Main areas of research:

Traumatic Brain Injury and Behavioral Pharmacology

Interests/keywords:

Behavior and Electrophysiology

Current title/position:

Post Doctoral Fellow

Current affiliation/employer:

Department of Neuroscience, Universiti Sains Malaysia.

PhD Advisor and University:

Defence Institute of Physiology and Allied Sciences, Delhi.

Postdoc Advisor and University:

Universiti Sains Malaysia

Publications:

1. Muthuraju S, Maiti P, Solanki P, Sharma AK, Amitabh, Prasad DN, Singh SB, Illavazhagan G, (2010). Cholinesterase inhibitors ameliorate learning deficits in rats following hypobaric hypoxia. (Accepted. Experimental Brain Research, Impact factor 2.15).
2. Muthuraju S, Maiti P, Solanki P, Sharma AK, Amitabh, Prasad DN, Singh SB, Illavazhagan G, (2009). Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors enhance cognitive functions of rats following hypobaric hypoxia. ( Behavioral Brain Research, Mar 28, 2009, Impact factor 3.1).
3. Maiti P, Muthuraju S, Ilavazhagan G, Singh SB. Hypobaric hypoxia induces dendritic plasticity in cortical and hippocampal pyramidal neurons in rat brain. Behav Brain Res. 2008 Jun 3;189(2):233-43. Impact factor 3.1)
4. Maiti P, Singh SB, Muthuraju S, Veleri S, Ilavazhagan G. Hypobaric hypoxia damages the hippocampal pyramidal neurons in the rat brain. Brain Res. 2007 Oct17;1175:1-9. . Impact factor 2.4
5. Jayalakshmi K, Singh SB, Kalpana B, Sairam M, Muthuraju S, Ilavazhagan G. N-acetyl cysteine supplementation prevents impairment of spatial working memory functions in rats following exposure to hypobaric hypoxia. Physiol Behav. 2007 Nov 23;92(4):643-50. . Impact factor 2.8
6. Maiti P, Singh SB, Sharma AK, Muthuraju S, Banerjee PK, Ilavazhagan G. Hypobaric hypoxia induces oxidative stress in rat brain. Neurochem Int. 2006 Dec;49(8):709-16. Epub 2006 Sep 5 . Impact factor 3.2.
7. Maiti P, Singh SB, Mallick B, Muthuraju S, Ilavazhagan G.High altitude memory impairment is due to neuronal apoptosis in hippocampus, cortex and striatum.J Chem Neuroanat. 2008 Jul 15 . Impact factor 2.5.