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Overview

Vinay Parikh is affiliated with Temple University in the United States. Their research spans several interconnected areas within neuroscience and related disciplines, focusing on the molecular and cognitive mechanisms underlying brain function and aging.

Their recent research includes publications such as:

  • Vagus Nerve Stimulation in Ischemic Stroke (2023), Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports
  • Microglia and modifiable life factors: Potential contributions to cognitive resilience in aging (2021), Behavioural Brain Research
  • Cholinergic Signaling Dynamics and Cognitive Control of Attention (2020), Current Topics in Behavioral Neurosciences
  • Stress Regulation of Sustained Attention and the Cholinergic Attention System (2020), Biological Psychiatry
  • Exosomes in Age-Related Cognitive Decline: Mechanistic Insights and Improving Outcomes (2022), Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

Their work appears in varied publication venues where they have contributed multiple articles, including:

  • European Journal of Neuroscience
  • Neurobiology of Aging
  • CNS & Neurological Disorders - Drug Targets
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports

Frequent collaborators with Vinay Parikh include:

  • Michael R. Duggan
  • Debra A. Bangasser
  • Martin Sarter
  • Samantha R. Eck
  • Brittany Wicks

The primary fields of study where their publications are concentrated are:

  • Neuroscience
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Within these fields, they have specialized in subfields such as:

  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Molecular Biology
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Neurology
  • Biological Psychiatry

The main topics addressed by their research include:

  • Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Tryptophan and Brain Disorders
  • Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study
  • Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling

Best Publications

  • Prefrontal acetylcholine release controls cue detection on multiple timescales.

    Vinay Parikh;Rouba Kozak;Vicente Martinez;Martin Sarter

  • Choline transporters, cholinergic transmission and cognition.

    Martin Sarter;Vinay Parikh

  • Reduced erythrocyte membrane essential fatty acids and increased lipid peroxides in schizophrenia at the never-medicated first-episode of psychosis and after years of treatment with antipsychotics.

    Mohammad M Khan;Denise R Evans;Denise R Evans;Vijayasudha Gunna;Russell E Scheffer

  • Phasic acetylcholine release and the volume transmission hypothesis: time to move on

    Martin Sarter;Vinay Parikh;W. Matthew Howe

  • Differential effects of antipsychotics on expression of antioxidant enzymes and membrane lipid peroxidation in rat brain

    Vinay Parikh;Vinay Parikh;Mohammad M Khan;Mohammad M Khan;Sahebarao P Mahadik;Sahebarao P Mahadik

  • Cholinergic mediation of attention: contributions of phasic and tonic increases in prefrontal cholinergic activity.

    Vinay Parikh;Martin Sarter

  • Long-term antipsychotic treatments and crossover studies in rats: differential effects of typical and atypical agents on the expression of antioxidant enzymes and membrane lipid peroxidation in rat brain.

    Anilkumar Pillai;Anilkumar Pillai;Vinay Parikh;Alvin V. Terry;Sahebarao P. Mahadik;Sahebarao P. Mahadik

  • Red blood cell membrane essential fatty acid metabolism in early psychotic patients following antipsychotic drug treatment.

    D. R. Evans;V. V. Parikh;V. V. Parikh;M. M. Khan;M. M. Khan;C. Coussons

  • Enhancement of Attentional Performance by Selective Stimulation of α4β2* nAChRs: Underlying Cholinergic Mechanisms

    William M Howe;Jinzhao Ji;Vinay Parikh;Sarah Williams

  • Glutamatergic Contributions to Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Agonist-Evoked Cholinergic Transients in the Prefrontal Cortex

    Vinay Parikh;Kingson Man;Michael W. Decker;Martin Sarter

  • Prefrontal β2 Subunit-Containing and α7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Differentially Control Glutamatergic and Cholinergic Signaling

    Vinay Parikh;Jinzhao Ji;Michael W. Decker;Martin Sarter

  • Rapid assessment of in vivo cholinergic transmission by amperometric detection of changes in extracellular choline levels

    Vinay Parikh;Francois Pomerleau;Peter Huettl;Greg A. Gerhardt

  • nAChR agonist-induced cognition enhancement: integration of cognitive and neuronal mechanisms.

    Martin Sarter;Vinay Parikh;William M. Howe

  • Nerve growth factor in never-medicated first-episode psychotic and medicated chronic schizophrenic patients: possible implications for treatment outcome

    Vinay Parikh;Vinay Parikh;Denise R Evans;Denise R Evans;Mohammad M Khan;Mohammad M Khan;Sahebarao P Mahadik;Sahebarao P Mahadik

  • Abnormal Neurotransmitter Release Underlying Behavioral and Cognitive Disorders: Toward Concepts of Dynamic and Function-Specific Dysregulation

    Martin Sarter;John P Bruno;Vinay Parikh

  • nAChR dysfunction as a common substrate for schizophrenia and comorbid nicotine addiction: Current trends and perspectives.

    Vinay Parikh;Munir Gunes Kutlu;Thomas J. Gould

  • Differential effects of haloperidol, risperidone, and clozapine exposure on cholinergic markers and spatial learning performance in rats.

    Alvin V Terry;William D Hill;William D Hill;Vinay Parikh;Jennifer L Waller

  • What do phasic cholinergic signals do

    Martin Sarter;Cindy Lustig;Anne S. Berry;Howard Gritton

  • Cortical choline transporter function measured in vivo using choline-sensitive microelectrodes: clearance of endogenous and exogenous choline and effects of removal of cholinergic terminals

    Vinay Parikh;Martin Sarter

  • Olanzapine counteracts reduction of brain-derived neurotrophic factor and TrkB receptors in rat hippocampus produced by haloperidol.

    Vinay Parikh;Vinay Parikh;Mohammad M. Khan;Mohammad M. Khan;Sahebarao P. Mahadik;Sahebarao P. Mahadik

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin Sarter
Martin Sarter University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Thomas J. Gould
Thomas J. Gould Pennsylvania State University
Debra A. Bangasser
Debra A. Bangasser Georgia State University
John P. Bruno
John P. Bruno The Ohio State University
Cindy Lustig
Cindy Lustig University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Kamel Khalili
Kamel Khalili Temple University
Ellen M. Unterwald
Ellen M. Unterwald Temple University
Greg A. Gerhardt
Greg A. Gerhardt University of Kentucky

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