Helen Kamens
Assistant Professor of Biobehavioral Health
Research Summary
Identification of genetic mechanisms that contribute to complex behaviors with a special emphasis on alcohol and tobacco use.
Huck Affiliations
- Center for Brain, Behavior, and Cognition
- Neuroscience
- Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Biosciences
- Neuroscience Institute
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Publication Tags
Ethanol Nicotine Nicotinic Receptors Genes Inbred C57bl Mouse Alcohols Gene Expression Anxiety 18 Methoxycoronaridine Inbred Dba Mouse Meta Analysis Alcohol Alcoholism Brain Genetic Variation Pharmaceutical Preparations Ancestry Acetylcholine Longitudinal Studies Smoking Saccharin Adolescence Substance Related Disorders Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Opioid Related DisordersMost Recent Publications
Reduction of ethanol sensitization by α3β4 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor in DBA/2J mice
Carley Miller, Helen Kamens, Exp Clin Psychopharmacol
The Effect of Stress on Opioid Addiction-Related Behaviors: A Review of Preclinical Literature
Helen M. Kamens, Geneva Flarend, Anna Wickenheisser, William J. Horton, Sonia A. Cavigelli, 2022, Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology
Cigarette smoke-induced alterations in blood
Constanza P. Silva, Helen M. Kamens, 2021, Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology on p. 116-135
The role of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in alcohol-related behaviors
C. N. Miller, H. M. Kamens, 2020, Journal of Electrophysiological Techniques on p. 135-142
Reduced expression of ethanol sensitization by α3β4 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in DBA/2J mice
Carley N. Miller, Helen M. Kamens, 2020, Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology on p. 348-354
The α3β4 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor antagonist 18-Methoxycoronaridine decreases binge-like ethanol consumption in adult C57BL/6J mice
Carley N. Miller, Colton Ruggery, Helen M. Kamens, 2019, Alcohol on p. 1-6
Corrigendum to “Early-adolescent male C57BL/6J and DBA/2J mice display reduced sensitivity to acute nicotine administration” [Neurosci. Lett. 690 (2019) 151–157](S0304394018306906)(10.1016/j.neulet.2018.10.014)
C. N. Miller, M. J. Caruso, H. M. Kamens, 2019, Neuroscience Letters
Early-adolescent male C57BL/6J and DBA/2J mice display reduced sensitivity to acute nicotine administration
C. N. Miller, M. J. Caruso, H. M. Kamens, 2019, Neuroscience Letters on p. 151-157
Adolescent social stress increases anxiety-like behavior and ethanol consumption in adult male and female C57BL/6J mice
M. J. Caruso, L. R. Seemiller, T. B. Fetherston, C. N. Miller, D. E. Reiss, S. A. Cavigelli, H. M. Kamens, 2018, Scientific Reports
The influence of adolescent nicotine exposure on ethanol intake and brain gene expression
Constanza P. Silva, William J. Horton, Michael J. Caruso, Aswathy Sebastian, Laura C. Klein, Istvan Albert, Helen M. Kamens, 2018, PLoS One
Most-Cited Papers
Association of the OPRM1 Variant rs1799971 (A118G) with Non-Specific Liability to Substance Dependence in a Collaborative de novo Meta-Analysis of European-Ancestry Cohorts
Tae Hwi Schwantes-An, Juan Zhang, Li Shiun Chen, Sarah M. Hartz, Robert C. Culverhouse, Xiangning Chen, Hilary Coon, Josef Frank, Helen M. Kamens, Bettina Konte, Leena Kovanen, Antti Latvala, Lisa N. Legrand, Brion S. Maher, Whitney E. Melroy, Elliot C. Nelson, Mark W. Reid, Jason D. Robinson, Pei Hong Shen, Bao Zhu Yang, Judy A. Andrews, Paul Aveyard, Olga Beltcheva, Sandra A. Brown, Dale S. Cannon, Sven Cichon, Robin P. Corley, Norbert Dahmen, Louisa Degenhardt, Tatiana Foroud, Wolfgang Gaebel, Ina Giegling, Stephen J. Glatt, Richard A. Grucza, Jill Hardin, Annette M. Hartmann, Andrew C. Heath, Stefan Herms, Colin A. Hodgkinson, Per Hoffmann, Hyman Hops, David Huizinga, Marcus Ising, Eric O. Johnson, Elaine Johnstone, Radka P. Kaneva, Kenneth S. Kendler, Falk Kiefer, Henry R. Kranzler, Ken S. Krauter, Orna Levran, Susanne Lucae, Michael T. Lynskey, Wolfgang Maier, Karl Mann, Nicholas G. Martin, Manuel Mattheisen, Grant W. Montgomery, Bertram Müller-Myhsok, Michael F. Murphy, Michael C. Neale, Momchil A. Nikolov, Denise Nishita, Markus M. Nöthen, John Nurnberger, Timo Partonen, Michele L. Pergadia, Maureen Reynolds, Monika Ridinger, Richard J. Rose, Noora Rouvinen-Lagerström, Norbert Scherbaum, Christine Schmäl, Michael Soyka, Michael C. Stallings, Michael Steffens, Jens Treutlein, Ming Tsuang, Tamara L. Wall, Norbert Wodarz, Vadim Yuferov, Peter Zill, Andrew W. Bergen, Jingchun Chen, Paul M. Cinciripini, Howard J. Edenberg, Marissa A. Ehringer, Robert E. Ferrell, Joel Gelernter, David Goldman, John K. Hewitt, Christian J. Hopfer, William G. Iacono, Jaakko Kaprio, Mary Jeanne Kreek, Ivo M. Kremensky, Pamela A.F. Madden, Matt McGue, Marcus R. Munafò, Robert A. Philibert, Marcella Rietschel, Alec Roy, Dan Rujescu, Sirkku T. Saarikoski, Gary E. Swan, Alexandre A. Todorov, Michael M. Vanyukov, Robert B. Weiss, Laura J. Bierut, Nancy L. Saccone, 2016, Behavior Genetics on p. 151-169
The α6 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunit influences ethanol-induced sedation
Helen M. Kamens, Nicole R. Hoft, Ryan J. Cox, Jill H. Miyamoto, Marissa A. Ehringer, 2012, Alcohol on p. 463-471
Nominal association with CHRNA4 variants and nicotine dependence
H. M. Kamens, R. P. Corley, M. B. Mcqueen, M. C. Stallings, C. J. Hopfer, T. J. Crowley, S. A. Brown, J. K. Hewitt, M. A. Ehringer, 2013, Genes, Brain and Behavior on p. 297-304
Adolescent social stress increases anxiety-like behavior and ethanol consumption in adult male and female C57BL/6J mice
M. J. Caruso, L. R. Seemiller, T. B. Fetherston, C. N. Miller, D. E. Reiss, S. A. Cavigelli, H. M. Kamens, 2018, Scientific Reports
Exposure to chronic variable social stress during adolescence alters affect-related behaviors and adrenocortical activity in adult male and female inbred mice
Michael J. Caruso, Helen M. Kamens, Sonia A. Cavigelli, 2017, Developmental Psychobiology on p. 679-687
Adolescent social stress increases anxiety-like behavior and alters synaptic transmission, without influencing nicotine responses, in a sex-dependent manner
Michael J. Caruso, Nicole Crowley, Dana E. Reiss, Jasmine I. Caulfield, Bernhard Luscher, Sonia Angele Cavigelli, Helen Marie Kamens, 2018, Neuroscience on p. 182-198
The β3 subunit of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor
Helen M. Kamens, Jill Miyamoto, Matthew S. Powers, Kasey Ro, Marissa Soto, Ryan Cox, Jerry A. Stitzel, Marissa A. Ehringer, 2015, Neuropharmacology on p. 639-649
Exposure to nicotine increases nicotinic acetylcholine receptor density in the reward pathway and binge ethanol consumption in C57BL/6J adolescent female mice.
Alicia R. Locker, Michael J. Marks, Helen M. Kamens, Laura Cousino Klein, 2016, Journal of Electrophysiological Techniques on p. 13-22
Examination of genetic variation in GABRA2 with conduct disorder and alcohol abuse and dependence in a longitudinal study
Whitney E. Melroy, Sarah H. Stephens, Joseph T. Sakai, Helen M. Kamens, Matthew B. McQueen, Robin P. Corley, Michael C. Stallings, Christian J. Hopfer, Kenneth S. Krauter, Sandra A. Brown, John K. Hewitt, Marissa A. Ehringer, 2014, Behavior Genetics on p. 356-367
Varenicline modulates ethanol and saccharin consumption in adolescent male and female C57BL/6J mice
Helen M. Kamens, Constanza Silva, Colette Peck, Carley N. Miller, 2018, Journal of Electrophysiological Techniques on p. 20-25