Peer Reviewed Journal Articles
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Translational Research}
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• Beesley S, Kumar SS(2023) The t-N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor: Making the case for d-Serine to be considered its inverse co-agonist. Neuropharmacology. Jul 10:109654. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2023.109654. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37437688. [ Link
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• Beesley S, Gunjan A, Kumar SS(2023) Visualizing the triheteromeric N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor subunit composition. Front. Synaptic Neurosci. 15:1156777. [ Link
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Beesley S, Sullenberger T, Lee C, Kumar SS
(2022) GluN3 subunit expression correlates with increased vulnerability of hippocampus and entorhinal cortex to neurodegeneration in a model of temporal lobe epilepsy. J Neurophysiol. 127:6 1496-1510. [ Link
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• Kumar S and Kumar SS
(2021) A model for predicting cation selectivity and permeability in AMPA and NMDA receptors based on receptor subunit composition. Front. Synaptic Neurosci. 13:779759. [ Link
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Beesley S, Sullenberger T, Ailani R, D'Orio C, Crockett MS, Kumar SS
(2021) D-serine intervention in the medial entorhinal area alters TLE-related pathology in CA1 hippocampus via the temporoammonic pathway. Neuroscience 453:168-186. [ Link
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Beesley S, Sullenberger T, Crotty K, Ailani R, D'Orio C, Evans K, Ogunkunle EO, Roper MG, Kumar SS
(2020) D-serine mitigates cell loss associated with temporal lobe epilepsy
. Nature Commun. 11:4966. [ Link
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• Beesley S, Sullenberger T, Kumar SS
(2020) The GluN3 subunit regulates ion selectivity within native N-methyl-d-aspartate receptors
. IBRO Reports 9: 147-156. [ Link
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Sullenberger T, Don H, Kumar SS
(2019) Functional Connectivity of the Parasubiculum and its Role in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
. Neuroscience 410: 217-238. [ Link
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• Beesley S, Sullenberger T, Pilli J, Abbasi A, Gunjan A, Kumar SS
(2019) Colocalization of distinct NMDA receptor subtypes at excitatory synapses in the entorhinal cortex
. J Neurophysiol. 121: 238-254. [ Link
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Abbasi S, Kumar SS (2015) Layer-specific modulation of entorhinal cortical excitability by presubiculum in a rat model of Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
. J. Neurophysiol. 114:2854-2866. [ Link
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• Badisa RB, Kumar SS
, Mazzio E, Haughbrook RD, Allen JR, Davidson MW, Fitch-Pye CA, Goodman CB (2015) N-acetyl cysteine mitigates the acute effects of cocaine-induced toxicity in astroglia-like cells
. PLoS One 10(1): e0114285. [ Link
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Abbasi S, Kumar SS
(2014) Regular-spiking cells in the presubiculum are hyperexcitable in a rat model of Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
. J. Neurophysiol. 112:2888-2900. [ Link
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• Pilli J, Kumar SS
(2014) Potentiation of convergent synaptic inputs onto pyramidal neurons in somatosensory cortex: Dependence on brain wave frequencies and NMDA receptor subunit composition
. Neuroscience 272:271-285. [ Link
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• O'Neal-Moffitt G, Pilli J, Kumar SS
, Olcese J (2014) Genetic deletion of melatonin receptors enhances murine cognitive and motor performance
. Neuroscience 277:506-521. [ Link
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• Abbasi S, Kumar SS
(2013) Electrophysiological and morphological characterization of cells in superficial layers of rat presubiculum
. J. Comp. Neurol. 521:3116-3132. [ Link
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• Pilli J, Kumar SS
(2012) Triheteromeric N-methyl-d-aspartate receptors differentiate synaptic inputs onto pyramidal neurons in somatosensory cortex: Involvement of the GluN3A subunit
. Neuroscience 222:75-88. [ Link
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Pilli J, Abbasi S, Richardson M, Kumar SS
(2012) Diversity and excitability of deep layer entorhinal cortical neurons in a model of temporal lobe epilepsy
. J. Neurophysiol. 108:1724-1738. [ Link
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• Kumar SS
, Buckmaster PS (2007) Neuron-specific nuclear antigen NeuN in not detectable in gerbil substantia nigra pars reticulata
. Brain Res. 1142:54-60. [ Link
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Kumar SS
, Jin X, Buckmaster PS, Huguenard JR (2007) Recurrent circuits in layer II of medial entorhinal cortex in a model of temporal lobe epilepsy
. J. Neurosci. 27:1239-1246. [ Link
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Kumar SS
, Buckmaster PS (2006) Hyperexcitability, interneurons, and loss of GABAergic synapses in entorhinal cortex in a model of temporal lobe epilepsy
. J. Neurosci. 26:4613-4623. [ Link
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Kumar SS
, Wen X, Yang Y, Buckmaster PS (2006) GABA-A receptor-mediated IPSCs and α1 subunit expression are not reduced in the substantia nigra pars reticulata of gerbils with inherited epilepsy
. J. Neurophysiol. 95:2446-2455. [ Link
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• Kumar SS
, Huguenard JR (2003) Pathway specific differences in subunit composition of synaptic NMDA receptors on pyramidal neurons in neocortex
. J. Neurosci. 23(31):10074-10083. [ Selected by the Faculty of 1000
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• Kumar SS
, Bacci A, Kharazia VK, Huguenard JR (2002) A developmental switch of AMPA-receptor subunits in neocortical pyramidal neurons
. J. Neurosci. 22(8):3005-3015. [ Link
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• Kumar SS
, Huguenard, JR (2001) Properties of excitatory synaptic connections mediated by the corpus callosum in the developing rat neocortex
. J. Neurophysiol. 86(6):2973-2985. [ Link
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• Kumar SS
, Faber DS (1998) Plasticity of first-order sensory synapses: Interactions between homosynaptic LTP and hetrosynaptically evoked dopaminergic potentiation
. J. Neurosci. 19(5):1620-1635. [ Link
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• Silva A, Kumar SS
, Pereda A, Faber DS (1995) Regulation of synaptic strength at mixed synapses: Effects of dopamine receptor blockade and protein kinase C activation
. Neuropharmacology 34(11):1559-1565. [ Link
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• Kumar SS
, Geuz A (1991) Adaptive Resonance Theory based adaptive pole placement for neurocontrollers
. Neural Networks 4:319-335.
• Komuro H, Obaid AL, Kumar SS
, Salzberg BM (1990) Slices of mouse suprachiasmatic nucleus with attached optic nerve: recording of glutaminergic and GABA-ergic synaptic potentials using a voltage sensitive dye
. Biological Bulletin 179(2):231.
• Obaid AL, Komuro H, Kumar SS
, Sugimori M, Lin JW, Cherkskey BD, Llinas R, Salzberg BM (1990) FTX, an HPLC-purified fraction of funnel web spider venom, blocks calcium channels required for normal release in peptidergic nerve terminals of mammals: optical measurements with and without voltage sensitive dyes
. Biological Bulletin 179(2):232.
Book Chapters
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• Kumar SS
(2016) Functional detection of novel triheteromeric NMDA receptors
. In: Neuromethods: Ionotropic Glutamate Receptor Technologies (Wolfgang Walz series ed., Gabriela K Popescu, ed.), Springer (ISBN: 978-1-4939-2811-8). [ Link
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• Budde T, Pape H-C, Kumar SS
, Huguenard JR (2004) Thalamic, thalamo-cortical and cortico-cortical models of epilepsy with an emphasis on absence seizures
. In: Models of seizures and epilepsy (Pitkanen A, Moshe S, Schwartzkroin PA eds), Elsevier (ISBN: 0-12-088554-9 August 2005).