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Abdalla Bowirrat

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ID7180387
NAMEAbdalla Bowirrat
GIVEN NAMESAbdalla
FAMILY NAMEBowirrat
SIGNATUREBOWIRRAT A
AFFILIATIONSAriel University
ORCID0000-0001-8185-0688
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS8
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR8
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2011
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX0
  • Targeting pro-dopaminergic agonism to attenuate depression in patients displaying genetic/epigenetic predisposition to hypodopaminergia

    Open Access•Kai-Uwe Lewandrowski, Kenneth Blum et al.•ARTICLE•Frontiers in Public Health•2025

    Since 1990, substantial evidence from association studies has identified the D(2) dopamine receptor (DRD2) gene as a factor in the development of alcoholism [1][2][3][4]. The DRD2 gene has also been linked to other substance use disorders, including dependencies on cocaine, nicotine, and opioids, as well as obesity [5][6][7][8][9][10][11]. Dopamine in the brain, often referred to as the "stressrelief molecule," plays a central role in managing st…

  • Hypothesizing in the Face of the Opioid Crisis Coupling Genetic Addiction Risk Severity (Gars) Testing with Electrotherapeutic Nonopioid Modalities Such as H-Wave Could Attenuate Both Pain and Hedonic…

    Open Access•Ashim Gupta, Abdalla Bowirrat et al.•ARTICLE•International Journal of…•2022

    In the United States, amid the opioid overdose epidemic, nonaddicting/nonpharmacological proven strategies are available to treat pain and manage chronic pain effectively without opioids. Evidence supporting the long-term use of opioids for pain is lacking, as is the will to alter the drug-embracing culture in American chronic pain management. Some pain clinicians seem to prefer classical analgesic agents that promote unwanted tolerance to analge…

  • Cannabis-Induced Hypodopaminergic Anhedonia and Cognitive Decline in Humans

    Open Access•Kenneth Blum, Jag Khalsa et al.•ARTICLE•Frontiers in Psychiatry•2021

    Over years, the regular use of cannabis has substantially increased among young adults, as indicated by the rise in cannabis use disorder (CUD), with an estimated prevalence of 8. 3% in the United States. Research shows that exposure to cannabis is associated with hypodopaminergic anhedonia (depression), cognitive decline, poor memory, inattention, impaired learning performance, reduced dopamine brain response-associated emotionality, and increas…

  • Reward Deficiency Syndrome (RDS)

    Open Access•Kenneth Blum, Abdalla Bowirrat et al.•ARTICLE•International Journal of…•2021

    Alcohol and other substance use disorders share comorbidity with other RDS disorders, i.e., a reduction in dopamine signaling within the reward pathway. RDS is a term that connects addictive, obsessive, compulsive, and impulsive behavioral disorders. An estimated 2 million individuals in the United States have opioid use disorder related to prescription opioids. It is estimated that the overall cost of the illegal and legally prescribed opioid cr…

  • Sex, Drugs, and Rock ‘N’ Roll

    Kenneth Blum, Tonia Werner et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Psychoactive Drugs•2012

    The nucleus accumbens, a site within the ventral striatum, plays a prominent role in mediating the reinforcing effects of drugs of abuse, food, sex, and other addictions. Indeed, it is generally believed that this structure mandates motivated behaviors such as eating, drinking, and sexual activity, which are elicited by natural rewards and other strong incentive stimuli. This article focuses on sex addiction, but we hypothesize that there is a co…

  • Early Intervention of Intravenous KB220IV- Neuroadaptagen Amino-Acid Therapy (Naat)TM Improves Behavioral Outcomes in a Residential Addiction Treatment Program

    Merlene Miller, Amanda LC Chen et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Psychoactive Drugs•2012

    Substance use disorders (SUD) are inheritable and the culprit is hypodopaminergic function regulated by reward genes. We evaluated a natural dopaminergic agonist; KB220 intravenous (IV) and oral variants, to improve dopaminergic function in SUD. Our pilot experiment found a significant reduction of chronic symptoms, measured by the Chronic Abstinence Symptom Severity (CASS) Scale. The combined group (IV and oral) did significantly better than the…

  • Generational Association Studies of Dopaminergic Genes in Reward Deficiency Syndrome (RDS) Subjects

    Open Access•Kenneth Blum, Amanda LC Chen et al.•ARTICLE•International Journal of…•2011

    Although our sample size was limited, and linkage analysis is necessary, the results support the putative role of dopaminergic polymorphisms in RDS behaviors. This study shows the importance of a nonspecific RDS phenotype and informs an understanding of how evaluating single subset behaviors of RDS may lead to spurious results. Utilization of a nonspecific "reward" phenotype may be a paradigm shift in future association and linkage studies involv…

  • Neurogenetics and Clinical Evidence for the Putative Activation of the Brain Reward Circuitry by a Neuroadaptagen

    Thomas J H Chen, Kenneth Blum et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Psychoactive Drugs•2011

    This document presents evidence supporting the role of the KB220/KB220Z neuroadaptagens consisting of amino-acid neurotransmitter precursors and enkephalinase-catecholamine-methyl-transferase (COMT) inhibition therapy called Neuroadaptagen Amino Acid Therapy (NAAT) in brain reward function. It is becoming increasingly clear that this novel formulation is the first neuroadaptagen known to activate the brain reward circuitry. Ongoing research repea…

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  • Generational Association Studies of Dopaminergic Genes in Reward Deficiency Syndrome (RDS) Subjects

    Open Access•Kenneth Blum, Amanda LC Chen et al.•ARTICLE•International Journal of…•2011

    Although our sample size was limited, and linkage analysis is necessary, the results support the putative role of dopaminergic polymorphisms in RDS behaviors. This study shows the importance of a nonspecific RDS phenotype and informs an understanding of how evaluating single subset behaviors of RDS may lead to spurious results. Utilization of a nonspecific "reward" phenotype may be a paradigm shift in future association and linkage studies involv…

  • Neurogenetics and Clinical Evidence for the Putative Activation of the Brain Reward Circuitry by a Neuroadaptagen

    Thomas J H Chen, Kenneth Blum et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Psychoactive Drugs•2011

    This document presents evidence supporting the role of the KB220/KB220Z neuroadaptagens consisting of amino-acid neurotransmitter precursors and enkephalinase-catecholamine-methyl-transferase (COMT) inhibition therapy called Neuroadaptagen Amino Acid Therapy (NAAT) in brain reward function. It is becoming increasingly clear that this novel formulation is the first neuroadaptagen known to activate the brain reward circuitry. Ongoing research repea…

  • Sex, Drugs, and Rock ‘N’ Roll

    Kenneth Blum, Tonia Werner et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Psychoactive Drugs•2012

    The nucleus accumbens, a site within the ventral striatum, plays a prominent role in mediating the reinforcing effects of drugs of abuse, food, sex, and other addictions. Indeed, it is generally believed that this structure mandates motivated behaviors such as eating, drinking, and sexual activity, which are elicited by natural rewards and other strong incentive stimuli. This article focuses on sex addiction, but we hypothesize that there is a co…

  • Early Intervention of Intravenous KB220IV- Neuroadaptagen Amino-Acid Therapy (Naat)TM Improves Behavioral Outcomes in a Residential Addiction Treatment Program

    Merlene Miller, Amanda LC Chen et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Psychoactive Drugs•2012

    Substance use disorders (SUD) are inheritable and the culprit is hypodopaminergic function regulated by reward genes. We evaluated a natural dopaminergic agonist; KB220 intravenous (IV) and oral variants, to improve dopaminergic function in SUD. Our pilot experiment found a significant reduction of chronic symptoms, measured by the Chronic Abstinence Symptom Severity (CASS) Scale. The combined group (IV and oral) did significantly better than the…

  • Cannabis-Induced Hypodopaminergic Anhedonia and Cognitive Decline in Humans

    Open Access•Kenneth Blum, Jag Khalsa et al.•ARTICLE•Frontiers in Psychiatry•2021

    Over years, the regular use of cannabis has substantially increased among young adults, as indicated by the rise in cannabis use disorder (CUD), with an estimated prevalence of 8. 3% in the United States. Research shows that exposure to cannabis is associated with hypodopaminergic anhedonia (depression), cognitive decline, poor memory, inattention, impaired learning performance, reduced dopamine brain response-associated emotionality, and increas…

  • Reward Deficiency Syndrome (RDS)

    Open Access•Kenneth Blum, Abdalla Bowirrat et al.•ARTICLE•International Journal of…•2021

    Alcohol and other substance use disorders share comorbidity with other RDS disorders, i.e., a reduction in dopamine signaling within the reward pathway. RDS is a term that connects addictive, obsessive, compulsive, and impulsive behavioral disorders. An estimated 2 million individuals in the United States have opioid use disorder related to prescription opioids. It is estimated that the overall cost of the illegal and legally prescribed opioid cr…

  • Hypothesizing in the Face of the Opioid Crisis Coupling Genetic Addiction Risk Severity (Gars) Testing with Electrotherapeutic Nonopioid Modalities Such as H-Wave Could Attenuate Both Pain and Hedonic…

    Open Access•Ashim Gupta, Abdalla Bowirrat et al.•ARTICLE•International Journal of…•2022

    In the United States, amid the opioid overdose epidemic, nonaddicting/nonpharmacological proven strategies are available to treat pain and manage chronic pain effectively without opioids. Evidence supporting the long-term use of opioids for pain is lacking, as is the will to alter the drug-embracing culture in American chronic pain management. Some pain clinicians seem to prefer classical analgesic agents that promote unwanted tolerance to analge…

  • Targeting pro-dopaminergic agonism to attenuate depression in patients displaying genetic/epigenetic predisposition to hypodopaminergia

    Open Access•Kai-Uwe Lewandrowski, Kenneth Blum et al.•ARTICLE•Frontiers in Public Health•2025

    Since 1990, substantial evidence from association studies has identified the D(2) dopamine receptor (DRD2) gene as a factor in the development of alcoholism [1][2][3][4]. The DRD2 gene has also been linked to other substance use disorders, including dependencies on cocaine, nicotine, and opioids, as well as obesity [5][6][7][8][9][10][11]. Dopamine in the brain, often referred to as the "stressrelief molecule," plays a central role in managing st…

Addiction (8 works) · Dopamine (8 works) · Dopaminergic (7 works) · Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (6 works) · Medicine (6 works) · Psychiatry (6 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (5 works) · Neuroscience (4 works) · Internal Medicine (3 works)

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