Srikumar BN#, Paschapur M, Kalidindi N, Adepu B, Das ML, Sreedhara MV, et al. Characterization of the adrenocorticotrophic hormone - induced mouse model of resistance to antidepressant drug treatment. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior. 2017 Sep 20;161:53–61. #Corresponding Author
Bristow LJ, Gulia J, Weed MR, Srikumar BN, Li Y-W, Graef JD, et al. Preclinical Characterization of (R)-3-((3S,4S)-3-fluoro-4-(4-hydroxyphenyl)piperidin-1-yl)-1-(4-methylbenzyl)pyrrolidin-2-one (BMS-986169), a Novel, Intravenous, Glutamate N-Methyl-D-Aspartate 2B (GluN2B) Receptor Negative Allosteric Modulator with Potential in Major Depressive Disorder. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics 2017 Sep 27;:jpet.117.242784 In Press.
Bhagya VR, Srikumar BN, Veena J, Shankaranarayana Rao BS. Short-term exposure to enriched environment rescues chronic stress-induced impaired hippocampal synaptic plasticity, anxiety, and memory deficits. Journal of Neuroscience Research 2017 Aug;95(8):1602–10.
Tripathi SJ, Chakraborty S, Srikumar BN, Raju TR, Rao BSS. Inactivation of basolateral amygdala prevents chronic immobilization stress-induced memory impairment and associated changes in corticosterone levels. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. 2017 Jul 1;142(Part B):218–29.
Vrinda M, Sasidharan A, Aparna S, Srikumar BN, Kutty BM, Shankaranarayana Rao BS. Enriched environment attenuates behavioral seizures and depression in chronic temporal lobe epilepsy. Epilepsia. 2017 May 8;58(7):1148–58.
Subhadeep D, Srikumar BN, Shankaranarayana Rao BS, Kutty BM. Exposure to short photoperiod regime reduces ventral subicular lesion-induced anxiety-like behavior in Wistar rats. Physiology & Behavior. 2017 Mar 1;170:124–32.
Bhagya V, Srikumar BN, Raju TR, Shankaranarayana Rao BS (2015) The selective noradrenergic reuptake inhibitor reboxetine restores spatial learning deficits, biochemical changes, and hippocampal synaptic plasticity in an animal model of depression. Journal of Neuroscience Research 93(1): 104-20
Khelfaoui M, Gambino F, Houbaert X, Ragazzon B, Müller C, Carta M, Lanore F, Srikumar BN, Gastrein P, Lepleux M, Zhang CL, Kneib M, Poulain B, Reibel-Foisset S, Vitale N, Chelly J, Billuart P, Lüthi A, Humeau Y (2013) Lack of the presynaptic RhoGAP protein oligophrenin1 leads to cognitive disabilities through dysregulation of the cAMP/PKA signalling pathway. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 369(1633):20130160.
Ramkumar K, Srikumar BN, Venkatasubramanian D, Siva R, Shankaranarayana Rao BS, Raju TR (2012) Reversal of stress-induced dendritic atrophy in the prefrontal cortex by intracranial self-stimulation. Journal of Neural Transmission 119(5):533-43.
Veena J, Shankaranarayana Rao BS, Srikumar BN (2011) Regulation of adult neurogenesis in the hippocampus by stress, acetylcholine and dopamine. Journal of Natural Science, Biology and Medicine 2 (1): 26-37
Veena J, Srikumar BN, Mahati K, Raju TR, Shankaranarayana Rao BS (2011) Oxotremorine treatment restores hippocampal neurogenesis and ameliorates depression-like behaviour in chronically stressed rats. Psychopharmacology(Berl): 217(2):239-53.
Bhagya V, Srikumar BN, Raju TR, Shankaranarayana Rao BS (2011) Chronic escitalopram treatment restores spatial learning, monoamine Levels and hippocampal long-term potentiation in an animal model of depression. Psychopharmacology(Berl) 214 (2): 477-494.
Anuradha H, Srikumar BN, Deepti N, Shankaranarayana Rao BS and Lakshmana M (2009) Restoration of acetylcholinesterase activity by Euphorbia hirta in discrete brain regions of chronically stressed rats. Pharmaceutical Biology In Press. Final proof
Rebola N, Srikumar BN, Mulle C (2010) Activity-dependent synaptic plasticity of NMDA receptors. Journal of Physiology 588(Pt 1):93-9. Pubmed PDF
Veena J, Srikumar BN, Raju TR and Shankaranarayana Rao BS (2009) Exposure to enriched environment restores the survival and differentiation of new born cells in the hippocampus and ameliorates depressive symptoms in chronically stressed rats. Neuroscience Letters 55(3):178-182. Pubmed. PDF
Veena Ja, Srikumar BNa, Mahati K, Bhagya V, Raju TR and Shankaranarayana Rao BS (2008) Restoration of hippocampal cell proliferation and amelioration of cognitive deficits by enriched environment in chronically stressed rats. Journal of Neuroscience Research In Press. aEqual contribution of the authors Pubmed. PDF
Ramkumar K, Srikumar BN, Shankaranarayana Rao BS and Raju TR (2008) Self-stimulation rewarding experience restores stress-induced CA3 dendritic atrophy, spatial memory deficits and alterations in the levels of neurotransmitters in the hippocampus. Neurochemical Research 33(9): 1651-62. Pubmed. PDF
Anuradha H, Srikumar BN, Shankaranarayana Rao BS and Lakshmana M (2008) Euphorbia hirta reverses chronic stress-induced anxiety and mediates its action through the GABAA receptor benzodiazepine receptor-Cl- channel complex. Journal of Neural Transmission 115(1): 35-42. Pubmed. PDF
Bhagya V, Srikumar BN, Raju TR, Shankaranarayana Rao BS (2007) Neonatal clomipramine induced endogenous depression in rats is associated with learning impairment in adulthood. Behavioral Brain Research In press. Pubmed PDF
Srikumar BN, Raju TR, Shankaranarayana Rao BS (2007) Contrasting effects of bromocriptine on learning of a radial arm maze task in the presence and absence of restraint stress. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 193(3): 363-74. Pubmed Final draft PDF
Bindu B, Alladi PA, Mansooralikhan BM, Srikumar BN, Raju TR, Kutty BM (2007) Short-term exposure to an enriched environment enhances dendritic branching but not brain-derived neurotrophic factor expression in the hippocampus of rats with ventral subicular lesions. Neuroscience. 144(2): 412-423. Pubmed PDF
Titus ADJ, Shankaranarayana Rao BS, Harsha HN, Ramkumar K, Srikumar BN, Singh SB, Chattarji S and Raju TR (2007) Hypobaric hypoxia induced dendritic atrophy of hippocampal neurons is associated with cognitive impairment in adult rats. Neuroscience. 145(1): 265-278. Pubmed PDF
Srikumar BN, Raju TR, Shankaranarayana Rao BS (2006) The involvement of cholinergic and noradrenergic systems in the behavioral recovery following oxotremorine treatment to chronically stressed rats. Neuroscience 143 (3): 679-688. Pubmed Final draft View PDF
Srikumar BN, Shastri S, Ramarao P, Kaul CL. (2003) Selective attenuation of enhanced angiotensin-II mediated responses in streptozotocin diabetic rat thoracic aorta by tempol. In Progress in Experimental Cardiology : Atherosclerosis, Hypertension and Diabetes, Vol.8, edited by G.N. Price, M. Nagano, P. Zahradka and N.S. Dhalla.- Boston: Kluwer Academic. pp. 327-338. Book home page PDF
Srikumar BN (2009) Reference style and common errors with referencing. In: Biomedical Research: Ideation to Publication (Jagadeesh G, Gupta YK, Sreekant Murthy and Amitabh Prakash), Wolters Kluwer, New Delhi, India. pp 479-487. Final Proof
Srikumar BN, Ramkumar K, Raju TR, Shankaranarayana Rao BS (2004) Assay of acetylcholinesterase activity in the brain. In: Brain and behavior (Raju TR, Kutty BM, Sathyaprabha TN, Shankaranarayana Rao BS, eds), Bangalore: NIMHANS. pp 142-144. PDF
Srikumar BN, Bindu B, Priya V, Ramkumar K, Shankaranarayana Rao BS, Raju TR, Kutty BM (2004) Methods of assessment of learning and memory in rodents. In: Brain and behavior (Raju TR, Kutty BM, Sathyaprabha TN, Shankaranarayana Rao BS, eds), Bangalore: NIMHANS. pp 145-151. PDF
Deepti N, Ramkumar K, Srikumar BN, Raju TR, Shankaranarayana Rao BS (2004) Estimation of neurotransmitters in the brain by chromatographic methods. In: Brain and behavior (Raju TR, Kutty BM, Sathyaprabha TN, Shankaranarayana Rao BS, eds), Bangalore: NIMHANS. pp 134-141. PDF