Shoshana Eitan

Behavioral and Cellular Neuroscience Program

Department of Psychology

Texas A&M University, USA

Assistant Professor

Email: [email protected]

Qualifications

1997 Ph.D., Weizmann Institute of Science, Neurobiology

1992 M.S., Weizmann Institute of Science, Neurobiology

1990 B.A., Open University, Biology

Publications (Selected)

1. Madison, C. A., Debler, R. A., Gallegos, P. L., Hillbrick, L., Chapkin, R. S., Safe, S., & Eitan, S. (2025). 1, 4-dihydroxy-2-naphthoic acid prevents 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1, 2, 3, 6-tetrahydropyridine-induced motor function deficits. Behavioural Pharmacology, 36(1), 40-46.
2. Debler, R. A., Gallegos, P. L., Ojeda, A. C., Perttula, A. M., Lucio, A., Chapkin, R. S., ... & Eitan, S. (2024). TCDD (2, 3, 7, 8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin) induces depression-like phenotype. Neurotoxicology, 103, 71-77.
3. Hu, H., Yuan, M., Chen, J., Fan, T., Nguyen, N., Madison, C. A., Eitan, S.,... & Wang, Y. (2024). Pharmacokinetic modeling of solid and hollow gold-coated superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles for brain-targeted therapeutics: prediction and experiment. Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials, 7(3), 76.
4. Debler, R. A., Madison, C. A., Hillbrick, L., Gallegos, P., Safe, S., Chapkin, R. S., & Eitan, S. (2023). Selective aryl hydrocarbon receptor modulators can act as antidepressants in obese female mice. Journal of affective disorders, 333, 409-419.
5. Madison, C. A., Hillbrick, L., Kuempel, J., Albrecht, G. L., Landrock, K. K., Safe, S., ... & Eitan, S. (2023). Intestinal epithelium aryl hydrocarbon receptor is involved in stress sensitivity and maintaining depressive symptoms. Behavioural brain research, 440, 114256.
6. Madison, C. A., Debler, R. A., Vardeleon, N. I., Hillbrick, L., Jayaraman, A., Safe, S., ... & Eitan, S. (2022). Sex-dependent differences in the stress mitigating and antidepressant effects of selective aryl hydrocarbon receptor modulators. Journal of affective disorders, 319, 213-220.
7. Madison, C. A., Kuempel, J., Albrecht, G. L., Hillbrick, L., Jayaraman, A., Safe, S., ... & Eitan, S. (2022). 3, 3′-Diindolylmethane and 1, 4-dihydroxy-2-naphthoic acid prevent chronic mild stress induced depressive-like behaviors in female mice. Journal of affective disorders, 309, 201-210.
8. Chen, J., Yuan, M., Madison, C. A., Eitan, S., & Wang, Y. (2022). Blood-brain barrier crossing using magnetic stimulated nanoparticles. Journal of Controlled Release, 345, 557-571.
9. Eitan, S., Madison, C. A., & Kuempel, J. (2021). The self-serving benefits of being a good host: A role for our micro-inhabitants in shaping opioids’ function. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 127, 284-295.
10. Madison, C. A., Wellman, P. J., & Eitan, S. (2020). Pre-exposure of adolescent mice to morphine results in stronger sensitization and reinstatement of conditioned place preference than pre-exposure to hydrocodone. Journal of Psychopharmacology, 34(7), 771-777.
11. Emery, M. A., & Eitan, S. (2020). Drug-specific differences in the ability of opioids to manage burn pain. Burns, 46(3), 503-513.
12. Madison, C. A., & Eitan, S. (2020). Buprenorphine: prospective novel therapy for depression and PTSD. Psychological medicine, 50(6), 881-893.
13. Madison, C. A., Arora, M., Kumar, M. R., & Eitan, S. (2020). Novel oral nanoparticle formulation of sustained release naloxone with mild withdrawal symptoms in mice. ACS Chemical Neuroscience, 11(13), 1955-1964.
14. Emery, M. A., & Eitan, S. (2019). Members of the same pharmacological family are not alike: Different opioids, different consequences, hope for the opioid crisis?. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry, 92, 428-449.
15. Bates, M. S., Hofford, R. S., Emery, M. A., Wellman, P. J., & Eitan, S. (2018). The role of the vasopressin system and dopamine D1 receptors in the effects of social housing condition on morphine reward. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 188, 113-118.
16. Bates, M. S., Emery, M. A., Wellman, P. J., & Eitan, S. (2017). Inhibiting social support from massage-like stroking increases morphine dependence. Behavioural Pharmacology, 28(8), 642-647.
17. Emery, M. A., Shawn Bates, M. L., Wellman, P. J., & Eitan, S. (2017). Hydrocodone is more effective than morphine or oxycodone in suppressing the development of burn-induced mechanical allodynia. Pain Medicine, 18(11), 2170-2180.
18. Emery, M. A., Bates, M. S., Wellman, P. J., & Eitan, S. (2017). Hydrocodone, but neither morphine nor oxycodone, is effective in suppressing burn-induced mechanical allodynia in the uninjured foot contralateral to the burn. Journal of Burn Care & Research, 38(5), 319-326.
19. Bates, M. L. S., Emery, M. A., Wellman, P. J., & Eitan, S. (2016). Social environment alters opioid‐induced hyperalgesia and antinociceptive tolerance in adolescent mice. European Journal of Pain, 20(6), 998-1009.
20. Emery, M. A., Bates, M. S., Wellman, P. J., & Eitan, S. (2016). Differential effects of oxycodone, hydrocodone, and morphine on activation levels of signaling molecules. Pain Medicine, 17(5), 908-914.

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WoS Researcher ID: ESU-5316-2022