Nafissa Ismail

2.3k total citations
77 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Nafissa Ismail is a scholar working on Behavioral Neuroscience, Social Psychology and Biological Psychiatry. According to data from OpenAlex, Nafissa Ismail has authored 77 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 27 papers in Social Psychology and 27 papers in Biological Psychiatry. Recurrent topics in Nafissa Ismail's work include Stress Responses and Cortisol (42 papers), Tryptophan and brain disorders (27 papers) and Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (26 papers). Nafissa Ismail is often cited by papers focused on Stress Responses and Cortisol (42 papers), Tryptophan and brain disorders (27 papers) and Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (26 papers). Nafissa Ismail collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. Nafissa Ismail's co-authors include Jeffrey D. Blaustein, James G. Pfaus, Chantal Matar, Emma Murray, Bo Li, Rongji Dai, Yuanyuan Liu, Han Chu, Genaro A. Coria‐Ávila and Weijun Su and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Neuroscience, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and The Journal of Immunology.

In The Last Decade

Nafissa Ismail

74 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Peers

Nafissa Ismail
Dimitris Grammatopoulos United Kingdom
Vladimir K. Patchev Germany
Michael S. Exton Germany
Daniela Ostatníková Slovakia
Milena Girotti United States
Helen C. Atkinson Australia
Themis C. Kamilaris United States
Eduardo Spinedi Argentina
E Sternberg United States
P W Gold United States
Dimitris Grammatopoulos United Kingdom
Nafissa Ismail
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Fields of papers citing papers by Nafissa Ismail

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nafissa Ismail

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ismail, Nafissa, et al.. (2025). The overlooked mental health burden of polycystic ovary syndrome: neurobiological insights into PCOS-related depression. Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology. 78. 101203–101203. 1 indexed citations
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Ismail, Nafissa, et al.. (2025). Adolescent Chronic Sleep Disruption Increases Blood–Brain Barrier Permeability, but in a Time‐, Region‐ and Sex‐Dependent Manner in CD‐1 Mice. International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience. 85(8). e70080–e70080. 1 indexed citations
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Ismail, Nafissa, et al.. (2025). The vaginal microbiome in bacterial vaginosis: Pathogenesis, reproductive impacts, and emerging therapies. Journal of Reproductive Immunology. 172. 104804–104804.
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Ismail, Nafissa, et al.. (2025). Impact of the maternal microbiome on neonatal immune development. Journal of Reproductive Immunology. 170. 104542–104542. 1 indexed citations
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Ismail, Nafissa, et al.. (2024). Neurodevelopmental implications of COVID-19-induced gut microbiome dysbiosis in pregnant women. Journal of Reproductive Immunology. 165. 104300–104300. 1 indexed citations
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Ismail, Nafissa, et al.. (2024). Vaginal Microbiome: Environmental, Biological, and Racial Influences on Gynecological Health Across the Lifespan. American Journal of Reproductive Immunology. 92(6). e70026–e70026. 3 indexed citations
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Smith, Kevin B., et al.. (2023). The sex-dependent and enduring impact of pubertal stress on health and disease. Brain Research Bulletin. 200. 110701–110701. 10 indexed citations
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Ismail, Nafissa, et al.. (2022). Linking Puberty and the Gut Microbiome to the Pathogenesis of Neurodegenerative Disorders. Microorganisms. 10(11). 2163–2163. 8 indexed citations
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Smith, Andra, et al.. (2022). Combined oral contraceptives and mental health: Are adolescence and the gut-brain axis the missing links?. Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology. 68. 101041–101041. 9 indexed citations
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Sharma, Rupali, et al.. (2021). The regulatory roles of progesterone and estradiol on emotion processing in women. Cognitive Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience. 21(5). 1026–1038. 11 indexed citations
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Sharma, Rupali, et al.. (2019). Programming Effects of Pubertal Lipopolysaccharide Treatment in Male and Female CD-1 Mice. The Journal of Immunology. 202(7). 2131–2140. 8 indexed citations
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Murray, Emma, et al.. (2019). Pubertal probiotic blocks LPS-induced anxiety and the associated neurochemical and microbial outcomes, in a sex dependent manner. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 112. 104481–104481. 28 indexed citations
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Murray, Emma, Rupali Sharma, Kevin B. Smith, et al.. (2019). Probiotic consumption during puberty mitigates LPS-induced immune responses and protects against stress-induced depression- and anxiety-like behaviors in adulthood in a sex-specific manner. Brain Behavior and Immunity. 81. 198–212. 120 indexed citations
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Ismail, Nafissa, et al.. (2018). Pubertal immune stress transiently alters spatial memory processes in adulthood. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 102. 261–272. 17 indexed citations
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Blaustein, Jeffrey D., Nafissa Ismail, & Mary K. Holder. (2015). Review: Puberty as a time of remodeling the adult response to ovarian hormones. The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 160. 2–8. 18 indexed citations
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Ismail, Nafissa, et al.. (2015). Age and sex differences in c-Fos expression and serum corticosterone concentration following LPS treatment. Neuroscience. 305. 293–301. 53 indexed citations
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Ismail, Nafissa, Peter Garas, & Jeffrey D. Blaustein. (2011). Long-term effects of pubertal stressors on female sexual receptivity and estrogen receptor-α expression in CD-1 female mice. Hormones and Behavior. 59(4). 565–571. 72 indexed citations
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Coria‐Ávila, Genaro A., et al.. (2007). Cecum location in rats and the implications for intraperitoneal injections. Lab Animal. 36(7). 25–30. 32 indexed citations

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