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Tamar Amit is affiliated with the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology in Israel. Their recent work includes research published in various academic venues, contributing to studies related to neurobiology and medical sciences.

Their published papers include:

  • Correction to: Lithium's Gene Expression Profile, Relevance to Neuroprotection A cDNA Microarray Study (2022, Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology)
  • Referee report. For: Association between Hematological Parameters and Severity of COVID-19 disease [version 3; peer review: 2 approved, 2 approved with reservations] (2025, Faculty of 1000 Research Ltd)

Tamar Amit frequently collaborates with other researchers, including:

  • Zaher Arraf
  • Rola Khamisy-Farah
  • Moussa B. H. Youdim
  • Raymond Farah

Their work has appeared in the following publication venues:

  • Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology
  • Faculty of 1000 Research Ltd

Best Publications

  • Neurological mechanisms of green tea polyphenols in Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases

    Orly Weinreb;Silvia Mandel;Tamar Amit;Moussa B.H. Youdim

  • Involvement of protein kinase C activation and cell survival/ cell cycle genes in green tea polyphenol (-)-epigallocatechin 3-gallate neuroprotective action.

    Yona Levites;Tamar Amit;Moussa B.H. Youdim;Silvia Mandel

  • Cell signaling pathways in the neuroprotective actions of the green tea polyphenol (-)-epigallocatechin-3-gallate: implications for neurodegenerative diseases.

    Silvia Mandel;Orly Weinreb;Tamar Amit;Moussa B. H. Youdim

  • Neuroprotection and neurorescue against Abeta toxicity and PKC-dependent release of nonamyloidogenic soluble precursor protein by green tea polyphenol (-)-epigallocatechin-3-gallate.

    Yona Levites;Tamar Amit;Silvia Mandel;Moussa B. H. Youdim

  • Multifunctional activities of green tea catechins in neuroprotection. Modulation of cell survival genes, iron-dependent oxidative stress and PKC signaling pathway.

    Silvia A. Mandel;Yael Avramovich-Tirosh;Lydia Reznichenko;Hailin Zheng

  • Green tea catechins as brain-permeable, natural iron chelators-antioxidants for the treatment of neurodegenerative disorders.

    Silvia Mandel;Tamar Amit;Lydia Reznichenko;Orly Weinreb

  • Neuroprotective molecular mechanisms of (-)-epigallocatechin-3-gallate: a reflective outcome of its antioxidant, iron chelating and neuritogenic properties.

    Orly Weinreb;Tamar Amit;Silvia Mandel;Moussa B. H. Youdim

  • Simultaneous manipulation of multiple brain targets by green tea catechins: a potential neuroprotective strategy for Alzheimer and Parkinson diseases.

    Silvia A. Mandel;Tamar Amit;Orly Weinreb;Lydia Reznichenko

  • Neuroprotection via pro-survival protein kinase C isoforms associated with Bcl-2 family members

    Orly Weinreb;Orit Bar-Am;Tamar Amit;Orly Chillag-Talmor

  • Reduction of iron‐regulated amyloid precursor protein and β‐amyloid peptide by (–)‐epigallocatechin‐3‐gallate in cell cultures: implications for iron chelation in Alzheimer's disease

    L. Reznichenko;T. Amit;H. Zheng;Y. Avramovich-Tirosh

  • Regulation of Bcl-2 family proteins, neurotrophic factors, and APP processing in the neurorescue activity of propargylamine

    Orit Bar-Am;Orly Weinreb;Tamar Amit;Moussa B. H. Youdim

  • Targeting dysregulation of brain iron homeostasis in Parkinson's disease by iron chelators.

    Orly Weinreb;Silvia Mandel;Moussa B.H. Youdim;Tamar Amit

  • Cell signaling pathways and iron chelation in the neurorestorative activity of green tea polyphenols: special reference to epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG).

    Silvia A. Mandel;Tamar Amit;Limor Kalfon;Lydia Reznichenko

  • Rasagiline: Neurodegeneration, neuroprotection, and mitochondrial permeability transition

    Moussa B.H. Youdim;Orit Bar Am;Merav Yogev-Falach;Orly Weinreb

  • Iron dysregulation in Alzheimer's disease: multimodal brain permeable iron chelating drugs, possessing neuroprotective-neurorescue and amyloid precursor protein-processing regulatory activities as therapeutic agents.

    Silvia Mandel;Tamar Amit;Orit Bar-Am;Moussa B.H. Youdim

  • Mechanism of neuroprotective action of the anti-Parkinson drug rasagiline and its derivatives.

    Silvia Mandel;Orly Weinreb;Tamar Amit;Moussa B.H. Youdim

  • Contrasting neuroprotective and neurotoxic actions of respective metabolites of anti-Parkinson drugs rasagiline and selegiline.

    Orit Bar Am;Tamar Amit;Tamar Amit;Moussa B.H. Youdim;Moussa B.H. Youdim

  • Rasagiline: a novel anti-Parkinsonian monoamine oxidase-B inhibitor with neuroprotective activity.

    Orly Weinreb;Tamar Amit;Orit Bar-Am;Moussa B.H. Youdim

  • The distal axis of growth hormone (GH) in nutritional disorders: GH-binding protein, insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I), and IGF-I receptors in obesity and anorexia nervosa.

    Zeev Hochberg;Pnina Hertz;Varda Colin;Sophia Ish-Shalom

  • Green tea polyphenol (-)-epigallocatechin-3-gallate induces neurorescue of long-term serum-deprived PC12 cells and promotes neurite outgrowth.

    L. Reznichenko;T. Amit;M. B. H. Youdim;S. Mandel

Frequent Co-Authors

Moussa B.H. Youdim
Moussa B.H. Youdim Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Mati Fridkin
Mati Fridkin Weizmann Institute of Science
Moshe Gavish
Moshe Gavish Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Benjamin Glaser
Benjamin Glaser Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Annamaria Colao
Annamaria Colao University of Naples Federico II
Ken McElreavey
Ken McElreavey Institut Pasteur
Johan Auwerx
Johan Auwerx École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Eric Vilain
Eric Vilain George Washington University
Marc Fellous
Marc Fellous Bayer Pharmaceuticals

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