Education
Undergraduate
(2006), Psychology
Graduate School
(2008), Psychology
Graduate School
(2014), Psychology

Publications

Featured Publications LegendFeatured Publications

Role of endocannabinoids in the hippocampus and amygdala in emotional memory and plasticity.
Segev A, Korem N, Mizrachi Zer-Aviv T, Abush H, Lange R, Sauber G, Hillard CJ, Akirav I, Neuropsychopharmacology 2018 09 43 10 2017-2027
Associations between adolescent cannabis use and brain structure in psychosis.
Abush H, Ghose S, Van Enkevort EA, Clementz BA, Pearlson GD, Sweeney JA, Keshavan MS, Tamminga CA, Ivleva EI Psychiatry Res 2018 Mar
Cannabinoids prevent the differential long-term effects of exposure to severe stress on hippocampal- and amygdala-dependent memory and plasticity.
Shoshan N, Segev A, Abush H, Mizrachi Zer-Aviv T, Akirav I, Hippocampus 2017 10 27 10 1093-1109
Targeting the endocannabinoid system to treat anxiety-related disorders.
Korem N, Zer-Aviv TM, Ganon-Elazar E, Abush H, Akirav I, J Basic Clin Physiol Pharmacol 2016 May 27 3 193-202
Cannabinoid receptor activation prevents the effects of chronic mild stress on emotional learning and LTP in a rat model of depression.
Segev A, Rubin AS, Abush H, Richter-Levin G, Akirav I, Neuropsychopharmacology 2014 Mar 39 4 919-33
Cannabinoids ameliorate impairments induced by chronic stress to synaptic plasticity and short-term memory.
Abush H, Akirav I, Neuropsychopharmacology 2013 Jul 38 8 1521-34
Short- and long-term cognitive effects of chronic cannabinoids administration in late-adolescence rats.
Abush H, Akirav I, PLoS One 2012 7 2 e31731
Cannabinoids modulate hippocampal memory and plasticity.
Abush H, Akirav I, Hippocampus 2010 Oct 20 10 1126-38