Publications

Kapri D, Jayaprasad AB, Tiwari P, Sharma M, Balakrishnan A, Singla A, Mazumder I, Kolthur-Seetharam U, Fanibunda SE, Vaidya AD, Vaidya VA (2026). Norepinephrine regulates hippocampal mitochondrial biogenesis via β2-adrenergic receptor signaling and PGC-1α. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2026 Jun 25:1-2.

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41386-026-02470-7

Tiwari P, Vuruputuri RM, Mukherjee S, Vaidya VA (2026). Chemogenetic inhibition of ventral hippocampal inputs to the basal amygdala reduces anxiety-like behavior. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 2026 May 8:153907

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbrc.2026.153907

Nayak SM, Sepeda ND, Dick MN, Tiwari P, Zahid Z, Sayalı C, Weiss BM, Yaden DB, Garcia-Romeu A, Barnett BS, Barrett FS (2026). Acute Cardiovascular Effects of Psilocybin: A Pooled Analysis of 14 Studies with Safety Recommendations. medRxiv. 2026 Apr 30:2026-04

https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.04.28.26351625

Pradhan A, Pati S, Saba K, Chaudhari PR, Tiwari P, Kapri D, Balakrishnan A, Patel AB, Vaidya VA (2026). Chronic postnatal chemogenetic activation of forebrain excitatory neurons modulates adult glial function and metabolism in male mice. bioRxiv. 2026 May 19:2026-05.

https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.05.16.725656

P Tiwari and VA Vaidya (2025). Acute DOI treatment evokes dose and species-dependent locomotor effects on the elevated plus maze

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pnpbp.2025.111558 

P Tiwari, PA Davoudian, D Kapri, RM Vuruputuri, LA Karaba, M Sharma, G Zanni, A Balakrishnan,  PR Chaudhari, A Pradhan, S Suryavanshi, KG Bath, MS Ansorge, AFernandez-Ruiz, AC Kwan, VA Vaidya (2024). Ventral hippocampal parvalbumin interneurons gate the acute anxiolytic action of the serotonergic psychedelic DOI.

Neuron. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2024.08.016

P Tiwari, R Ehrenkranz, DB Yaden (2024). Psychiatric Applications of Psychedelics

Neurobiological Foundations for Treatments of Depression, Anxiety, and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Advances in Psychiatry and Behavioral Health. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypsc.2024.04.005

M Graziosi, JS Rohde*, P Tiwari*, J Siev, DB Yaden (2024). Psychedelics, OCD and related disorders: A systematic review.
Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders, 100873. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jocrd.2024.100873

P Tiwari*, AP Berghella*, C Sayalı, MK Doss, FS Barrett, DB Yaden (2023). Learned Helplessness As a Potential Transdiagnostic Therapeutic Mechanism of Classic Psychedelics. Psychedelic Medicine 1 (2), 74-86. https://doi.org/10.1089/psymed.2023.0010

T Banerjee, S Pati, P Tiwari, VA Vaidya (2022). Chronic hM3Dq-DREADD-mediated chemogenetic activation of parvalbumin-positive inhibitory interneurons in postnatal life alters anxiety and despair-like behavior in adulthood in a task- and sex-dependent manner.
Journal of Biosciences volume 47, Article number: 68. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12038-022-00308-0

A Sood, PR Chaudhari*, P Tiwari*, S Shah, VA Vaidya (2022). Acute immobilization stress evokes sexually dimorphic peripheral and hippocampal neuroimmune responses in adult rats.
Neuroscience Letters, 136871 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neulet.2022.136871

P Tiwari, D Kapri, A Pradhan, A Balakrishnan, PR Chaudhari, VA Vaidya (2022). Chronic hM4Di-DREADD-Mediated Chemogenetic Inhibition of Forebrain Excitatory Neurons in Postnatal or Juvenile Life Does Not Alter Adult Mood-Related Behavior.
Eneuro 9 (1), doi: 10.1523/ENEURO.0381-21.2021

P Tiwari, SE Fanibunda, D Kapri, S Vasaya, S Pati, VA Vaidya (2021). GPCR signaling: role in mediating the effects of early adversity in psychiatric disorders.
FEBS j 288, 2602-2621, doi: 10.1111/febs.15738

S Mukhopadhyay*, A Chatterjee*, P Tiwari, U Ghai, VA Vaidya (2021). Postnatal fluoxetine treatment alters perineuronal net formation and maintenance in the hippocampus.
Eneuro 8 (2), doi: 10.1523/ENEURO.0424-20.2021

S Pati, K Saba*, SS Salvi*, P Tiwari, PR Chaudhari, V Verma, S Mukhopadhyay, D Kapri, S Suryavanshi, JP Clement, AB Patel, VA Vaidya (2020). Chronic postnatal chemogenetic activation of forebrain excitatory neurons evokes persistent changes in mood behavior.
eLife 9, e56171, doi: 10.7554/eLife.56171

SS Salvi*, S Pati*, PR Chaudhari, P Tiwari, T Banerjee, VA Vaidya (2019). Acute chemogenetic activation of CamKIIα-positive forebrain excitatory neurons regulates anxiety-like behaviour in mice.
Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience 13, 249, doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2019.00249

P Tiwari, SE Fanibunda, VA Vaidya (2019). The Ministry of Fear:‘The Conjuring’of Fright in the Amygdala by the Raphe.
Neuron 103 (3), 356-358, doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2019.07.020

SE Fanibunda, S Deb*, B Maniyadath*, P Tiwari, U Ghai, S Gupta, D Figueiredo, N Weisstaub, JA Gingrich, ADB Vaidya, U Kolthur-Seetharam, VA Vaidya (2019). Serotonin regulates mitochondrial biogenesis and function in rodent cortical neurons via the 5-HT2A receptor and SIRT1–PGC-1α axis.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 116 (22), 11028-11037, doi: 10.1073/pnas.1821332116