overview
My major research goals are to understand the molecular pathophysiology and develop novel therapeutic strategies for epilepsy, with an emphasis on neurosteroids and GABA inhibition in the brain. Neurosteroids are steroids synthesized locally within the brain that rapidly change neural excitability by non-genomic mechanisms, principally via postsynaptic GABAA receptors that play critical role in epilepsy. Current work in his lab is focused on uncovering molecular mechanisms of neurosteroids in epilepsy and brain disorders, and testing the efficacy of mechanism-based, rationale therapeutic strategies for epilepsy and epileptogenesis. Reddy lab is utilizing multidisciplinary approaches such as pharmacological, molecular, electrophysiological (patch-clamp), mass spectrometry, and transgenic mouse models in research projects.
education and training
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke - (Bethesda, Maryland, United States), Postdoctoral Training 2001
- Ph.D. in Pharmacology, Panjab University - (Chandigarh, Chandigarh, India) 1998
- Pharm.M. in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Panjab University - (Chandigarh, Chandigarh, India) 1994
- B.Pharm. in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kakatiya University - (Warangal, India) 1992
selected publications
Academic Articles87
- Chuang, S., & Reddy, D. S. (2020). Isobolographic Analysis of Antiseizure Activity of the GABA Type A Receptor-Modulating Synthetic Neurosteroids Brexanolone and Ganaxolone with Tiagabine and Midazolam. JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY AND EXPERIMENTAL THERAPEUTICS. 372(3), 285-298.
- Reddy, D. S. (2019). An enigmatic role of tonic inhibition in gabapentin therapy. EBioMedicine. 42, 14-15.
- Reddy, D. S., Carver, C. M., Clossen, B., & Wu, X. (2019). Extrasynaptic gamma-aminobutyric acid type A receptor-mediated sex differences in the antiseizure activity of neurosteroids in status epilepticus and complex partial seizures. Epilepsia. 60(4), 730-743.
- Kuruba, R., Wu, X., & Reddy, D. S. (2018). Benzodiazepine-refractory status epilepticus, neuroinflammation, and interneuron neurodegeneration after acute organophosphate intoxication. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Molecular Basis of Disease. 1864(9), 2845-2858.
- Reddy, S. D., Clossen, B. L., & Reddy, D. S. (2018). Epigenetic Histone Deacetylation Inhibition Prevents the Development and Persistence of Temporal Lobe Epilepsy. JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY AND EXPERIMENTAL THERAPEUTICS. 364(1), 97-109.
Books2
Chapters6
- Reddy, D. S. (2017). Perimenstrual Seizures and Neurosteroid Withdrawal. Models of Seizures and Epilepsy: Second Edition. (pp. 933-940). Elsevier.
- Sohrabji, F., Jane Welsh, C., & Reddy, D. S. (2015). Sex Differences in Neurological Diseases. Sex Differences in the Central Nervous System. (pp. 297-323). Elsevier.
- Reddy, D. S. (2013). Neurosteroid Influences on Neuronal Excitability: The Menstrual Cycle and Catamenial Epilepsy as Dynamic Models. Epilepsy in Women. (pp. 23-40). John Wiley & Sons.
- Reddy, D. S., & Rogawski, M. A. (2010). Neurosteroid replacement therapy for catamenial epilepsy. Epilepsy: Mechanisms, Models, and Translational Perspectives. (pp. 501-513). CRC Press.
- Adithan, C., & Reddy, D. S. (2009). Funding opportunities in biomedical sciences and preparing a successful grant application. Biomedical Research: From Ideation to Publication.
Conference Papers11
- Wu, X., Muthuchamy, M., & Reddy, D. S. (2012). Atomic force microscopy study of ECM-integrin modulation of neuroplasticity in the hippocampal dentate granule cells in epilepsy. The FASEB Journal. 26,
- Carver, C., Wu, X., Murchison, D., Griffith, W., & Reddy, D. S. (2012). Ovarian cycle-related effects of neurosteroids on GABA-A receptor-mediated phasic and tonic currents in the hippocampus. The FASEB Journal. 26,
- Saraf, M., Briyal, S., & Reddy, D. S. (2009). ANTIEPILEPTOGENIC ACTIVITY OF PROGESTERONE IN WILD-TYPE AND PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR KNOCKOUT MICE. Epilepsia. 50, 126-126.
- Reddy, D. S. (2009). GENDER DIFFERENCES IN ANTISEIZURE SENSITIVITY OF NEUROSTEROIDS IN THE PILOCARPINE MODEL OF STATUS EPILEPTICUS. Epilepsia. 50, 126-126.
- Reddy, D. S., & Rogawski, M. A. (2009). Protective Efficacy and Potency of Neuroactive Steroids and Benzodiazepines in the Amygdala Kindling Model of Epilepsy. The FASEB Journal. 23,
patents
Patents1
- Reddy, D. S. (2019). Method of treating organophosphate intoxication by administration of neurosteroids.
awards and honors
teaching activities
- BICH491 Hnr-research Instructor
- BICH491 Research Instructor
- MSCI691 Research Credit: Medical Sci Instructor
- NRSC485 Directed Studies Instructor
- NRSC485 Hnr-directed Studies Instructor
chaired theses and dissertations
- Carver, Chase M (2015-05). Role of Delta Subunit-Containing GABAA Receptors in Hippocampus Tonic Inhibition and Epileptogenesis within Transgenic Mouse Models. (Doctoral Dissertation)
Email
reddy@medicine.tamhsc.edu
First Name
Samba
Last Name
Reddy
mailing address
Texas A&M Health Science Center; Neuroscience & Experimental Therapeutics; 1359 TAMUS
Bryan, TX 77807-3260
USA