Hajar Benmhammed
Postdoctoral Associate, Hematology & Oncology
EBRC (X Bldg) | (617) 638-7011hajarben@bu.edu
Biography
Hajar Benmhammed, Ph.D. joined the lab as a Postdoctoral fellow in 2022. She obtained her Ph.D. degree in December 2020 in Neuroscience and Immunology, from Faculty of sciences at Ibn Tofail University. Her previous research focused on the effects of Early Life adversity in Rats, Neurobehavioral, neuroinflammation and oxidative stress outcomes. Outside of research, she enjoys hiking, traveling, and watching movies.
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Publications
Myers G, Sun Y, Wang Y, Benmhammed H, Cui S. Roles of Nuclear Orphan Receptors TR2 and TR4 during Hematopoiesis. Genes (Basel). 2024 Apr 27; 15(5). PMID: 38790192.
Published on 4/5/2024Lamtai M, Benmhammed H, Azirar S, Rezqaoui A, Zghari O, El Hamzaoui A, El Brouzi MY, Chahirou Y, Bikri S, Mesfioui A, El Hessni A. Subchronic Exposure to Mixture of Cadmium, Copper, and Nickel Induces Neurobehavioral Deficits and Hippocampal Oxidative Stress of Wistar Rats. Biol Trace Elem Res. 2024 Apr 05. PMID: 38578484.
Published on 12/23/2020Lamtai M, Ouakki S, Zghari O, Hamzaoui AE, Benmhammed H, Azirar S, Hessni AE, Mesfioui A, Ouichou A. Neuroprotective effect of melatonin on nickel-induced affective and cognitive disorders and oxidative damage in rats. Environ Anal Health Toxicol. 2020 Dec; 35(4):e2020025-0. PMID: 33434425.
Published on 6/4/2019Benmhammed H, El Hayek S, Berkiks I, Nassiri A, Bousalham R, Mesfioui A, Ouichou A, El Hessni A. Corrigendum to "Effects of lipopolysaccharide administration and maternal deprivation on anxiety and depressive symptoms in male and female Wistar rats: Neurobehavioral and biochemical assessments" [Behav. Brain Res. 362 (2019) 46-55]. Behav Brain Res. 2019 Oct 03; 371:111977. PMID: 31174166.
Published on 1/7/2019Benmhammed H, El Hayek S, Nassiri A, Bousalham R, Mesfioui A, Ouichou A, El Hessni A. Effects of lipopolysaccharide administration and maternal deprivation on anxiety and depressive symptoms in male and female Wistar rats: Neurobehavioral and biochemical assessments. Behav Brain Res. 2019 Apr 19; 362:46-55. PMID: 30630017.
Published on 1/1/2019Benmhammed H, El Hayek S, Berkik I, Elmostafi H, Bousalham R, Mesfioui A, Ouichou A, El Hessni A. Animal Models of Early-Life Adversity. Methods Mol Biol. 2019; 2011:143-161. PMID: 31273699.
Published on 2/20/2018Berkiks I, Boulbaroud S, Garcia-Segura LM, Mesfioui A, Ouichou A, Mouden S, Benmhammed H, El Hasnaoui A, Nakache R, Bahbiti Y, El Hessni A. Thymelaea lythroides extract attenuates microglial activation and depressive-like behavior in LPS-induced inflammation in adult male rats. Biomed Pharmacother. 2018 Mar; 99:655-663. PMID: 29710462.
Published on 11/20/2017Berkiks I, Benmhammed H, Mesfioui A, Ouichou A, El Hasnaoui A, Mouden S, Touil T, Bahbiti Y, Nakache R, El Hessni A. Postnatal melatonin treatment protects against affective disorders induced by early-life immune stimulation by reducing the microglia cell activation and oxidative stress. Int J Neurosci. 2018 Jun; 128(6):495-504. PMID: 29077529.