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2023 – 2024

  • Higher sodium in older individuals or after stroke/reperfusion, but not in migraine or Alzheimer’s disease -a study in different preclinical models. Xia C, Dai W, Carreno J, Rogando A, Wu X, Simmons D, Astraea N, Dalleska, NF, Fonteh AN, Vasudevan A, Arakaki X, Kloner RA. Scientific Reports, 2024 Sep 16; 14(1):21636 PMID:39284837
  • NAD+ prevents septic shock-induced death by non-canonical inflammasome blockade and IL-10 cytokine production in macrophages. Iske J, El Fatimy R, Nian Y, Ghouzlani A, Eskandari SK, Rodriguez Cetina Biefer H, Vasudevan A, Elkhal A. eLife, 2024 Feb 19; 12:RP88686. PMID:38372712
  • D-serine availability modulates prefrontal cortex inhibitory interneuron development and circuit maturation. Folorunso OO, Brown SE, Baruah J, Harvey TL, Jami SA, Radzishevsky I, Wolosker H, McNally JM, Gray JA, Vasudevan A, Balu DT. Scientific Reports, 2023 Jun 13; 13(1):9595. PMID: 37311798

Past Publications

2018 – 2022

  • NAD+ protects against EAE by regulating CD4+ T-cell differentiation.  Tullius SG, Biefer HR, Li S, Trachtenberg AJ, Edtinger K, Quante M, Krenzien F, Uehara H, Yang X, Kissick HT, Kuo WP, Ghiran I, de la Fuente MA, Arredouani MS, Camacho V, Tigges JC, Toxavidis V, El Fatimy R, Smith BD, Vasudevan A, ElKhal A.  Nature Communications, 2014 Oct 07; 5:5101. PMID: 25290058
  • Mesencephalic GABA neuronal development: no more on the other side of oblivion.  Li S, Joshee S, Vasudevan A.  Biomolecular Concepts, 2014 Oct; 5(5):371-82. PMID: 25367618
  • Efficient specification of interneurons from human pluripotent stem cells by dorsoventral and rostrocaudal modulation. Efficient specification of interneurons from human pluripotent stem cells by dorsoventral and rostrocaudal modulation.  Kim TG, Yao R, Monnell T, Cho JH, Vasudevan A, Koh A, Kumar T P, Moon M, Datta D, Bolshakov VY, Kim KS, Chung S.  Stem Cells, 2014 Jul; 32(7):1789-804. PMID: 24648391
  • Bidirectional crosstalk between periventricular endothelial cells and neural progenitor cells promotes the formation of a neurovascular unit.  Vissapragada R, Contreras MA, da Silva CG, Kumar VA, Ochoa A, Vasudevan A, Selim MH, Ferran C, Thomas AJ.  Brain Research, 2014 May 27; 1565:8-17. PMID: 24675025
  • Isolation and culture of endothelial cells from the embryonic forebrain.  Kumar T P, Vasudevan A.  Journal of Visualized Experiments, 2014 Jan 23; (83):e51021. PMID: 24513848
  • Endothelial VEGF sculpts cortical cytoarchitecture.  Li S, Haigh K, Haigh JJ, Vasudevan A.  The Journal of Neuroscience, 2013 Sep 11; 33(37):14809-15. PMID: 24027281
  • Autonomous vascular networks synchronize GABA neuron migration in the embryonic forebrain.  Won C, Lin Z, Kumar T P, Li S, Ding L, Elkhal A, Szabó G, Vasudevan A.  Nature Communications, 2013; 4:2149. PMID: 23857367 

2013 – 2017

  • Aspects of Tryptophan and Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide in Immunity: A New Twist in an Old Tale. Rodriguez Cetina Biefer H, Vasudevan A, Elkhal A. International Journal of Tryptophan Research, 2017; 10:1178646917713491. PMID: 28659716
  • NAD+ protects against EAE by regulating CD4+ T-cell differentiation. Tullius SG, Biefer HR, Li S, Trachtenberg AJ, Edtinger K, Quante M, Krenzien F, Uehara H, Yang X, Kissick HT, Kuo WP, Ghiran I, de la Fuente MA, Arredouani MS, Camacho V, Tigges JC, Toxavidis V, El Fatimy R, Smith BD, Vasudevan A, ElKhal A. Nature Communications, 2014 Oct 07; 5:5101. PMID: 25290058
  • Mesencephalic GABA neuronal development: no more on the other side of oblivion. Li S, Joshee S, Vasudevan A. Biomolecular Concepts, 2014 Oct; 5(5):371-82. PMID: 25367618
  • Efficient specification of interneurons from human pluripotent stem cells by dorsoventral and rostrocaudal modulation. Efficient specification of interneurons from human pluripotent stem cells by dorsoventral and rostrocaudal modulation. Kim TG, Yao R, Monnell T, Cho JH, Vasudevan A, Koh A, Kumar T P, Moon M, Datta D, Bolshakov VY, Kim KS, Chung S. Stem Cells, 2014 Jul; 32(7):1789-804. PMID: 24648391
  • Bidirectional crosstalk between periventricular endothelial cells and neural progenitor cells promotes the formation of a neurovascular unit. Vissapragada R, Contreras MA, da Silva CG, Kumar VA, Ochoa A, Vasudevan A, Selim MH, Ferran C, Thomas AJ. Brain Research, 2014 May 27; 1565:8-17. PMID: 24675025
  • Isolation and culture of endothelial cells from the embryonic forebrain. Kumar T P, Vasudevan A. Journal of Visualized Experiments, 2014 Jan 23; (83):e51021. PMID: 24513848
  • Endothelial VEGF sculpts cortical cytoarchitecture. Li S, Haigh K, Haigh JJ, Vasudevan A. The Journal of Neuroscience, 2013 Sep 11; 33(37):14809-15. PMID: 24027281
  • Autonomous vascular networks synchronize GABA neuron migration in the embryonic forebrain. Won C, Lin Z, Kumar T P, Li S, Ding L, Elkhal A, Szabó G, Vasudevan A. Nature Communications, 2013; 4:2149. PMID: 23857367

2008 – 2012

  • Dopaminergic neurons modulate GABA neuron migration in the embryonic midbrain. Vasudevan A, Won C, Li S, Erdélyi F, Szabó G, Kim KS. Development, 2012 Sep; 139(17):3136-41. PMID: 22872083
  • Basement membrane protein nidogen-1 shapes hippocampal synaptic plasticity and excitability. Vasudevan A, Ho MS, Weiergräber M, Nischt R, Schneider T, Lie A, Smyth N, Köhling R. Hippocampus, 2010 May; 20(5):608-20. PMID: 19530222
  • Angiogenesis in the central nervous system. Vasudevan A. Letter from the guest editor. Cell Adhesion and Migration, 2009 Apr-Jun; 3(2):198. PMID: 19398894
  • Angiogenesis in the embryonic CNS: a new twist on an old tale. Vasudevan A, Bhide PG. Cell Adhesion and Migration, 2008 Jul-Sep; 2(3):167-9. PMID: 19262109
  • Compartment-specific transcription factors orchestrate angiogenesis gradients in the embryonic brain. Vasudevan A, Long JE, Crandall JE, Rubenstein JL, Bhide PG. Nature Neuroscience, 2008 Apr; 11(4):429-39. PMID: 18344991
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