Publications

Coupled Dynamics of Stimulus-Evoked Gustatory Cortical and Basolateral Amygdalar Activity

Published in Journal of Neuroscience, 2023

Investigating coordination of taste-evoked activity in BLA and GC and phenomlogically testing whether they behave as a joint attractor network

Recommended citation: Mahmood A, Steindler J, Germaine H, Miller P, Katz DB (2023) Coupled Dynamics of Stimulus-Evoked Gustatory Cortical and Basolateral Amygdalar Activity. J Neurosci 43:386–404. https://www.jneurosci.org/content/43/3/386

LiCl-induced sickness modulates rat gustatory cortical responses.

Published in PLOS Biology, 2022

Investigating how sickness modulates evoked taste responses in rats

Recommended citation: Stone BT, Lin J-Y, Mahmood A, Sanford AJ, Katz DB (2022) LiCl-induced sickness modulates rat gustatory cortical responses. PLOS Biology 20:e3001537. https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3001537

The function of groups of neurons changes from moment to moment

Published in Current opinion in physiology, 2021

A review discussing how a inferring neural function from observed activity is incomplete without contextualizing the state of the organism and brain and considering time relative from onset of neural activity

Recommended citation: Lin J-Y, Stone BT, Herzog LE, Nanu R, Mahmood A, Katz DB (2021) The function of groups of neurons changes from moment to moment. Curr Opin Physiol 20:1–7. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8967145/

Suppression of Inflammatory Cardiac Cytokine Network in Rats with Untreated Obesity and Pre-Diabetes by AT2 Receptor Agonist NP-6A4

Published in Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2021

Investigation of the effect of a novel AT2R agonist on heart function and cellular signalling in obese rats

Recommended citation: Gavini MP, Mahmood A, Belenchia AM, Beauparlant P, Kumar SA, Ardhanari S, DeMarco VG, Pulakat L (2021) Suppression of Inflammatory Cardiac Cytokine Network in Rats with Untreated Obesity and Pre-Diabetes by AT2 Receptor Agonist NP-6A4. Frontiers in Pharmacology 12 Available at: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphar.2021.693167. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphar.2021.693167

Differential Effects of β-Blockers, Angiotensin II Receptor Blockers, and a Novel AT2R Agonist NP-6A4 on Stress Response of Nutrient-Starved Cardiovascular Cells

Published in PLOS ONE, 2017

Recommended citation: Mahmood A, Pulakat L (2015) Differential Effects of β-Blockers, Angiotensin II Receptor Blockers, and a Novel AT2R Agonist NP-6A4 on Stress Response of Nutrient-Starved Cardiovascular Cells. PLOS ONE 10:e0144824. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0144824

Cardiovascular disease progression in female Zucker Diabetic Fatty rats occurs via unique mechanisms compared to males

Published in Nature - Scientific Reports, 2017

A detailed investigation of phenotypical and mechanistic differences in progressionof hear disease in obese and diabetics males versus females

Recommended citation: Lum-Naihe K, Toedebusch R, Mahmood A, Bajwa J, Carmack T, Kumar SA, Ardhanari S, DeMarco VG, Emter CA, Pulakat L (2017) Cardiovascular disease progression in female Zucker Diabetic Fatty rats occurs via unique mechanisms compared to males. Sci Rep 7:17823. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-18003-8

Regulation of the cardioprotective adiponectin and its receptor AdipoR1 by salt

Published in Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology, 2017

Recommended citation: Arnold N, Mahmood A, Ramdas M, Ehlinger PP, Pulakat L (2017) Regulation of the cardioprotective adiponectin and its receptor AdipoR1 by salt. Can J Physiol Pharmacol 95:305–309. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6372100/

Differential Regulation of Cardiac Function and Intracardiac Cytokines by Rapamycin in Healthy and Diabetic Rats

Published in Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity, 2017

Recommended citation: Luck C, DeMarco VG, Mahmood A, Gavini MP, Pulakat L (2017) Differential Regulation of Cardiac Function and Intracardiac Cytokines by Rapamycin in Healthy and Diabetic Rats. Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity 2017:e5724046. https://www.hindawi.com/journals/omcl/2017/5724046/

Regulation of cardiac miR-208a, an inducer of obesity, by rapamycin and nebivolol

Published in Obesity, 2015

Recommended citation: Gul R, Mahmood A, Luck C, Lum-Naihe K, Alfadda AA, Speth RC, Pulakat L (2015) Regulation of cardiac miR-208a, an inducer of obesity, by rapamycin and nebivolol. Obesity 23:2251–2259. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/oby.21227