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Kiran Kumar Akula
Researcher at Panjab University, Chandigarh
Publications - 23
Citations - 656
Kiran Kumar Akula is an academic researcher from Panjab University, Chandigarh. The author has contributed to research in topics: Pentylenetetrazol & Seizure threshold. The author has an hindex of 12, co-authored 23 publications receiving 584 citations. Previous affiliations of Kiran Kumar Akula include University of Houston.
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Potentials of curcumin as an antidepressant.
TL;DR: The pharmacological profile along with molecular mechanisms of the antidepressant effect of curcumin in animal models of depression are discussed, with a need for clinical trials in order to explore the antidepressant efficacy and safety profile ofCurcumin.
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Ketogenic diet prevents epileptogenesis and disease progression in adult mice and rats.
Theresa A. Lusardi,Kiran Kumar Akula,Shayla Q. Coffman,David N. Ruskin,Susan A. Masino,Detlev Boison +5 more
TL;DR: It is demonstrated that a high fat low carbohydrate ketogenic diet prevented disease progression in two mechanistically different models of epilepsy, and an epigenetic mechanism underlying the therapeutic effects is suggested.
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Rofecoxib, a selective cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) inhibitor increases pentylenetetrazol seizure threshold in mice: possible involvement of adenosinergic mechanism.
TL;DR: The study for the first time demonstrated the possible involvement of adenosinergic system in the anticonvulsant effects of rofecoxib against PTZ i.v. seizure threshold paradigm in mice.
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Effect of Withania somnifera Dunal root extract against pentylenetetrazol seizure threshold in mice: possible involvement of GABAergic system.
TL;DR: The results suggested that the anticonvulsant effect of W. somnifera against PTZ seizure threshold paradigm involved the GABAAergic modulation.
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Nitric oxide signaling pathway in the anti-convulsant effect of adenosine against pentylenetetrazol-induced seizure threshold in mice
TL;DR: The results demonstrated that the anti-convulsant action ofAdenosine in the pentylenetetrazol i.v. seizure threshold paradigm may possibly involve an interaction with the L-arginine-NO-cGMP pathway which may be secondary to the activation of adenosine receptors.