Chandrashekhar Borkar

About

I am interested in studying neural regulation of defensive behaviors/action selection. To achieve this, I use various cutting-edge techniques including optogenetics, electrophysiology, deep brain calcium imaging, in behaving mice.

Employment

• Tulane University Postdoctoral Research Fellow
  2018 - 2025
• Zuventus Pharma Executive
  2011 - 2013

Education

• Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University PhD
  2013 - 2018
• Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University M Pharm
  2009 - 2011
• Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University B Pharm
  2006 - 2009

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (24)

• Establishing a Middle Cerebral Artery Occlusion (MCAO) Model with Simplified Surgical Tools: A Resource-Efficient Strategy for Stroke Research
  2025 DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-5745725/v1
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• Contributions of associative and non-associative learning to the dynamics of defensive ethograms
  bioRxiv 2023 DOI: 10.1101/2023.07.06.547975
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• Effects of footshock stress on social behavior and neuronal activation in the medial prefrontal cortex and amygdala of male and female mice
  PLoS ONE 2023 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0281388
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• Gq neuromodulation of BLA parvalbumin interneurons induces burst firing and mediates fear-associated network and behavioral state transition in mice
  Nature Communications 2022 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-28928-y
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• Top-down control of flight by a non-canonical cortico-amygdala pathway
  bioRxiv 2022 DOI: 10.1101/2022.05.19.492688
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• Effects of footshock stress on social behavior and neuronal activation in the medial prefrontal cortex and amygdala of male and female mice
  2021 DOI: 10.1101/2021.12.16.473017
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• A novel pavlovian fear conditioning paradigm to study freezing and flight behavior
  Journal of Visualized Experiments 2021 DOI: 10.3791/61536
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• The hypothalamus coordinates diverse escape strategies from threat
  Neuron 2021 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2021.05.014
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• Sex differences in behavioral responses during a conditioned flight paradigm
  Behavioural Brain Research 2020 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2020.112623
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• Intracellular mechanisms and behavioral changes in mouse model of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: Importance of age-specific NMDA receptor blockade
  Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior 2020 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2019.172830
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