Joshua Cohen, MD, PhD
Adjunct Instructor
Psychiatry
School of Medicine

Education & Training

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• MD Medicine University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine 06/2019
• PhD Neuroscience University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine 08/2017
• BS Neuroscience Muhlenberg College 05/2011

Publications (14)

Top publication keywords:
AnxietyAmygdalaGenes, DevelopmentalProto-Oncogene Proteins c-fosPropranololMaternal BehaviorCycloheximideProtein Synthesis InhibitorsEnhancer of Zeste Homolog 2 ProteinMicroRNAsDorsal Raphe NucleusMaze LearningDelusionsElectroconvulsive TherapyPrescription Drug Misuse

• Amygdala-hippocampus somatostatin interneuron beta-synchrony underlies a cross-species biomarker of emotional state.
  Neuron 2024 Jackson AD, Cohen JL, Phensy AJ, Chang EF, Dawes HE, Sohal VS
• Closed-loop neurostimulation for the treatment of psychiatric disorders.
  Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology 2023 Sellers KK, Cohen JL, Khambhati AN, Fan JM, Lee AM, Chang EF, Krystal AD
• Modeling heritability of temperamental differences, stress reactivity, and risk for anxiety and depression: Relevance to research domain criteria (RDoC).
  The European journal of neuroscience 2021 Clinton SM, Shupe EA, Glover ME, Unroe KA, McCoy CR, Cohen JL, Kerman IA
• Treatment of pediatric high-grade central nervous system tumors with high-dose methotrexate in combination with multiagent chemotherapy: A single-institution experience.
  Pediatric blood & cancer 2019 Bernstock JD, Alva E, Cohen JL, Lobbous M, Chagoya G, Elsayed GA, Orr BA, Rozzelle C, Rocque B, Blount J, Johnston JM, Li R, Fiveash JB, Dhall G, Reddy AT, Friedman GK
• Successful Resolution of Prominent Somatic Delusions Following Bi-temporal Electroconvulsive Therapy in a patient with Treatment-Resistant Schizoaffective Disorder.
  Psychopharmacology bulletin 2019 Cohen JL, Vu MT, Beg MA, Sivaraman S, Birur B

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• Rats bred for high anxiety exhibit distinct fear-related coping behavior, hippocampal physiology, and synaptic plasticity-related gene expression.
  Hippocampus 2019 Widman AJ, Cohen JL, McCoy CR, Unroe KA, Glover ME, Khan AU, Bredemann T, McMahon LL, Clinton SM
• Treatment-induced remission of medulloblastoma using a chemotherapeutic regimen devoid of vincristine in a child with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease.
  Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) 2019 Bernstock JD, Cohen JL, Singh S, Schlappi CW, Fiveash JB, Johnston JM, Fequiere P, Orr BA, Li R, Friedman GK
• Altered DNA Methylation in the Developing Brains of Rats Genetically Prone to High versus Low Anxiety.
  The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience 2019 McCoy CR, Glover ME, Flynn LT, Simmons RK, Cohen JL, Ptacek T, Lefkowitz EJ, Jackson NL, Akil H, Wu X, Clinton SM
• Amygdalar expression of the microRNA miR-101a and its target Ezh2 contribute to rodent anxiety-like behaviour.
  The European journal of neuroscience 2017 Cohen JL, Jackson NL, Ballestas ME, Webb WM, Lubin FD, Clinton SM
• Nonmedical Use of Prescription Stimulants by Medical Students: A Call to Action.
  Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2017 Cohen JL, Ma E, Rogers AJ
• Differential stress induced c-Fos expression and identification of region-specific miRNA-mRNA networks in the dorsal raphe and amygdala of high-responder/low-responder rats.
  Behavioural brain research 2016 Cohen JL, Ata AE, Jackson NL, Rahn EJ, Ramaker RC, Cooper S, Kerman IA, Clinton SM
• Maternal Style Selectively Shapes Amygdalar Development and Social Behavior in Rats Genetically Prone to High Anxiety.
  Developmental neuroscience 2015 Cohen JL, Glover ME, Pugh PC, Fant AD, Simmons RK, Akil H, Kerman IA, Clinton SM
• Early-life exposure to the SSRI paroxetine exacerbates depression-like behavior in anxiety/depression-prone rats.
  Neuroscience 2014 Glover ME, Pugh PC, Jackson NL, Cohen JL, Fant AD, Akil H, Clinton SM
• Extinction of appetitive learning is disrupted by cycloheximide and propranolol in the sand maze in rats.
  Neurobiology of learning and memory 2011 Cohen J, Gotthard GH