Professor, Comparative Biosciences
Research: Neurobiology of Cognitive Function in Aging and Pathophysiology of Neuropsychiatric Disorders

Additional Campus Affiliations

Head, Comparative Biosciences
Professor, Comparative Biosciences
Affiliate, Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology

Recent Publications

Fuhr, A., Roediger, R., Simelitidis, M., Gamper-Tsigaras, J., Templin, M., Kormann, M., Antkowiak, B., Rudolph, U., Köhler, D., Rosenberger, P., Ngamsri, K. C., & Konrad, F. M. (2025). Regulation of neutrophil migration in acute pulmonary inflammation by extraneuronal α1 gamma-aminobutyric acidA receptors. Cell Death and Disease, 16(1), Article 313. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41419-025-07488-1

Kambali, M., Li, Y., Unichenko, P., Feria Pliego, J. A., Yadav, R., Liu, J., McGuinness, P., Cobb, J. G., Wang, M., Nagarajan, R., Lyu, J., Vongsouthi, V., Jackson, C. J., Engin, E., Coyle, J. T., Shin, J., Hodgson, N. W., Hensch, T. K., Talkowski, M. E., ... Rudolph, U. (2025). An increased copy number of glycine decarboxylase (GLDC) associated with psychosis reduces extracellular glycine and impairs NMDA receptor function. Molecular Psychiatry, 30(3), 927-942. Article 6388. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41380-024-02711-5

Nagarajan, R., Zhang, H., Lyu, J., Kambali, M., Wang, M., & Rudolph, U. (2025). Intranasal Insulin Mitigates Memory Impairment and Neuroinflammation in a Mouse Model of Hippocampal Aging. Pharmacology Research and Perspectives, 13(6), Article e70186. https://doi.org/10.1002/prp2.70186

Nagarajan, R., Lyu, J., Kambali, M., Wang, M., Pearce, R. A., & Rudolph, U. (2025). Noncanonical sustained actions of propofol reverse surgery-induced microglial activation and cognitive impairment in aged mice. PNAS Nexus, 4(7), Article pgaf213. https://doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgaf213

Wang, M., Kambali, M., Lyu, J., Nagarajan, R., & Rudolph, U. (2025). Glycine Reverses Behavioral Deficits in a Mouse Model for Psychosis With 4 Copies of the Gldc Gene. Pharmacology Research and Perspectives, 13(6), Article e70202. https://doi.org/10.1002/prp2.70202

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