0000-0002-0024-3315 About
I am a Postdoctoral Researcher at the National Institute on Aging, NIH, USA, where I study neurocognitive aging, social cognition, brain resilience, and cellular mechanisms that distinguish vulnerable from resilient aging brains in preclinical rodent models. My current work integrates behavioral neuroscience, neurohistology, quantitative imaging, molecular assays, perineuronal net and extracellular matrix analysis, neuromodulation-related approaches, and fiber photometry to examine how aging affects social and cognitive function. I completed my M.Phil. and Ph.D. in Neurophysiology at NIMHANS, Bengaluru, India, where I studied hippocampal subicular mechanisms of cognition, affective behavior, social behavior, hippocampal neurogenesis, and electrophysiological function. My broader interests include brain aging, social behavior, hippocampal and prefrontal plasticity, extracellular matrix biology, neuroendocrine mechanisms, life-course determinants of brain health, and non-pharmacological strategies to preserve cognitive function
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National Institute on Aging Postdoctoral Researcher2022 - Present
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Publications (6)
- When Familiar Faces Feel Better: A Framework for Social Neurocognitive Aging in a Rat Model Save
- Circadian Rhythm Manipulations: Implications on Behavioral Restoration in Central Nervous System Insults Save
- Ventral subicular lesion impairs pro-social empathy-like behavior in adult Wistar rats Save
- Exposure to Short Photoperiod Regime Restores Spatial Cognition in Ventral Subicular Lesioned Rats: Potential Role of Hippocampal Plasticity, Glucocorticoid Receptors, and Neurogenesis Save
- Short photoperiod restores ventral subicular lesion‐induced deficits in affective and socio‐cognitive behavior in male Wistar rats Save
- Exposure to short photoperiod regime reduces ventral subicular lesion-induced anxiety-like behavior in Wistar rats Save