Habituation is a basic form of implicit learning and represents a sensory filter that is disrupted
in autism, schizophrenia, and several other mental disorders. Despite extensive research …

The piriform cortex (PC) is richly innervated by corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) and
serotonin (5-HT) containing axons arising from central amygdala and Raphe nucleus. CRFR 1 …

It is not known why there is increased risk to have seizures with increased anxiety and
stress after traumatic brain injury (TBI). Stressors cause the release of corticotropin-releasing …

Anxiety and stress increase the frequency of epileptic seizures. These behavioral states
induce the secretion of corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF), a 40–amino acid neuropeptide …

The inhibition of excitatory (pyramidal) neurons directly dampens their activity resulting in a
suppression of neural network output. The inhibition of inhibitory cells is more complex. …

… Finally, I owe an enormous debt of gratitude to my dear wife, Prathima Chakravarthi Narla
for her words of encouragement and moral support throughout these years. Without her love …

Figure 1 of the article by Birjandian et al.(2013) contained a minor error in the legend, which
we hereby rectify. In the original figure legend panel (C) is described as two examples of …

Fast spiking (FS) parvalbumin expressing cells are one of the three major subpopulations of
GABAergic interneurons. They generally show a consistent set of electrophysiological …

… And lastly Chakravarthi Narla, thank you for spending countless hours with me in the lab,
assisting in surgery and kindling, and for taming any wild animals. Without assistance from my …

Chromatin remodeling proteins regulate multiple aspects of cell homeostasis, making them
ideal candidates for misregulation in transformed cells. Here, we explore Sin3A, a member of …