Publications

For a complete list, please see my Google Scholar page.

Subjective Cognitive Concerns and Global Metacognitive Bias in Prodromal Parkinson’s and Parkinson’s Disease without Cognitive Impairment

Published in Neuropsychology, 2026


Subjective Cognitive Concerns and Global Metacognitive Bias in Prodromal Parkinson’s and Parkinson’s Disease without Cognitive Impairment

Recommended citation: Mukadam N, Mahmood A, Cronin-Golomb A, DeGutis J (2026) Subjective cognitive concerns and global metacognitive bias in prodromal Parkinson's and Parkinson's disease without cognitive impairment. Neuropsychology. doi: 10.1037/neu0001083. https://doi.org/10.1037/neu0001083

Sensory and Palatability Coding of Taste Stimuli in Cortex Involves Dynamic and Asymmetric Cortico-Amygdalar Interactions

Published in Journal of Neurophysiology, 2026


Sensory and Palatability Coding of Taste Stimuli in Cortex Involves Dynamic and Asymmetric Cortico-Amygdalar Interactions

Recommended citation: Mahmood A, Steindler JR, Katz DB (2026) Sensory and palatability coding of taste stimuli in cortex involves dynamic and asymmetric cortico-amygdalar interactions. Journal of Neurophysiology jn.00503.2025. https://doi.org/10.1152/jn.00503.2025

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

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