Helen Kamens

Assistant Professor of Biobehavioral Health

Helen Kamens

Research Summary

Identification of genetic mechanisms that contribute to complex behaviors with a special emphasis on alcohol and tobacco use.

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Most Recent Publications

Reduction of ethanol sensitization by α3β4 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor in DBA/2J mice

Carley Miller, Helen Kamens, Exp Clin Psychopharmacol

DNA methylation near MAD1L1, KDM2B, and SOCS3 mediates the effect of socioeconomic status on elevated body mass index in African American adults.

L Glover, A Lilly, A Justice, A Howard, B Staley, Y Wang, Helen Kamens, K Ferrier, J Bressler, L Loehr, L Raffield, M Sims, K North, L Fernandez-Rhodes, 2024, Hum Mol Genet

Chronic Adolescent Restraint Stress Downregulates miRNA-200a Expression in Male and Female C57BL/6J and BALB/cJ Mice

Helen Kamens, Emma K. Anziano, William J. Horton, Sonia A. Cavigelli, 2024, Genes on p. 873

The role of nicotinic receptors in alcohol consumption

Helen M. Kamens, Geneva Flarend, William Horton, 2023, Pharmacological Research

Neuroimaging of opioid exposure: a review of preclinical animal models to inform addiction research

Helen Kamens, Samuel Cramer, S *Cramer, Rachel N. Hanley, R #Hanley, S Chase, Anna Wickenheisser, A #Wickenheisser, William J. Horton, Nanyin Zhang, 2023, Psychopharmacology on p. 2459-2482

The Effect of Stress on Opioid Addiction-Related Behaviors: A Review of Preclinical Literature

Helen Kamens, Geneva Flarend, G #Flarend, Anna Wickenheisser, A #Wickenheisser, William Horton, Sonia A. Cavigelli, 2022, Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology

The impact of adolescent stress on nicotine use and affective disorders in rodent models

Sean M. Mooney-Leber, Michael *Caruso, Michael J. Caruso, Thomas J. Gould, Sonia A. Cavigelli, Helen M. Kamens, 2022, European Journal of Neuroscience on p. 2196-2215

Cigarette smoke-induced alterations in blood: A review of research on DNA methylation and gene expression.

Constanza P. Silva, Helen M. Kamens, 2021, Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology on p. 116-135

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)

Jasmine I. Caulfield, Allison M. Ching, Erin M. Cover, Avery August, Timothy Craig, Helen M. Kamens, Sonia A. Cavigelli, 2021, Psychopharmacology on p. 165-179

Adolescent Stress Reduces Adult Morphine-Induced Behavioral Sensitization in C57BL/6J Mice

Helen Kamens, Carley N. Miller, Jasmine I. Caulfield, William Horton, Dana Zeid, William J. Horton, Dana Zeid, Constanza P. Silva, Constanza *Silva, Ashwathy Sebastian, Istvan Albert, Thomas Gould, I Albert, T Gould, Diana Fishbein, Patricia Sue Grigson, Sonia A. Cavigelli, 2021, Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience on p. 678102

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

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

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

Cigarette smoke-induced alterations in blood: A review of research on DNA methylation and gene expression.

Constanza P. Silva, Helen M. Kamens, 2021, Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology on p. 116-135

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

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

The β3 subunit of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor: Modulation of gene expression and nicotine consumption

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

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

Adolescent chronic variable social stress influences exploratory behavior and nicotine responses in male, but not female, BALB/cJ mice

Michael Caruso, Dana Reiss, Jasmine Caulfield, J.L. Thomas, A.N. Baker, S. A. Cavigelli, H. M. Kamens, 2018, Journal of Electrophysiological Techniques on p. 37-49

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