Dr. Justin A
Assistant Professor
Pharmacology
Jagadguru Sri Shivarathreeswara University
India
Biography
He was working as Assistant Professor in the years 2011 - 2015 in PSG College Pharmacy, Coimbatore. He has done his doctoral research in neuropharmacology especially in the area of brain angiotensin system and cerebral ischemia. He has well trained in animal surgical ischemic models, gene expression studies and immunohistochemistry techniques. His area of research interest is cerebral ischemia, neuroinflammation and excitotoxicity. He secured gold medal, excellence in pharmacology award from Dr.MGR Medical University for his post graduation. He has research publications with cumulative impact factors of 12.41. So far he has guided four post graduate thesis work and presented 5 research papers in reputed conferences. Currently he is working in the area of development of new molecules to target PGC-1alpha signaling activation through PPAR-gamma agonism targeting neuroinflammation and neurodegenerative disorders. He is the life time member of Society of Neurochemistry, India.
Research Interest
Pharmacology
Publications
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Ramanathan M, Justin A, Low dose of L-glutamic acid attenuated the neurological dysfunctions and excitotoxicity in bilateral common carotid artery occluded mice. Behavioural Pharmacology 2016.
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Ramanathan M, Justin A, Comparison of pre- and post-ischemic treatment of telmisartan and nimodipine combination in experimentally induced cerebral ischemiaIndian Journal of Experimental Biology 2016.
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Jawahar N, Justin A, Enhanced Brain Targeting Efficacy of Olanzapine Through Solid Lipid Nanoparticles. Artificial Cells, Nanomedicine and Biotechnology 2017.
