Scholars

Miranda, Rajesh

Professor

Positions:

Professor, Neuroscience and Experimental Therapeutics, College of Medicine

Research Areas:

Pregnancy, Neurosciences, Developmental disabilities

UN Sustainable Development Goals:

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rmiranda@tamu.edu

1 979 862 3418

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ORCID

0000-0002-8359-892X

UN Sustainable Development Goals:

Research Areas:

Pregnancy, Neurosciences, Developmental disabilities

overview

My research is focused on fetal brain development, stem cells, microRNAs, and teratology. Our laboratory is interested in understanding the biological steps that transform uncommitted stem cells into neurons or a glial cells, and identifying key microRNAs that control the transformation of stem cells into neurons. We are also currently investigating what role teratogen-sensitive microRNAs play in fetal brain growth, and the spatial patterning of the emerging forebrain.

education and training

Ph.D. in Psychology, University of Rochester - (Rochester, New York, United States) 1998

selected publications

Academic Articles97

Strain, M. M., Johnston, D. T., Baine, R. E., Reynolds, J. A., Huang, Y., Henwood, M. K., ... Grau, J. W. (2021). Hemorrhage and Locomotor Deficits Induced by Pain Input after Spinal Cord Injury Are Partially Mediated by Changes in Hemodynamics. Journal of Neurotrauma. 38(24), 3406-3430.
Bake, S., Pinson, M. R., Pandey, S., Chambers, J. P., Mota, R., Fairchild, A. E., Miranda, R. C., & Sohrabji, F. (2021). Prenatal alcohol-induced sex differences in immune, metabolic and neurobehavioral outcomes in adult rats. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity. 98, 86-100.
Pinson, M. R., Chung, D. D., Adams, A. M., Scopice, C., Payne, E. A., Sivakumar, M., & Miranda, R. C. (2021). Extracellular Vesicles in Premature Aging and Diseases in Adulthood Due to Developmental Exposures. Aging and disease. 12(6), 1516-1516.
Chung, D. D., Pinson, M. R., Bhenderu, L. S., Lai, M. S., Patel, R. A., & Miranda, R. C. (2021). Toxic and Teratogenic Effects of Prenatal Alcohol Exposure on Fetal Development, Adolescence, and Adulthood. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 22(16), 8785-8785.
Pinson, M. R., Holloway, K. N., Douglas, J. C., Kane, C., Miranda, R. C., & Drew, P. D. (2021). Divergent and overlapping hippocampal and cerebellar transcriptome responses following developmental ethanol exposure during the secondary neurogenic period.. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 45(7), 1408-1423.

Chapters10

Mahnke, A. H., Miranda, R. C., & Mooney, S. M. (2020). Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders. Neurodevelopmental Disorders. 159-178. Elsevier.
Mahnke, A. H., Salem, N. A., Tseng, A. M., Fincher, A. S., Klopfer, A., & Miranda, R. C. (2018). Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders: A Stem-Cellopathy?. Stem Cells in Birth Defects Research and Developmental Toxicology. 223-259. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Tseng, A. M., Mahnke, A. H., Salem, N. A., & Miranda, R. C. (2018). Noncoding RNA Regulatory Networks, Epigenetics, and Programming Stem Cell Renewal and Differentiation. Epigenetics in Human Disease. 903-933. Elsevier.
Miranda, R. C., Salem, N. A., Fincher, A. S., Mahnke, A. H., & Burrowes, S. G. (2016). Epigenetic Mechanisms and Inheritance of Acquired Susceptibility to Disease. Medical Epigenetics. 531-552. Elsevier.

SDG 2
Miranda, R. C., Salem, N. A., Fincher, A. S., Mahnke, A. H., & Burrowes, S. G. (2016). Chapter 30 Epigenetic Mechanisms and Inheritance of Acquired Susceptibility to Disease. Medical Epigenetics. 531-552.

SDG 2

Conference Papers10

Salem, N. A., Mahnke, A. H., Konganti, K., Hillhouse, A. E., & Miranda, R. C. (2021). CELL-TYPE AND SEX-SPECIFIC TARGETS OF PRENATAL ALCOHOL EXPOSURE IN THE DEVELOPING MOUSE CEREBRAL CORTEX: IDENTIFICATION OF NOVEL MECHANISMS FOR TERATOGENESIS. ALCOHOLISM-CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH. 45, 99A-99A.
Mahnke, A. H., Pinson, M. R., Tseng, A. M., Wells, A. B., Chambers, C. D., & Miranda, R. C. (2021). CIRCULATING MICRORNA BIOMARKERS FOR INFANT NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DEFICITS DUE TO PRENATAL ALCOHOL EXPOSURE. ALCOHOLISM-CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH. 45, 29A-29A.
Raghunathan, R., Liu, C., Singh, M., Miranda, R. C., & Larin, K. V. (2021). A comparison of microvasculature changes in the fetal brain and maternal extremities due to prenatal alcohol exposure using optical coherence angiography. Dynamics and Fluctuations in Biomedical Photonics XVIII, Dynamics and Fluctuations in Biomedical Photonics XVIII. 11641, 1164109-1164109-5.
Mahnke, A. H., Leeman, L., Luo, L., Abdelfattah, A., Shrestha, S., Miranda, R. C., & Bakhireva, L. N. (2019). Neonatal Cord Blood miRNAs As Biomarkers of Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome. BIRTH DEFECTS RESEARCH. 111(9), 493-493.
Raghunathan, R., Liu, C., Kouka, A., Singh, M., Miranda, R. C., & Larin, K. V. (2019). In utero optical coherence tomography reveals changes in murine embryonic brain vasculature after prenatal cannabinoid exposure. Optical Coherence Tomography and Coherence Domain Optical Methods in Biomedicine XXIII, Optical Coherence Tomography and Coherence Domain Optical Methods in Biomedicine XXIII. 10867, 108671x.