Research Activity
- Stem cell therapy for Stroke and mechanisms of neuroprotection.
- Strategies for mitochondria protection in stroke
- Co-morbidity and Stroke
- Endocrine regulation in Stroke.
- Drug Repurposing for Stroke.
- Targeted brain drug delivery for Stroke
- To assess patterning of axonal projections after Spinal Cord Injury (SCI)
- Study the cross-talk between the neurons and newly formed blood vessels after SCI
- To screen NCE/Biomaterials/Nanotechnology in animal models of SCI (Contusion/Compression/Hemisection)
- To check the role of extracellular matrix protein in Intervertebral Disc Disease degeneration (IVDD) of the intervertebral discs in the spine
- To screen NCE/Biomaterials/Nanotechnology in animal models of IVDD (Spine instability/lumbar/Coccygeal)
- Assessing the role of TRPV Ion Channels in animal models of Parkinson’s Disease and SCI
- Drug Development and Screening of anti-cancer therapeutics in animal models (breast and oral cancer)
- Drug Development and Screening of anti- Parkinson’s therapeutics in animal models (MPTP/Rotenone)
- Development of novel therapeutics for the treatment of spontaneous ongoing pain devoid of drug addiction
- Cellular & molecular mechanisms involved in chronic neuropathic pain and associated CNS co-morbidities
Faculty
| Name | Designation |
|---|---|
| Dr. Pallab Bhattacharya | Associate Professor |
| Dr. Hemant Kumar | Assistant Professor |
Post Doctoral Fellow
| Name | Designation |
|---|---|
| - | - |
Instruments
- Cerebral Blood
Doppler Flowmeter - Cerebral Oximeter
- Blood Gas
Analyser - Small Animal
Ventilator - Microinjector
- Invasive Blood
Pressure Instrument - Power Lab
- High Resolution
Respirometer - Automated hematology
analyzer - Automated clinical
biochemical analyzer - Biopac physiology
monitor - Digital Plethysmometer
- Non-invasive blood
pressure analyzer - Behavioral instruments
(Rotarod,Grip Stregth,
Hargreaves/Hot-Cold Plate
/Randall-Sellito) - Microdialysis
system - Slit lamp
- Spinal Cord
Impactor - In vivo imaging
system (IVIS) - Automated paraffin
embedding system - Surgical
Microscopes - Operant Conditioing
Set up - Morris Water
Maze - Cryostat
- Microtome