Douglass JD, Ness KM, Valdearcos M, Wyse-Jackson A, Dorfman MD, Frey JM, Fasnacht RD, Santiago OD, Niraula A, Banerjee J, Robblee M, Koliwad SK, Thaler JP. Obesity-associated microglial inflammatory activation paradoxically improves glucose tolerance. Cell Metab. 2023 Sep 5;35(9):1613-1629.e8. doi: 10.1016/j.cmet.2023.07.008.
Niraula A, Sundaravaradan V, Price RM. 2023. Good Drug, Bad Practice: Tackling the Ivermectin Fiasco. CourseSource 10. https://doi.org/10.24918/cs.2023.17.
Niraula A, Fasnacht RD, Ness KM, Frey JM, Cuschieri SA, Dorfman MD, Thaler JP. Prostaglandin PGE2 Receptor EP4 Regulates Microglial Phagocytosis and Increases Susceptibility to Diet-Induced Obesity. Diabetes. 2023 Feb 1;72(2):233-244. doi: 10.2337/db21-1072. (Paper of the Month)
Niraula A. Using electroconvulsive treatment to quiet the mind (and Microglia). Brain Behav Immun. 2021 Oct;97:11-12. doi: 10.1016/j.bbi.2021.08.003. (Invited commentary)
Niraula A, Sheridan JF. IL-6 Signaling in Monocytes: A Potential Therapeutic Avenue for Stress-Induced Mood Impairments. Chronic Stress (Thousand Oaks). 2019 Jan-Dec;3. doi: 10.1177/2470547019871371.
Weber MD, McKim DB, Niraula A, Witcher KG, Yin W, Sobol CG, Wang Y, Sawicki CM, Sheridan JF, Godbout JP. The Influence of Microglial Elimination and Repopulation on Stress Sensitization Induced by Repeated Social Defeat. Biol Psychiatry. 2019 Apr 15;85(8):667-678. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2018.10.009.
Niraula A, Witcher KG, Sheridan JF, Godbout JP. Interleukin-6 Induced by Social Stress Promotes a Unique Transcriptional Signature in the Monocytes That Facilitate Anxiety. Biol Psychiatry. 2019 Apr 15;85(8):679-689. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2018.09.030.
Gur TL, Palkar AV, Rajasekera T, Allen J, Niraula A, Godbout J, Bailey MT. Prenatal stress disrupts social behavior, cortical neurobiology and commensal microbes in adult male offspring. Behav Brain Res. 2019 Feb 1;359:886-894. doi: 10.1016/j.bbr.2018.06.025.
Aten S, Page CE, Kalidindi A, Wheaton K, Niraula A, Godbout JP, Hoyt KR, Obrietan K. miR-132/212 is induced by stress and its dysregulation triggers anxiety-related behavior. Neuropharmacology. 2019 Jan;144:256-270. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2018.10.020.
Aten S, Page CE, Kalidindi A, Wheaton KL, Niraula A, Godbout JP, Hoyt KR, Obrietan K. Data highlighting the expression of two miR-132/212 target genes-Sirt1 and Pten-after chronic stress. Data Brief. 2018 Dec;21:2323-2329. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2018.11.042.
Lisboa SF, Niraula A, Resstel LB, Guimaraes FS, Godbout JP, Sheridan JF. Repeated social defeat-induced neuroinflammation, anxiety-like behavior and resistance to fear extinction were attenuated by the cannabinoid receptor agonist WIN55,212-2. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2018 Aug;43(9):1924-1933. doi: 10.1038/s41386-018-0064-2.
McKim DB, Weber MD, Niraula A, Sawicki CM, Liu X, Jarrett BL, Ramirez-Chan K, Wang Y, Roeth RM^, Sucaldito AD^, Sobol CG^, Quan N, Sheridan JF, Godbout JP. Microglial recruitment of IL-1尾-producing monocytes to brain endothelium causes stress-induced anxiety. Mol Psychiatry. 2018 Jun;23(6):1421-1431. doi: 10.1038/mp.2017.64.
Niraula A, Wang Y, Godbout JP, Sheridan JF. Corticosterone Production during Repeated Social Defeat Causes Monocyte Mobilization from the Bone Marrow, Glucocorticoid Resistance, and Neurovascular Adhesion Molecule Expression. J Neurosci. 2018 Feb 28;38(9):2328-2340. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2568-17.2018.
Niraula A, Sheridan JF, Godbout JP. Microglia Priming with Aging and Stress. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2017 Jan;42(1):318-333. doi: 10.1038/npp.2016.185.
McKim DB*, Niraula A*, Tarr AJ, Wohleb ES, Sheridan JF, Godbout JP. Neuroinflammatory Dynamics Underlie Memory Impairments after Repeated Social Defeat. J Neurosci. 2016 Mar 2;36(9):2590-604. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2394-15.2016.
Ramirez K, Niraula A, Sheridan JF. GABAergic modulation with classical benzodiazepines prevent stress-induced neuro-immune dysregulation and behavioral alterations. Brain Behav Immun. 2016 Jan;51:154-168. doi: 10.1016/j.bbi.2015.08.011.
Kelsey JE, Niraula A. Effects of acute and sub-chronic nicotine on impulsive choice in rats in a probabilistic delay-discounting task. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2013 Jun;227(3):385-92. doi: 10.1007/s00213-013-2984-1.
