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Narayan R. Bhat is affiliated with the Medical University of South Carolina in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on neurosciences with an emphasis on neurology, physiology, molecular biology, and cellular and molecular neuroscience. Their work spans intersecting fields of medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

The scientist's research interests cover several interconnected topics, including:

  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms
  • Barrier structure and function studies
  • Prion diseases and protein misfolding
  • Tryptophan and brain disorders
  • Caveolin-1 and cellular processes
  • Neurological disease mechanisms and treatments

Recent publications by Narayan R. Bhat include:

  • "Mild pericyte deficiency is associated with aberrant brain microvascular flow in aged PDGFRβ+/− mice," 2020, Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism
  • "Effects of repeated sleep deprivation on brain pericytes in mice," 2023, Scientific Reports
  • "Cyclic adenosine monophosphate-elevating agents inhibit amyloid-beta internalization and neurotoxicity: their action in Alzheimer's disease prevention," 2023, Neural Regeneration Research
  • "cAMP-induced decrease in cell-surface laminin receptor and cellular prion protein attenuates amyloid-β uptake and amyloid-β-induced neuronal cell death," 2022, FEBS Letters
  • "Alzheimer's Disease-Associated Amyloid-β Precursor Protein Prevents Aging Stress-Induced Mitophagy and Fumarate Depletion to Improve Antitumor Immunity," 2025, Cancer Research

They have frequently published in the following venues:

  • Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism
  • Scientific Reports
  • Neural Regeneration Research
  • FEBS Letters
  • Cancer Research

Narayan R. Bhat has collaborated regularly with several co-authors, including:

  • Meng Liu
  • Rayudu Gopalakrishna
  • Andrew Oh
  • William J. Mack
  • Mohamed Faisal Kassir

Best Publications

  • Extracellular Signal-Regulated Kinase and p38 Subgroups of Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases Regulate Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase and Tumor Necrosis Factor-α Gene Expression in Endotoxin-Stimulated Primary Glial Cultures

    Narayan R. Bhat;Peisheng Zhang;John C. Lee;Edward L. Hogan

  • Redox regulation of glial inflammatory response to lipopolysaccharide and interferongamma.

    Siddharama Pawate;Qin Shen;Fan Fan;Narayan R. Bhat

  • High cholesterol-induced neuroinflammation and amyloid precursor protein processing correlate with loss of working memory in mice.

    Lakshmi Thirumangalakudi;Annamalai Prakasam;Ran Zhang;Heather Bimonte-Nelson

  • Hydrogen peroxide activation of multiple mitogen-activated protein kinases in an oligodendrocyte cell line: role of extracellular signal-regulated kinase in hydrogen peroxide-induced cell death.

    Narayan R. Bhat;Peisheng Zhang

  • Organizational hierarchy and structural diversity of microvascular pericytes in adult mouse cortex.

    Roger I Grant;David A Hartmann;Robert G Underly;Andrée-Anne Berthiaume

  • p38 MAPK-mediated Transcriptional Activation of Inducible Nitric-oxide Synthase in Glial Cells ROLES OF NUCLEAR FACTORS, NUCLEAR FACTOR κB, cAMP RESPONSE ELEMENT-BINDING PROTEIN, CCAAT/ENHANCER-BINDING PROTEIN-β, AND ACTIVATING TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR-2

    Narayan R. Bhat;Douglas L. Feinstein;Qin Shen;Aruna N. Bhat

  • TNFalpha potentiates IFNgamma-induced cell death in oligodendrocyte progenitors.

    T. Andrews;P. Zhang;N.R. Bhat

  • A Role for p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase in the Regulation of the Serotonin Transporter: Evidence for Distinct Cellular Mechanisms Involved in Transporter Surface Expression

    Devadoss J. Samuvel;Lankupalle D. Jayanthi;Narayan R. Bhat;Sammanda Ramamoorthy

  • Metabolic Stress Modulates Alzheimer’s β-Secretase Gene Transcription via SIRT1-PPARγ-PGC-1 in Neurons

    Ruishan Wang;Jing Jing Li;Shiyong Diao;Young-Don Kwak

  • Dynamic Remodeling of Pericytes In Vivo Maintains Capillary Coverage in the Adult Mouse Brain

    Andrée-Anne Berthiaume;Roger I. Grant;Konnor P. McDowell;Robert G. Underly

  • Vitamin D3-enriched diet correlates with a decrease of amyloid plaques in the brain of AβPP transgenic mice.

    Jin Yu;Marco Gattoni-Celli;Hong Zhu;Narayan R. Bhat

  • Increased tau phosphorylation and impaired brain insulin/IGF signaling in mice fed a high fat/high cholesterol diet.

    Narayan R. Bhat;Lakshmi Thirumangalakudi

  • Investigations on myelination in vitro. Regulation by thyroid hormone in cultures of dissociated brain cells from embryonic mice.

    N R Bhat;L L Sarlieve;G S Rao;R A Pieringer

  • Optogenetic stimulation of astrocytes in the posterior hypothalamus increases sleep at night in C57BL/6J mice

    Dheeraj Pelluru;Roda Rani Konadhode;Narayan R. Bhat;Priyattam J. Shiromani;Priyattam J. Shiromani

  • Transient ischemia stimulates glial fibrillary acid protein and vimentin gene expression in the gerbil neocortex, striatum and hippocampus.

    Mark S. Kindy;Aruna N. Bhat;Narayan R. Bhat

  • Cytokine induction of inducible nitric oxide synthase in an oligodendrocyte cell line: role of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase activation.

    Narayan R. Bhat;Peisheng Zhang;Aruna N. Bhat

  • Pericyte Structural Remodeling in Cerebrovascular Health and Homeostasis.

    Andrée-Anne Berthiaume;David A. Hartmann;Mark W. Majesky;Narayan R. Bhat

  • p38 MAP kinase regulation of oligodendrocyte differentiation with CREB as a potential target.

    Narayan R. Bhat;Peisheng Zhang;Sangeeta B. Mohanty

  • Targets for AD treatment: conflicting messages from γ-secretase inhibitors

    Kumar Sambamurti;Nigel H. Greig;Tadanobu Utsuki;Eliza L. Barnwell

  • Activation of C‐jun N‐terminal kinase/stress‐activated protein kinase in primary glial cultures

    Peisheng Zhang;Bradley S. Miller;Steven A. Rosenzweig;Narayan R. Bhat

  • Activation of mitogen-activated protein kinases in oligodendrocytes.

    Narayan R. Bhat;Peisheng Zhang

  • Linking cardiometabolic disorders to sporadic Alzheimer’s disease: a perspective on potential mechanisms and mediators

    Narayan R. Bhat

Frequent Co-Authors

Edward L. Hogan
Edward L. Hogan Medical University of South Carolina
Kumar Sambamurti
Kumar Sambamurti Medical University of South Carolina
Steven E. Shelton
Steven E. Shelton University of Wisconsin–Madison
Richard S. Nowakowski
Richard S. Nowakowski Florida State University
Priyattam J. Shiromani
Priyattam J. Shiromani Veterans Health Administration
Izuru Matsumoto
Izuru Matsumoto University of Sydney
Herbert M. Geller
Herbert M. Geller National Institutes of Health
Errol B. De Souza
Errol B. De Souza National Institute on Drug Abuse
Tom I. Bonner
Tom I. Bonner National Institutes of Health
Robert W. Williams
Robert W. Williams University of Tennessee Health Science Center

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