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Kiruthika Ganesan

University of Technology SydneyORCID 0009-0002-5284-3379Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Animal Behavior & Cognition· 2 Neuroscience· 1

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Approach:experimental assay· 3 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 2 Organism:mouse· 2 Assay:behavioral assay· 1 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Organism:rat· 1

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Alessandro CastorinaiD· 2 shared Amolika Dhungana· 2 shared Arvie Rodriguez AbieroiD· 2 shared Joanne M. GladdingiD· 2 shared Laura A. BradfieldiD· 2 shared Louise ColeiD· 2 shared Michael D. KendigiD· 2 shared Serena BecchiiD· 2 shared

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Mitochondrial turnover at central GABAergic synapses governs vulnerability to epileptic seizures

Kristiano Ndoci, Abdulla W. Chihab, Kiruthika Ganesan, Milica Jevtic, Kelvin Maximilian Tofan, Gulzar A. Wani, Patric Pelzer, Jorge A. Soriano-Campos, Franka Odenthal, Vignesh Sakthivelu, Camilla Aurora Franchino, Laura Pérez-Revuelta, Jonas Benz, Anna‐Lena Schumacher, Felix Gaedke, , Matteo Bergami

This study shows that mitochondrial turnover at GABAergic synapses affects seizure vulnerability, with gene therapy reversing the effects.

bioRxiv · Jun 28, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience

Dorsomedial striatal neuroinflammation causes excessive goal-directed action control by disrupting astrocyte function

Arvie Abiero, Joanne M. Gladding, Jacqueline A. Iredale, Hannah R. Drury, Elizabeth E. Manning, Christopher V. Dayas, Amolika Dhungana, Kiruthika Ganesan, Karly M. Turner, Serena Becchi, Michael D. Kendig, Christopher Raymond Nolan, Bernard W. Balleine, Alessandro Castorina, Louise Cole, , Laura A Bradfield

The paper shows that striatal neuroinflammation disrupts astrocyte function, leading to excessive goal-directed action control in rats.

Neuropsychopharmacology · Sep 27, 2025Peer-reviewedAnimal Behavior & Cognition

Hippocampal neuroinflammation causes sex-specific disruptions in action selection, food approach memories, and neuronal activation

Kiruthika Ganesan, Sahar Masoumeh Ghorbanpour, William Kendall, Sarah Thomas Broome, Joanne M. Gladding, Amolika Dhungana, Arvie Rodriguez Abiero, Maedeh Mahmoudi, Alessandro Castorina, Michael D. Kendig, Serena Becchi, Veronika Valova, Louise Cole, Laura A. Bradfield

Brain Behavior and Immunity · Nov 14, 2024Peer-reviewedAnimal Behavior & Cognition