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Overview

Nava Zisapel is affiliated with Tel Aviv University in Israel. Their research primarily focuses on medicine and psychology, with particular engagement in psychiatry and mental health, clinical psychology, experimental and cognitive psychology, endocrine and autonomic systems, and pulmonary and respiratory medicine.

The main topics addressed in their work include child nutrition and feeding issues, sleep and related disorders, family and disability support research, circadian rhythm and melatonin, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, cancer-related cognitive impairment studies, and cholinesterase and neurodegenerative diseases.

Their recent publications comprise:

  • Sleep, Growth, and Puberty After 2 Years of Prolonged-Release Melatonin in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder, 2020, Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Assessing the potential for drug interactions and long term safety of melatonin for the treatment of insomnia in children with autism spectrum disorder, 2022, Expert Review of Clinical Pharmacology
  • A Polymorphism Cluster at the 2q12 locus May Predict Response to Piromelatine in Patients with Mild Alzheimer's Disease, 2021, The Journal of Prevention of Alzheimer s Disease

Frequent coauthors in their work include Tali Nir, Beth A. Malow, Robert L. Findling, Carmen Schröder, and Athanasios Maras.

Key publication venues for Nava Zisapel include:

  • Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Expert Review of Clinical Pharmacology
  • The Journal of Prevention of Alzheimer s Disease

Best Publications

  • Physiological effects of melatonin: role of melatonin receptors and signal transduction pathways.

    Seithikurippu R Pandi-Perumal;Ilya Trakht;Venkataramanujan Srinivasan;D Warren Spence

  • New perspectives on the role of melatonin in human sleep, circadian rhythms and their regulation

    Nava Zisapel

  • Improvement of sleep quality in elderly people by controlled-release melatonin

    D Garfinkel;M Laudon;D Nof;N Zisapel

  • Melatonin Replacement Therapy of Elderly Insomniacs

    Iris Haimov;Peretz Lavie;Moshe Laudon;Paula Herer

  • Sleep disorders and melatonin rhythms in elderly people.

    I Haimov;M Laudon;N Zisapel;M Souroujon

  • Prolonged‐release melatonin improves sleep quality and morning alertness in insomnia patients aged 55 years and older and has no withdrawal effects

    Patrick Lemoine;Tali Nir;Moshe Laudon;Nava Zisapel

  • Efficacy of prolonged release melatonin in insomnia patients aged 55-80 years: quality of sleep and next-day alertness outcomes.

    Alan G Wade;Ian Ford;Gordon Crawford;Alex D McMahon

  • Circadian rhythm sleep disorders: pathophysiology and potential approaches to management.

    Nava Zisapel

  • Melatonin and sleep in aging population.

    S.R. Pandi-Perumal;N. Zisapel;V. Srinivasan;D.P. Cardinali

  • Sleep and sleep disturbances: biological basis and clinical implications.

    N Zisapel

  • Melatonin reduces night blood pressure in patients with nocturnal hypertension.

    Ehud Grossman;Moshe Laudon;Ridvan Yalcin;Hakan Zengil

  • Melatonin–Dopamine Interactions: From Basic Neurochemistry to a Clinical Setting

    Nava Zisapel

  • Tubulin: an integral protein of mammalian synaptic vesicle membranes.

    Nava Zisapel;Miriam Levi;Illana Gozes

  • Melatonin treatment for tardive dyskinesia: a double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover study.

    Eyal Shamir;Yoram Barak;Irena Shalman;Moshe Laudon

  • Impaired nocturnal melatonin secretion in non-dipper hypertensive patients.

    Michael Jonas;Doron Garfinkel;Nava Zisapel;Moshe Laudon

  • Effect of melatonin on nocturnal blood pressure: meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

    Ehud Grossman;Moshe Laudon;Nava Zisapel

  • Nocturnal 6-sulfatoxymelatonin excretion in insomnia and its relation to the response to melatonin replacement therapy

    Damien Leger;Moshe Laudon;Nava Zisapel

  • Inhibition of dopamine release by melatonin: regional distribution in the rat brain

    Nava Zisapel;Yaacov Egozi;Moshe Laudon

  • Add-on prolonged-release melatonin for cognitive function and sleep in mild to moderate Alzheimer’s disease: a 6-month, randomized, placebo-controlled, multicenter trial

    Alan G Wade;Mildred Farmer;Gil Harari;Naama Fund

  • Long-Term Efficacy and Safety of Pediatric Prolonged-Release Melatonin for Insomnia in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

    Athanasios Maras;Carmen M. Schroder;Carmen M. Schroder;Beth A. Malow;Robert L. Findling

  • Melatonin improves sleep quality of patients with chronic schizophrenia.

    Eyal Shamir;Moshe Laudon;Yoram Barak;Yossi Anis

  • Phorbol ester and calcium act synergistically to enhance neurotransmitter release by brain neurons in culture.

    Neomi Zurgil;Nava Zisapel

Frequent Co-Authors

Yoram Barak
Yoram Barak University of Otago
Beth A. Malow
Beth A. Malow Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Rita J. Valentino
Rita J. Valentino National Institute on Drug Abuse
Aron Weller
Aron Weller Bar-Ilan University

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