• Publications
  1. Angel Bu, Ferdows Afghah, Nicolas Castro, Maheera Bawa, Sonika Kohli, Karina Shah, Brandon Rios, Vincent Butty, and Ritu Raman. (2024). 2.5D Actuating Substrates Enable Decoupling the Mechanical and Biochemical Effects of Muscle Exercise on Motor Neurons.  bioRxiv. doi: 10.1101/2024.03.02.583091
  2. Marissa Puzan, Sanjin Hosic, Caroline Ghio & Abigail Koppes. (2018). Enteric Nervous System Regulation of Intestinal Stem Cell Differentiation and Epithelial Monolayer Function. Scientific Reports volume 8, Article number: 6313 (2018) doi:10.1038/s41598-018-24768-3
  3. Caroline Cvetkovic, Max H. Rich, Ritu Raman, Hyunjoon Kong & Rashid Bashir. (2017). A 3D-printed platform for modular neuromuscular motor units. Microsystems & Nanoengineering 3, Article number: 17015, doi: 10.1038/micronano.2017.15
  4. Joanna C. Jacob. (2017). Ethanol Reversal of Oxycodone Tolerances. Theses and Dissertations. Virginia Commonwealth University.
  5. Joy Guedia, Paola Brun, Sukhada Bhave, Sylvia Fitting, Minho Kang, William L. Dewey, Kurt F. Hauser & Hamid I. Akbarali. (2016). HIV-1 Tat exacerbates lipopolysaccharide-induced cytokine release via TLR4 signaling in the enteric nervous system. Scientific Reports 6, Article number: 31203 (2016) doi: 10.1038/srep31203
  6. Aravind R. Gade, Minho Kang, Fayez Khan, John.R. Grider, M.Imad Damaj, William L. Dewey and Hamid I. Akbarali. (2016). Enhanced sensitivity of α3β4 nicotinic receptors in enteric neurons after chronic morphine: implication for opioid-induced constipation. The Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, doi: 10.1124/jpet.116.233304
  7. S. Fitting, J. Ngwainmbi, M. Kang, F. A. Khan, D. L. Stevens, W. L. Dewey, P. E. Knapp, K. F. Hauser and H. I. Akbarali. (2015). Sensitization of enteric neurons to morphine by HIV-1 Tat protein. Neurogastroenterology & Motility, doi: 10.1111/nmo.12514.
  8. Tricia H. Smith, John R. Grider, William L. Dewey, Hamid I. Akbarali. (2012). Morphine Decreases Enteric Neuron Excitability via Inhibition of Sodium Channels. PLoS ONE 7(9): e45251. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0045251.
  9. Amber Young, Kristin S. Assey, Carla D. Sturkie, Franklin D. West, David W. Machacek, Steven L. Stice. (2010). Glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor enhances in vitro differentiation of mid-/hindbrain neural progenitor cells to dopaminergic-like. Journal of Neuroscience Research, doi: 10.1002/jnr.22499/abstract