PRIMARY FINDINGS
(25) Reddy P, Okuda T, Rani M, Prajapati JN, Koul S, Samineni VK, Barik A. A brainstem-thalamic circuitry for affective-motivational responses to cold pain. bioRxiv, 2025.01. 31.636010.
(24) Shah DP, Chaudhary Y, Barik A. Acute restraint stress and pain modulation depend on the interaction between the periaqueductal gray and the lateral septum. bioRxiv, 2024.11. 29.626041.
(23) Rani M, Shah DP, Barik A, Rostral ventromedial medulla (RVM) projects to the lateral hypothalamic area (LHA) to drive aversion and anxiety. bioRxiv, 2024.11. 29.626042.
(22) Prajapati JN, Shah DP, Barik A. An intra-brainstem circuit for pain-induced inhibition of itch. Neuroscience. 2025/1/6. 2025.
(21) Reddy P, Chaterji S, Varughese A, Chaudhary Y, Sathyamurthy A, Barik A. Converging inputs compete at the lateral parabrachial nuclei to dictate the affective-motivational responses to cold pain. Pain. 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003468, November 12, 2024.
(20) Shah DP, Sharma PR, Agarwal R, Barik A, The lateral septum plays a transforming role in acute stress-induced analgesia. eLife. 2024.
(19) Reddy P, Vasudeva J, Shah D, Prajapati JN, Harikumar N, Barik A, A deep-learning driven investigation of the circuit basis for reflexive hypersensitivity to thermal pain. Neuroscience. 2023.
(18) Chaterji S, Barik A, Sathyamurthy A, Intraspinal injection of adeno-associated viruses into the adult mouse spinal cord. Star Protocols. 2021.
(17) Barik A, Thompson J, Seltzer M, Sathyamurthy A, Chesler A, A spinoparabrachial circuit defined by Tacr1 expression drives pain. 2021. eLife, 10:e61135.
(16) Sathyamurthy A, Barik A, Dobrott CI, Matson KJE, Stoica S, Pursley R, Chesler A, Levine AJ, Direct Cerebellospinal Pathways Regulate Motor Performance and Motor Learning. Cell Reports. 2020. 31, 107595.
(15) Solinski HR, Kriegbaum MC, Tseng PY, Earnest TW, Sainz E, Gu X, Barik A, Chesler AT, Hoon MA, Nppb Neurons Are Sensors of Mast Cell-Induced Itch. Cell Reports. 2019. 26, 3561.
(14) Kozlitina J, Risso D, Lansu K, Olsen RHJ, Sainz E, Luiselli D, Barik A, Frigerio-Domingues C, Pagani L, Wooding S, Kirchner T, Niaura R, Roth B, Drayna D, An African-specific haplotype in MRGPRX4 is associated with menthol cigarette smoking. PLoS Genetics. 2019. 15, e1007916. News and Perspectives on JAMA.
(13) Barik A, Thompson J, Seltzer M, Ghitani N, Chesler A, A brainstem-spinal circuit controlling nocifensive behavior. Neuron. 2018. 100 (6), 1491-1503. e3. Previewed in the same issue by Alhadeff and Betley.
(12) Szczot M, Lijencrantz J, Ghitani N, Barik A, Lam R, Thompson JH, Bharucha D, Saade D, Necaise A, Donkervoort S, Foley R, Chesler A, PIEZO2 mediates injury-induced tactile pain in mice and humans. Science Translational Medicine. 2018. 10:462. (Cover Article).
(11) Lin TW, Tan Z, Barik A, Yin D, Brudvik E, Wang H, Xiong WC, Mei L, Regulation of synapse development by Vgat deletion from ErbB4-positive interneurons. Journal of Neuroscience. 2018. 0669-17.
(10) Ghitani N*, Barik A*, Szczot M*, Thompson J, Li C, Le Pichon C, Krashes M, Chesler A, Specialized mechanosensory nociceptors mediating rapid responses to hair pull. Neuron. 2017. 95:944-954. (*, equally contributing authors)
(9) Li L, Cao Yu, Wu H, Ye X, Shen C, Barik A, Xie X, Gan L, Xiong W-C, Mei L, Enzymatic Activity of the Scaffold Protein Rapsyn for Synapse Formation. Neuron. 2016.92:1-13.
(8) Barik A*, Li L*, Sathyamurthy A, Figueredo D, Xiong WC, Mei L, Schwann cells in neuromuscular junction formation and maintenance. Journal of Neuroscience. 2016. 36(38): 9770-9781. (*, equally contributing authors) (Cover Article)
(7) Sun X-D, Li L, Huang Z-H, Bean J.C., Jiao H-F, Barik A, Kim S-M, Liu F, Wu H, Shen C, Tian Y, Lin T.W., Bates R, Sathyamurthy A, Chen Y-J, Yin D-M, Xiong L, Lin H-P, Hu J-X, Li B-M, Gao T-M, Xiong W-C, Mei L, Lrp4 in astrocytes modulates glutamatergic transmission. Nature Neuroscience. 2016. 19, 1010–1018.
(6) Wu H *, Barik A *, Lu Y, Li L, Shen C, Bowman A, Sathyamurthy A, Lin T.W., Shen C, Xiong WC, Mei L, Slit2 as a β-catenin/Ctnnb1-dependent retrograde signal for presynaptic differentiation. eLife. 2015. 4: e07266. (*, equally contributing authors)
(5) Sathyamurthy A, Yin D, Barik A, Shen C, Bean JC, Figueiredo D, She JX, Xiong WC, Mei L, ERBB3-mediated regulation of Bergmann glia proliferation in cerebellar amination. Development. 2015. 142(3):522-32.
(4) Barik A*, Lu Y*, Sathyamurthy A, Bowman A, Shen C, Xiong WC, Mei L, (1, equally contributing authors) LRP4 is critical for neuromuscular junction maintenance. Journal of Neuroscience. 2014. 34(42):13892-905. (*, equally contributing authors) (Cover Article)
(3) Shen C, Lu Y, Zhang B, Figueiredo D, Bean J, Jung J, Wu H, Barik A, Yin DM, Xiong WC, Mei L, Antibodies against low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 4 induce myasthenia gravis. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 2013. 123(12):5190- 202.
(2) Wu H, Lu Y, Barik A, Joseph A, Taketo MM, Xiong WC, Mei L, b-Catenin gain of function in muscles impairs neuromuscular junction formation. Development. 2012. 139(13):2392-404.
(1) Kuravi S, Lan TH, Barik A, Lambert NA, Third-party bioluminescence resonance energy transfer indicates constitutive association of membrane proteins: application to class a g-protein-coupled receptors and G-proteins. Biophysical Journal. 2010. 98(10):2391-9.
REVIEWS
(5) Prajapati JN, Reddy JP, Barik A, A. Neural pathways that compel us to scratch an itch. J Biosci 49, 70 (2024).
(4) Shah DP, Barik A, The Spino-Parabrachial Pathway for Itch. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 2022. 16. 805831.
(3) Barik A, Chesler A, Parallel Parabrachial pathways provide pieces of the pain puzzle. Neuron. 2021. 106(6), 873-875.
(2) Barik A, Krashes M, Remembering a bad taste. Neuron. 2018. 100 (4), 765-767.
(1) Barik A, Zhang B, Sohal GS, Xiong WC, Mei L, Crosstalk between Agrin and Wnt signaling pathways in the development of vertebrate neuromuscular junction. Developmental Neurobiology. 2014. 74(8):828-38.
BOOK CHAPTER
(1) Barik A, Xiong WC, Mei L, MuSK: A kinase critical for the formation and maintenance of the neuromuscular junction. Protein Kinase Technologies, Neuromethods. 2012. 68:203-217.