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Overview

Anat Biegon is affiliated with Stony Brook University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, with particular focus on radiology, nuclear medicine, and imaging. Their research intersects several subfields including genetics, physiology, neurology, and radiation. The core topics covered in their work encompass Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, estrogen and related hormone effects, medical imaging techniques and applications, menopause health impacts and treatments, stress responses and cortisol, radiation detection, and scintillator technologies, as well as dementia and cognitive impairment research.

Among their notable recent papers are:

  • Considering Biological Sex in Traumatic Brain Injury, 2021, Frontiers in Neurology
  • High-Resolution Depth-Encoding PET Detector Module with Prismatoid Light-Guide Array, 2020, Journal of Nuclear Medicine
  • A conformal TOF-DOI Prism-PET prototype scanner for high-resolution quantitative neuroimaging, 2023, Medical Physics
  • Traumatic Brain Injury Severity in a Network Perspective: A Diffusion MRI Based Connectome Study, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Women's higher brain metabolic rate compensates for early Alzheimer's pathology, 2020, Alzheimer's & Dementia Diagnosis Assessment & Disease Monitoring

Their collaboration network includes frequent coauthors such as Erin E. Sundermann, Eric Petersen, Xinjie Cao, Andy LaBella, and Dinko Franceschi. These collaborations indicate a multidisciplinary approach to their studies, connecting neuroscience, imaging technology, and clinical implications.

Publication venues where Anat Biegon has published multiple works include:

  • Frontiers in Neurology
  • Medical Physics
  • Journal of Nuclear Medicine
  • Alzheimer's & Dementia
  • Scientific Reports

The breadth of their research covers both fundamental biological questions and applied technological innovations. Areas such as traumatic brain injury and Alzheimer's disease, with attention to sex-specific biological factors, highlight their work on physiological and neurological mechanisms in health and disease.

Medical imaging and radiation detection technologies are recurrent themes in their publications, reflecting integration of technological development with clinical research. Additionally, their focus on hormone-related effects and menopause emphasizes the physiological and genetic dimensions within their studies.

Best Publications

  • Clinical trials in head injury

    Raj K. Narayan;Mary Ellen Michel;Beth Ansell;Alex Baethmann

  • Serotonergic and noradrenergic receptors in the rat brain: Modulation by chronic exposure to ovarian hormones

    Anat Biegon;Avinoam Reches;Lenore Snyder;Bruce S. McEwen

  • Modulation by estradiol of serotonin receptors in brain

    A Biegon;BS McEwen

  • Dynamic changes in N-methyl-d-aspartate receptors after closed head injury in mice: Implications for treatment of neurological and cognitive deficits

    Anat Biegon;Pamela A. Fry;Charles M. Paden;Alexander Alexandrovich

  • Brain Monoamine Oxidase A Activity Predicts Trait Aggression

    Nelly Alia-Klein;Rita Z. Goldstein;Aarti Kriplani;Jean Logan

  • Evidence of gender differences in the ability to inhibit brain activation elicited by food stimulation

    Gene-Jack Wang;Nora D. Volkow;Frank Telang;Millard Jayne

  • Steroid hormones: humoral signals which alter brain cell properties and functions.

    Bruce S. Mcewen;Anat Biegon;Paula G. Davis;Lewis C. Krey

  • Female advantage in verbal memory Evidence of sex-specific cognitive reserve

    Erin E. Sundermann;Pauline M. Maki;Leah H. Rubin;Richard B. Lipton

  • Serial microPET measures of the metabolic reaction to a microdialysis probe implant.

    Wynne K. Schiffer;Wynne K. Schiffer;Martine M. Mirrione;Anat Biegon;David L. Alexoff

  • Distribution of glutamate transporter subtypes during human brain development.

    Osnat Bar-Peled;Herzel Ben-Hur;Anat Biegon;Yoram Groner

  • Quantitative densitometry of neurotransmitter receptors

    Thomas C. Rainbow;William V. Bleisch;Anat Biegon;Bruce S. McEwen

  • Quantitative receptor autoradiography with tritium-labeled ligands: comparison of biochemical and densitometric measurements.

    Thomas C. Rainbow;Anat Biegon;David J. Berck

  • Serotonin 5-HT2 receptor binding on blood platelets - a peripheral marker for depression?

    A. Biegon;A. Weizman;L. Karp;A. Ram

  • Better verbal memory in women than men in MCI despite similar levels of hippocampal atrophy

    Erin E. Sundermann;Anat Biegon;Leah H. Rubin;Richard B. Lipton

  • Sex differences in serotonin 1 receptor binding in rat brain

    Christine T. Fischette;Anat Biegon;Bruce S. McEwen

  • Autoradiographic analysis of serotonin 5-HT1A receptor binding in the human brain postmortem: effects of age and alcohol

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  • Serotonin receptor concentration during the estrous cycle of the rat

    A. Biegon;H. Bercovitz;D. Samuel

  • Quantitative histochemistry of brain acetylcholinesterase and learning rate in the aged rat

    Anat Biegon;Varda Greenberger;Menahem Segal

  • Quantitative autoradiography of serotonin receptors in the rat brain.

    Anat Biegon;Thomas C. Rainbow;Bruce S. McEwen

  • Regionally selective increases in μ opioid receptor density in the brains of suicide victims

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  • Arginine-vasopressin binding sites in rat brain: A quantitative autoradiographic study

    A. Biegon;M. Terlou;Th.D. Voorhuis;E.R. De Kloet

  • Decreased cerebral response to inhibitory neurotransmission in alcoholics.

    Volkow Nd;Wang Gj;Hitzemann R;Fowler Js

Frequent Co-Authors

Joanna S. Fowler
Joanna S. Fowler Brookhaven National Laboratory
Jean Logan
Jean Logan New York University
Nora D. Volkow
Nora D. Volkow National Institutes of Health
Gene-Jack Wang
Gene-Jack Wang National Institutes of Health
Frank Telang
Frank Telang National Institutes of Health
Mark Weiser
Mark Weiser Sheba Medical Center
Pauline M. Maki
Pauline M. Maki University of Illinois at Chicago
Nelly Alia-Klein
Nelly Alia-Klein Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
William J. Jagust
William J. Jagust University of California, Berkeley
Susan M. Landau
Susan M. Landau University of California, Berkeley

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