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Ram K. Mishra

Ram K. Mishra

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Neuroscience

D-Index
39
Citations
5415
World Ranking
8369
National Ranking
490

Overview

Ram K. Mishra is affiliated with McMaster University in Canada and has contributed to research primarily in the fields of Medicine, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Neuroscience. Their work spans several subfields including Pharmaceutical Science, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Physiology, and Cell Biology.

Their research topics cover a range of biomedical and neurological areas. Key topics include Bipolar Disorder and Treatment, Advanced Drug Delivery Systems, Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease, Advancements in Transdermal Drug Delivery, Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Nerve Injury and Regeneration, and Alzheimer's Disease Research and Treatments.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Ram K. Mishra include the following:

  • Using the Intranasal Route to Administer Drugs to Treat Neurological and Psychiatric Illnesses: Rationale, Successes, and Future Needs (2022, CNS Drugs)
  • In situ-gelling starch nanoparticle (SNP)/O-carboxymethyl chitosan (CMCh) nanoparticle network hydrogels for the intranasal delivery of an antipsychotic peptide (2020, Journal of Controlled Release)
  • C. elegans electrotaxis behavior is modulated by heat shock response and unfolded protein response signaling pathways (2021, Scientific Reports)
  • Novel mechanism of action for the mood stabilizer lithium (2020, Bipolar Disorders)
  • Ketamine-induced neurotoxicity is mediated through endoplasmic reticulum stress in vitro in STHdhQ7/Q7 cells (2022, NeuroToxicology)

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Ram K. Mishra include:

  • Fahed Abu-Hijleh
  • Benício N. Frey
  • Andrew Lofts
  • Nicolette Rigg
  • Todd Hoare

Ram K. Mishra has published multiple papers in venues such as:

  • Journal of Controlled Release
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • CNS Drugs
  • Scientific Reports
  • Bipolar Disorders

Best Publications

  • Enhancement of dopamine-stimulated adenylate cyclase activity in rat caudate after lesions in substantia nigra: evidence for denervation supersensitivity.

    Ram K. Mishra;Eliot L. Gardner;Robert Katzman;Maynard H. Makman

  • Action of mianserin and zimelidine on the norepinephrine receptor coupled adenylate cyclase system in brain: Subsensitivity without reduction in β-adrenergic receptor binding

    R. Mishra;A. Janowsky;F. Sulser

  • Melatonin receptors in brain.

    Lennard P. Niles;Yu-Wah Wong;Ram K. Mishra;Gregory M. Brown

  • The effects of kindling on GABA-mediated inhibition in the dentate gyrus of the rat. II. Receptor binding.

    L.P. Tuff;R.J. Racine;R.K. Mishra

  • Comparative pharmacological properties and functional coupling of mu and delta opioid receptor sites in human neuroblastoma SH-SY5Y cells.

    S M Kazmi;R K Mishra

  • Supersensitivity in rat caudate nucleus: effects of 6-hydroxydopamine on the time course of dopamine receptor and cyclic AMP changes.

    Ram K. Mishra;Alice M. Marshall;Susannah L. Varmuza

  • Haloperidol-loaded intranasally administered lectin functionalized poly(ethylene glycol)-block-poly(D,L)-lactic-co-glycolic acid (PEG-PLGA) nanoparticles for the treatment of schizophrenia.

    Justin Piazza;Todd Hoare;Luke Molinaro;Kristen Terpstra

  • Dopamine receptor modulation by conformationally constrained analogues of Pro-Leu-Gly-NH2.

    Kuo Long Yu;G. Rajakumar;Lalit K. Srivastava;Ram K. Mishra

  • Bicyclic thiazolidine lactam peptidomimetics of the dopamine receptor modulating peptide Pro-Leu-Gly-NH2.

    Nalin L. Subasinghe;Roger J. Bontems;Edward McIntee;Ram K. Mishra

  • Brain Targeting of a Water Insoluble Antipsychotic Drug Haloperidol via the Intranasal Route Using PAMAM Dendrimer.

    Yogesh K. Katare;Ritesh P. Daya;Christal Sookram Gray;Roger E. Luckham

  • Effect of L-Prolyl-L-Leucyl-Glycinamide (PLG) on Neuroleptic-Induced Catalepsy and Dopamine/Neuroleptic Receptor Bindings

    Somon Chiu;C.S. Paulose;Ram K. Mishra

  • Chemical lesion and drug induced supersentivity and subsensitivity of caudate dopamine receptors

    Ram K. Mishra;Yu-Wah Wong;Susannah L. Varmuza;Larry Tuff

  • Neuroleptic drug-induced dopamine receptor supersensitivity: antagonism by L-prolyl-L-leucyl-glycinamide.

    Simon Chiu;C. S. Paulose;Ram K. Mishra

  • Interaction of L-prolyl-L-leucyl glycinamide with dopamine D2 receptor: evidence for modulation of agonist affinity states in bovine striatal membranes.

    Lalit K. Srivastava;Samina B. Bajwa;Rodney L. Johnson;Ram K. Mishra

  • cDNA array reveals differential gene expression following chronic neuroleptic administration: implications of synapsin II in haloperidol treatment

    Victor Z. Chong;L. Trevor Young;Ram K. Mishra

  • Synthesis and dopamine receptor modulating activity of lactam conformationally constrained analogues of Pro-Leu-Gly-NH2.

    Uma Sreenivasan;Ram K. Mishra;Rodney L. Johnson

  • Pharmacology of L-prolyl-L-leucyl-glycinamide (PLG): a review.

    R K Mishra;S Chiu;P Chiu;C P Mishra

  • Dopamine receptor modulation by a highly rigid spiro bicyclic peptidomimetic of Pro-Leu-Gly-NH2

    Michael J. Genin;Ram K. Mishra;Rodney L. Johnson

  • Synthesis and dopamine receptor modulating activity of novel peptidomimetics of L-prolyl-L-leucyl-glycinamide featuring α, α-disubstituted amino acids

    Margaret C. Evans;Ashish Pradhan;Shankar Venkatraman;William H. Ojala

  • Design, synthesis, and dopamine receptor modulating activity of spiro bicyclic peptidomimetics of L-prolyl-L-leucyl-glycinamide.

    Ehab M. Khalil;William H. Ojala;Ashish Pradhan;Venugopalan D. Nair

  • Opioid receptors in human neuroblastoma SH-SY5Y cells: Evidence for distinct morphine (μ) and enkephalin (δ) binding sites

    Syed M.I. Kazmi;Ram K. Mishra

Frequent Co-Authors

Todd Hoare
Todd Hoare McMaster University
Mark A. Ferro
Mark A. Ferro University of Waterloo
Eliot L. Gardner
Eliot L. Gardner National Institute on Drug Abuse
Leon J. Thal
Leon J. Thal University of California, San Diego
Michael F. Mazurek
Michael F. Mazurek McMaster University
Michel P. Rathbone
Michel P. Rathbone McMaster University
Adriane R. Rosa
Adriane R. Rosa Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
Henry Szechtman
Henry Szechtman McMaster University
Ronald J. Racine
Ronald J. Racine McMaster University
N. P. V. Nair
N. P. V. Nair McGill University

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