Clara Zundel

Predoctoral Trainee

Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Graduate Medical Sciences

Behavioral Neuroscience

Websites

	ResearchGate
	Twitter

ORCID : 0000-0002-1736-2695

Publications

Publications listed below are automatically derived from MEDLINE/PubMed and other sources, which might result in incorrect or missing publications. Faculty can login to make corrections and additions.

iCite Website Copy PMIDs To Clipboard

Bhargava S, Zundel CG, Shampine M, Ely S, Carpenter C, Losiowski J, Chanamolu S, Jande J, Tamimi R, Sharma K, O'Mara E, Jaster AM, Marusak HA. Puberty, sex, and fear extinction retention: A neuroimaging study in youth. Dev Cogn Neurosci. 2025 Oct; 75:101595. PMID: 40638987; PMCID: PMC12274685; DOI: 10.1016/j.dcn.2025.101595;

Marusak HA, Zundel CG, Shakir T, Ely SL, Carpenter C, Shampine M, Tamimi R, Matsko M, Rogers S, Losiowski J, O'Mara E, Jaster AM, Sharma K, deRoon-Cassini TA, Hillard CJ, Schroeder HK, Mills JA, Strawn JR, Barcelona J. Circulating endocannabinoids in children and adolescents: associations with anxiety and the impact of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2025 Sep; 50(10):1606-1614. PMID: 40579470; PMCID: PMC12339687; DOI: 10.1038/s41386-025-02155-7;

Zundel CG, Shampine MM, Jakubiec A, Lewis C, Brokamp C, Strawn JR, Jovanovic T, Ryan PH, Woodcock E, Yang Z, Petriello M, Marusak H. Outdoor air pollution and psychiatric symptoms in adolescents: a study of peripheral inflammatory marker associations. Front Psychiatry. 2025; 16:1588964. PMID: 40485934; PMCID: PMC12143268; DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1588964;

Carpenter C, Heeter AR, Shampine MM, Gowatch LC, Ely SL, Bhogal A, O'Mara EL, Zundel CG, Lipanski NM, Borg BA, Marshall S, Benjamins LJ, Schacter H, Youngman C, Marusak HA. Threat sensitivity mediates the association between perceived safety and anxiety in adolescents from urban communities. J Psychiatr Res. 2025 Jan; 181:294-297. PMID: 39637721; PMCID: PMC11750585; DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2024.11.046;

Marusak HA, Ely SL, Zundel CG, Gowatch LC, Shampine M, Carpenter C, Tamimi R, Jaster AM, Shakir T, May L, deRoon-Cassini TA, Hillard CJ. Endocannabinoid dysregulation and PTSD in urban adolescents: Associations with anandamide concentrations and FAAH genotype. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2024 Nov 16. PMID: 39547971

Krengel M, Sullivan K, Zundel CG, Keating D, Orlinsky L, Bradford W, Stone C, Thompson TA, Heeren T, White RF. Toxicant Exposures and Health Symptoms in Military Pesticide Applicators From the 1991 Gulf War. J Occup Environ Med. 2024 Nov 01; 66(11):e584-e592.View Related Profiles.

Zundel, Clara
Sullivan, Kimberly
Krengel, Maxine
White, Roberta
Heeren, Timothy

PMID: 39190332

Abou-Donia MB, Krengel MH, Lapadula ES, Zundel CG, LeClair J, Massaro J, Quinn E, Conboy LA, Kokkotou E, Nguyen DD, Abreu M, Klimas NG, Sullivan K. RETRACTED: Abou-Donia et al. Sex-Based Differences in Plasma Autoantibodies to Central Nervous System Proteins in Gulf War Veterans versus Healthy and Symptomatic Controls. Brain Sci. 2021, 11, 148. Brain Sci. 2024 Aug 05; 14(8).View Related Profiles.

Zundel, Clara
Sullivan, Kimberly
Krengel, Maxine

PMID: 39199542; PMCID: PMC11353100; DOI: 10.3390/brainsci14080790;

Zundel CG, Ely S, Brokamp C, Strawn JR, Jovanovic T, Ryan P, Marusak HA. Particulate Matter Exposure and Default Mode Network Equilibrium During Early Adolescence. Brain Connect. 2024 Aug; 14(6):307-318. PMID: 38814823; PMCID: PMC11387001; DOI: 10.1089/brain.2023.0072;

Gowatch LC, Evanski JM, Ely SL, Zundel CG, Bhogal A, Carpenter C, Shampine MM, O'Mara E, Mazurka R, Barcelona J, Mayo LM, Marusak HA. Endocannabinoids and Stress-Related Neurospsychiatric Disorders: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Basal Concentrations and Response to Acute Psychosocial Stress. Cannabis Cannabinoid Res. 2024 Oct; 9(5):1217-1234. PMID: 38683635; PMCID: PMC11535454; DOI: 10.1089/can.2023.0246;

Desai S, Zundel CG, Evanski JM, Gowatch LC, Bhogal A, Ely S, Carpenter C, Shampine M, O'Mara E, Rabinak CA, Marusak HA. Genetic variation in endocannabinoid signaling: Anxiety, depression, and threat- and reward-related brain functioning during the transition into adolescence. Behav Brain Res. 2024 Apr 12; 463:114925. PMID: 38423255; PMCID: PMC10977105; DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2024.114925;

Showing 10 of 28 results. Show More

Evanski JM, Iadipaolo A, Ely SL, Zundel CG, Gowatch LC, Bhogal A, Owens Z, Cohen C, Goldberg E, Bluth MH, Taub J, Harper FWK, Rabinak CA, Marusak HA. Smaller Hippocampal Volume Is Associated With Reduced Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms in Children With Cancer and Survivors Following a Brief Novel Martial Arts-Based Intervention. Arch Clin Neuropsychol. 2024 Feb 19; 39(2):167-174. PMID: 37518896; PMCID: PMC11485273; DOI: 10.1093/arclin/acad056;

Evanski JM, Zundel CG, Baglot SL, Desai S, Gowatch LC, Ely SL, Sadik N, Lundahl LH, Hill MN, Marusak HA. The First "Hit" to the Endocannabinoid System? Associations Between Prenatal Cannabis Exposure and Frontolimbic White Matter Pathways in Children. Biol Psychiatry Glob Open Sci. 2024 Jan; 4(1):11-18. PMID: 38021250; PMCID: PMC10654001; DOI: 10.1016/j.bpsgos.2023.09.005;

Ely SL, Zundel CG, Gowatch LC, Evanski JM, Bhogal A, Carpenter C, Shampine M, Marusak H. Attention, attention! Posttraumatic stress disorder is associated with altered attention-related brain function. Front Behav Neurosci. 2023; 17:1244685. PMID: 37670803; PMCID: PMC10476007; DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2023.1244685;

Zundel CG, Ryan P, Brokamp C, Heeter A, Huang Y, Strawn JR, Marusak HA. Air pollution, depressive and anxiety disorders, and brain effects: A systematic review. Neurotoxicology. 2022 Dec; 93:272-300. PMID: 36280190; PMCID: PMC10015654; DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2022.10.011;

Faraj MM, Evanski J, Zundel CG, Peters C, Brummelte S, Lundahl L, Marusak HA. Impact of prenatal cannabis exposure on functional connectivity of the salience network in children. J Neurosci Res. 2023 Jan; 101(1):162-171. PMID: 36226844; PMCID: PMC10015638; DOI: 10.1002/jnr.25136;

Zundel CG, Price K, Grasso CM, Spiro A, Heeren T, Sullivan K, Krengel MH. The impact of neurotoxicant exposures on posttraumatic stress disorder trajectories: The Ft. Devens Gulf War Veterans Cohort. J Trauma Stress. 2022 Jun; 35(3):955-966.View Related Profiles.

Spiro, Avron
Zundel, Clara
Sullivan, Kimberly
Krengel, Maxine
Heeren, Timothy

PMID: 35150175; PMCID: PMC9541763; DOI: 10.1002/jts.22802;

Krengel MH, Zundel CG, Heeren T, Yee M, Spiro A, Proctor SP, Grasso CM, Sullivan K. Health symptom trajectories and neurotoxicant exposures in Gulf War veterans: the Ft. Devens cohort. Environ Health. 2022 01 08; 21(1):7.View Related Profiles.

Spiro, Avron
Zundel, Clara
Sullivan, Kimberly
Krengel, Maxine
Heeren, Timothy

PMID: 34998396; PMCID: PMC8742929; DOI: 10.1186/s12940-021-00812-0;

Keating D, Zundel CG, Abreu M, Krengel M, Aenlle K, Nichols MD, Toomey R, Chao LL, Golier J, Abdullah L, Quinn E, Heeren T, Groh JR, Koo BB, Killiany R, Loggia ML, Younger J, Baraniuk J, Janulewicz P, Ajama J, Quay M, Baas PW, Qiang L, Conboy L, Kokkotou E, O'Callaghan JP, Steele L, Klimas N, Sullivan K. Boston biorepository, recruitment and integrative network (BBRAIN): A resource for the Gulf War Illness scientific community. Life Sci. 2021 Nov 01; 284:119903.View Related Profiles.

Koo, Bang-bon
Zundel, Clara
Sisson, Emily
Groh, Jenna
Sullivan, Kimberly
Krengel, Maxine
Janulewicz, Patricia
Killiany, Ronald
Heeren, Timothy

PMID: 34453948; PMCID: PMC9643044; DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2021.119903;

Krengel M, Sullivan K, Heboyan V, Zundel CG, Wilson CC, Klimas N, Coughlin SS. Neurotoxicant exposures and rates of Chronic Multisymptom Illness and Kansas Gulf War Illness criteria in Gulf War deployed women veterans. Life Sci. 2021 Sep 01; 280:119623.View Related Profiles.

Zundel, Clara
Sullivan, Kimberly
Krengel, Maxine

PMID: 34004246; DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2021.119623;

Abou-Donia MB, Krengel MH, Lapadula ES, Zundel CG, LeClair J, Massaro J, Quinn E, Conboy LA, Kokkotou E, Nguyen DD, Abreu M, Klimas NG, Sullivan K. Sex-Based Differences in Plasma Autoantibodies to Central Nervous System Proteins in Gulf War Veterans versus Healthy and Symptomatic Controls. Brain Sci. 2021 Jan 23; 11(2).View Related Profiles.

Zundel, Clara
Sisson, Emily
Massaro, Joseph
Sullivan, Kimberly
Krengel, Maxine

PMID: 33498629; PMCID: PMC7911379; DOI: 10.3390/brainsci11020148;

Yee MK, Zundel CG, Maule AL, Heeren T, Proctor SP, Sullivan KA, Krengel MH. Longitudinal Assessment of Health Symptoms in Relation to Neurotoxicant Exposures in 1991 Gulf War Veterans: The Ft. Devens Cohort. J Occup Environ Med. 2020 09; 62(9):663-668.View Related Profiles.

Zundel, Clara
Sullivan, Kimberly
Krengel, Maxine
Heeren, Timothy

PMID: 32890202; PMCID: PMC7478220; DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000001910;

Zundel CG, Heeren T, Grasso CM, Spiro A, Proctor SP, Sullivan K, Krengel M. Changes in Health Status in the Ft. Devens Gulf War Veterans Cohort: 1997-2017. Neurosci Insights. 2020; 15:2633105520952675.View Related Profiles.

Spiro, Avron
Zundel, Clara
Sullivan, Kimberly
Krengel, Maxine
Heeren, Timothy

PMID: 32914090; PMCID: PMC7444112; DOI: 10.1177/2633105520952675;

Huntley ED, Marusak HA, Berman SE, Zundel CG, Hatfield JRB, Keating DP, Rabinak CA. Adolescent substance use and functional connectivity between the ventral striatum and hippocampus. Behav Brain Res. 2020 07 15; 390:112678. PMID: 32413469; PMCID: PMC7310159; DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2020.112678;

Jeffrey MG, Krengel M, Kibler JL, Zundel C, Klimas NG, Sullivan K, Craddock TJA. Neuropsychological Findings in Gulf War Illness: A Review. Front Psychol. 2019; 10:2088.View Related Profiles.

Zundel, Clara
Sullivan, Kimberly
Krengel, Maxine

PMID: 31616335; PMCID: PMC6775202; DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02088;

Zundel CG, Krengel MH, Heeren T, Yee MK, Grasso CM, Janulewicz Lloyd PA, Coughlin SS, Sullivan K. Rates of Chronic Medical Conditions in 1991 Gulf War Veterans Compared to the General Population. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019 03 16; 16(6).View Related Profiles.

Zundel, Clara
Sullivan, Kimberly
Krengel, Maxine
Janulewicz, Patricia
Heeren, Timothy

PMID: 30884809; PMCID: PMC6466358; DOI: 10.3390/ijerph16060949;

Janulewicz P, Krengel M, Quinn E, Heeren T, Toomey R, Killiany R, Zundel C, Ajama J, O'Callaghan J, Steele L, Klimas N, Sullivan K. The Multiple Hit Hypothesis for Gulf War Illness: Self-Reported Chemical/Biological Weapons Exposure and Mild Traumatic Brain Injury. Brain Sci. 2018 Nov 13; 8(11).View Related Profiles.

Zundel, Clara
Sisson, Emily
Sullivan, Kimberly
Krengel, Maxine
Janulewicz, Patricia
Killiany, Ronald
Heeren, Timothy

PMID: 30428552; PMCID: PMC6266762; DOI: 10.3390/brainsci8110198;

Marusak HA, Zundel CG, Brown S, Rabinak CA, Thomason ME. Convergent behavioral and corticolimbic connectivity evidence of a negativity bias in children and adolescents. Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci. 2017 04; 12(4):517-525. PMID: 28175919; PMCID: PMC5390736; DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsw182;

Marusak HA, Thomason ME, Peters C, Zundel C, Elrahal F, Rabinak CA. You say 'prefrontal cortex' and I say 'anterior cingulate': meta-analysis of spatial overlap in amygdala-to-prefrontal connectivity and internalizing symptomology. Transl Psychiatry. 2016 11 08; 6(11):e944. PMID: 27824358; PMCID: PMC5314129; DOI: 10.1038/tp.2016.218;

This graph shows the total number of publications by year, by first, middle/unknown, or last author.

Bar chart showing 28 publications over 9 distinct years, with a maximum of 8 publications in 2024

Bar chart showing 28 publications over 9 distinct years, with a maximum of 8 publications in 2024

Year	Publications
2016	2
2018	1
2019	2
2020	3
2021	3
2022	4
2023	2
2024	8
2025	3

Contact for Mentoring:

Zundel's Networks

Click the "See All" links for more information and interactive visualizations

Concepts

See all (88) concept(s)

Co-Authors

See all (7) people

Similar People

See all (60) people

Same Department

Search Department