Prof. Alex Bekker

Professor and Chairman, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, USA

Professor

Email: bekkeray@njms.rutgers.edu

Qualifications

1987, Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA

1983, M.S., Chemical Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA

1974, B.S., Chemistry, Tbilisi State University, Georgia

Publications (Selected)

Books, Book Chapters, Dissertation

1. Shiwalkar N, Zuo W, Bekker A, Ye J-H. The Role of the Lateral Habenula Circuits in Alcohol Use Disorder. In: Neuroscience of Alcohol, Mechanisms and treatments. 1st Edition. Editor Victor R. Preedy. Academic Press, 2019.
2. Zuo W, Krnjević K, Bekker A, Ye JH. Role of habenulomesencephalic circuit in cocaine addiction. Chapter in book “The Neuroscience of Cocaine: Mechanisms, and Treatment”, Edited by Dr. Victor R. Preedy, Published by Elsevier Academic Press. 2017, Chapter 32, pp313-320.
3. Haroun L, Amin M, Eloy J, Bekker A. Anesthetic Considerations for Awake Craniotomy in Epilepsy Surgery. Treatment of Epilepsy. Book Chapter. SMGroup, 2016. 1-10. E-book.
4. Zuo W, Krnjevic K, Bekker A, Ye J-H. Roles of habenulomesencephalic circuit in cocaine addiction. The Neuroscience of Cocaine: Mechanisms and Treatment. Ed. Victor R. Preedy. Elsevier Academic Press. 2017, Chapter 32, pp313-320.

Journals

1. Mao Q, Wu S, Gu X, Du S, Mo K, Sun L, Cao J, Bekker A, Chen L, Tao Y-X. DNMT3a‐triggered downregulation of K2p1.1 gene in primary sensory neurons contributes to paclitaxel‐induced neuropathic pain. Int J Cancer (IJC) 2019; 145(8): 2122-2134.
2. Liang L, Zhao JY, Kathryn T, Bekker A, Tao YX. BIX01294, a G9a inhibitor, alleviates nerve injury-induced pain hypersensitivities during both development and maintenance periods. Transl Perioper Pain Med. 2019; 6(4): 106–114. PMID: 31497620.
3. Sun L, Gu X, Pan Z, X, Liu J, Atianjoh FE, Wu S, Mo K, Xu B, Liang L, Bekker A, Tao YX. Contribution of DNMT1 to neuropathic pain genesis partially through epigenetically repressing Kcna2 in primary afferent neurons. J Neurosci 2019;39(33):6595-6607.
4. Zuo QK, Tam KL, Bekker A, Zuo W, Ye J-H. Cannabinoids in Opioid Addiction Treatment: Pharmacological Mechanisms. J Alcohol Drug Depend 2019;7:325.
5. Bekker A, Kloepping C, Collingwood S. Meloxicam in the management of post-operative pain: Narrative review. J Anaesthesiol Clin Pharmacol 2018;34:450-7.
6. Bekker A. Cannabis use and non-cancer chronic pain. The Lancet Public Health 2018;3:e468.
7. Xiong M, Shiwalkar N, Reddy K, Shin P, Bekker A. Neurobiology of Propofol Addiction and Supportive Evidence: What Is the New Development? Brain Sci. 2018, Feb; 8, 36.
8. Zhao J, Liang L, Gu X, Li Z, Sun L, Wu S, Atianjoh FE, Feng J, Mo K, Jia S, Lutz B, Bekker A, Nestler E, Tao Y-X. DNA methyltransferase DNMT3a contributes to neuropathic pain by repressing Kcna2 in primary afferent neurons. Nature Communications 2017; 8, 14712.
9. Bekker A, Korban A, Esochaghi S. Long-Term Cognitive Decline in the Elderly is not Attributable to Surgery/Anesthesia. Int J Anesth Res 2017, 5(10): 490-493.
10. Kline R, Wong E, Haile M, Farber S. Sacks-Zimmerman A, Pirraglia E, de Leon M, Bekker A. Peri-Operative Inflammatory Cytokines in Plasma of the Elderly Correlate in Prospective Study with Postoperative Changes in Cognitive Test Scores. International Journal of Anesthesiology & Research 2016, 4:313-321
11. Grech D, Kam D, Bryan G, Israel H, Bekker A. Non-blinded, case controlled pilot study to evaluate a novel mask ventilation technique in patients with established risk factors for difficult mask ventilation. Open Journal of Anesthesiology, 2016, 6:165-74.
12. Li J, Xiong M, Nadavaluru P, Zuo W, Ye, J-H, Eloy D, Bekker A. Dexmedetomidine attenuates neurotoxicity induced by prenatal propofol exposure. J Neurosurg Anesthesiol 2016, 28:51-64
13. Li J, Zuo W, Fu R, Xie G, Kaur A, Bekker A, Ye JH. High frequency electrical stimulation of lateral habenula reduces voluntary ethanol consumption in rats. Int J Neuropsychopharmacol 2016; 19: pyw050.
14. Wu S, Lutz B, Miao X, Liang L, Mo K, Chang Y-J, Du P, Soteropoulos P, Tian B, Kaufman A, Bekker A, Hu Y, Tao Y-X. Dorsal root ganglion analysis following peripheral nerve injury in mice. Mol Pain 2016, 12:1-14.
15. Xiong M, Zhang L, Li J, Eloy J, Ye, JH, Bekker A. Propofol-induced neurotoxicity in the fetal animal brain and developments in modifying these effects – an updated review of propofol fetal exposure in laboratory animal studies. Brain Sci 2016, 6:11.
16. Li Z, Gu, X, Wu S, Liang L, Cao J, Lutz BM, Bekker A, Zhang W, Tao YX. Dorsal root ganglion myeloid zink finger protein 1 contributes to neuropathic pain after peripheral nerve trauma. Pain 2015, 156:711-21.
17. Cao J, Wang PK, Tiwari V, Liang L, Lutz BM, Shieh KR, Zang WD, Kaufman AG, Bekker A, Gao XQ, Tao YX. Short-term pre- and postoperative stress prolongs incision-induced pain hypersensitivity without changing basal pain perception. Mol Pain 2015, 11:73-84.
18. Lutz BM, Meiler SE, Bekker A, Tao Y-X. Current updates on sickle cell disease- associated chronic pain. Transl Perioper Pain Med 2015, 1: 8-17.
19. Bekker A, Eloy JD. Anesthesia for functional neurosurgery. Austin Journal of Anesthesia and Analgesia 2014, 2:1016.
20. Bekker A, Haile M, Kline R, Didehvar S, Babu R, Martiniuk F, Urban M. The Effect of intraoperative infusion of dexmedetomidine on quality of recovery after Major Spinal Surgery. J Neurosurg Anesthesiol 2013, 25:16-24.

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