Senior lecturer
Ph.D, 2003
Researcher
Clinical Pharmacology, Psychopharmacology, Nursing |
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- 1993-1996; B.N., Department of Nursing, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
- 1997-1998; M.Sc., Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
- 1999-2003; Ph.D., Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
- Professional Training
2004-2006, Post-doctoral Fellow, Department of Biological Sciences, Wayne State University; Detroit (MI), USA
- 2007-2008, Post-doctoral Fellow, Departments of Nursing & Clinical Pharmacology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
- 2007, Clinical Instructor, School for Community Health Professions, Department of Nursing, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
- Effect of psychotropic drugs on brain inflammation
- Role of GSK-3 in the mechanisms underlying mood disorders
- Psychiatric and cardiovascular nursing
Major expertise and techniques in the lab
- In-vitro, ex-vivo and in-vivo models of inflammation & examination of the effect of drugs
- Nursing precautions and considerations in pharmacotherapy
Publications and funding summary / representative publications and grants
- Nahman S, Belmaker RH, Azab AN (2012). Effects of lithium on lipopolysaccharide-induced inflammation in rat primary glia cultures. Innate Immunity, 18: 447-58.
- Bloch Y, Appelbaum J, Osher Y, Samuel S, Azab AN, Agam G, Belmaker RH, Bersudsky Y (2012). Normobaric Hyperoxia Treatment of Schizophrenia. Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology, 32: 525-30.
- Boyko M^, Azab AN^, Kuts R, Gruenbaum BF, Gruenbaum SE, Melamed I, Brotfain E, Shapira Y, Cesnulis E, Zlotnik A (2013). The neuro-behavioral profile in rats after subarachnoid hemorrhage. Brain Research, 1491: 109-16. ^ Equally contributed
- Nassar A, Azab AN (2014). Effects of lithium on inflammation. ACS Chemical Neuroscience, 5:451-58
- Damri O, Sade Y, Toker L, Bersudsky Y, Belmaker RH, Agam G^, Azab AN^ (2015). Molecular effects of lithium are partially mimicked by inositol-monophosphatase (IMPA)1 knockout mice in a brain region-dependent manner. European Neuropsychopharmacology, 25: 425-34. ^ Co-corresponding authors.
- Azab AN, Shnaider A, Osher Y, Wang D, Bersudsky Y, Belmaker RH (2015). Lithium nephrotoxicity. International Journal of Bipolar Disorder; 3 (1):28. doi: 10.1186/s40345-015-0028-y.
- Boyko M, Nassar A, Kaplanski J, Zlotnik A, Sharon-Granit Y, Azab AN (2015). Effects of acute lithium treatment on cytokines and prostaglandin E2 levels in post-stroke rats. BioMed Research International; 2015:916234. doi: 10.1155/2015/916234.
- Faour-Nmarne C, Azab AN (2016). Effects of olanzapine on lipopolysaccharide-induced inflammation in rat primary glia cultures. Innate Immunity, 18: 447-58.
- Yuly Bersudsky, Galila Agam and Haim Belmaker – Understanding the Mechanisms Underlying the Therapeutic Efficacy of Psychotropic Drugs
- Matthew Boyko and Alexander Zlotnik – Involvement of Inflammation in the Pathophysiology of Ischemic Stroke.
Suggested multi-disciplinary research project / research focus topics
- Psychotropic drugs and brain inflammation
- Nursing precautions and considerations in pharmacotherapy