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

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Our long term research goals are to identify the cellular and molecular mechanisms responsible for age-related changes in cellular function that contribute to detrimental aging, and to develop targeted therapies to reverse age-related deficits.  We utilize electrophyiological, optogenetic and calcium imaging  techniques in animal models of aging and disease. Our research has focused on the basic idea that compensatory changes occur in in brain function during aging and identification of this brain activity will provide an important first step in identifying potential targets for future drug therapies.

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3214 Pharmacology And Pharmaceutical Sciences

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1.1 Normal Biological Development And Functioning

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Lamar University - (Beaumont, Texas, United States)

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University of London - (London, United Kingdom)

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Lamar University - (Beaumont, Texas, United States)

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The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston - (Galveston, Texas, United States)

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Baylor College of Medicine - (Houston, Texas, United States)

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Homeostatic compensation maintains Ca2+ signaling functions in Purkinje neurons in the leaner mutant mouse.

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Enhancement of GABA-activated membrane currents in aged Fischer 344 rat basal forebrain neurons.

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Low-voltage activated calcium currents increase in basal forebrain neurons from aged rats.

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Possible endogenous catecholamine modulation of the slow inhibitory postsynaptic potential (S-IPSP) in parasympathetic ganglia

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Sodium valproate decreases synaptic potentiation and epileptiform activity in hippocampus.

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Molecular, physiological and behavioral characterization of the heterozygous Df[h15q13]/+ mouse model associated with the human 15q13.3 microdeletion syndrome.

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Cholinergic transmission in cat parasympathetic ganglia.

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Loss of N-cadherin and alpha-catenin in the proximal tubules of aging male Fischer 344 rats.

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Whole-cell and single-channel calcium currents in guinea pig basal forebrain neurons.

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Single-cell RT-PCR detects shifts in mRNA expression profiles of basal forebrain neurons during aging.

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Maturation and Pharmacological Properties of Postsynaptic GABAA Receptors

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Membrane properties of cell types within guinea pig basal forebrain nuclei in vitro.

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Differential expression of T-type calcium channels in P/Q-type calcium channel mutant mice with ataxia and absence epilepsy.

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Some ionic mechanisms of slow peptidergic neuronal excitation

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Acute ethanol dependence or long-term ethanol treatment and abstinence do not reduce hippocampal responses to carbachol.

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Pharmacological characterization of ionotropic excitatory amino acid receptors in young and aged rat basal forebrain.

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Mitochondria buffer non-toxic calcium loads and release calcium through the mitochondrial permeability transition pore and sodium/calcium exchanger in rat basal forebrain neurons.

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MAMMALIAN PARASYMPATHETIC GANGLIA FIRE SPONTANEOUS ACTION POTENTIALS AND TRANSMIT SLOW SYNAPTIC POTENTIALS

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Comparison of contractile responses of the guinea pig ileum longitudinal muscle to ethanol and GABAA agonists.

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P3169: OPTOGENETIC QUANTAL ANALYSIS OF BASAL FOREBRAIN SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION WITH PHARMACOLOGICAL TESTING OF SYNAPTIC ACTIVITY WITH GLUTAMATE AND CALCIUM MODULATORS

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Long-lasting distortion of GABA signaling in MS/DB neurons after binge-like ethanol exposure during initial synaptogenesis.

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Voltage-clamp analysis of synaptic inhibition during long-term potentiation in hippocampus.

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Increased calcium buffering in basal forebrain neurons during aging.

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Amitriptyline Decreases GABAergic Transmission in Basal Forebrain Neurons Using an Optogenetic Model of Aging.

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Current hypotheses for the slow inhibitory postsynaptic potential in sympathetic ganglia.

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Late-Onset, Short-Term Intermittent Fasting Reverses Age-Related Changes in Calcium Buffering and Inhibitory Synaptic Transmission in Mouse Basal Forebrain Neurons.

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Instrumentation for preparing brain slices used in electrophysiological recordings

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Action of norepinephrine on neuronal activity recorded from cat parasympathetic ganglia

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Acute tolerance to ethanol inhibition of NMDA-mediated EPSPs in the CA1 region of the rat hippocampus.

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Whole-cell and single-channel analysis of P-type calcium currents in cerebellar Purkinje cells of leaner mutant mice.

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Chronic neonatal nicotine increases anxiety but does not impair cognition in adult rats.

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Quest for ion channel modulation by free radicals during brain aging.

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Modification of ion channels and calcium homeostasis of basal forebrain neurons during aging.

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Age-related alterations in caffeine-sensitive calcium stores and mitochondrial buffering in rat basal forebrain.

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Ultrastructural analysis of the cellular distribution of mitochondria in cholinergic basal forebrain neurons during aging in the mouse

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High-voltage-activated calcium currents in basal forebrain neurons during aging.

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Membrane currents in hippocampal neurons.

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Calcium-activated outward current in voltage-clamped hippocampal neurones of the guinea-pig.

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ENHANCEMENT OF GABA-ACTIVATED MEMBRANE CURRENTS IN AGED FISCHER-344 RAT BASAL FOREBRAIN NEURONS

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Functional compensation by other voltage-gated Ca2+ channels in mouse basal forebrain neurons with Ca(V)2.1 mutations.

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Chronic neonatal nicotine exposure increases excitation in the young adult rat hippocampus in a sex-dependent manner.

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Aging-associated alterations in lymphatic vessels and mast cells in perilymphatic tissues

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Reduced mitochondrial buffering of voltage-gated calcium influx in aged rat basal forebrain neurons.

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Effects of acute and chronic ethanol treatment on pre- and postsynaptic responses to baclofen in rat hippocampus.

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Ovarian cycle-related effects of neurosteroids on GABA-A receptor-mediated phasic and tonic currents in the hippocampus

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Neonatal nicotine exposure increases excitatory synaptic transmission and attenuates nicotine-stimulated GABA release in the adult rat hippocampus.

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Voltage-clamp analysis of posttetanic potentiation of the mossy fiber to CA3 synapse in hippocampus.

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Erratum: Enhancement of GABA-activated membrane currents in aged Fischer 344 rat basal forebrain neurons (Journal of Neuroscience (March 1995) (2407- 2416))

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Altered calcium homeostasis in cerebellar Purkinje cells of leaner mutant mice.

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Deficits across multiple cognitive domains in a subset of aged Fischer 344 rats.

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Calcium buffering systems and calcium signaling in aged rat basal forebrain neurons.

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Enhanced calcium buffering in F344 rat cholinergic basal forebrain neurons is associated with age-related cognitive impairment.

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Electrophysiologic characteristics of basal forebrain neurons in vitro.

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Spatial reference and working memory across the lifespan of male Fischer 344 rats.

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Interaction of ethanol and allosteric modulators with GABAA-activated currents in adult medial septum/diagonal band neurons.

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Molecules and Membrane Activity: Single-Cell RT-PCR and Patch-Clamp Recording from Central Neurons

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Low voltage-activated calcium and fast tetrodotoxin-resistant sodium currents define subtypes of cholinergic and noncholinergic neurons in rat basal forebrain.

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The protective effect of phentolamine against cardiac arrhythmias in the rat.

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[P1127]: TARGETING PREDEMENTIA SYNAPTIC MECHANISMS DURING AGING AND COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT

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Circadian regulation and function of voltage-dependent calcium channels in the suprachiasmatic nucleus.

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Muscarinic inhibition of glutamatergic transmissions onto rat magnocellular basal forebrain neurons in a thin-slice preparation.

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Electrophysiology of AChE-positive neurons in basal forebrain slices.

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Effects of chronic lead treatment on some cardiovascular responses to norepinephrine in the rat.

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Calcium channel types mediating synaptic transmission during aging.

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Persistent slow inward calcium current in voltage-clamped hippocampal neurones of the guinea-pig.

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Characterization of age-related changes in synaptic transmission onto F344 rat basal forebrain cholinergic neurons using a reduced synaptic preparation.

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Muscarinic agonists block a late-afterhyperpolarization in medial septum/diagonal band neurons in vitro.

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Comparison of 4-aminopyridine and tetrahydroaminoacridine on basal forebrain neurons.

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An intracellular investigation of cat vesical pelvic ganglia.

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Ethanol inhibition of reduced frequency-dependent rundown of calcium currents in acutely dissociated MS/nDB neurons from chronic in vivo lead-exposed adult rats.

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Age-related decline in cholinergic synaptic transmission in hippocampus.

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Phenytoin reduces excitatory synaptic transmission and post-tetanic potentiation in the in vitro hippocampus.

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Substance P-mediated membrane currents in voltage-clamped guinea pig inferior mesenteric ganglion cells.

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Sucrose-gap recordings of nerve-evoked potentials in mammalian parasympathetic ganglia.

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Mast cell/histamine-mediated inflammation and subsequent decrease of lymphatic amyloid beta clearance accelerate progression of Alzheimer's disease

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National Institutes of Health - (Bethesda, Maryland, United States)

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Mast cell/histamine-mediated inflammation and subsequent decrease of lymphatic amyloid beta clearance accelerate progression of Alzheimer's disease

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National Institutes of Health - (Bethesda, Maryland, United States)

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Epigenetics of the Aging Astrocyte: Implications for Stroke

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National Institutes of Health - (Bethesda, Maryland, United States)

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Estrogens, Ovarian Aging and Calcium Channel Modulation

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National Institutes of Health - (Bethesda, Maryland, United States)

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The Interaction of Varenicline, Ethanol, and CNS Development

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National Institutes of Health - (Bethesda, Maryland, United States)

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DHHS-NIH-National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)

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Mast cell/histamine-mediated inflammation and subsequent decrease of lymphatic amyloid beta clearance accelerate progression of Alzheimer's disease

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National Institutes of Health - (Bethesda, Maryland, United States)

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Optogenetic Approaches to Study Complex Neuronal Circuits During Cognitive Aging

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National Institutes of Health - (Bethesda, Maryland, United States)

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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

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Savjani, Ricky R (2018-05). Functional Organization of the Human Brain: How We See, Feel, and Decide.. Doctoral Dissertation.