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Helen Marie Kamens, PhD

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
Scientific Program:Cancer Control
HMK123@psu.edu

Research Interests

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  • Ethanol
  • Nicotinic Receptors
  • Nicotine
  • Genes
  • Pharmaceutical Preparations
  • Inbred C57BL Mouse
  • Substance-Related Disorders
  • Anxiety
  • Gene Expression
  • Methamphetamine
  • Alcohols
  • Inbred DBA Mouse
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Recent Publications

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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

2021

Kamens, HM, Miller, CN, Caulfield, JI, Zeid, D, Horton, WJ, Silva, CP, Sebastian, A, Albert, I, Gould, TJ, Fishbein, D, Grigson, PS & Cavigelli, SA 2021, 'Adolescent Stress Reduces Adult Morphine-Induced Behavioral Sensitization in C57BL/6J Mice', Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, vol. 15, 678102. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2021.678102
Caulfield, JI, Ching, AM, Cover, EM, August, A, Craig, T, Kamens, HM & Cavigelli, SA 2021, 'Correction to: Inhaled corticosteroids as treatment for adolescent asthma: effects on adult anxiety-related outcomes in a murine model (Psychopharmacology, (2021), 238, 1, (165-179), 10.1007/s00213-020-05666-x)', Psychopharmacology, vol. 238, no. 4, pp. 1225. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00213-021-05778-y
Mooney-Leber, SM, Caruso, MJ, Gould, TJ, Cavigelli, SA & Kamens, HM 2022, 'The impact of adolescent stress on nicotine use and affective disorders in rodent models', European Journal of Neuroscience, vol. 55, no. 9-10, pp. 2196-2215. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejn.15421

2020

Silva, CP & Kamens, HM 2021, 'Cigarette smoke-induced alterations in blood: A review of research on DNA methylation and gene expression.', Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology, vol. 29, no. 1, pp. 116-135. https://doi.org/10.1037/pha0000382
Caulfield, JI, Ching, AM, Cover, EM, August, A, Craig, T, Kamens, HM & Cavigelli, SA 2021, 'Inhaled corticosteroids as treatment for adolescent asthma: effects on adult anxiety-related outcomes in a murine model', Psychopharmacology, vol. 238, no. 1, pp. 165-179. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00213-020-05666-x
Kamens, HM, Silva, CP, Nye, RT, Miller, CN, Singh, N, Sipko, J, Trushin, N, Sun, D, Branstetter, SA, Muscat, JE, Richie, JP & Foulds, J 2020, 'Pharmacokinetic Profile of Spectrum Reduced Nicotine Cigarettes', Nicotine and Tobacco Research, vol. 22, no. 2, pp. 273-279. https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntz045
Miller, CN & Kamens, HM 2020, 'The role of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in alcohol-related behaviors', Brain Research Bulletin, vol. 163, pp. 135-142. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brainresbull.2020.07.017
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