Amutha Selvamani, PhD

Research Assistant Professor
Contact
Department of Neuroscience & Experimental Therapeutics
8447 Riverside Pkwy
2102 Medical Research and Education Building
Bryan
, TX
77807
Phone: 979.436.0380
Fax: 979.436.0086
Education and Training
- University of Madras, MS, Molecular Biology
- Texas Women's University, PhD, Molecular Biology (Neuroscience)
- Texas A&M University, Postdoctoral Fellow
Research Interests
- My research focuses primarily on IGF-1 and microRNA's (miRNA's) role in Stroke and their potential role as therapeutics post stroke. I have used miRNA profiling studies to assist discover various expression levels of post-stroke miRNA, stratified by age and sex. Additionally, my expertise lies in, in vivo miRNA delivery, miRNA profiling studies in circulation and brain tissue, biostatistical analysis, in situ hybridizations and animal behavioral assays. In order to better understand the sexual dimorphisms that underlie stroke pathophysiology, most of my research has included both females and males to evaluate the severity of stroke, effect of miRNA treatment or mechanisms underlying neuroprotection.
- Other research interests in the recent past have also included understanding the effect of stroke on alcohol intake and ow shift work affects pathological outcomes following stroke. In my short and long-term future, I would like to focus my research towards women's health issues especially towards a) Stroke related neuronal injury and functional impairment in the aging and aged females b) Mechanistic differences underlying sexual dimorphism in miRNA treatment and c) Potential therapeutic intervention post-stroke.
Representative Publications
- Selvamani A and Sohrabji F. (2017). MiR-363 improves stroke outcome in females but not male rats. Neurochem. Int. Jul; 107:168-181. PMCID: PMC5398946.
- Selvamani A, Williams MH, Miranda RC, Sohrabji F. (2014). Circulating miRNA profiles provide a biomarker for severity of stroke outcomes associated with age and sex in a rat model. Clinic Science (Lond), 127:77-89. PMCID: PMC4386587.
- Selvamani A, Sathyan P, Miranda RC, and Sohrabji F. (2012). An antagomir to microRNA Let7f promotes neuroprotection in an ischemic stroke model. PLoS One, 7(2):e32662. PMCID: PMC3290559.
- Selvamani A and Sohrabji F. (2010). Reproductive age modulates the impact of focal ischemia on the forebrain as well as the effects of estrogen treatment in female rats. Neurobiology of Aging, 31:1618-1628. PMCID: PMC2909345.
- Selvamani A and Sohrabji F. (2010). The neurotoxic effects of estrogen on ischemic stroke in older female rats is associated with age-dependent loss of insulin-like growth factor-1. Journal of Neuroscience, 30:6852-6861. PMCID: PMC2887690.