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78
Citations
21702
World Ranking
18062
National Ranking
9002

Overview

Pushpa S. Kalra is affiliated with the University of Florida in the United States. Their research contributions primarily focus on the field of toxicology and computational methods applied within this domain.

Kalra has authored multiple recent papers including:

  • Framework for classifying chemicals for repeat dose toxicity using NAMs, 2025, Archives of Toxicology
  • P22-40: Predictive performance of physiologically based kinetic (PBK) models based on in-silico/in vitro-in vivo extrapolation (IS/IVIVE), 2023, Toxicology Letters
  • P03-09 Predictive performance of physiologically based kinetic (PBK) models based on in-silico/in vitro-in vivo extrapolation (IS/IVIVE), 2024, Toxicology Letters
  • P19-05 Framework for classifying chemicals for repeat dose toxicity using NAMs, 2024, Toxicology Letters
  • Temporal variation of 137Cs and 90Sr transfer factors in Mumbai harbor, 2025, Radiation Protection and Environment

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers such as John E. Doe, P. Botham, David M. Holland, M. Fuart Gatnik, and Varun Giri.

Kalra's work has appeared predominantly in the following publication venues:

  • Toxicology Letters
  • Archives of Toxicology
  • Radiation Protection and Environment

Their research spans several subfields of study, including:

  • Computational Theory and Mathematics
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Small Animals
  • Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
  • Molecular Biology

Key topics explored by Kalra include:

  • Computational Drug Discovery Methods
  • Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals
  • Animal testing and alternatives
  • Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications
  • Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies
  • Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography
  • Radioactive contamination and transfer

Best Publications

  • Interacting appetite-regulating pathways in the hypothalamic regulation of body weight.

    Satya P. Kalra;Michael G. Dube;Shuye Pu;Bin Xu

  • NEUROPEPTIDE Y AND HUMAN PANCREATIC POLYPEPTIDE STIMULATE FEEDING BEHAVIOR IN RATS

    John T. Clark;Pushpa S. Kalra;William R. Crowley;Satya P. Kalra

  • Neuropeptide Y secretion increases in the paraventricular nucleus in association with increased appetite for food

    Satya P. Kalra;Michael G. Dube;Abhiram Sahu;Christopher P. Phelps

  • Neural regulation of luteinizing hormone secretion in the rat

    Satya P. Kalra;Pushpa S. Kalra

  • Food deprivation and ingestion induce reciprocal changes in neuropeptide Y concentrations in the paraventricular nucleus

    Abhiram Sahu;Pushpa S. Kalra;Satya P. Kalra

  • Neuropeptide Y Stimulates Feeding but Inhibits Sexual Behavior in Rats

    John T. Clark;Pushpa S. Kalra;Satya P. Kalra

  • Food intake elicited by central administration of orexins/hypocretins: identification of hypothalamic sites of action.

    Michael G Dube;Satya P Kalra;Pushpa S Kalra

  • Transitory changes in plasma progestins, estradiol, and luteinizing hormone approaching ovulation in the bovine.

    J.R. Chenault;W.W. Thatcher;P.S. Kalra;R.M. Abrams

  • Nutritional infertility: the role of the interconnected hypothalamic neuropeptide Y-galanin-opioid network.

    Satya P. Kalra;Pushpa S. Kalra

  • Orexins, a novel family of hypothalamic neuropeptides, modulate pituitary luteinizing hormone secretion in an ovarian steroid-dependent manner

    Shuye Pu;M. R. Jain;P. S. Kalra;S. P. Kalra

  • NPY and cohorts in regulating appetite, obesity and metabolic syndrome: beneficial effects of gene therapy☆

    S.P. Kalra;P.S. Kalra

  • Ghrelin and leptin pulse discharge in fed and fasted rats

    Michela Bagnasco;Pushpa S. Kalra;Satya P. Kalra

  • Rhythmic, reciprocal ghrelin and leptin signaling: new insight in the development of obesity.

    Satya P Kalra;Michela Bagnasco;Effiong E Otukonyong;Michael G Dube

  • Temporal interrelationships among circulating levels of estradiol progesterone and LH during the rat estrous cycle: effects of exogenous progesterone.

    Satya P. Kalra;Pushpa S. Kalra

  • Evidence that nitric oxide may mediate the ovarian steroid-induced luteinizing hormone surge: involvement of excitatory amino acids

    J J Bonavera;A Sahu;P S Kalra;S P Kalra

  • Involvement of Norepinephrine in Transmission of The Stimulatory Influence of Progesterone on Gonadotropin Release11

    Pushpa S. Kalra;S. P. Kalra;L. Krulich;C. P. Fawcett

  • Opioid-adrenergic-steroid connection in regulation of luteinizing hormone secretion in the rat.

    Satya P. Kalra;Pushpa S. Kalra

  • Interleukin-1 inhibits the ovarian steroid-induced luteinizing hormone surge and release of hypothalamic luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone in rats.

    Pushpa S. Kalra;Abhiram Sahu;Satya P. Kalra

  • Structure-function analysis of stimulation of food intake by neuropeptide Y: effects of receptor agonists.

    Satya P. Kalra;Michael G. Dube;Alain Fournier;Pushpa S. Kalra

  • Evidence that NPY-containing neurons in the brainstem project into selected hypothalamic nuclei: implication in feeding behavior.

    Abhiram Sahu;Satya P. Kalra;William R. Crowley;Pushpa S. Kalra

Frequent Co-Authors

Satya P. Kalra
Satya P. Kalra University of Florida
William R. Crowley
William R. Crowley University of Utah
James W. Simpkins
James W. Simpkins West Virginia University
Lyle L. Moldawer
Lyle L. Moldawer University of Florida
Tamas L. Horvath
Tamas L. Horvath Yale University
Nicholas Muzyczka
Nicholas Muzyczka University of Florida
Sergei Zolotukhin
Sergei Zolotukhin University of Florida
C.J. Wilcox
C.J. Wilcox University of Florida
William W. Thatcher
William W. Thatcher University of Florida
Young Hee Lee
Young Hee Lee Sungkyunkwan University

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