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Irit Akirav publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Psychology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Irit Akirav sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 77 publications — 7th percentile

7% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more.

Irit Akirav D-index placement in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Psychology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Irit Akirav sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 37 D-Index — 21st percentile

21% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more.

Overview

Irit Akirav is affiliated with the University of Haifa in Israel and conducts research primarily in the fields of neuroscience and medicine. Their work spans several subfields including pharmacology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, biological psychiatry, behavioral neuroscience, and physiology.

The scientist's research focuses extensively on topics related to cannabis and cannabinoid research, tryptophan and brain disorders, neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, stress responses and cortisol, neurotransmitter receptor influence on behavior, biochemical effects in animals, and prenatal substance exposure effects.

Frequent publication venues for their work include the International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Cells, European Neuropsychopharmacology, Schizophrenia Bulletin, and Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience.

Many of their recent papers reflect themes of cannabinoid therapeutics, depression, and early life stress, such as:

  • Cannabinoids as therapeutics for PTSD (2020, Pharmacology & Therapeutics)
  • Modulation of Endocannabinoid System Components in Depression: Pre-Clinical and Clinical Evidence (2022, International Journal of Molecular Sciences)
  • Antidepressant-like effects of URB597 and JZL184 in male and female rats exposed to early life stress (2020, European Neuropsychopharmacology)
  • FAAH Inhibition Restores Early Life Stress-Induced Alterations in PFC microRNAs Associated with Depressive-Like Behavior in Male and Female Rats (2022, International Journal of Molecular Sciences)
  • Inhibition of Fatty Acid Amide Hydrolase (FAAH) During Adolescence and Exposure to Early Life Stress may Exacerbate Depression-like Behaviors in Male and Female Rats (2020, Neuroscience)

They collaborate frequently with coauthors including Anna Portugalov, Uri Bright, Tomer Mizrachi Zer-Aviv, Inna Gaisler-Salomon, and Hagar Bauminger. These collaborations have resulted in multiple publications across the mentioned primary journals and subfields.

Best Publications

  • The role of the medial prefrontal cortex-amygdala circuit in stress effects on the extinction of fear.

    Irit Akirav;Mouna Maroun

  • Biphasic Modulation of Hippocampal Plasticity by Behavioral Stress and Basolateral Amygdala Stimulation in the Rat

    Irit Akirav;Gal Richter-Levin

  • Mechanisms of Amygdala Modulation of Hippocampal Plasticity

    Irit Akirav;Gal Richter-Levin

  • Emotional tagging of memory formation--in the search for neural mechanisms.

    Gal Richter-Levin;Irit Akirav

  • Ventromedial Prefrontal Cortex Is Obligatory for Consolidation and Reconsolidation of Object Recognition Memory

    Irit Akirav;Mouna Maroun

  • Amygdala-hippocampus dynamic interaction in relation to memory.

    Gal Richter-Levin;Irit Akirav

  • Cannabinoids modulate hippocampal memory and plasticity.

    Hila Abush;Irit Akirav

  • A facilitative role for corticosterone in the acquisition of a spatial task under moderate stress.

    Irit Akirav;Maya Kozenicky;Dadi Tal;Carmen Sandi

  • Enhancement of conditioned fear extinction by infusion of the GABAA agonist muscimol into the rat prefrontal cortex and amygdala

    Irit Akirav;Hagit Raizel;Mouna Maroun

  • Cannabinoid Receptor Activation in the Basolateral Amygdala Blocks the Effects of Stress on the Conditioning and Extinction of Inhibitory Avoidance

    Eti Ganon-Elazar;Irit Akirav

  • Arousal and stress effects on consolidation and reconsolidation of recognition memory.

    Mouna Maroun;Irit Akirav

  • Differential activation of hippocampus and amygdala following spatial learning under stress.

    Irit Akirav;Carmen Sandi;Gal Richter-Levin

  • Cannabinoids prevent the development of behavioral and endocrine alterations in a rat model of intense stress.

    Eti Ganon-Elazar;Irit Akirav

  • Short- and Long-Term Cognitive Effects of Chronic Cannabinoids Administration in Late-Adolescence Rats

    Hila Abush;Irit Akirav

  • Cannabinoids and traumatic stress modulation of contextual fear extinction and GR expression in the amygdala-hippocampal-prefrontal circuit.

    Eti Ganon-Elazar;Irit Akirav

  • The Role of Cannabinoids in Modulating Emotional and Non-Emotional Memory Processes in the Hippocampus

    Irit Akirav

  • Amygdala modulation of memory-related processes in the hippocampus: potential relevance to PTSD

    M M Tsoory;R M Vouimba;I Akirav;A Kavushansky

  • Priming stimulation in the basolateral amygdala modulates synaptic plasticity in the rat dentate gyrus.

    Irit Akirav;Gal Richter-Levin

  • Cannabinoids ameliorate impairments induced by chronic stress to synaptic plasticity and short-term memory.

    Hila Abush;Irit Akirav

  • Cannabinoid receptor activation prevents the effects of chronic mild stress on emotional learning and LTP in a rat model of depression.

    Amir Segev;Adva S Rubin;Hila Abush;Gal Richter-Levin

  • Stress modulation of reconsolidation.

    Irit Akirav;Mouna Maroun

Frequent Co-Authors

Gal Richter-Levin
Gal Richter-Levin University of Haifa
Cecilia J. Hillard
Cecilia J. Hillard Medical College of Wisconsin
Esther L. Sabban
Esther L. Sabban New York Medical College
Carmen Sandi
Carmen Sandi École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Liana Fattore
Liana Fattore National Research Council (CNR)
René Garcia
René Garcia University of Montreal
Guillaume Ferreira
Guillaume Ferreira University of Bordeaux
Kobi Rosenblum
Kobi Rosenblum University of Haifa
César Venero
César Venero National University of Distance Education
Jean-Luc Moreau
Jean-Luc Moreau Roche (Switzerland)

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