Nilmini Viswaprakash - One Medicine One Health at Tuskegee

Nilmini Viswaprakash - One Medicine One Health at Tuskegee

College of Veterinary Medicine, Nursing, & Allied Health
Assistant
Professor
Nilmini Viswaprakash
Department of Biomedical Sciences
Phone: 334-724 4918
Fax: 334-727-8177
E-mail: [email protected]
EDUCATION/TRAINING
Institution and Location
Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama
Annamalai University, India
University of Madras, India
TEACHING
Degree
PhD
MSc
BSc
Graduation
Year
2006
1990
1988
Major
Biomedical Sciences
Marine Biology
Biology
Tuskegee University : Histology , Anatomy and Physiology
Columbus Technical College: Anatomy, Physiology
• University of Phoenix: Life Sciences
RESEARCH INTERESTS
• Neuropathology of Dietary Mercury
• Enhancement of Olfaction
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
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Insulin treatment restores glutamate (α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid)
receptor function in the hippocampus of diabetic rats Nilmini Viswaprakash1, Thirumalini
Vaithianathan, Ajitan Viswaprakash, Robert Judd, Kodeeswaran Parameshwaran and Vishnu
Suppiramaniam, Journal of Neuroscience Research 93:14 42–1450 (2015).
PPARγ Activation Improves the Molecular and Functional Components of Ito Remodeling by
Angiotensin II, Gayani Nanayakkara, Nilmini Viswaprakash, Juming Zhong, Thiruchelvan
Kariharan, John Quindry, and Rajesh Amin, Current Pharm Des (2013) PMID 23323617.
Geetha T, Vishwaprakash N, Sycheva M, Babu JR. Sequestosome 1 / p62: Across diseases.
Biomarkers 2012; 17: 99-103.
Sequestosome 1 / p62, a scaffolding protein, is a newly identified partner of IRS-1. Thangiah Geetha,
Chen Zheng, Nilmini Vishwaprakash, "Tom L. Broderick”. Journal of Biological Chemistry,
JBC/2011/322404.
Odorant Response Kinetics from Cultured Mouse Olfactory Epithelium at Different Ages in vitro.
Nilmini Viswaprakash and Eleanor M. Josephson et. al. Cells Tissues Organs 2010.
10.1159/000319468.
Enhancement of Odorant-Induced Responses in Olfactory Receptor Neurons by Zinc Nano- particles
Nilmini Viswaprakash, John C. Dennis, et.al Chem. Senses 34: 547–557, 2009.
SERVICE ACTIVITIES
• Committee Member: TUSVM Phi Zeta