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Overview

Karim A. Alkadhi is affiliated with the University of Houston in the United States. Their research spans several areas within neuroscience and medicine.

The scientist has contributed to various fields including:

  • Neuroscience
  • Medicine

Within these main fields, their subfield expertise covers:

  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Behavioral Neuroscience
  • Physiology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Cognitive Neuroscience

Karim A. Alkadhi's work focuses on several main topics:

  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Thyroid Disorders and Treatments
  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
  • Adipose Tissue and Metabolism

Their recent publications demonstrate a focus on synaptic plasticity, memory, and thyroid-related cognitive effects. Notable papers include:

  • Synaptic Plasticity and Cognitive Ability in Experimental Adult-Onset Hypothyroidism (2024), Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
  • Understanding stress: Insights from rodent models (2021), Current Research in Neurobiology
  • NMDA receptor-independent LTP in mammalian nervous system (2021), Progress in Neurobiology
  • Comparison of Effects of Spatial and Non-Spatial Memory Acquisition on the CaMKII Pathway During Hypothyroidism and Nicotine Treatment (2020), Molecular Neurobiology
  • Thyroidectomy and PTU-Induced Hypothyroidism: Effect of L-Thyroxine on Suppression of Spatial and Non-Spatial Memory Related Signaling Molecules (2022), Current Molecular Pharmacology

Frequent collaborators in their work include:

  • Samina Salim
  • Karem H. Alzoubi
  • Fatin Atrooz
  • Maha R. A. Abdollah
  • Mir Hilal Ahmad

The main venues for publication include:

  • Current Research in Neurobiology
  • Progress in Neurobiology
  • Molecular Neurobiology
  • Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
  • Current Molecular Pharmacology

Best Publications

  • The beneficial effects of regular exercise on cognition in REM sleep deprivation: behavioral, electrophysiological and molecular evidence.

    Munder Zagaar;Ibrahim Alhaider;An Dao;Amber Levine

  • Exercise prevents sleep deprivation-associated anxiety-like behavior in rats: Potential role of oxidative stress mechanisms

    Craig Vollert;Munder Zagaar;Iris Hovatta;Manish Taneja

  • Combination of hypothyroidism and stress abolishes early LTP in the CA1 but not dentate gyrus of hippocampus of adult rats.

    Nashaat Z Gerges;Janet L Stringer;Karim A Alkadhi

  • Levothyroxin restores hypothyroidism-induced impairment of hippocampus-dependent learning and memory: Behavioral, electrophysiological, and molecular studies.

    Karem H. Alzoubi;Nashaat Z. Gerges;Abdulaziz M. Aleisa;Karim A. Alkadhi

  • Chronic caffeine treatment prevents sleep deprivation-induced impairment of cognitive function and synaptic plasticity.

    Ibrahim A. Alhaider;Abdulaziz M. Aleisa;Trinh T. Tran;Karem H. Alzoubi

  • Moderate treadmill exercise rescues anxiety and depression-like behavior as well as memory impairment in a rat model of posttraumatic stress disorder.

    Gaurav Patki;Lumeng Li;Farida Allam;Naimesh Solanki

  • Hypothyroidism impairs late LTP in CA1 region but not in dentate gyrus of the intact rat hippocampus: MAPK involvement

    Nashaat Z. Gerges;Karim A. Alkadhi

  • Understanding stress: Insights from rodent models

    Fatin Atrooz;Karim A. Alkadhi;Samina Salim

  • Chronic Psychosocial Stress Exacerbates Impairment of Cognition and Long-Term Potentiation in β-Amyloid Rat Model of Alzheimer's Disease

    Marisa Srivareerat;Trinh T. Tran;Karem H. Alzoubi;Karim A. Alkadhi

  • Adverse effect of the combination of hypothyroidism and chronic psychosocial stress on hippocampus-dependent memory in rats

    Nashaat Z. Gerges;Karem H. Alzoubi;Collin R. Park;David M. Diamond

  • Sleep deprivation prevents stimulation-induced increases of levels of P-CREB and BDNF: protection by caffeine.

    Ibrahim A. Alhaider;Abdulaziz M. Aleisa;Trinh T. Tran;Karim A. Alkadhi

  • Chronic nicotine restores normal Aβ levels and prevents short-term memory and E-LTP impairment in Aβ rat model of Alzheimer's disease.

    Marisa Srivareerat;Trinh T. Tran;Samina Salim;Abdulaziz M. Aleisa

  • Neurobiological consequences of sleep deprivation.

    Karim A. Alkadhi;Munder Zagaar;Ibrahim Alhaider;Samina Salim

  • Reduced basal CAMKII levels in hippocampal CA1 region: Possible cause of stress-induced impairment of LTP in chronically stressed rats

    N.Z. Gerges;A.M. Aleisa;L.A. Schwarz;K.A. Alkadhi

  • Levothyroxin restores hypothyroidism-induced impairment of LTP of hippocampal CA1: electrophysiological and molecular studies.

    K.H. Alzoubi;N.Z. Gerges;K.A. Alkadhi

  • Treadmill Exercise Prevents Learning and Memory Impairment in Alzheimer’s Disease-Like Pathology

    An T. Dao;Munder A. Zagaar;Amber T. Levine;Samina Salim

  • Impaired long-term potentiation in obese zucker rats: possible involvement of presynaptic mechanism.

    N.Z Gerges;A.M Aleisa;K.A Alkadhi

  • Chronic psychosocial stress-induced impairment of hippocampal LTP: Possible role of BDNF

    A.M. Aleisa;K.H. Alzoubi;N.Z. Gerges;K.A. Alkadhi

  • Adverse effect of combination of chronic psychosocial stress and high fat diet on hippocampus-dependent memory in rats

    K.H. Alzoubi;K.K. Abdul-Razzak;O.F. Khabour;G.M. Al-Tuweiq

  • Cellular and Molecular Differences Between Area CA1 and the Dentate Gyrus of the Hippocampus.

    Karim A Alkadhi

  • Regular exercise prevents sleep deprivation associated impairment of long-term memory and synaptic plasticity in the CA1 area of the hippocampus.

    Munder Zagaar;An Dao;Amber Levine;Ibrahim Alhaider

  • Acute nicotine treatment prevents REM sleep deprivation-induced learning and memory impairment in rat.

    A.M. Aleisa;G. Helal;I.A. Alhaider;K.H. Alzoubi

Frequent Co-Authors

Karem H. Alzoubi
Karem H. Alzoubi Jordan University of Science and Technology
David M. Diamond
David M. Diamond University of South Florida
Morgan Sheng
Morgan Sheng Broad Institute
Bernardo L. Sabatini
Bernardo L. Sabatini Harvard Medical School

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