent epilepsy?" (2020), published in Epilepsia
  • "Spreading depolarizations in ischaemia after subarachnoid haemorrhage, a diagnostic phase III study" (2021), published in Brain
  • "The effect of a high-polyphenol Mediterranean diet (Green-MED) combined with physical activity on age-related brain atrophy: the Dietary Intervention Randomized Controlled Trial Polyphenols Unprocessed Study (DIRECT PLUS)" (2022), published in American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
  • "Slow blood-to-brain transport underlies enduring barrier dysfunction in American football players" (2020), published in Brain

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Alon Friedman include:

  • Lyna Kamintsky
  • Ofer Prager
  • Yonatan Serlin
  • Ilan Shelef
  • Chris V. Bowen

The interdisciplinary nature of Alon Friedman's research involves clinical and experimental approaches to neurological disorders with an emphasis on traumatic brain injury, blood-brain barrier integrity, and epilepsy mechanisms. The research spans molecular, imaging, and functional studies, contributing to a broad understanding of neurovascular and neurodegenerative processes.

Best Publications

  • Blood–brain barrier breakdown as a therapeutic target in traumatic brain injury

    Dan Shlosberg;Mony Benifla;Daniela Kaufer;Alon Friedman

  • Acute stress facilitates long-lasting changes in cholinergic gene expression

    Daniela Kaufer;Alon Friedman;Alon Friedman;Shlomo Seidman;Hermona Soreq

  • TGF-β receptor-mediated albumin uptake into astrocytes is involved in neocortical epileptogenesis

    Sebastian Ivens;Daniela Kaufer;Daniela Kaufer;Luisa P Flores;Ingo Bechmann

  • Lasting Blood-Brain Barrier Disruption Induces Epileptic Focus in the Rat Somatosensory Cortex

    Ernst Seiffert;Jens P. Dreier;Sebastian Ivens;Ingo Bechmann

  • The role of inflammation in epileptogenesis

    Annamaria Vezzani;Alon Friedman;Raymond J. Dingledine

  • Pyridostigmine brain penetration under stress enhances neuronal excitability and induces early immediate transcriptional response.

    Alon Friedman;Alon Friedman;Daniela Kaufer;Joshua Shemer;Joshua Shemer;Israel Hendler;Israel Hendler

  • Anatomy and physiology of the blood-brain barrier.

    Yonatan Serlin;Ilan Shelef;Boris Knyazer;Alon Friedman;Alon Friedman

  • Transcriptome Profiling Reveals TGF-β Signaling Involvement in Epileptogenesis

    Luisa P Cacheaux;Sebastian Ivens;Yaron David;Alexander J Lakhter

  • Overview and introduction: The blood–brain barrier in health and disease

    N. Joan Abbott;Alon Friedman

  • Concussion, microvascular injury, and early tauopathy in young athletes after impact head injury and an impact concussion mouse model.

    Chad A. Tagge;Andrew M. Fisher;Olga V. Minaeva;Amanda Gaudreau-Balderrama

  • Pathophysiology of the Neurovascular Unit: Disease Cause or Consequence?:

    Danica B Stanimirovic;Danica B Stanimirovic;Alon Friedman

  • Astrocytic Dysfunction in Epileptogenesis: Consequence of Altered Potassium and Glutamate Homeostasis?

    Yaron David;Luisa P Cacheaux;Sebastian Ivens;Ezequiel Lapilover

  • Slow inactivation of Na+ current and slow cumulative spike adaptation in mouse and guinea-pig neocortical neurones in slices.

    I A Fleidervish;A Friedman;M J Gutnick

  • Recording, analysis, and interpretation of spreading depolarizations in neurointensive care: Review and recommendations of the COSBID research group

    Jens P. Dreier;Martin Fabricius;Cenk Ayata;Oliver W. Sakowitz

  • Advances in the development of biomarkers for epilepsy

    Asla Pitkänen;Wolfgang Löscher;Annamaria Vezzani;Albert J Becker

  • Blood-brain barrier breakdown-inducing astrocytic transformation: novel targets for the prevention of epilepsy.

    Alon Friedman;Alon Friedman;Daniela Kaufer;Uwe Heinemann

  • Induction of sharp wave–ripple complexes in vitro and reorganization of hippocampal networks

    Christoph J Behrens;Leander P van den Boom;Livia de Hoz;Alon Friedman;Alon Friedman

  • Long-term seizure outcomes following amygdalohippocampectomy

    H. Gregor Wieser;Marcos Ortega;Alon Friedman;Yasuhiro Yonekawa

  • Blood-brain barrier dysfunction, TGFβ signaling, and astrocyte dysfunction in epilepsy.

    Uwe Heinemann;Daniela Kaufer;Alon Friedman

  • Alternative Splicing and Neuritic mRNA Translocation Under Long-Term Neuronal Hypersensitivity

    Eran Meshorer;Christina Erb;Roi Gazit;Lev Pavlovsky

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniela Kaufer
Daniela Kaufer University of California, Berkeley
Uwe Heinemann
Uwe Heinemann Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Jens P. Dreier
Jens P. Dreier Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Jonathan D. Cohen
Jonathan D. Cohen Princeton University
Annamaria Vezzani
Annamaria Vezzani Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research
Albert J. Becker
Albert J. Becker University Hospital Bonn
Michael J. Gutnick
Michael J. Gutnick Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Ann C. McKee
Ann C. McKee Boston University
Bruce T. Lamb
Bruce T. Lamb Indiana University

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