Singh O, Singh D, Mitra S, Kumar A, Lechan RM, Singru PS. (2022). TRH and NPY interact to regulate dynamic changes in energy balance in male zebra finch. Endocrinology 164 (3). DOI: 10.1210/endocr/bqac195

Sanchez-Jaramillo E, Wittmann G, Menyhert J, Singru P, Gonzalez GBG, Islas ES, Recendis NY, Cabrera JAP, Olea ML, Gereben B, Fekete C, Charli JL, Lechan RM. (2022). Origin of thyrotropin-releasing hormone neurons that innervate the tuberomammillary nuclei. Brain Structure and Function 227: 2329-2347.

Mitra S, Basu S, Singh O, Srivastava A, Singru PS.  (2022). Calcium-binding proteins typify the dopaminergic neuronal subtypes in the ventral tegmental area of zebra finch, Taeniopygia guttata.  Journal of Comparative Neurology 530 (14): 2562-2586.

Basu S, Mitra S, Singh O, Chandramohan B, Singru PS. (2022). Secretagogin in the brain and pituitary of the catfish, Clarias batrachus: Molecular characterization and regulation by insulin.  Journal of Comparative Neurology 530 (11): 1743-1772. (Cover page)

Chatterjee D, Jacob RS, Ray S, Navalkar A, Singh N, Sengupta S, Gadhe L, Kadu P, Datta D, Paul A, Arunima S, Mehra S, Pindi C, Kumar S, Singru P, Senapati S, Maji SK. (2022).  Co-aggregation and secondary nucleation in the life cycle of human prolactin/galanin functional amyloids.  Elife 11:e73835.

Mitra S, Basu S, Singh O, Lechan RM, Singru PS. (2021).  Cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript peptide- and dopamine-containing systems interact in the ventral tegmental area of the zebra finch, Taeniopygia guttata, during dynamic changes in energy status.  Brain Structure and Function 226(8):2537-2559.

Singh O, Agarwal N, Yadav A, Basu S, Malik S, Rani S, Kumar V, Singru PS. (2020). Concurrent changes in photoperiod-induced seasonal phenotypes and hypothalamic CART peptide-containing systems in night-migratory redheaded buntings.  Brain Structure and Function 225(9):2775-2798.

Upadhya M, Upadhyay, H, Borkar C, Choudhary A, Singh U, Chavan P, Sakharkar A, Singru P, Subhedar N, Kokare DM. (2020). Nicotine-induced brain stimulation reward is modulated by melanocortin-4 receptors in ovariectomized rats.  Neuroscience 431:205-221.

Singh U, Upadhya M, Basu S, Singh O, Kumar S, Kokare DM, Singru PS. (2020). Transient receptor potential vanilloid 3 (TRPV3) in the cerebellum of rat and its role in motor coordination.  Neuroscience 424:121-132.

Kawade HM, Borkar CD, Shambharkar AS, Singh O, Singru PS, Subhedar NK, Kokare DM. (2020). Intracellular mechanisms and behavioral changes in mouse model of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: Importance of age-specific NMDA receptor blockade. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behaviour 188, 172830.

 Singh O, Pradhan D.P, Nagalakashmi B, Kumar S, Sagarkar S, Mitra S, Sakharkar AJ, Lechan RM, Singru PS. (2019). Thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) in the brain and pituitary of teleost, Clarias batrachus and its role in regulation of hypophysiotropic dopamine neurons.  Journal of Comparative Neurology 527, 1070-1101.

Kumar S, Singh O, Singh U, Singru PS. (2018). TRPV1-6 gene expression in the mouse brain during estrous cycle. Brain Research 1701, 161-170.

Kumar S, Singh U, Goswami C, Singru PS. (2017). Transient receptor potential vanilloid 5 (TRPV), a highly Ca2+-selective TRP channel in rat brain: relevance to neuroendocrine regulation. Journal of Neuroendocrinology 29, 1-23.

Kumar S, Singh U, Singh O, Goswami C, Singru PS. (2017).  Transient receptor potential vanilloid 6 (TRPV6) in the mouse brain: Distribution and estrous cycle-related changes in the hypothalamus.  Neuroscience 344:204-216.

Singh O, Kumar S, Singh U, Singru PS. (2016).  Role of isotocin in the regulation of hypophysiotropic dopamine neurons in the preoptic area of the catfish, Clarias batrachus. Journal of Neuroendocrinology Nov 2. doi: 10.1111/jne.12441.

Singh U, Kumar S, Shelkar G, Kokare DM, Yadav M, Goswami C, Lechan RM, Singru PS.# (2016). TRPV3 in the ventral tegmental area of rat: role in the modulation of mesolimbic dopamine reward pathway. Neuropharmacology 110 (Pt A):198-210.

Singh O, Kumar S, Singh U, Kumar V, Lechan RM, Singru PS. (2016). Cocaine-and amphetamine regulated transcript peptide (CART) in the brain of zebra finch, Taeniopygia guttata: Organization, interaction with neuropeptide Y, and response to changes in energy status.  Journal of Comparative Neurology 524(15):3014-41.

Jacob R, Das S, Ghosh S, Anoop A, Jha N, Khan T, Singru P, Kumar A, Maji S. (2016). Amyloid formation of growth hormone in presence of zinc: Relevance to its storage in secretory granules. Scientific Reports 6:23370. doi: 10.1038/srep23370.

Saha S, Patil S, Singh U, Singh O, Singru PS. (2015). Sexual dimorphism in the hypophysiotropic tyrosine hydroxylase-positive neurons in the preoptic area of the teleost, Clarias batrachus. Biology of Sex Differences Nov 9; 6:23.

Shelkar GP, Kumar S, Singru PS, Subhedar NK, Kokare DM. (2015). Noradrenergic inputs from locus coeruleus to posterior ventral tegmental area are essential to support ethanol reinforcement. Addiction Biology Nov 8. doi: 10.1111/adb.12321.

Saha S, Kumar S, Singh U, Singh O, Singru PS.# (2015). Interaction between dopamine and neuropeptide Y in the telencephalon of the Indian major carp, Cirrhinus cirrhosus. General and Comparative Endocrinology 220:78-87.

Singru PS. (2014). CART: a common messenger in the pathways controlling energy balance and reproduction. Indian Society of Comparative Endocrinology, India.

Anoop A, Srivastav R, Dhaked B, Jha N, Pratihar S, Ghosh S, Sahay S, Kumar S, Das S, Kombrabail M, Agarwal K, Jacob R, Singru P, Bhaumik P, Padinhateeri R, Kumar A, Maji S. (2014). Elucidating the role of disulfide bond on amyloid formation and fibril reversibility of somatostatin-14: Relevance to its storage and secretion.  Journal of Biological Chemistry 13; 289(24):16884-903. (paper of the week of JBC).

Wittmann G, Harney JW, Singru PS, Nouriel SS, Larsen PR, Lechan RM. (2014). InflamInflammation-inducible type 2 deiodinase expression in the leptomeninges, choroid plexus and at brain blood vessels in male rodents. Endocrinology 155(5):2009-19.

Shelkar GP, Kale AD, Singh U, Singru PS, Subhedar NK, Kokare DM. (2014). Alpha-melanocyte stimulating hormone modulates ethanol self-administration through melanocortin-4 receptors in posterior ventral tegmental area.  Addiction Biology 

Kumar S, Singh U, Saha S, Singru PS. (2014). Tyrosine hydroxylase in the olfactory system, forebrain and pituitary of the Indian major carp, Cirrhinus cirrhosus: organization and interaction with neuropeptides Y in the preoptic area.  Journal of Neuroendocrinology 26 (6): 400-411.

Nakhate K, Subhedar N, Singru PS, Bharne A, Kokare DM. (2013). Involvement of cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript peptide in the hyperphagic and body weight promoting effects of allopregnanolone in rats.   Brain Research 1532:44-55.

Bharne AP, Upadhya MA, Shelkar GP, Singru PS, Subhedar NK, Kokare DM. (2013). Neuroprotective effect of cocaine-and amphetamine-regulated transcript peptide in spinal cord injury in mice.  Neuropharmacology 67:126-35.

Singh U, Kumar S, Singru PS. (2012). Interaction between dopamine- and isotocin-containing neurons in the preoptic area of the catfish, Clarias batrachus: role in the regulation of LH cells. Journal of Neuroendocrinology 24(11):1398-1411.

Singru PS, Wittmann G, Farkas E, Zséli G, Fekete C, Lechan RM. (2012). Refeeding-activated glutamatergic neurons in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (PVN) mediate effects of melanocortin signaling in the nucleus tractus solitarius (NTS). Endocrinology 158(8): 3804-3814.

Fekete C*, Zséli G*, Singru PS, Kádár A, Wittmann G, Füzesi T, El-Bermani W, Lechan RM. (2012). Activation of anorexigenic POMC neurons during refeeding is independent of vagal and brainstem inputs.  Journal of Neuroendocrinology 24(11): 1423-31.

Ranganathan S, Singh PK, Singh U, Singru PS, Padinhateeri R, Maji SK. (2012). Molecular interpretation of ACTH-β-endorphin coaggregation: relevance to secretory granule biogenesis. PLoS One 7(3):e31924.

Upadhya MA, Nakhate KT, Kokare DM, Singh U, Singru PS, Subhedar NK. (2012). CART peptide in the nucleus accumbens shell acts downstream to dopamine and mediates the reward and reinforcement actions of morphine.  Neuropharmacology 62(4):1823-33.

Marsili A, Sanchez E, Singru P, Harney JW, Zavacki AM, Lechan RM, Larsen PR. (2011). Thyroxine-induced expression of pyroglutamyl peptidase II and inhibition of TSH release precedes suppression of TRH mRNA and requires type 2 deiodinase.  Journal of Endocrinology 211(1):73-8.

Nakhate KT, Kokare DM, Singru PS, Subhedar NK. (2011). Central regulation of feeding behavior during social isolation of rat: evidence for the role of endogenous CART system.  International Journal of Obesity (Lond.) 35(6):773-84.

Upadhya MA, Nakhate KT, Kokare DM, Singru PS, Subhedar NK. (2011). Cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript peptide increases spatial learning and memory in rats. Life Science 14; 88(7-8): 322-34.

Upadhya MA, Dandekar MP, Kokare DM, Singru PS, Subhedar NK. (2011). Evidence for the participation of cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript peptide (CART) in the fluoxetine-induced anti-hyperalgesia in neuropathic rats.  Peptides 32(2):317-26.

Subhedar N, Barsagade VG, Singru PS, Thim L, Clausen JT. (2011). Cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript peptide (CART) in the telencephalon of the catfish, Clarias gariepinus: distribution and response to fasting, 2-deoxy-D-glucose, glucose, insulin, and leptin treatments. Journal of Comparative Neurology 1; 519(7): 1281-300.

Rosene ML, Wittmann G, Arrojo e Drigo R, Singru PS, Lechan RM, Bianco AC. (2010). Inhibition of the type 2 iodothyronine deiodinase underlies the elevated plasma TSH associated with amiodarone treatment.  Endocrinology 151(12): 5961-70.

Nakhate KT, Kokare DM, Singru PS, Taksande AG, Kotwal SD, Subhedar NK. (2010). Hypothalamic cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript peptide is reduced and fails to modulate feeding behavior in rats with chemically-induced mammary carcinogenesis. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior 97(2): 340-9.

Sánchez E*, Singru PS*, Wittmann G, Nouriel SS, Barrett P, Fekete C, Lechan RM. (2010). Contribution of TNF-alpha and nuclear factor-kappaB signaling to type 2 iodothyronine deiodinase activation in the mediobasal hypothalamus after lipopolysaccharide administration. Endocrinology 151(8): 3827-35. 

Freitas BC, Gereben B, Castillo M, Kalló I, Zeöld A, Egri P, Liposits Z, Zavacki AM, Maciel RM, Jo S, Singru P, Sanchez E, Lechan RM, Bianco AC. (2010). Paracrine signaling by glial cell-derived triiodothyronine activates neuronal gene expression in the rodent brain and human cells.  Journal of Clinical Investigation 120(6): 2206-17.

Kádár A, Sánchez E, Wittmann G, Singru PS, Füzesi T, Marsili A, Larsen PR, Liposits Z, Lechan RM, Fekete C. (2010). Distribution of hypophysiotropic thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH)-synthesizing neurons in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus of the mouse.  Journal of Comparative Neurology 1; 518(19): 3948-61.

Kokare DM, Dandekar MP, Singru PS, Gupta GL, Subhedar NK. (2010). Involvement of alpha-MSH in the social isolation induced anxiety- and depression-like behaviors in rat. Neuropharmacology 58(7): 1009-18.

Barsagade VG, Mazumdar M, Singru PS, Thim L, Clausen JT, Subhedar N. (2010). Reproductive phase-related variations in cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript (CART) in the olfactory system, forebrain, and pituitary of the female catfish, Clarias batrachus (Linn.).  Journal of Comparative Neurology 1; 518(13): 2503-24.

Maji SK, Perrin MH, Sawaya MR, Jessberger S, Vadodaria K, Rissman RA, Singru PS, Nilsson KP, Simon R, Schubert D, Eisenberg D, Rivier J, Sawchenko P, Vale W, Riek R. (2009). Functional amyloids as natural storage of peptide hormones in pituitary secretory granules. Science 17; 325(5938): 328-32.

Danilova OV, Tai AK, Mele DA, Beinborn M, Leiter AB, Greenberg AS, Perfield JW 2nd, Defuria J, Singru PS, Lechan RM, Huber BT. (2009). Neurogenin 3-specific dipeptidyl peptidase-2 deficiency causes impaired glucose tolerance, insulin resistance, and visceral obesity. Endocrinology 150(12): 5240-8.

Upadhya MA, Dandekar MP, Kokare DM, Singru PS, Subhedar NK. (2009). Involvement of neuropeptide Y in the acute, chronic and withdrawal responses of morphine in nociception in neuropathic rats: behavioral and neuroanatomical correlates.  Neuropeptides 43(4): 303-14.

Wittmann G, Füzesi T, Singru PS, Liposits Z, Lechan RM, Fekete C. (2009). Efferent projections of thyrotropin-releasing hormone-synthesizing neurons residing in the anterior parvocellular subdivision of the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus.  Journal of Comparative Neurology 20; 515(3): 313-30.

Sánchez E*, Vargas MA*, Singru PS, Pascual I, Romero F, Fekete C, Charli JL, Lechan RM. (2009). Tanycyte pyroglutamyl peptidase II contributes to regulation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid axis through glial-axonal associations in the median eminence.  Endocrinology 150(5):2283-91.

Dandekar MP, Singru PS, Kokare DM, Subhedar NK. (2009). Cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript peptide plays a role in the manifestation of depression: social isolation and olfactory bulbectomy models reveal unifying principles. Neuropsychopharmacology 34(5): 1288-300.

Singru PS, Sánchez E, Acharya R, Fekete C, Lechan RM. (2008). Mitogen-activated protein kinase contributes to lipopolysaccharide-induced activation of corticotropin-releasing hormone synthesizing neurons in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus. Endocrinology 149(5): 2283-92.

Singru PS, Mazumdar M, Barsagade V, Lechan RM, Thim L, Clausen JT, Subhedar N. (2008). Association of cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript and neuropeptide Y in the forebrain and pituitary of the catfish, Clarias batrachus: a double immunofluorescent labeling study.  Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy 36(3-4): 239-50.

Sánchez E*, Singru PS*, Acharya R, Bodria M, Fekete C, Zavacki AM, Bianco AC, Lechan RM. (2008). Differential effects of refeeding on melanocortin-responsive neurons in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus.  Endocrinology 149(9):4329-35.

Kokare DM*, Singru PS*, Dandekar MP, Chopde CT, Subhedar NK. (2008). Involvement of alpha-melanocyte stimulating hormone (alpha-MSH) in differential ethanol exposure and withdrawal related depression in rat: neuroanatomical-behavioral correlates. Brain Research 24; 1216: 53-67.

Dandekar MP, Singru PS, Kokare DM, Subhedar NK. (2008). Transient up-regulation of cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript peptide (CART) immunoreactivity following ethanol withdrawal in rat hypothalamus. Brain Research 13; 1240: 119-31.

Sakharkar AJ, Mazumdar M, Singru PS, Subhedar N. (2008). Neurosecretory neurons of the nucleus preopticus (NPO) express salmon GnRH mRNA and show reproduction phase-related variation in the female Indian major carp, Cirrhinus cirrhosus. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology- Part A: Molecular and Integrative 151(2):247-52.

Füzesi T, Sánchez E, Wittmann G, Singru PS, Fekete C, Lechan RM. (2008). Regulation of cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript-synthesising neurons of the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus by endotoxin; implications for lipopolysaccharide-induced regulation of energy homeostasis. Journal of Neuroendocrinology 20(9):1058-66.

Sánchez E, Singru PS, Fekete C, Lechan RM. (2008). Induction of type 2 iodothyronine deiodinase in the mediobasal hypothalamus by bacterial lipopolysaccharide: Role of corticosterone.  Endocrinology 149: 2484-2493.

Dandekar MP, Singru PS, Kokare DM, Lechan RM, Thim L, Clausen JT, Subhedar NK. (2008). Importance of cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript peptide in the central nucleus of amygdala in anxiogenic responses induced by ethanol withdrawal. Neuropsychopharmacology. 33(5):1127-36.

Mazumdar M, Sakharkar AJ, Singru PS, Subhedar N. (2007). Reproduction phase-related variations in neuropeptide Y immunoreactivity in the olfactory system, forebrain, and pituitary of the female catfish, Clarias batrachus (Linn.).  Journal of Comparative Neurology 10; 504(5): 450-69.

Singru PS, Sánchez E, Fekete C, Lechan RM. (2007).  Importance of melanocortin signaling in refeeding-induced neuronal activation and satiety.  Endocrinology 148(2): 638-46.

Singru PS, Mazumdar M, Sakharkar AJ, Lechan RM, Thim L, Clausen JT, Subhedar NK. (2007). Immunohistochemical localization of cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript peptide in the brain of the catfish, Clarias batrachus (Linn.).  Journal of Comparative Neurology 10; 502(2): 215-35.

Singru PS, Sakharkar AJ, Mazumdar M, Subhedar N. (2007). Neuronal nitric oxide synthase immunoreactivity in forebrain, pineal, and pituitary of Oreochromis mossambicus (Tilapia). Fish Physiology and Biochemistry 33(4): 297-309.

Fekete C, Freitas BC, Zeöld A, Wittmann G, Kádár A, Liposits Z, Christoffolete MA, Singru P, Lechan RM, Bianco AC, Gereben B. (2007). Expression patterns of WSB-1 and USP-33 underlie cell-specific posttranslational control of type 2 deiodinase in the rat brain. Endocrinology 148(10):4865-74.

Kalange AS, Kokare DM, Singru PS, Upadhya MA, Chopde CT, Subhedar NK. (2007). Central administration of selective melanocortin 4 receptor antagonist HS014 prevents morphine tolerance and withdrawal hyperalgesia. Brain Research 21; 1181:10-20.

Fekete C, Singru PS, Sanchez E, Sarkar S, Christoffolete MA, Riberio RS, Rand WM, Emerson CH, Bianco AC, Lechan RM. (2006). Differential effects of central leptin, insulin, or glucose administration during fasting on the hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid axis and feeding-related neurons in the arcuate nucleus. Endocrinology 147(1): 520-9.

Christoffolete MA, Ribeiro R, Singru P, Fekete C, da Silva WS, Gordon DF, Huang SA, Crescenzi A, Harney JW, Ridgway EC, Larsen PR, Lechan RM, Bianco AC. (2006). Atypical expression of type 2 iodothyronine deiodinase in thyrotrophs explains the thyroxine-mediated pituitary thyrotropin feedback mechanism. Endocrinology 147(4): 1735-43. News and views ‘Endocrinology’

Mazumdar M, Lal B, Sakharkar AJ, Deshmukh M, Singru PS, Subhedar N. (2006). Involvement of neuropeptide Y Y1 receptors in the regulation of LH and GH cells in the pituitary of the catfish, Clarias batrachus: an immunocytochemical study.  General and Comparative Endocrinology 149(2):190-6.

Sakharkar AJ, Singru PS, Mazumdar M, Subhedar N. (2006). Reproduction phase-related expression of beta-endorphin-like immunoreactivity in the nucleus lateralis tuberis of the female Indian major carp Cirrhinus mrigala: correlation with the luteinising hormone cells-ovary axis. Journal of Neuroendocrinology 18(5):319-29.

Fekete C, Singru PS, Sarkar S, Rand WM, Lechan RM. (2005). Ascending brainstem pathways are not involved in lipopolysaccharide-induced suppression of thyrotropin-releasing hormone gene expression in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus. Endocrinology 146(3):1357-63.

Sakharkar AJ, Singru PS, Sarkar K, Subhedar NK. (2005). Neuropeptide Y in the forebrain of the adult male cichlid fish Oreochromis mossambicus: distribution, effects of castration and testosterone replacement. Journal of Comparative Neurology 22; 489(2):148-65.

Sakharkar A, Singru P, Subhedar N. (2005). Reproduction phase-related variations in the GnRH immunoreactive fibers in the pineal of the Indian major carp Cirrhinus mrigala (Ham.). Fish Physiology and Biochemistry 31(2-3):163-6.

Mazumdar M, Singru P, Sakharkar A, Deshmukh M, Subhedar N. (2005). Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) immunoreactivity in the forebrain and pituitary of the teleost, Clarias batrachus (Linn.). Fish Physiology and Biochemistry 31(2-3):173-6.

Singru PS, Fekete C, Lechan RM. (2005). Neuroanatomical evidence for participation of the hypothalamic dorsomedial nucleus (DMN) in regulation of the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (PVN) by alpha-melanocyte stimulating hormone. Brain Research 7;1064(1-2):42-51.

Biju KC, Singru PS, Schreibman MP, Subhedar N. (2003). Reproduction phase-related expression of GnRH-like immunoreactivity in the olfactory receptor neurons, their projections to the olfactory bulb and in the nervus terminalis in the female Indian major carp Cirrhinus mrigala (Ham.).  General and Comparative Endocrinology 1;133(3):358-67.

Singru PS, Sakharkar AJ, Subhedar N. (2003). Neuronal nitric oxide synthase in the olfactory system of an adult teleost fish, Oreochromis mossambicus. Brain Research 977(2):157-68.