Metabolism and stress | The neurobiology of stress

Yehonatan Zur

PhD student

Yehonatan is passionate about exploring the interplay between metabolism and stress-induced psychopathologies and behaviors. He earned his BSc in biochemical engineering, followed by his MSc in tissue engineering at the Technion.

Lopez JP, Chen A.
Neuropsychiatric research in 2023: mechanisms of stress and therapies. The Lancet Neurology. doi: 10.1016/S1474-4422(23)00469-6.

Lebow M, Kuperman Y, Chen A. Chapter 19 - Prenatal-induced psychopathologies: All roads lead to microglia. Stress: immunology and inflammation. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-817558-3.00016-0.

Shemesh Y, Chen A.
A paradigm shift in translational psychiatry through rodent neuroethology. Mol Psychiatry. doi: 10.1038/s41380-022-01913-z.

April 20, 2010

English

Scientists Find Gene that Ties Stress to Obesity and Diabetes

April 21, 2010

Hebrew

גן המקשר בין מצבי לחץ לבין השמנה, סוכרת ומחלות מטבוליות אחרות

מדעני מכון ויצמן למדע גילו את הבסיס הגנטי שבעטיו צפוי להכפיל עצמו מספר חולי הסוכרת מסוג 2

May 10, 2010

Polish

Gene that ties stress to obesity and diabetes discovered

May 18, 2010

English

Gene that ties stress to obesity and diabetes discovered

April 8, 2016

English

Science Meets Music – Biology of the Blues | Alon Chen

May 25, 2016

English

Study Gives Insight Why Females Are Prone to Eating Disorders

A brain receptor regulates stress responses differently in male and female mice and, it turns out, eating gets affected. In females, Israeli scientists at Weizmann discovered.