Areas of Interest
Neurobiology of learning and memory, Neuronal basis of sleep-wake cycles, Glial-Neuronal interaction in guiding behavioural output, Neurodegeneration, Bioinformatics
Honors & Awards
- Harvard-LMU Young Scientist Forum nomination (2021)
- Michigan Neuroscience Institute (MNI) Postdoctoral Award (2023)
- Strategic India Internship at NUS, Singapore (2018)
- INSPIRE Fellow, Department of Science & Technology, Government of India (2014 - 2019)
Credentials
- Ph.D., Neuroscience, Graduate School of Systemic Neurosciences (GSN-LMU), Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
- Integrated M.Sc., National Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhubaneswar
Published Articles or Reviews
- Pradhan, A. K., Rupprecht, R., Rammes, G. Translocator protein and neurodegeneration: insights from Alzheimer’s disease. Neural Regeneration Research 10.4103/NRR.NRR-D-24-00246, June 03, 2024. | DOI: 10.4103/NRR.NRR-D-24-00246.
- Pradhan, A.K., Neumüller, T., Klug, C. et al. Chronic administration of XBD173 ameliorates cognitive deficits and neuropathology via 18 kDa translocator protein (TSPO) in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease. Transl Psychiatry 13, 332 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-023-02630-z.
- Pradhan, A. K., Shi, Q., Tartler, K. J. Rammes, G. Quantification of astrocytic synaptic pruning in mouse hippocampal slices in response to ex vivo AB treatment via colocalization analysis with C1q. STAR Protoc. 3, 101687 (2022).
- R Rupprecht, AK Pradhan, M Kufner, LM Brunner, C Nothdurfter, S Wein. Neurosteroids and translocator protein 18 kDa (TSPO) in depression: implications for synaptic plasticity, cognition, and treatment options. European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience 273 (7), 1477-1487.