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Texas A&M University Naresh K. Vashisht College of Medicine

# overview
My primary research interest focuses on the unique properties of neurons that generate circadian rhythms and the interactions between them that mediate their ability to coordinate molecular and physiological rhythms in tissues and, ultimately, regulate rhythmic behaviors. Using a combination of molecular, cellular, and behavioral analyses in the mouse model my research aims to identify how cells within the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) of the anterior hypothalamus function as a biological clock in generating circadian output signals that synchronize rhythmic processes within diverse tissues throughout the body.

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Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein

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Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction

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Texas A&M Health Science Center - (College Station, Texas, United States)

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University of Oregon - (Eugene, Oregon, United States)

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Texas A&M Health Science Center - (College Station, Texas, United States)

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Vanderbilt University - (Nashville, Tennessee, United States)

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Generation of myometrium-specific Bmal1 knockout mice for parturition analysis.

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Gastrin-releasing peptide mediates light-like resetting of the suprachiasmatic nucleus circadian pacemaker through cAMP response element-binding protein and Per1 activation.

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An autonomous circadian clock in the inner mouse retina regulated by dopamine and GABA.

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Developmental alcohol exposure disrupts circadian regulation of BDNF in the rat suprachiasmatic nucleus.

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Developmental alcohol exposure alters light-induced phase shifts of the circadian activity rhythm in rats.

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Developmental alcohol exposure disrupts clock gene rhythms in the rat SCN and cerebellum.

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Overlap in the distribution of TrkB immunoreactivity and retinohypothalamic tract innervation of the rat suprachiasmatic nucleus.

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Long-term effects of neonatal alcohol exposure on photic reentrainment and phase-shifting responses of the activity rhythm in adult rats.

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Circadian profiling of the transcriptome in NIH/3T3 fibroblasts: comparison with rhythmic gene expression in SCN2.2 cells and the rat SCN.

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Combining Active Learning and Immediate Quiz Feedback: Engaging Students in Anatomy! Medical Jeopardy

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The Long and Short of It: Unopposed Basic Science Instruction over Fewer Weeks Improves Student Written Exam Performance in Medical Gross Anatomy

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Oscillating on borrowed time: diffusible signals from immortalized suprachiasmatic nucleus cells regulate circadian rhythmicity in cultured fibroblasts.

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Corrigendum to Anatomical characterization of cytoglobin and neuroglobin mRNA and protein expression in the mouse brain [Brain Res. 17 (1331) (2010) 5873]

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Effects of altered Clock gene expression on the pacemaker properties of SCN2.2 cells and oscillatory properties of NIH/3T3 cells.

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Real-time analysis of rhythmic gene expression in immortalized suprachiasmatic nucleus cells.

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Development of an age-dependent cognitive index: relationship between impaired learning and disturbances in circadian timekeeping.

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Time-dependent effects of melatonin on immune measurements in male Syrian hamsters.

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Neonatal alcohol exposure permanently disrupts the circadian properties and photic entrainment of the activity rhythm in adult rats.

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Neonatal alcohol exposure differentially alters clock gene oscillations within the suprachiasmatic nucleus, cerebellum, and liver of adult rats.

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Immortalized cell lines for real-time analysis of circadian pacemaker and peripheral oscillator properties.

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Neuroglobin in the rat brain: localization.

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Effects of neonatal alcohol exposure on vasoactive intestinal polypeptide neurons in the rat suprachiasmatic nucleus.

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TrkB-deficient mice show diminished phase shifts of the circadian activity rhythm in response to light.

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Anatomical characterization of cytoglobin and neuroglobin mRNA and protein expression in the mouse brain.

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Role of brain-derived neurotrophic factor in the circadian regulation of the suprachiasmatic pacemaker by light.

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Texas A&M Health Science Center; Neuroscience & Experimental Therapeutics; 1359 TAMUS

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Texas A&M University Naresh K. Vashisht College of Medicine

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Texas A&M University Naresh K. Vashisht College of Medicine