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Z. Merali

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Z. Merali — researcher profile on SciRah

h-index: 59
Works: 182
Citations: 12K

Most-cited papers

Dysregulation in the Suicide Brain: mRNA Expression of Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone Receptors and GABAA Receptor Subunits in Frontal Cortical Brain Region
Z. Merali, L. Du, P. Hrdina, M. Palkovits +3 more
2004Journal of Neuroscience412 citations Open access
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The pathogenesis of clinical depression: stressor- and cytokine-induced alterations of neuroplasticity.
S. Hayley, M. O. Poulter, Z. Merali, H. Anisman
2005Neuroscience343 citations
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GABAA receptor promoter hypermethylation in suicide brain: implications for the involvement of epigenetic processes.
M. O. Poulter, L. Du, I. Weaver, M. Palkovits +4 more
2008Biological Psychiatry331 citations
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Cytokines, stress and depressive illness: brain‐immune interactions
H. Anisman, Z. Merali
2003Annals medicus309 citations Open access
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Neurotransmitter, peptide and cytokine processes in relation to depressive disorder: comorbidity between depression and neurodegenerative disorders.
H. Anisman, Z. Merali, S. Hayley
2008Progress in neurobiology305 citations
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Inhibition of Calpains Prevents Neuronal and Behavioral Deficits in an MPTP Mouse Model of Parkinson's Disease
S. Crocker, Patrice D. Smith, V. Jackson-Lewis, Wiplore R Lamba +10 more
2003Journal of Neuroscience297 citations Open access
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Functional interactions between dopamine, serotonin and norepinephrine neurons: an in-vivo electrophysiological study in rats with monoaminergic lesions.
B. Guiard, M. El Mansari, Z. Merali, P. Blier
2008International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology293 citations Open access
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Therapeutic and protective effect of environmental enrichment against psychogenic and neurogenic stress.
C. Fox, Z. Merali, Catherine R. Harrison
2006Behavioural Brain Research267 citations
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Cytokines, stress, and depressive illness.
H. Anisman, Z. Merali
2002Brain, behavior, and immunity229 citations
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Cytokines as a precipitant of depressive illness: animal and human studies.
H. Anisman, Z. Merali, M. O. Poulter, S. Hayley
2005Current pharmaceutical design218 citations
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Evaluation of the effects of chronic mild stressors on hedonic and physiological responses: sex and strain compared.
A. Konkle, S. Baker, A. Kentner, L. S. Barbagallo +2 more
2003Brain Research211 citations
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Psychogenic, neurogenic, and systemic stressor effects on plasma corticosterone and behavior: mouse strain-dependent outcomes.
H. Anisman, S. Hayley, Owen Kelly, T. Borowski +1 more
2001Behavioral Neuroscience199 citations
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Mental health and climate change in Africa
L. Atwoli, Joy Muhia, Z. Merali
2022BJPsych International186 citations Open access
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Validation of a simple, ethologically relevant paradigm for assessing anxiety in mice.
Z. Merali, C. Levac, H. Anisman
2003Biological Psychiatry165 citations
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Phytochemical and biological analysis of skullcap (Scutellaria lateriflora L.): a medicinal plant with anxiolytic properties.
Rosalie Awad, J. Arnason, V. Trudeau, C. Bergeron +3 more
2003Phytomedicine163 citations
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Serotonin receptor subtype and p11 mRNA expression in stress-relevant brain regions of suicide and control subjects.
H. Anisman, L. Du, M. Palkovits, G. Faludi +4 more
2008Journal of Psychiatry & Neuroscience156 citations Open access
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Stress, coping, uplifts, and quality of life in subtypes of depression: a conceptual frame and emerging data.
A. Ravindran, K. Matheson, J. Griffiths, Z. Merali +1 more
2002Journal of Affective Disorders153 citations
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Corticotropin-releasing hormone, arginine vasopressin, gastrin-releasing peptide, and neuromedin B alterations in stress-relevant brain regions of suicides and control subjects.
Z. Merali, P. Kent, L. Du, P. Hrdina +5 more
2006Biological Psychiatry141 citations
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Bombesin-like peptides and associated receptors within the brain: distribution and behavioral implications.
T. Moody, Z. Merali
2004Peptides132 citations
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Dissociating anorexia and anhedonia elicited by interleukin-1β: antidepressant and gender effects on responding for "free chow" and "earned" sucrose intake
Z. Merali, K. Brennan, P. Brau, H. Anisman
2003Psychopharmacology129 citations
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Psychosocial Stress Evoked by a Virtual Audience: Relation to Neuroendocrine Activity
Owen Kelly, K. Matheson, Alejandra Martinez, Z. Merali +1 more
2007Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking117 citations
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Further evidence for the depressive effects of cytokines: anhedonia and neurochemical changes.
H. Anisman, L. Kokkinidis, Z. Merali
2002Brain, behavior, and immunity110 citations
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Cytokines as a stressor: implications for depressive illness.
H. Anisman, S. Hayley, N. Turrin, Z. Merali
2002International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology106 citations Open access
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Soothing the Threatened Brain: Leveraging Contact Comfort with Emotionally Focused Therapy
Susan M. Johnson, M. Moser, L. Beckes, Andra M. Smith +6 more
2013PLoS ONE102 citations Open access
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Influence of poly I:C on sickness behaviors, plasma cytokines, corticosterone and central monoamine activity: moderation by social stressors.
Réno M. Gandhi, S. Hayley, J. Gibb, Z. Merali +1 more
2007Brain, behavior, and immunity101 citations
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Implications of the gut microbiota in vulnerability to the social avoidance effects of chronic social defeat in male mice.
Joanna Kasia Szyszkowicz, A. Wong, H. Anisman, Z. Merali +1 more
2017Brain, behavior, and immunity92 citations
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Sensitization associated with stressors and cytokine treatments.
H. Anisman, Z. Merali, S. Hayley
2003Brain, behavior, and immunity79 citations
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Bombesin Receptors as a Novel Anti-Anxiety Therapeutic Target: BB1 Receptor Actions on Anxiety through Alterations of Serotonin Activity
Z. Merali, T. Bédard, N. Andrews, Ben Davis +5 more
2006Journal of Neuroscience77 citations Open access
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Stress and Cytokine-elicited Neuroendocrine and Neurotransmitter Sensitization: Implications for Depressive Illness
S. Hayley, Z. Merali, H. Anisman
2003Stress67 citations Open access
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Gender and brain regions specific differences in brain derived neurotrophic factor protein levels of depressed individuals who died through suicide.
S. Hayley, L. Du, Darcy Litteljohn, M. Palkovits +4 more
2015Neuroscience Letters62 citations
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Central monoamine and plasma corticosterone changes induced by a bacterial endotoxin: sensitization and cross‐sensitization effects
S. Hayley, S. Lacosta, Z. Merali, N. van Rooijen +1 more
2001European Journal of Neuroscience61 citations
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Experiential and genetic contributions to depressive- and anxiety-like disorders: clinical and experimental studies.
H. Anisman, Z. Merali, J. Stead
2008Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews60 citations
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Interferon-alpha effects are exaggerated when administered on a psychosocial stressor backdrop: cytokine, corticosterone and brain monoamine variations.
H. Anisman, M. O. Poulter, Réno M. Gandhi, Z. Merali +1 more
2007Journal of Neuroimmunology59 citations
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Cytokine variations and mood disorders: influence of social stressors and social support
Marie-Claude Audet, Robyn J. McQuaid, Z. Merali, H. Anisman
2014Frontiers in Neuroscience55 citations Open access
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Role of gastrin-releasing peptide and neuromedin B in anxiety and fear-related behavior.
T. Bédard, Christine Mountney, P. Kent, H. Anisman +1 more
2007Behavioural Brain Research53 citations
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Effects of omega-3 fatty acids on mental health.
H. Schachter, K. Kourad, Z. Merali, A. Lumb +2 more
2005Evidence report/technology assessment51 citations
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Effects of corticosterone on corticotrophin‐releasing hormone and gastrin‐releasing peptide release in response to an aversive stimulus in two regions of the forebrain (central nucleus of the amygdala and prefrontal cortex)
Z. Merali, H. Anisman, J. James, P. Kent +1 more
2008European Journal of Neuroscience49 citations
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Rodent Models of Depression: Learned Helplessness Induced in Mice
H. Anisman, Z. Merali
2001Current Protocols in Neuroscience48 citations
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Abrogated Freud-1/CC2D1A repression of 5-HT1A autoreceptors induces fluoxetine-resistant anxiety/depression-like behavior
F. Vahid-Ansari, M. Daigle, M. Manzini, Kenji F. Tanaka +6 more
2017Journal of Neuroscience45 citations Open access
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Differential involvement of amygdaloid CRH system(s) in the salience and valence of the stimuli.
Z. Merali, D. Michaud, J. McIntosh, P. Kent +1 more
2003Progress in Neuro-psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry44 citations
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Anticipatory Cues Differentially Provoke In Vivo Peptidergic and Monoaminergic Release at the Medial Prefrontal Cortex
Z. Merali, J. McIntosh, H. Anisman
2004Neuropsychopharmacology43 citations Open access
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Differential impact of predator or immobilization stressors on central corticotropin-releasing hormone and bombesin-like peptides in Fast and Slow seizing rat.
Z. Merali, P. Kent, D. Michaud, D. C. Mcintyre +1 more
2001Brain Research42 citations
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Molecular Pathway Reconstruction and Analysis of Disturbed Gene Expression in Depressed Individuals Who Died by Suicide
V. Zhurov, J. Stead, Z. Merali, M. Palkovits +4 more
2012PLoS ONE41 citations Open access
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Differential Impact of Audiogenic Stressors on Lewis and Fischer Rats: Behavioral, Neurochemical, and Endocrine Variations
D. Michaud, J. McLean, S. Keith, C. Ferrarotto +4 more
2003Neuropsychopharmacology40 citations
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Evidence of lasting dysregulation of neuroendocrine and HPA axis function following global cerebral ischemia in male rats and the effect of Antalarmin on plasma corticosterone level.
P. B. de la Tremblaye, Julie Raymond, Marc R. Milot, Z. Merali +1 more
2014Hormones and Behavior39 citations
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Corticotropin releasing hormone receptor alterations elicited by acute and chronic unpredictable stressor challenges in stressor-susceptible and resilient strains of mice.
H. Anisman, P. Prakash, Z. Merali, M. O. Poulter
2007Behavioural Brain Research38 citations
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Maternal factors and monoamine changes in stress-resilient and susceptible mice: cross-fostering effects.
P. Prakash, Z. Merali, M. Kolajova, Beth M. Tannenbaum +1 more
2006Brain Research37 citations
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The role of gastrin-releasing peptide on conditioned fear: differential cortical and amygdaloid responses in the rat
Christine Mountney, V. Sillberg, P. Kent, H. Anisman +1 more
2006Psychopharmacology37 citations
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Loss of MeCP2 in adult 5-HT neurons induces 5-HT1A autoreceptors, with opposite sex-dependent anxiety and depression phenotypes
Tristan J. Philippe, F. Vahid-Ansari, Z. Donaldson, Brice LeFrançois +7 more
2018Scientific Reports35 citations Open access
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Synaptic Neurotransmission Depression in Ventral Tegmental Dopamine Neurons and Cannabinoid-Associated Addictive Learning
Zhi-Qiang Liu, Jing Han, Lin-Tao Jia, Jean-Christian Maillet +11 more
2010PLoS ONE35 citations Open access
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