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Overview

Ira L. Cohen is a researcher affiliated with Stony Brook University in the United States. Their work predominantly lies within the field of Neuroscience, with particular emphasis on Cognitive Neuroscience, Clinical Psychology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Psychiatry and Mental Health, and Genetics. The research topics they focus on include Autism Spectrum Disorder Research, Family and Disability Support Research, Down Syndrome and Intellectual Disability Research, Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues, Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities, as well as Immune Response and Inflammation.

Their published work spans several journals and venues, reflecting a range of interdisciplinary contributions. These venues include:

  • Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders

Recent notable papers authored or co-authored by Ira L. Cohen include:

  • "Triggers of Aggressive Behaviors in Intellectually Disabled Adults and Their Association with Autism, Medical Conditions, Psychiatric Disorders, Age and Sex: A Large-Scale Study" (2020), published in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
  • "PDDBI and ADOS-2 autism severity scores are correlated but yield discrepant levels of severity across assessment sites" (2023), published in Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Ira L. Cohen on their publications include:

  • John A. Tsiouris
  • Richard E. Frye
  • Jeffrey M. Sequeira
  • Zoë Hill
  • Ana M. Espinoza

The scope of their research integrates clinical and biological aspects of neurodevelopmental and intellectual disabilities with a focus on autism spectrum disorder. Their work explores behavioral triggers, genetic factors, and assessment methodologies, contributing to multiple subfields within neuroscience and psychology.

Best Publications

  • The neuropathology of autism: defects of neurogenesis and neuronal migration, and dysplastic changes

    Jerzy Wegiel;Izabela Kuchna;Krzysztof Nowicki;Humi Imaki

  • Abnormal melatonin synthesis in autism spectrum disorders

    J Melke;H Goubran Botros;P Chaste;C Betancur

  • Oxidative stress in autism: increased lipid peroxidation and reduced serum levels of ceruloplasmin and transferrin--the antioxidant proteins.

    Abha Chauhan;Ved Chauhan;W. Ted Brown;Ira Cohen

  • An artificial neural network analogue of learning in autism

    Ira L. Cohen

  • A Comparison of Haloperidol and Behavior Therapy and Their Interaction in Autistic Children

    Magda Campbell;Lowell T. Anderson;Mila Meier;Ira L. Cohen

  • The PDD Behavior Inventory: a rating scale for assessing response to intervention in children with pervasive developmental disorder.

    Ira L. Cohen;Susan Schmidt-Lackner;Raymond Romanczyk;Vicki Sudhalter

  • Fragile X and autism: A multicenter survey

    W. Ted Brown;Edmund C. Jenkins;Ira L. Cohen;Gene S. Fisch

  • 18-Month Predictors of Later Outcomes in Younger Siblings of Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Baby Siblings Research Consortium Study

    Katarzyna Chawarska;Frederick Shic;Suzanne Macari;Daniel J. Campbell

  • Conversational analyses of males with fragile X, Down syndrome, and autism: comparison of the emergence of deviant language.

    Vicki Sudhalter;Ira L. Cohen;Wayne Silverman;Enid G. Wolf-Schein

  • Association of autism severity with a monoamine oxidase A functional polymorphism.

    I L Cohen;X Liu;C Schutz;B N White

  • Social gaze, social avoidance, and repetitive behavior in fragile X males: a controlled study.

    Cohen Il;Fisch Gs;Sudhalter;Wolf-Schein Eg

  • Stereological study of the neuronal number and volume of 38 brain subdivisions of subjects diagnosed with autism reveals significant alterations restricted to the striatum, amygdala and cerebellum.

    Jerzy Wegiel;Michael Flory;Izabela Kuchna;Krzysztof Nowicki

  • Why are autism and the fragile-X syndrome associated? Conceptual and methodological issues.

    I L Cohen;V Sudhalter;A Pfadt;E C Jenkins

  • Parent-child dyadic gaze patterns in fragile X males and in non-fragile X males with autistic disorder.

    Ira L. Cohen;Peter M. Vietze;Vicki Sudhalter;Edmund C. Jenkins

  • Prevalence of Psychotropic Drug Use in Adults with Intellectual Disability: Positive and Negative Findings from a Large Scale Study

    John A. Tsiouris;Soh-Yule Kim;W. Ted Brown;Jill Pettinger

  • Drugs in Aggressive Behavior

    Magda Campbell;Ira L. Cohen;Arthur M. Small

  • Association of Aggressive Behaviours with Psychiatric Disorders, Age, Sex and Degree of Intellectual Disability: A Large-Scale Survey.

    J. A. Tsiouris;S. Y. Kim;W. T. Brown;I. L. Cohen

  • Case study : deterioration, autism, and recovery in two siblings

    Richard Perry;Ira Cohen;Regina De-Carlo

  • Behavioral Effects of Haloperidol in Young Autistic Children: An Objective Analysis Using a Within-Subjects Reversal Design

    Ira L. Cohen;Magda Campbell;Donn Posner;Arthur M. Small

  • The DLX1and DLX2 genes and susceptibility to autism spectrum disorders.

    Xudong Liu;Natalia Novosedlik;Ami Wang;Melissa L Hudson

  • The effects of heart rate on the action potential of guinea‐pig and human ventricular muscle.

    D Attwell;I Cohen;D A Eisner

Frequent Co-Authors

Randi J Hagerman
Randi J Hagerman University of California, Davis
Edwin H. Cook
Edwin H. Cook University of Illinois at Chicago
Marian Sigman
Marian Sigman University of California, Los Angeles
Scott P. Johnson
Scott P. Johnson University of California, Los Angeles
Elisabeth M. Dykens
Elisabeth M. Dykens Vanderbilt University
Sally J Ozonoff
Sally J Ozonoff University of California, Davis
Michèle M.M. Mazzocco
Michèle M.M. Mazzocco University of Minnesota
Daniel S. Messinger
Daniel S. Messinger University of Miami
Susan E. Bryson
Susan E. Bryson Dalhousie University
Rebecca Landa
Rebecca Landa Kennedy Krieger Institute

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