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Joab Chapman is affiliated with Tel Aviv University in Israel and has contributed extensively to research in the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work encompasses significant exploration within subfields such as Molecular Biology, Neurology, Hematology, Epidemiology, and Psychiatry and Mental Health.

The research topics that Chapman frequently investigates include Blood Coagulation and Thrombosis Mechanisms, Acute Ischemic Stroke Management, Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding, Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research, Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies, Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders, as well as Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases.

Chapman has collaborated with several coauthors throughout their career. These frequent coauthors include:

  • Efrat Shavit-Stein
  • Amir Dori
  • Shany Guly Gofrit
  • Valery Golderman
  • Orna Gera

The scientist's recent publications demonstrate a focus on neurological and autoimmune related disorders, showing involvement in both clinical and molecular aspects of these conditions. Selected recent papers include:

  • Complex syndromes of chronic pain, fatigue and cognitive impairment linked to autoimmune dysautonomia and small fiber neuropathy (2020, Clinical Immunology)
  • Complement and Coagulation System Crosstalk in Synaptic and Neural Conduction in the Central and Peripheral Nervous Systems (2021, Biomedicines)
  • Central and Peripheral Mechanisms in ApoE4-Driven Diabetic Pathology (2020, International Journal of Molecular Sciences)
  • Neuroprotective Effect of Glatiramer Acetate on Neurofilament Light Chain Leakage and Glutamate Excess in an Animal Model of Multiple Sclerosis (2021, International Journal of Molecular Sciences)
  • Treatment of Diabetic Neuropathy with A Novel PAR1-Targeting Molecule (2020, Biomolecules)

Chapman's work has appeared primarily in journals such as the International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Neurology, Biomedicines, European Journal of Neurology, and Lupus. These venues reflect a focus on neurological, immunological, and molecular research areas.

Best Publications

  • High b‐value q‐space analyzed diffusion‐weighted MRI: Application to multiple sclerosis

    Yaniv Assaf;D. Ben-Bashat;J. Chapman;S. Peled

  • Induction of autoimmune depression in mice by anti-ribosomal P antibodies via the limbic system.

    Aviva Katzav;Inna Solodeev;Ori Brodsky;Joab Chapman

  • Mutation in codon 200 of scrapie amyloid precursor gene linked to Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in Sephardic Jews of Libyan and non-libyan origin

    LevG. Goldfarb;AmosD. Korczyn;Paul Brown;Joab Chapman

  • Antiphospholipid antibodies permeabilize and depolarize brain synaptoneurosomes.

    J Chapman;M Cohen-Armon;Y Shoenfeld;A D Korczyn

  • MSBase : an international, online registry and platform for collaborative outcomes research in multiple sclerosis

    H Butzkueven;J Chapman;E Cristiano;F Grand'Maison

  • Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease associated with the PRNP codon 200LYS mutation: An analysis of 45 families

    L. G. Goldfarb;P. Brown;E. Mitrovà;L. Cervenáková

  • Modeling of cognitive impairment by disease duration in multiple sclerosis: a cross-sectional study.

    Anat Achiron;Anat Achiron;Joab Chapman;Joab Chapman;David Magalashvili;Mark Dolev

  • ACE, MTHFR, Factor V Leiden, and APOE Polymorphisms in Patients With Vascular and Alzheimer’s Dementia

    Joab Chapman;Ningshan Wang;Therese A. Treves;Amos D. Korczyn

  • Guillain–Barré Syndrome—A Classical Autoimmune Disease Triggered by Infection or Vaccination

    Eitan Israeli;Nancy Agmon-Levin;Miri Blank;Joab Chapman

  • Thrombin Induces Long-Term Potentiation of Reactivity to Afferent Stimulation and Facilitates Epileptic Seizures in Rat Hippocampal Slices: Toward Understanding the Functional Consequences of Cerebrovascular Insults

    Nicola Maggio;Efrat Shavit;Joab Chapman;Menahem Segal

  • Homozygotes for oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy have a severe form of the disease

    Sergiu C. Blumen;Bernard Brais;Bernard Brais;Amos D. Korczyn;Amos D. Korczyn;Susan Medinsky

  • Ancestral origins and worldwide distribution of the PRNP 200K mutation causing familial Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.

    Hee Suk Lee;Nyamkhishig Sambuughin;Larisa Cervenakova;Larisa Cervenakova;Joab Chapman

  • Association of APOE ε4 allele with survival in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

    Vivian E. Drory;Miriam Birnbaum;Amos D. Korczyn;Joab Chapman

  • A simple and efficient method for apolipoprotein E genotype determination

    Joab Chapman;Juan Estupiñan;Alexander Asherou;Lev G. Goldfarb

  • Autonomic function in mice lacking α5 neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunit

    Ningshan Wang;Avi Orr-Urtreger;Joab Chapman;Joab Chapman;Ruth Rabinowitz

  • The risk of developing Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in subjects with the PRNP gene codon 200 point mutation

    Joab Chapman;Joshua Ben-Israel;Yochanan Goldhammer;Amos D. Korczyn

  • Anti-P ribosomal antibodies induce defect in smell capability in a model of CNS -SLE (depression)

    Aviva Katzav;Tal Ben-Ziv;Joab Chapman;Joab Chapman;Miri Blank;Miri Blank

  • Stroke and the antiphospholipid syndrome : consensus meeting Taormina 2002

    RL Brey;J Chapman;[No Value] Levine;G Ruiz-Irastorza

  • Clinical heterogeneity and unusual presentations of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in Jewish patients with the PRNP codon 200 mutation.

    J Chapman;P Brown;L G Goldfarb;A Arlazoroff

  • Human antiphospholipid antibodies induce TNFα in monocytes via Toll-like receptor 8

    Yvonne Döring;Julia Hurst;Mareike Lorenz;Nadine Prinz

  • Dementia and antiphospholipid antibodies.

    A. Mosek;I. Yust;T.A. Treves;N. Vardinon

  • Fatal insomnia in a case of familial Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease with the codon 200Lys mutation

    J. Chapman;A. Arlazoroff;L. G. Goldfarb;L. Cervenakova

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel M. Michaelson
Daniel M. Michaelson Tel Aviv University
Chaim G. Pick
Chaim G. Pick Tel Aviv University
Joram Feldon
Joram Feldon ETH Zurich
Andreas Vlachos
Andreas Vlachos University of Freiburg
Talma Hendler
Talma Hendler Tel Aviv University
Clemens Sommer
Clemens Sommer Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Menahem Segal
Menahem Segal Weizmann Institute of Science
Shaul Schreiber
Shaul Schreiber Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center
Richard P. Ebstein
Richard P. Ebstein Southwestern University of Finance and Economics
Patrick O. Brown
Patrick O. Brown Stanford University

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