Nayana Wijayawardhane
Senior Lecturer, Head of the Department
Department of Basic Veterinary Sciences
University of Peradeniya
Sri Lanka
Biography
BVSc (Sri Lanka),PhD (Auburn).
Research Interest
Veterinary Clinical Pharmacology, Neuroscience -synaptic mechanisms of learning and memory.
Publications
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Nayana Wijayawardhane, Thirumalini Vaithianathan, Brian C Shonesy, Julia Vaglenova, Alexander Dityatev, Vishnu Suppiramaniam (2007). AMELIORATING EFFECTS OF PREADOLESCENT ANIRACETAM TREATMENT ON PRENATAL ETHANOL-INDUCED IMPAIRMENT IN AMPA RECEPTOR ACTIVITY. Neurobilogy of Disease. 2008 Jan;29(1):81-91.
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J. Vaglenova, K.A.N. Wijayawardhane, N.M. Pandiella, T. Vaithianathan, S. Birru, C.R. Breese, V. Suppiramaniam, R. Clark (2007) ANIRACETAM REVERSED LEARNING AND MEMORY DEFICITS FOLLOWING PRENATAL ETHANOL EXPOSURE BY MODULATING FUNCTIONS OF AMPA RECEPTORS. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2008 Apr;33(5):1071-83.
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Nayana Wijayawardhane, Brian C Shonesy, Julia Vaglenova, Thirumalini Vaithianathan, Mark Carpenter, Charles R Breese, Alexander Dityatev, Vishnu Suppiramaniam (2007). POSTNATAL ANIRACETAM TREATMENT IMPROVES PRENATAL ETHANOL INDUCED ATTENUATION OF AMPA RECEPTOR MEDIATED SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION. Neurobiology of Disease. 2007 Jun;26(3):696-706
