Helen Marie Kamens, PhD - Penn State Cancer Institute
Researcher Profile
Helen Marie Kamens, PhD
Broadhurst Career Development Professor for the Study of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention and Associate Professor, Biobehavioral Health
Penn State Neuroscience Institute
Penn State Neuroscience Institute
Scientific Program:Cancer Control
Recent Publications
2026
Arefin, TM, Ünsal, HS, Neuberger, T, Zhang, N & Kamens, HM 2026, 'Dissecting the Strain and Sex Specific Connectome Signatures of Unanesthetized C57BL/6J and DBA/2J Mice Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging', Genes, Brain and Behavior, vol. 25, no. 4, e70060. https://doi.org/10.1111/gbb.70060
Caulfield, JI, Cover, EM, Lipscomb, JA, Horton, WJ, Kamens, HM & Cavigelli, SA 2026, 'Social instability during peri-adolescent asthma exacerbates airway inflammation but ameliorates anxiety-like behavior and prefrontal cortex expression of stress regulation genes in mice', Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, vol. 137, 106766. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2026.106766
2024
Kamens, HM, Anziano, EK, Horton, WJ & Cavigelli, SA 2024, 'Chronic Adolescent Restraint Stress Downregulates miRNA-200a Expression in Male and Female C57BL/6J and BALB/cJ Mice', Genes, vol. 15, no. 7, 873. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes15070873
Glover, L, Lilly, AG, Justice, AE, Howard, AG, Staley, BS, Wang, Y, Kamens, HM, Ferrier, K, Bressler, J, Loehr, L, Raffield, LM, Sims, M, North, KE & Fernández-Rhodes, L 2024, 'DNA methylation near MAD1L1, KDM2B, and SOCS3 mediates the effect of socioeconomic status on elevated body mass index in African American adults', Human molecular genetics, vol. 33, no. 20, pp. 1748-1757. https://doi.org/10.1093/hmg/ddae112
2023
Kamens, HM, Cramer, S, Hanley, RN, Chase, S, Wickenheisser, A, Horton, WJ & Zhang, N 2023, 'Neuroimaging of opioid exposure: a review of preclinical animal models to inform addiction research', Psychopharmacology, vol. 240, no. 12, pp. 2459-2482. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00213-023-06477-6
Kamens, HM, Flarend, G & Horton, WJ 2023, 'The role of nicotinic receptors in alcohol consumption', Pharmacological Research, vol. 190, 106705. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phrs.2023.106705
2022
Kamens, HM, Flarend, G, Wickenheisser, A, Horton, WJ & Cavigelli, SA 2022, 'The Effect of Stress on Opioid Addiction-Related Behaviors: A Review of Preclinical Literature', Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology, vol. 31, no. 2, pp. 523-540. https://doi.org/10.1037/pha0000588