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Lakshmi Radhakrishnan

Researcher at University of Pittsburgh

Publications -  15
Citations -  499

Lakshmi Radhakrishnan is an academic researcher from University of Pittsburgh. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Emergency department. The author has an hindex of 3, co-authored 3 publications receiving 340 citations.

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Distribution of Brain HIV Load in AIDS

TL;DR: Assessment of overall brain viral load requires careful attention to regional quantitation, and selective regions, including basal ganglia and hippocampus, showed higher levels of virus than the cerebellar cortex and mid‐frontal cortical gray matter.
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HIV mediates a productive infection of the brain.

TL;DR: HIV mediates a productive infection of brain macrophages/microglia and there was no evidence supporting the hypothesis of substantial neuronal or macroglial infection, or evidence of substantial proviral burden prior to the development of productive infection.
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Pediatric Emergency Department Visits Associated with Mental Health Conditions Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic - United States, January 2019-January 2022.

TL;DR: CDC examined changes in U.S. pediatric ED visits for overall mental health conditions (MHCs) and ED visits associated with specific MHCs (depression; anxiety; disruptive behavioral and impulse-control disorders; attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder; trauma and stressor-related disorders; bipolar disorders; eating disorders; tic disorders; and obsessive-compulsive disorders) during 2019 through January 2022.
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Damage and repair of DNA in HIV encephalitis.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the brains from 15 AIDS autopsies for the presence of DNA strand breaks, for associated changes in the expression of the DNA repair enzymes KU80 and Poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP), and for accumulation of amyloid precursor protein (APP).