P.S. MohanKumar, BVSc, PhD
Assistant Professor
B-336 Life Sciences
East Lansing MI 48823-1317
Phone: (517) 353-2251
E-mail: mohankumar@cvm.msu.edu
Education and Training:
PhD, Neuroendocrinology, Kansas State University, 1997
BVSc, Madras Veterinary College, Madras, India, 1988
Research Interests:
- Neuroendocrinology of reproductive aging
- Neuroendocrinology of diabetes
- Neuro-immune interactions
Recent Publications:
Francis J, MohanKumar SM, and MohanKumar PS. Correlations of norepinephrine release in the paraventricular nucleus with plasma corticosterone and leptin after systemic lipopolysaccharide: blockade by soluble IL-1 receptor. Brain Research. 867:180-187, 2000.
Francis J, MohanKumar PS, and MohanKumar SM. Lipopolysaccharide stimulates norepinephrine efflux from the rat hypothalamus in vitro: blockade by soluble IL-1 receptor. Neuroscience Letters. 308:71-74, 2001.
MohanKumar PS, MohanKumar SM, Quadri SK, and Voogt JL. Effects of chronic hypoprolactinemia on tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) mRNA levels, TH activity and median eminence dopamine concentrations in aging rats. Journal of Neuroendocrinology. 13:261-269, 2001.
MohanKumar SM and MohanKumar PS. Effects of interleukin-1ß on the steroid-induced luteinizing hormone surge: Role of norepinephrine in the medial preoptic area. Brain Research Bulletin. 58:405-409, 2002.
MohanKumar SM, Smith CL, and MohanKumar PS. Central adaptation to chronic administration of interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta) in rats. Brain Res. Bull. 62(1):71-6, 2003.
MohanKumar SM and MohanKumar PS. Aging alters norepinephrine release in the medial preoptic area in response to steroid priming in ovariectomized rats. Brain Res. 1023(1):24-30, 2004.
Clark KA, MohanKumar SM, Kasturi BS, and MohanKumar PS. Effects of central and systemic administration of leptin on neurotransmitter concentrations in specific areas of the hypothalamus. Am. J. Physiol. Regul. Integr. Comp. Physiol. 290(2):R306-12, 2005.
MohanKumar SM and MohanKumar PS. Systemic Interleukin-1beta stimulates the simultaneous release of norepinephrine in the paraventricular nucleus and the median eminence. Brain Res. Bull. 65(5):451-6, 2005.
Sirivelu MP, MohanKumar SM, Wagner JG, Harkema JR, and MohanKumar PS. Activation of the Stress Axis and Neurochemical Alterations in Specific Brain Areas by Concentrated Ambient Particle Exposure with Concomitant Allergic Airway Disease. Environ. Health Perspect. doi:10.1289/ehp.8619, 2006.
Crespi EJ, Steckler TL, Mohankumar PS, and Padmanabhan V. Prenatal exposure to excess testosterone modifies the developmental trajectory of the igf system in female sheep. J. Physiol. 2006.
