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  1. Prenatal stress mediates tissue specific programming of 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 expression in diet-induced obese and dietary resistant rats

    Article • August 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Sheba MohanKumar

  2. Prenatal Exposure to Bisphenol A and/or Diethylhexyl Phthalate Impacts Brain Monoamine Levels in Rat Offspring

    Article • Journal of Xenobiotics, August 2024, MDPI AG

    Sheba MohanKumar

  3. Branched-Chain Amino Acids Are Linked with Alzheimer’s Disease-Related Pathology and Cognitive Deficits

    Article • Cells, November 2022, MDPI AG

    Sheba MohanKumar

  4. Evaluation of the Central Effects of Systemic Lentiviral-Mediated Leptin Delivery in Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Rats

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, December 2021, MDPI AG

    Sheba MohanKumar

  5. Prenatal exposure to bisphenols affects pregnancy outcomes and offspring development in rats

    Article • Chemosphere, August 2021, Elsevier

    Sheba MohanKumar

  6. Independent and combined effects of Bisphenol A and Diethylhexyl Phthalate on gestational outcomes and offspring development in Sprague-Dawley rats

    Article • Chemosphere, January 2021, Elsevier

    Sheba MohanKumar

  7. Metformin effectively restores the HPA axis function in diet-induced obese rats

    Article • International Journal of Obesity, September 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Sheba MohanKumar

  8. Oleic acid stimulates monoamine efflux through PPAR-α: Differential effects in diet-induced obesity

    Article • Life Sciences, August 2020, Elsevier

    Sheba MohanKumar

  9. Responsiveness of hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis to leptin is impaired in diet-induced obese rats

    Article • Nutrition and Diabetes, March 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Sheba MohanKumar

  10. Leptin and HPA axis activity in diabetic rats: Effects of adrenergic agonists

    Article • Brain Research, March 2019, Elsevier

    Sheba MohanKumar

  11. Chronic estrogen affects TIDA neurons through IL-1β and NO: effects of aging

    Article • Journal of Endocrinology, February 2019, Bioscientifica

    Sheba MohanKumar

  12. Low-dose exposure to estradiol on a long-term basis affects the heart, behavior and reproduction.

    Article • Reproduction, September 2018, Bioscientifica

    Sheba MohanKumar

  13. Chronic exposure to low doses of estradiol-17ß increases blood pressure in young female rats: A possible role for central Endothelin-1

    Article • Scientific Reports, March 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Sheba MohanKumar

  14. Effects of prenatal bisphenol-A exposure and postnatal overfeeding on cardiovascular function in female sheep

    Article • Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease, November 2016, Cambridge University Press

    Sheba MohanKumar

  15. Chronic estrogen exposure affects gene expression in the rostral ventrolateral medulla of young and aging rats: Possible role in hypertension

    Article • Brain Research, November 2015, Elsevier

    Sheba MohanKumar

  16. Differential effects of prenatal stress on metabolic programming in diet-induced obese and dietary-resistant rats

    Article • AJP Endocrinology and Metabolism, September 2015, American Physiological Society

    Sheba MohanKumar

  17. Liraglutide Improves Hypertension and Metabolic Perturbation in a Rat Model of Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome

    Article • PLOS One, May 2015, PLOS

    Sheba MohanKumar

  18. Chronic estradiol treatment decreases Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) expression and monoamine levels in the amygdala – Implications for behavioral disorders

    Article • Behavioural Brain Research, March 2014, Elsevier

    Sheba MohanKumar

  19. Chronic exposures to low levels of estradiol and their effects on the ovaries and reproductive hormones: Comparison with aging

    Article • Endocrine Disruptors, January 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Sheba MohanKumar

  20. Differential effects of inhalation exposure to PM2.5 on hypothalamic monoamines and corticotrophin releasing hormone in lean and obese rats

    Article • NeuroToxicology, May 2013, Elsevier

    Sheba MohanKumar

  21. Chronic estradiol-17β exposure suppresses hypothalamic norepinephrine release and the steroid-induced luteinizing hormone surge: Role of nitration of tyrosine hydroxylase

    Article • Brain Research, February 2013, Elsevier

    Sheba MohanKumar

  22. Interleukin-1 beta simultaneously affects the stress and reproductive axes by modulating norepinephrine levels in different brain areas

    Article • Life Sciences, October 2012, Elsevier

    Sheba MohanKumar

  23. High Fat Diet Affects Reproductive Functions in Female Diet-Induced Obese and Dietary Resistant Rats

    Article • Journal of Neuroendocrinology, April 2012, Wiley

    Sheba MohanKumar

  24. Differential effects of systemic interleukin-1β on gene expression in brainstem noradrenergic nuclei

    Article • Life Sciences, January 2012, Elsevier

    Sheba MohanKumar

  25. Neuroendocrine Regulation of Adaptive Mechanisms in Livestock

    Article • January 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Sheba MohanKumar

  26. Chronic estradiol-17β exposure increases superoxide production in the rostral ventrolateral medulla and causes hypertension: reversal by resveratrol

    Article • AJP Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology, June 2011, American Physiological Society

    Sheba MohanKumar

  27. Chronic estradiol exposure induces oxidative stress in the hypothalamus to decrease hypothalamic dopamine and cause hyperprolactinemia

    Article • AJP Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology, March 2011, American Physiological Society

    Sheba MohanKumar

  28. Chronic exposure to a high-fat diet affects stress axis function differentially in diet-induced obese and diet-resistant rats

    Article • International Journal of Obesity, March 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Sheba MohanKumar

  29. Chronic Exposure to Low Levels of Oestradiol-17β Affects Oestrous Cyclicity, Hypothalamic Norepinephrine and Serum Luteinising Hormone in Young Intact Rats

    Article • Journal of Neuroendocrinology, May 2009, Wiley

    Sheba MohanKumar

  30. Interaction between GABA and norepinephrine in interleukin-1β-induced suppression of the luteinizing hormone surge

    Article • Brain Research, January 2009, Elsevier

    Sheba MohanKumar

  31. Effect of L-dopa on interleukin-1 -induced suppression of luteinizing hormone secretion in intact female rats

    Article • Human Reproduction, December 2008, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Sheba MohanKumar

  32. Particulate matter, oxidative stress and neurotoxicity

    Article • NeuroToxicology, May 2008, Elsevier

    Sheba MohanKumar

  33. Systemic administration of leptin decreases plasma corticosterone levels: Role of hypothalamic norepinephrine

    Article • Brain Research, February 2008, Elsevier

    Sheba MohanKumar

  34. Developmental programming of cardiovascular disorders: Focus on hypertension

    Article • Reviews in Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders, August 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Sheba MohanKumar

  35. Human Adenovirus 36 Induces Adiposity, Increases Insulin Sensitivity, and Alters Hypothalamic Monoamines in Rats*

    Article • Obesity, November 2006, Wiley

    Sheba MohanKumar

  36. Activation of the Stress Axis and Neurochemical Alterations in Specific Brain Areas by Concentrated Ambient Particle Exposure with Concomitant Allergic Airway Disease

    Article • Environmental Health Perspectives, June 2006, Environmental Health Perspectives

    Sheba MohanKumar

  37. Effects of central and systemic administration of leptin on neurotransmitter concentrations in specific areas of the hypothalamus

    Article • AJP Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology, February 2006, American Physiological Society

    Sheba MohanKumar

  38. Systemic Interleukin-1β stimulates the simultaneous release of norepinephrine in the paraventricular nucleus and the median eminence

    Article • Brain Research Bulletin, May 2005, Elsevier

    Sheba MohanKumar

  39. Aging alters norepinephrine release in the medial preoptic area in response to steroid priming in ovariectomized rats

    Article • Brain Research, October 2004, Elsevier

    Sheba MohanKumar

  40. Leptin inhibits norepinephrine efflux from the hypothalamus in vitro: role of gamma aminobutyric acid

    Article • Brain Research, September 2004, Elsevier

    Sheba MohanKumar

  41. Central adaptation to chronic administration of interleukin-1β (IL-1β) in rats

    Article • Brain Research Bulletin, November 2003, Elsevier

    Sheba MohanKumar

  42. Neuroendocrine effects of perfluorooctane sulfonate in rats.

    Article • Environmental Health Perspectives, September 2003, Environmental Health Perspectives

    Sheba MohanKumar

  43. Diabetes-induced neuroendocrine changes in rats: role of brain monoamines, insulin and leptin

    Article • Brain Research, February 2003, Elsevier

    Sheba MohanKumar

  44. Effects of interleukin-1β on the steroid-induced luteinizing hormone surge: Role of norepinephrine in the medial preoptic area

    Article • Brain Research Bulletin, August 2002, Elsevier

    Sheba MohanKumar

  45. Lipopolysaccharide stimulates norepinephrine efflux from the rat hypothalamus in vitro: blockade by soluble IL-1 receptor

    Article • Neuroscience Letters, August 2001, Elsevier

    Sheba MohanKumar

  46. Deprenyl stimulates the efflux of monoamines from the rat hypothalamus in vitro

    Article • Brain Research Bulletin, April 2001, Elsevier

    Sheba MohanKumar

  47. Effects of Chronic Bromocriptine Treatment on Tyrosine Hydroxylase (TH) mRNA Expression, TH Activity and Median Eminence Dopamine Concentrations in Ageing Rats

    Article • Journal of Neuroendocrinology, March 2001, Wiley

    Sheba MohanKumar

  48. Correlations of norepinephrine release in the paraventricular nucleus with plasma corticosterone and leptin after systemic lipopolysaccharide: blockade by soluble IL-1 receptor

    Article • Brain Research, June 2000, Elsevier

    Sheba MohanKumar

  49. Effects of bacterial lipopolysaccharide on central monoamines and fever in the rat: involvement of the vagus

    Article • Neuroscience Letters, April 2000, Elsevier

    Sheba MohanKumar

  50. Systemic administration of lipopolysaccharide increases plasma leptin levels

    Article • Endocrine, June 1999, Springer Science + Business Media

    Sheba MohanKumar

  51. Lipopolysaccharide-induced changes in monoamines in specific areas of the brain: blockade by interleukin-1 receptor antagonist1Preliminary results were presented at the Experimental Biology meeting, Atlanta, GA, USA, 1995.1

    Article • Brain Research, April 1999, Elsevier

    Sheba MohanKumar

  52. Specificity of interleukin–1β-induced changes in monoamine concentrations in hypothalamic nuclei: blockade by interleukin-1 receptor antagonist

    Article • Brain Research Bulletin, September 1998, Elsevier

    Sheba MohanKumar

  53. Effects of Chronic Hyperprolactinemia on Tuberoinfundibular Dopaminergic Neurons

    Article • Experimental Biology and Medicine, April 1998, SAGE Publications

    Sheba MohanKumar

  54. Responsiveness of Tuberoinfundibular Dopaminergic Neurons to 5-Hydroxytryptophan: Effects of Aging

    Article • Endocrine, January 1998, Springer Science + Business Media

    Sheba MohanKumar

  55. DEPRENYL STIMULATES THE RELEASE OF LUTEINIZING HORMONE FROM THE PITUITARY IN VITRO

    Article • Life Sciences, September 1997, Elsevier

    Sheba MohanKumar

  56. Chronic Hyperprolactinemia and Changes in Dopamine Neurons

    Article • Brain Research Bulletin, January 1997, Elsevier

    Sheba MohanKumar