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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2016 - Fellow of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology
  • 2011 - Member of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology
  • 2009 - Clinical Psychopharmacology Award, British Association for Psychopharmacology
  • 2007 - NARSAD Independent Investigator Award, Brain & Behavior Research Foundation
  • 2006 - Australian Young Tall Poppy Science Award

Overview

Pradeep J. Nathan is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of neuroscience and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with particular emphasis on molecular biology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, and cognitive neuroscience as subfields.

The scientist's work spans several main topics, including neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, receptor mechanisms and signaling, memory and neural mechanisms, neuropeptides and animal physiology, cholinesterase and neurodegenerative diseases, phosphodiesterase function and regulation, and functional brain connectivity studies.

Recent publications by Pradeep J. Nathan include the following papers:

  • From structure to clinic: Design of a muscarinic M1 receptor agonist with the potential to treat Alzheimer's disease (2021, Cell)
  • Acetylcholine prioritises direct synaptic inputs from entorhinal cortex to CA1 by differential modulation of feedforward inhibitory circuits (2021, Nature Communications)
  • Safety, pharmacokinetics and exploratory pro-cognitive effects of HTL0018318, a selective M1 receptor agonist, in healthy younger adult and elderly subjects: a multiple ascending dose study (2021, Alzheimer's Research & Therapy)
  • First-in-man study to investigate safety, pharmacokinetics and exploratory pharmacodynamics of HTL0018318, a novel M1-receptor partial agonist for the treatment of dementias (2020, British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology)
  • Cholinergic muscarinic M1/M4 receptor networks in dementia with Lewy bodies (2020, Brain Communications)

The scientist frequently publishes in the venues OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) at La Trobe University, Nature Communications, British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, Cell, and Alzheimer's Research & Therapy.

Pradeep J. Nathan collaborates regularly with several co-authors, including:

  • Alastair Brown
  • Miles Congreve
  • Giles A. Brown
  • David M. Cross
  • Tim Tasker

Best Publications

  • Amygdala–frontal connectivity during emotion regulation

    Sarah J. Banks;Kamryn T. Eddy;Mike Angstadt;Pradeep J. Nathan

  • Neural substrates for voluntary suppression of negative affect: a functional magnetic resonance imaging study.

    K. Luan Phan;Daniel A. Fitzgerald;Pradeep J. Nathan;Gregory J. Moore

  • BDNF-based synaptic repair as a disease-modifying strategy for neurodegenerative diseases

    Bai Lu;Guhan Nagappan;Xiaoming Guan;Pradeep J. Nathan;Pradeep J. Nathan

  • Association between Amygdala Hyperactivity to Harsh Faces and Severity of Social Anxiety in Generalized Social Phobia

    K. Luan Phan;Daniel A. Fitzgerald;Pradeep J. Nathan;Manuel E. Tancer

  • Oxytocin attenuates amygdala reactivity to fear in generalized social anxiety disorder.

    Izelle Labuschagne;K Luan Phan;Amanda Wood;Mike Angstadt

  • Beyond threat: Amygdala reactivity across multiple expressions of facial affect

    Daniel A. Fitzgerald;Mike Angstadt;Laura M. Jelsone;Pradeep J. Nathan

  • The chronic effects of an extract of Bacopa monniera (Brahmi) on cognitive function in healthy human subjects

    Con Stough;Jenny Lloyd;J. Clarke;L. Downey

  • Cognitive effort drives workspace configuration of human brain functional networks.

    Manfred G. Kitzbichler;Richard N. A. Henson;Marie L. Smith;Pradeep J. Nathan

  • Molecular imaging of the dopaminergic system and its association with human cognitive function.

    Vanessa L Cropley;Vanessa L Cropley;Masahiro Fujita;Robert B Innis;Pradeep Jonathan Nathan

  • Functional Dysconnectivity of Corticostriatal Circuitry as a Risk Phenotype for Psychosis

    Alex Fornito;Ben J. Harrison;Emmeline Goodby;Anna M Dean

  • The neuropharmacology of L-theanine(N-ethyl-L-glutamine): a possible neuroprotective and cognitive enhancing agent.

    Pradeep Jonathan Nathan;Kristy Lu;Marcus Gray;C Oliver

  • Reproducibility of graph metrics of human brain functional networks.

    Lorena Deuker;Edward T. Bullmore;Marie L. Smith;Søren R. Christensen

  • The Acute Effects of L-theanine in Comparison With Alprazolam on Anticipatory Anxiety in Humans

    Kristy Lu;Marcus A. Gray;Chris Oliver;David T. Liley

  • Modulation of resting-state amygdala-frontal functional connectivity by oxytocin in generalized social anxiety disorder.

    Sonam Dodhia;Avinash Hosanagar;Daniel A Fitzgerald;Izelle Labuschagne

  • Gender differences in the cortical electrophysiological processing of visual emotional stimuli

    Andrew H Kemp;R B Silberstein;Stuart M Armstrong;Pradeep Jonathan Nathan

  • Oxytocin enhances resting-state connectivity between amygdala and medial frontal cortex

    Chandra Sekhar Sripada;K. Luan Phan;Izelle Labuschagne;Robert Welsh

  • Neuropsychological changes after 30-day Ginkgo biloba administration in healthy participants.

    Con Stough;Jodi Clarke;Jenny Lloyd;Pradeep Jonathan Nathan

  • Examining the nootropic effects of a special extract of Bacopa monniera on human cognitive functioning: 90 day double-blind placebo-controlled randomized trial.

    Con Stough;Luke A Downey;Jenny Lloyd;Beata Silber

  • Hypericum perforatum (St John's Wort): a non-selective reuptake inhibitor? A review of the recent advances in its pharmacology

    Pradeep Jonathan Nathan

  • Muscarinic and nicotinic receptors synergistically modulate working memory and attention in humans.

    Julia Rae Ellis;Kathryn A Ellis;Cali F Bartholomeusz;Ben J Harrison

Frequent Co-Authors

Rodney J. Croft
Rodney J. Croft University of Wollongong
K. Luan Phan
K. Luan Phan The Ohio State University
Con Stough
Con Stough Swinburne University of Technology
Ben J. Harrison
Ben J. Harrison University of Melbourne
Andrew H. Kemp
Andrew H. Kemp Swansea University
Paul C. Fletcher
Paul C. Fletcher University of Cambridge
Daniel A. Fitzgerald
Daniel A. Fitzgerald University of Illinois at Chicago
Paul Maruff
Paul Maruff University of Melbourne
Samuel R. Chamberlain
Samuel R. Chamberlain University of Southampton
Amanda G. Wood
Amanda G. Wood Deakin University

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