Additional Campus Affiliations
Head, Comparative Biosciences
Professor, Comparative Biosciences
Affiliate, Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
Recent Publications
Kambali, M., & Rudolph, U. (2026). Glycine decarboxylase as a novel regulator of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor function: Implications for pathophysiology of schizophrenia. Neural Regeneration Research, 21(7), 2950-2951. https://doi.org/10.4103/NRR.NRR-D-25-00318
Kambali, M., Wang, M., Nagarajan, R., Lyu, J., & Rudolph, U. (2026). Lactate restores PGC1α and BDNF expression rescuing cognitive impairments in a mouse model for schizophrenia. Behavioural Brain Research, 505, Article 116111. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2026.116111
Lyu, J., Nagarajan, R., Sharmin, D., Mondal, P., Kambali, M., Wang, M., Zhou, J., Inoue, M., Cook, J. M., & Rudolph, U. (2026). Prevention of microglial activation and postoperative cognitive deficits by positive allosteric modulation of α5-GABAA receptors. British Journal of Pharmacology, 183(16), 4836-4854. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/bph.70474
Nagarajan, R., Lyu, J., George, J. C., Rudolph, U., & Engin, E. (2026). The role of GABAA receptors in hippocampus-dependent cognitive functions. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 186, Article 106659. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2026.106659
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