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Sara M. Zarate

Texas A&M University

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Genetically encoded nAChR upregulation is neuroprotective in female parkinsonian mice

Gauri Pandey, Roger C Garcia, Debanjana Das, Akilesh R Mohan, Cristobal Rodriguez, Donovan Pollock, Nethra Karthik, Sushmitha Nalluri, Tan Nguyen, Christopher Polo, Sara M. Zarate, Mendell Rimer, Rahul Srinivasan

This study shows that upregulation of β2* nAChRs in SNc DA neurons protects female parkinsonian mice from neurodegeneration without ligand activation.

Journal of Neuroscience · Apr 28, 2026Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

The smoking cessation drug cytisine requires systemically circulating estrogen for sex-specific neuroprotection in female parkinsonian mice

Sara M. Zarate, Roger C. Garcia, Gauri Pandey, Rahul Srinivasan

This study shows that cytisine's neuroprotective effect in female Parkinsonian mice depends on systemic estrogen, with estrogen depletion reversing this protection.

bioRxiv · Mar 21, 2024 · PreprintNeuroscience

Aging reduces calreticulin expression and alters spontaneous calcium signals in astrocytic endfeet of the mouse dorsolateral striatum

Sara M. Zarate, Taylor E. Huntington, Pooneh Bagher, Rahul Srinivasan

This study shows aging reduces calreticulin in astrocytic endfeet and changes calcium signaling dynamics in the mouse dorsolateral striatum.

npj Aging · Mar 31, 2023Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

Extracellular S100B alters spontaneous Ca2+ fluxes in dopaminergic neurons via L-type voltage gated calcium channels: Implications for Parkinson's disease

Eric A. Bancroft, Gauri Pandey, Sara M. Zarate, Rahul Srinivasan

This study shows that extracellular S100B increases calcium fluxes in dopaminergic neurons via L-type voltage-gated calcium channels, contributing to Parkinson's disease pathology.

bioRxiv · Feb 24, 2021 · PreprintNeuroscience