Meenakshi Alreja

Neuroscience · Life Sciences

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Research Topics

Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research(22), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling(15), Memory and Neural Mechanisms(9), Ion channel regulation and function(9), Hypothalamic control of reproductive hormones(7)

Publications46 total

Intracellular Application of Macromolecules Through Patch Pipettes in Brain Slices
2020· 2 cited
Tac1 Signaling Is Required for Sexual Maturation and Responsiveness of GnRH Neurons to Kisspeptin in the Male Mouse
Endocrinology·2017· 35 citedOpen Access
GABA interneurons mediate the rapid antidepressant-like effects of scopolamine
Journal of Clinical Investigation·2016· 144 citedOpen Access
Septohippocampal Cholinergic Neurons Produces a Direct Excitation of Identified Group I Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor Activation
2015
From Precocious Puberty to Infertility: Metabolic Control of the Reproductive Function
Frontiers in Endocrinology·2013· 7 citedOpen Access
Electrophysiology of Kisspeptin Neurons
Advances in experimental medicine and biology·2013· 22 cited
Regulation of NKB Pathways and Their Roles in the Control of Kiss1 Neurons in the Arcuate Nucleus of the Male Mouse
Endocrinology·2011· 247 citedOpen Access
Melanin-concentrating hormone directly inhibits GnRH neurons and blocks kisspeptin activation, linking energy balance to reproduction
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2009· 120 citedOpen Access
Gonadotropin inhibitory hormone inhibits basal forebrain vGluT2‐gonadotropin‐releasing hormone neurons via a direct postsynaptic mechanism
The Journal of Physiology·2009· 160 citedOpen Access
Excitatory Effects of the Puberty-Initiating Peptide Kisspeptin and Group I Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor Agonists Differentiate Two Distinct Subpopulations of Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Neurons
Journal of Neuroscience·2008· 119 citedOpen Access
Neurokinins robustly activate the majority of septohippocampal cholinergic neurons
European Journal of Neuroscience·2007· 18 cited
P-1: Hemokinin activates rat septohippocampal cholinergic neurons via NK2 receptors
Neuropeptides·2006
Muscarine activates the sodium–calcium exchanger via M<sub>3</sub> receptors in basal forebrain neurons
European Journal of Neuroscience·2006· 8 citedOpen Access
Histamine innervation and activation of septohippocampal GABAergic neurones: involvement of local ACh release
The Journal of Physiology·2004· 55 citedOpen Access
Hypocretin/Orexin Innervation and Excitation of Identified Septohippocampal Cholinergic Neurons
Journal of Neuroscience·2004· 142 citedOpen Access
Hippocampal theta rhythm is reduced by suppression of the H‐current in septohippocampal GABAergic neurons
European Journal of Neuroscience·2004· 64 cited
Group I Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor Activation Produces a Direct Excitation of Identified Septohippocampal Cholinergic Neurons
Journal of Neurophysiology·2004· 34 cited
Intrinsic vesicular glutamate transporter 2‐immunoreactive input to septohippocampal parvalbumin‐containing neurons: Novel glutamatergic local circuit cells
Hippocampus·2004· 96 cited
Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitors Activate Septohippocampal GABAergic Neurons via Muscarinic but Not Nicotinic Receptors
Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics·2003· 44 cited
Nicotine recruits a local glutamatergic circuit to excite septohippocampal GABAergic neurons
European Journal of Neuroscience·2003· 64 cited
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Frequent Co-authors

Min Wu(14), Csaba Léránth(9), Elena Morozova(7), George K. Aghajanian(7), Changqing Xu(6), Iryna Dumalska(5), Tibor Hajszán(5), Marya Shanabrough(4), Min Wu(4), Pradeep Mutalik(4), Anthony N. van den Pol(3), Eric J. Nestler(3), Joshua B. Atkins(3), Víctor M. Navarro(2), Donald A. Simone(2), Ronald S. Duman(2), László Záborszky(2), George K. Aghajanian(2), Weimin Liu(2), Anthony van den Pol(2)