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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1999 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Indira M. Raman is affiliated with Northwestern University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on neuroscience, with a strong emphasis on cellular and molecular neuroscience, cognitive neuroscience, and sensory systems. Other relevant subfields include neurology and cell biology.

Their work covers several key topics: neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, neural dynamics and brain function, vestibular and auditory disorders, zebrafish biomedical research applications, ion channel regulation and function, hearing and cochlea disorders including tinnitus and genetics, as well as olfactory and sensory function studies.

Recent publications by Indira M. Raman include:

  • "Cerebellar modulation of synaptic input to freezing-related neurons in the periaqueductal gray" (2020), published in eLife
  • "Framework for advancing rigorous research" (2020), published in eLife
  • "Integration of Swimming-Related Synaptic Excitation and Inhibition by olig2+Eurydendroid Neurons in Larval Zebrafish Cerebellum" (2020), published in Journal of Neuroscience
  • "The Hodgkin-Huxley-Katz Prize Lecture: A Markov model with permeation-dependent gating that accounts for resurgent current of voltage-gated Na channels" (2023), published in The Journal of Physiology
  • "Synaptic variance and action potential firing of cerebellar output neurons during motor learning in larval zebrafish" (2023), published in Current Biology

Frequent coauthors include:

  • Spencer T. Brown
  • Meghana Holla
  • Christopher E. Vaaga
  • David L. McLean
  • Marion Najac

Indira M. Raman's research has appeared most often in the following venues:

  • The Journal of Physiology
  • eLife
  • Journal of Neuroscience
  • Neuron
  • Current Biology

They have received several awards, including the Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 1999 and the Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2020.

Best Publications

  • Resurgent Sodium Current and Action Potential Formation in Dissociated Cerebellar Purkinje Neurons

    Indira M. Raman;Bruce P. Bean

  • Ionic currents underlying spontaneous action potentials in isolated cerebellar Purkinje neurons.

    Indira M. Raman;Bruce P. Bean

  • Altered Subthreshold Sodium Currents and Disrupted Firing Patterns in Purkinje Neurons of Scn8a Mutant Mice

    Indira M Raman;Leslie K Sprunger;Miriam H Meisler;Bruce P Bean

  • Purkinje neuron synchrony elicits time-locked spiking in the cerebellar nuclei

    Abigail L. Person;Indira M. Raman

  • The Contribution of Resurgent Sodium Current to High-Frequency Firing in Purkinje Neurons: An Experimental and Modeling Study

    Zayd M. Khaliq;Nathan W. Gouwens;Indira M. Raman

  • β-Adrenergic Regulation of Synaptic NMDA Receptors by cAMP-Dependent Protein Kinase

    Indira M Raman;Gang Tong;Craig E Jahr

  • The kinetics of the response to glutamate and kainate in neurons of the avian cochlear nucleus.

    Indira M. Raman;Laurence O. Trussell

  • Ionic Currents and Spontaneous Firing in Neurons Isolated from the Cerebellar Nuclei

    Indira M. Raman;Amy E. Gustafson;Daniel Padgett

  • Potentiation of Mossy Fiber EPSCs in the Cerebellar Nuclei by NMDA Receptor Activation followed by Postinhibitory Rebound Current

    Jason R. Pugh;Indira M. Raman

  • Inactivation and recovery of sodium currents in cerebellar Purkinje neurons: evidence for two mechanisms.

    Indira M. Raman;Bruce P. Bean

  • Open-Channel Block by the Cytoplasmic Tail of Sodium Channel β4 as a Mechanism for Resurgent Sodium Current

    Tina M. Grieco;Jyoti D. Malhotra;Chunling Chen;Lori L. Isom

  • Pathway-specific variants of AMPA receptors and their contribution to neuronal signaling

    Indira M. Raman;Su Zhang;Laurence O. Trussell

  • Axonal Propagation of Simple and Complex Spikes in Cerebellar Purkinje Neurons

    Zayd M. Khaliq;Indira M. Raman

  • A Conserved Bicycle Model for Circadian Clock Control of Membrane Excitability.

    Matthieu Flourakis;Elzbieta Kula-Eversole;Alan L. Hutchison;Tae Hee Han

  • Relative contributions of axonal and somatic Na channels to action potential initiation in cerebellar Purkinje neurons.

    Zayd M. Khaliq;Indira M. Raman

  • Regulation of Persistent Na Current by Interactions between β Subunits of Voltage-Gated Na Channels

    Teresa K. Aman;Tina M. Grieco-Calub;Chunling Chen;Raffaella Rusconi

  • Depression of Inhibitory Synaptic Transmission between Purkinje Cells and Neurons of the Cerebellar Nuclei

    Petra Telgkamp;Indira M. Raman

  • The mechanism of alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionate receptor desensitization after removal of glutamate

    I. M. Raman;Laurence Trussell

  • Synchrony and neural coding in cerebellar circuits

    Abigail L. Person;Indira M. Raman

  • Control of transient, resurgent, and persistent current by open-channel block by Na channel β4 in cultured cerebellar granule neurons

    Jason S. Bant;Indira M. Raman

  • AMPA receptors with high Ca2+ permeability mediate synaptic transmission in the avian auditory pathway.

    T S Otis;I M Raman;L O Trussell

Frequent Co-Authors

Laurence O. Trussell
Laurence O. Trussell Oregon Health & Science University
Bruce P. Bean
Bruce P. Bean Harvard University
Catherine S. Woolley
Catherine S. Woolley Northwestern University
Terrence J. Sejnowski
Terrence J. Sejnowski Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Thomas S. Otis
Thomas S. Otis University College London
Miriam H. Meisler
Miriam H. Meisler University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Craig E. Jahr
Craig E. Jahr Oregon Health & Science University
Marcus R. Munafò
Marcus R. Munafò University of Bath
Kevin P. White
Kevin P. White National University of Singapore

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