Academic Title:
Research Associate
Primary Appointment:
Emergency Medicine
Email:
Location:
655 west Baltimore st
Education and Training
2008–2013 B. Pharm., University of Kashmir, Kashmir, India
2014–2016 M. Pharm. (Pharmacology), Punjab Technical University, Kapurthala, India
2017–2021 Ph.D. (Pharmacy), JSS Academy of Higher Education & Research, Mysore, India
2018–2019 Postgraduate Diploma in Regulatory Toxicology, JSS Academy of Higher Education & Research, Mysore, India
Research/Clinical Keywords
Microparticles, Hyperbaric gas physiology, Neuropathology, Glymphatics
Highlighted Publications
- Bhat AR, Arya AK, Bhopale VM, Imtiyaz Z, Xu S, Bedir D, et al. Persistent neuroinflammation and functional deficits in a murine model of decompression sickness. J Appl Physiol. E-pub ahead of print April 25, 2024. doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.00097.2024
- Thom SR, Bhopale VM, Bhat AR, Arya AK, Ruhela D, Qiao G, et al. Neuroinflammation with increased glymphatic flow in a murine model of decompression sickness. J Neurophysiol. 2023 Mar 1;129(3):662-671. doi: 10.1152/jn.00005.2023. Epub 2023 Feb 8
- Imtiyaz Z, Bhopale VM, Arya AK, Bhat AR, Thom SR. Microparticles in human perspiration as an inflammatory response index. Diagnostics. 2024;14(12):1293. doi:10.3390/diagnostics14121293
- Arya AK, Balestra C, Bhopale VM, Tuominen LJ, Sokolowski AR, Dugrenot E, L’Her E, Bhat AR, et al. Elevations of extracellular vesicles and inflammatory biomarkers in closed circuit SCUBA divers. Int J Mol Sci. 2023 Mar 22;24(6):5969. doi: 10.3390/ijms24065969
- Thom SR, Bhopale VM, Arya AK, Ruhela D, Bhat AR, Mitra N, et al. Blood-borne microparticles are an inflammatory stimulus in type 2 diabetes mellitus. ImmunoHorizons. 2023;7(1):71-80. doi:10.4049/immunohorizons.2200099.
- Bhat A, Bishir M, Pandi-Perumal SR, Chang SL, Chidambaram SB. Roflumilast, a phosphodiesterase-4 inhibitor, ameliorates sleep deprivation-induced cognitive dysfunction in C57BL/6J mice. ACS Chem Neurosci. 2022 Jul;13(13):1938-1947. doi: 10.1021/acschemneuro.2c00127.
- Bhat A, Tan V, Heng B, Chow S, Basappa S, Essa MM, et al. Papaverine, a phosphodiesterase 10A inhibitor, ameliorates quinolinic acid-induced synaptotoxicity in human cortical neurons. Neurotox Res. 2021 Aug;39(4):1238-1250. doi: 10.1007/s12640-021-00368-4
- Bhat A, Tan V, Heng B, Lovejoy DB, Sakharkar MK, Essa MM, et al. Roflumilast, a cAMP-specific phosphodiesterase-4 inhibitor, reduces oxidative stress and improves synapse functions in human cortical neurons exposed to the excitotoxin quinolinic acid. ACS Chem Neurosci. 2020 Dec 16;11(24):4405-4415. Epub 2020 Dec 1. doi:10.1021/acschemneuro.0c00636
- Bhat A, Pires AS, Tan V, Babu Chidambaram S, Guillemin GJ. Effects of sleep deprivation on the tryptophan metabolism. Int J Tryptophan Res. 2020;13. doi:10.1177/1178646920970902
- Bhat A, Ray B, Mahalakshmi AM, Tuladhar S, Nandakumar DN, Srinivasan M, et al. Phosphodiesterase-4 enzyme as a therapeutic target in neurological disorders. Pharmacol Res. 2020 Oct: 160:105078. doi: 10.1016/j.phrs.2020.105078
- Bishir M, Bhat A, Essa MM, et al. Sleep deprivation and neurological disorders. BioMed Research International. 2020; 2020: 5764017. doi: 10.1155/2020/5764017
- Chidambaram SB, Bhat A, Ray B, Sugumar M, Muthukumar SP, Manivasagam T, et al. Cocoa beans improve mitochondrial biogenesis via PPARγ/PGC1α dependent signalling pathway in MPP+ intoxicated human neuroblastoma cells (SH-SY5Y). Nutr Neurosci. 2020;23(6):471-480. doi: 10.1080/1028415X.2018.1521088.
Awards and Affiliations
2014–2016 Tata Trusts Medical and Healthcare Scholarships, Mumbai, India
2018 Travel grant from International Brain Research Organization (IBRO) for 3rd IBRO- Asia-Pacific Regional Committee (APRC) Associate School of Neuroscience, Punjab University Chandigarh, India
2018 Best poster award at 3rd IBRO Neuroscience School, Punjab University Chandigarh, India
2019 Young Scientist Award from Food and Brain Research Foundation
2019 Travel grant from IBRO for APRC School on Advanced Techniques to Explore the Functions of Normal & Diseased Brain at Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Kerala, India
2020 Early Career Investigator Award from Society on NeuroImmune Pharmacology
Grants and Contracts
04/2019–08/2021 Senior Research Fellowship (SRF)
“A study on the effects of cAMP specific PDE4 and PDE 10 inhibitors against sleep deprivation induced alterations in cognitive functions and neural plasticity in mouse model”
Indian Council of Medical Research, 45/7/2019-PHA/BMS
Annual direct costs: $6390
Total direct costs: $12780
08/2019–03/2020 Exchange Fellowship, International Brain Research Organization “Effects of PDE4 and PDE10 inhibitors on quinolinic acid induced oxidative stress in human neurons”
International Brain Research Organization
Annual direct costs: $8500
Total direct costs: $8500