Vijayakumar Mavanji, Ph.D.
Research Associate, Brain Sciences Center

mavan001@umn.edu

Specialties

Neurophysiological mechanisms of decision making. and decision memory using non-human primates

Education

Ph.D.,  Neurophysiology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India

M.Sc., Medical Physiology, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, India

B.Sc., Botany, Zoology, Chemistry, Mangalore University, Mangalore, India

Selected Publications

Mavanji, V. and Meti, B.L. (1999) Alterations in the levels of monoamines in discrete brain regions of clomipramine induced animal model of endogenous depression. Neurochem.Res. 24: 344-349.

Mavanji, V.  and Datta, S. (2003). Activation of the phasic pontine-wave generator enhances improvement of learning performance: a mechanism for sleep dependent plasticity. Eur. J. Neurosci. 17: 359-370.

Mavanji, V., Siwek, D.F., Spoley, E.E., Patterson, E.H., Datta, S. (2003). Effects of passive-avoidance training on sleep-wake state specific activity in the basolateral and central nuclei of amygdala. Behav. Neurosci. 117: 751-759.

Mavanji,  V., Ulloor, J., Saha, S., Datta, S. (2004). Neurotoxic lesions of phasic pontine-wave generator cells impair retention of two-way active avoidance memory. Sleep, 27:1282-1292.