Functional Pharmacology and Neuroscience

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The research group of Functional Pharmacology and Neuroscience conducts pharmacological, toxicological, genetic, and behavioral studies related to drugs, environmental toxins, diseases, behaviors, and environmental changes.
The research group use several experimental models, including humans and animals such as flies and mice. They investigate the side effects of drugs to understand the molecular, cell specific and genetic causes behind their toxic effects. They examine the mechanisms of environmental toxins impact, in connection with several diseases and identify blood biomarkers for diagnosing different conditions. They study various types of behaviors, such as food intake and addiction, and attempt to elucidate the molecular mechanisms. They also map large gene and protein families as well as molecular signaling pathways.
The group has an interdisciplinary environment that promotes career opportunities for doctoral students and postdoctoral fellows. They are a highly productive unit with several high-quality publications and significant citations and the PI is one of the most cited researcher in the world. Their teachers teach on the medical program, the biomedical program, the master's program in biomedicine, and other relevant courses.
Group members
Publications
Part of Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2025
- DOI for Synthesis, characterization, and computational evaluation of some synthesized xanthone derivatives: focus on kinase target network and biomedical properties
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Part of Cortex, p. 211-219, 2025
- DOI for Associations between genetic variations in oxytocin pathway genes and hippocampal volume: Insights from the UK Biobank
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A Haplotype GWAS in Syndromic Familial Colorectal Cancer
Part of International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2025
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Part of Endocrinology, 2025
Part of Cephalalgia, p. 1-12, 2025
- DOI for Migraine and its major subtypes: with and without aura are associated with polygenic scores for autism
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Part of Polymers, 2025
- DOI for Inulin as a Biopolymer; Chemical Structure, Anticancer Effects, Nutraceutical Potential and Industrial Applications: A Comprehensive Review
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GPCR drug discovery: new agents, targets and indications
Part of Nature reviews. Drug discovery, 2025
Identification of candidate biomarkers in neurological and psychiatric health
2025
Part of Pharmacological Reviews, 2025
- DOI for Disease-modifying pharmacological treatments of type 1 diabetes: Molecular mechanisms, target checkpoints, and possible combinatorial treatments
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Part of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, p. 374-386, 2025
- DOI for Ketamine and Esketamine in Clinical Trials: FDA‐Approved and Emerging Indications, Trial Trends With Putative Mechanistic Explanations
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Part of Frontiers in Toxicology, 2025
- DOI for Comprehensive overview of the toxicities of small-molecule cryoprotectants for carnivorous spermatozoa: foundation for computational cryobiotechnology
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Part of Sensors and actuators. B, Chemical, 2025
- DOI for New label-free serum exosomes detection method based on hierarchical SERS substrate for diagnosis of pancreatic cancer using AI
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Targeting platinum-resistant ovarian cancer by disrupting histone and RAD51 lactylation
Part of Theranostics, p. 3055-3075, 2025
The relationship between national identity and public health support needs to be reconsidered
Part of Frontiers in Psychology, 2025
- DOI for The relationship between national identity and public health support needs to be reconsidered
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Part of Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, 2025
- DOI for Exploring the effects of long-term physical exercise on persistent and inhibitory self-control: quasi-experimental research
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Giardia fibrillarin: a bioinformatics exploration of sequence and structure
Part of Journal of Applied Genetics, p. 241-248, 2025
- DOI for Giardia fibrillarin: a bioinformatics exploration of sequence and structure
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Part of Molecular Medicine Reports, 2025
- DOI for Establishment and verification of a prognostic signature associated with fatty acid metabolism in endometrial cancer
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Part of Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2024
- DOI for Exploring sex differences: insights into gene expression, neuroanatomy, neurochemistry, cognition, and pathology
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Part of Polymers, 2024
- DOI for Synthesis of a Rivastigmine and Insulin Combinational Mucoadhesive Nanoparticle for Intranasal Delivery
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Part of Scientific Reports, 2024
- DOI for Fluvastatin-induced myofibrillar damage is associated with elevated ROS, and impaired fatty acid oxidation, and is preceded by mitochondrial morphological changes
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A neuroinflammatory compulsivity model of anorexia nervosa (NICAN)
Part of Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 2024
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Giardia telomeres and telomerase
Part of Parasitology Research, 2024
- DOI for Giardia telomeres and telomerase
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Part of Journal of medical systems, 2024
2024
Part of Cancer Letters, 2024
- DOI for STING inhibitors sensitize platinum chemotherapy in ovarian cancer by inhibiting the CGAS-STING pathway in cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs)
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The Pattern of GH Action in the Mouse Brain
Part of Endocrinology, 2024
Part of The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences, 2024
Identifying therapeutic targets for cancer among 2074 circulating proteins and risk of nine cancers
Part of Nature Communications, 2024
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Part of EBioMedicine, 2024
- DOI for Identifying proteomic risk factors for overall, aggressive, and early onset prostate cancer using Mendelian Randomisation and tumour spatial transcriptomics
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Part of Molecular Autism, 2024
- DOI for Association of polygenic scores for autism with volumetric MRI phenotypes in cerebellum and brainstem in adults
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2024
Part of Cancer Letters, 2024
- DOI for Blockade of the lncRNA-PART1-PHB2 axis confers resistance to PARP inhibitor and promotes cellular senescence in ovarian cancer
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Part of Pharmacological Research, 2024
- DOI for Recent developments of topoisomerase inhibitors: Clinical trials, emerging indications, novel molecules and global sales
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Part of Science of the Total Environment, 2024
Biomarkers for depression: genetic, epigenetic, and expression evidence
2024
Part of Pharmaceuticals, 2024
- DOI for Assessing the Neurodevelopmental Impact of Fluoxetine, Citalopram, and Paroxetine on Neural Stem Cell-Derived Neurons
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Part of Translational Psychiatry, 2024
- DOI for Decoding depression: a comprehensive multi-cohort exploration of blood DNA methylation using machine learning and deep learning approaches
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Aging insights from heterochronic parabiosis models
Part of NPJ AGING, 2024
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Role of circular RNAs in DNA repair
Part of RNA Biology, p. 149-161, 2024
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Exploration of Giardia small nucleolar RNAs (snoRNAs) and their possible microRNA derivatives
Part of Parasitology, p. 539-545, 2024
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Advances in development of biomarkers for brain damage and ischemia
Part of Molecular Biology Reports, 2024
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Part of Science of the Total Environment, p. 177472, 2024
Part of Brain Communications, 2024
- DOI for Statin use is associated with higher white matter hyperintensity volumes and lower grey matter volumes
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Effects of psychedelics on neurogenesis and broader neuroplasticity: a systematic review
Part of Molecular Medicine, 2024
- DOI for Effects of psychedelics on neurogenesis and broader neuroplasticity: a systematic review
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Part of Genes, 2024
- DOI for Swedish Genome-Wide Haplotype Association Analysis Suggests Breast Cancer Loci with Varying Risk-Modifying Effects
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Part of Metabolic brain disease, 2024
Part of Endocrinology, 2024
Growth hormone secretagogue receptor and cannabinoid receptor type 1 intersection in the mouse brain
Part of Brain Structure and Function, 2024
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Part of REPORTS, 2024
- DOI for Diagnosis and Treatment of Bronchopulmonary Lophomoniasis in a Patient with Persistent Granuloma: A Case Report
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Part of European Journal of Pain, p. 929-942, 2024
- DOI for Exploring biomarkers in trigeminal neuralgia patients operated with microvascular decompression: A comparison with multiple sclerosis patients and non-neurological controls
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