Queensland Brain Institute

Professor Pankaj Sah

Director & Institute Director
Queensland Brain Institute
Centre Director of The Asia-Pacific Centre for Neuromodulation
Asia-Pacific Centre for Neuromodulation
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Professor Pankaj Sah: Synaptic Plasticity

The Sah laboratory uses electrophysiology and molecular techniques, in conjunction with behavioural studies, to understand the neural circuitry that underpins learning and memory formation. Using animal models, the laboratory focusses on the part of the brain called the amygdala, and a Pavlovian learning paradigm called fear conditioning. 

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Researcher biography

Professor Pankaj Sah is Director of the Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) at The University of Queensland (UQ). He is renowned for his work in understanding the neural circuitry of the amygdala, an area of the brain that plays a central role in learning and memory formation. Dysfunction of the amygdala leads to a host of anxiety-related disorders. His laboratory uses a combination of molecular tools, electrophysiology, anatomical reconstruction, calcium imaging and behavioural studies to examine the electrophysiological signatures of different brain regions and their impact on disease. Recently, his laboratory has been working with patients undergoing electrode implantation for deep brain stimulation, which is used to treat a variety of disorders such as Parkinson's disease, Tourette's syndrome and essential tremor. Professor Sah trained in medicine at The University of New South Wales and, after completing his internship, gained a PhD from the Australian National University. Following postdoctoral work at the University of California, San Francisco, and UQ, he established his own laboratory at the University of Newcastle in 1994. He then joined the John Curtin School of Medical Research at the Australian National University as a group leader in 1997. He was recruited to QBI as a founding member in 2003, and has been Director since July 2015. Professor Sah has published over 110 papers in international peer-reviewed journals. He is also the Editor-in-Chief of the Nature Partner Journal npj Science of Learning, the first journal to bring together the findings of neuroscientists, psychologists, and education researchers to understand how the brain learns.

Publications

Book (1)
Book Chapters (2)
Journal Articles (181)
Conference Papers (20)
Research Report (1)
Data Collections (2)

Book

Nugent, Annita, Lodge, Jason, Carroll, Annemaree, Bagraith, Rupert, MacMahon, Stephanie, Matthews, Kelly E. and Sah, Pankaj (2018). Higher education learning framework: an evidence informed model for university learning. Brisbane, Australia: The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/348c85f

Book Chapters

Perumal, Madhusoothanan Bhagavathi and Sah, Pankaj (2021). Animal models in anxiety research. Anxiety in older people: Clinical and Research Perspectives. (pp. 205-225) edited by Gerard J. Byrne and Nancy A. Pachana. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/9781139087469.013
Marek, Roger and Sah, Pankaj (2018). Neural circuits mediating fear learning and extinction. Systems neuroscience. (pp. 35-48) edited by Albert Cheung-Hi Yu and Lina Li. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-94593-4_2

Journal Articles

Wang, Cong, Lin, Caixia, Zhao, Yue, Samantzis, Montana, Sedlak, Petra, Sah, Pankaj and Balbi, Matilde (2023). 40-Hz optogenetic stimulation rescues functional synaptic plasticity after stroke. Cell Reports, 42 (12) 113475, 1-20. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2023.113475
Bhat, Gurudutt, Kielar, Marcin, Sah, Pankaj, Pandey, Ajay K. and Sonar, Prashant (2023). Solution‐Processed Ternary Organic Photodetectors with Ambipolar Small‐Bandgap Polymer for Near‐Infrared Sensing. Advanced Electronic Materials, 10 (2) 2300583, 1-9. doi: 10.1002/aelm.202300583
Aamir, Mohd, Shanmugam, V., Dubey, Manish Kumar, Husain, Fohad Mabood, Adil, Mohd, Ansari, Waquar Akhter, Rai, Ashutosh and Sah, Pankaj (2023). Transcriptomic characterization of Trichoderma harzianum T34 primed tomato plants: assessment of biocontrol agent induced host specific gene expression and plant growth promotion. Bmc Plant Biology, 23 (1) 552, 1-38. doi: 10.1186/s12870-023-04502-6
Nugent, Annita, Carroll, Annemaree, Lodge, Jason M., Matthews, Kelly E., MacMahon, Stephanie and Sah, Pankaj (2023). A qualitative exploration of expert perspectives on applying the science of learning to higher education. Frontiers in Education, 8 1233651, 1-10. doi: 10.3389/feduc.2023.1233651
Li, Zengmin, Athwal, Dilsher, Lee, Hsu-Lei, Sah, Pankaj, Opazo, Patricio and Chuang, Kai-Hsiang (2023). Locating causal hubs of memory consolidation in spontaneous brain network in male mice. Nature Communications, 14 (1) 5399, 1-16. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-41024-z
Wang, Cong, Stratton, Peter G., Sah, Pankaj and Marek, Roger (2023). A protocol to investigate neural coupling of brain oscillations in rodents using in vivo electrophysiological recordings. STAR Protocols, 4 (3) 102414, 1-13. doi: 10.1016/j.xpro.2023.102414
Kenna, Matthew, Marek, Roger and Sah, Pankaj (2023). Insights into the encoding of memories through the circuitry of fear. Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 80 102712, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.conb.2023.102712
Lin, Caixia, Ridder, Margreet C. and Sah, Pankaj (2023). The PPN and motor control: preclinical studies to deep brain stimulation for Parkinson’s disease. Frontiers in Neural Circuits, 17 1095441, 1-8. doi: 10.3389/fncir.2023.1095441
Bhat, Gurudutt, Kielar, Marcin, Rao, Haixia, Gholami, Mahnaz D., Mathers, Isabel, Larin, Astrid C. R., Flanagan, Thomas, Erdenebileg, Enkhtur, Bruno, Annalisa, Pannu, Amandeep Singh, Fairfull‐Smith, Kathryn E., Izake, Emad L., Sah, Pankaj, Lam, Yeng Ming, Pandey, Ajay K. and Sonar, Prashant (2022). Back Cover Image. InfoMat, 4 (12). doi: 10.1002/inf2.12395
Kielar, Marcin, Marek, Roger, Kenna, Matthew, Cole, Cameron M., Xu, Li, Yambem, Soniya D., Sah, Pankaj and Pandey, Ajay K. (2022). Optogenetic stimulation and spatial localization of neurons using a multi-OLED approach. ACS Photonics, 9 (10), 3279-3290. doi: 10.1021/acsphotonics.2c00590
Wang, Cong, Stratton, Peter G., Sah, Pankaj and Marek, Roger (2022). Theta coupling within the medial prefrontal cortex regulates fear extinction and renewal. iScience, 25 (10) 105036, 1-14. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2022.105036
Bhat, Gurudutt, Kielar, Marcin, Rao, Haixia, Gholami, Mahnaz D., Mathers, Isabel, Larin, Astrid C. R., Flanagan, Thomas, Erdenebileg, Enkhtur, Bruno, Annalisa, Pannu, Amandeep Singh, Fairfull‐Smith, Kathryn E., Izake, Emad L., Sah, Pankaj, Lam, Yeng Ming, Pandey, Ajay K. and Sonar, Prashant (2022). Versatile aza‐BODIPY ‐based low‐bandgap conjugated small molecule for light harvesting and near‐infrared photodetection. InfoMat, 4 (12) e12345. doi: 10.1002/inf2.12345
Perumal, Madhusoothanan B. and Sah, Pankaj (2022). A protocol to investigate cellular and circuit mechanisms generating sharp wave ripple oscillations in rodent basolateral amygdala using ex vivo slices. STAR Protocols, 3 (1) 101085, 101085. doi: 10.1016/j.xpro.2021.101085
Inagaki, Hidehiko K., Chen, Susu, Ridder, Margreet C., Sah, Pankaj, Li, Nuo, Yang, Zidan, Hasanbegovic, Hana, Gao, Zhenyu, Gerfen, Charles R. and Svoboda, Karel (2022). A midbrain-thalamus-cortex circuit reorganizes cortical dynamics to initiate movement. Cell, 185 (6), 1065-1081. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2022.02.006
Giorni, Andrea, Coyne, Terry, Silburn, Peter A., Mellick, George D., Sah, Pankaj and Windels, François (2022). Changes in pallidal neural activity following long-term symptom improvement from botulinum toxin treatment in DYT6 dystonia: a case report. Journal of Medical Case Reports, 16 (1) 15, 15. doi: 10.1186/s13256-021-03215-4
Wang, Cong, Furlong, Teri M., Stratton, Peter G., Lee, Conrad C. Y., Xu, Li, Merlin, Sam, Nolan, Christoph, Arabzadeh, Ehsan, Marek, Roger and Sah, Pankaj (2021). Hippocampus-prefrontal coupling regulates recognition memory for novelty discrimination. The Journal of Neuroscience, 41 (46), 9617-9632. doi: 10.1523/jneurosci.1202-21.2021
Bhat, Gurudutt, Liu, Qian, Kielar, Marcin, Hamada, Yuya, Michinobu, Tsuyoshi, Sah, Pankaj, Ko Kyaw, Aung Ko, Pandey, Ajay K. and Sonar, Prashant (2021). Energy-level manipulation in novel indacenodithiophene-based donor–acceptor polymers for near-infrared organic photodetectors. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 13 (25) acsami.1c03643, 29866-29875. doi: 10.1021/acsami.1c03643
Wallis, Tristan P., Venkatesh, Bharat G., Narayana, Vinod K., Kvaskoff, David, Ho, Alan, Sullivan, Robert K., Windels, François, Sah, Pankaj and Meunier, Frédéric A. (2021). Saturated free fatty acids and association with memory formation. Nature Communications, 12 (1) 3443, 3443. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-23840-3
Blackmore, Daniel G., Turpin, Fabrice, Palliyaguru, Tishila, Evans, Harrison T., Chicoteau, Antony, Lee, Wendy, Pelekanos, Matthew, Nguyen, Nghia, Song, Jae, Sullivan, Robert K. P., Sah, Pankaj, Bartlett, Perry F. and Götz, Jürgen (2021). Low-intensity ultrasound restores long-term potentiation and memory in senescent mice through pleiotropic mechanisms including NMDAR signaling. Molecular Psychiatry, 26 (11), 6975-6991. doi: 10.1038/s41380-021-01129-7
Harley, Samuel B. R., Willis, Emily F., Shaikh, Samreen N., Blackmore, Daniel G., Sah, Pankaj, Ruitenberg, Marc J., Bartlett, Perry F. and Vukovic, Jana (2021). Selective ablation of BDNF from microglia reveals novel roles in self-renewal and hippocampal neurogenesis. The Journal of Neuroscience, 41 (19), 4172-4186. doi: 10.1523/jneurosci.2539-20.2021
Perumal, Madhusoothanan B., Latimer, Benjamin, Xu, Li, Stratton, Peter, Nair, Satish and Sah, Pankaj (2021). Microcircuit mechanisms for the generation of sharp-wave ripples in the basolateral amygdala: A role for chandelier interneurons. Cell Reports, 35 (6) 109106, 1-16. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2021.109106
Perumal, Madhusoothanan B. and Sah, Pankaj (2021). Inhibitory circuits in the basolateral amygdala in aversive learning and memory. Frontiers in Neural Circuits, 15, 633235. doi: 10.3389/fncir.2021.633235
Mosley, Philip E., Windels, François, Morris, John, Coyne, Terry, Marsh, Rodney, Giorni, Andrea, Mohan, Adith, Sachdev, Perminder, O’Leary, Emily, Boschen, Mark, Sah, Pankaj and Silburn, Peter A. (2021). A randomised, double-blind, sham-controlled trial of deep brain stimulation of the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis for treatment-resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder. Translational Psychiatry, 11 (1) 190, 190. doi: 10.1038/s41398-021-01307-9
Kielar, Marcin, Gooch, Helen, Xu, Li, Pandey, Ajay K. and Sah, Pankaj (2020). Direct detection of neuronal activity using organic photodetectors. ACS Photonics, 8 (1) acsphotonics.0c01378, 228-237. doi: 10.1021/acsphotonics.0c01378
Syed, Parnayan, Durisic, Nela, Harvey, Robert J., Sah, Pankaj and Lynch, Joseph W. (2020). Effects of GABA(A) Receptor alpha 3 Subunit Epilepsy Mutations on Inhibitory Synaptic Signaling. Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience, 13 602559, 602559. doi: 10.3389/fnmol.2020.602559
Sun, Yajie, Qian, Lei, Xu, Li, Hunt, Sarah and Sah, Pankaj (2020). Somatostatin neurons in the central amygdala mediate anxiety by disinhibition of the central sublenticular extended amygdala. Molecular Psychiatry, 28 (10), 1-12. doi: 10.1038/s41380-020-00894-1
Sah, Pankaj, Stuart, Greg J. and Egan, Gary F. (2020). Editorial: Integrative Brain Function Down Under. Frontiers in Neural Circuits, 14 48, 48. doi: 10.3389/fncir.2020.00048
Polepalli, Jai S., Gooch, Helen and Sah, Pankaj (2020). Diversity of interneurons in the lateral and basal amygdala. npj Science of Learning, 5 (1) 10, 10. doi: 10.1038/s41539-020-0071-z
Sun, Yajie, Gooch, Helen and Sah, Pankaj (2020). Fear conditioning and the basolateral amygdala [version 1; peer review: 3 approved]. F1000Research, 9 53. doi: 10.12688/f1000research.21201.1
Kielar, Marcin, Hamid, Tasnuva, Wiemer, Martin, Windels, François, Hirsch, Lionel, Sah, Pankaj and Pandey, Ajay K. (2019). Light detection in open-circuit voltage mode of organic photodetectors. Advanced Functional Materials, 30 (9) 1907964, 1-9. doi: 10.1002/adfm.201907964
Gooch, Helen, Cui, Xiaoying, Anggono, Victor, Trzaskowski, Maciej, Tan, Men Chee, Eyles, Darryl W., Burne, Thomas H. J., Jang, Se Eun, Mattheisen, Manuel, Hougaard, David M., Pedersen, Bent Nørgaard, Cohen, Arieh, Mortensen, Preben B., Sah, Pankaj and McGrath, John J. (2019). 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D modulates L-type voltage-gated calcium channels in a subset of neurons in the developing mouse prefrontal cortex. Translational Psychiatry, 9 (1) 281, 281. doi: 10.1038/s41398-019-0626-z
Sah, Pankaj (2019). Interneurons in the prefrontal cortex: a role in the genesis of anxiety in adolescence?. Biological Psychiatry, 86 (9), 650-651. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2019.07.026
Yambem, Soniya D., Brooks-Richards, Trent L., Forrestal, David P., Kielar, Marcin, Sah, Pankaj, Pandey, Ajay K. and Woodruff, Maria A. (2019). Spectral changes associated with transmission of OLED emission through human skin. Scientific Reports, 9 (1) 9875, 9875. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-45867-9
Kielar, Marcin, Hamid, Tasnuva, Wu, Liao, Windels, François, Sah, Pankaj and Pandey, Ajay K. (2019). Organic optoelectronic diodes as tactile sensors for soft-touch applications. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 11 (24) acsami.9b04671, 21775-21783. doi: 10.1021/acsami.9b04671
Autuori, Eleonora, Sedlak, Petra, Xu, Li, C. Ridder, Margreet, Tedoldi, Angelo and Sah, Pankaj (2019). rSK1 in rat neurons: a controller of membrane rSK2?. Frontiers in Neural Circuits, 13 21, 21. doi: 10.3389/fncir.2019.00021
Marek, Roger, Sun, Yajie and Sah, Pankaj (2019). Neural circuits for a top-down control of fear and extinction. Psychopharmacology, 236 (1), 313-320. doi: 10.1007/s00213-018-5033-2
Kojic, Marija, Gaik, Monika, Kiska, Bence, Salerno-Kochan, Anna, Hunt, Sarah, Tedoldi, Angelo, Mureev, Sergey, Jones, Alun, Whittle, Belinda, Genovesi, Laura A., Adolphe, Christelle, Brown, Darren L., Stow, Jennifer L., Alexandrov, Kirill, Sah, Pankaj, Glatt, Sebastian and Wainwright, Brandon J. (2018). Elongator mutation in mice induces neurodegeneration and ataxia-like behavior. Nature Communications, 9 (1) 3195, 3195. doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-05765-6
Eyles, Darryl W., Trzaskowski, Maciej, Vinkhuyzen, Anna A. E., Mattheisen, Manuel, Meier, Sandra, Gooch, Helen, Anggono, Victor, Cui, Xiaoying, Tan, Men Chee, Burne, Thomas H. J., Jang, Se Eun, Kvaskoff, David, Hougaard, David M., Nørgaard-Pedersen, Bent, Cohen, Arieh, Agerbo, Esben, Pedersen, Carsten B., Børglum, Anders D., Mors, Ole, Sah, Pankaj, Wray, Naomi R., Mortensen, Preben B. and McGrath, John J. (2018). The association between neonatal vitamin D status and risk of schizophrenia. Scientific Reports, 8 (1) 17692, 17692. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-35418-z
Marek, Roger, Jin, Jingji, Goode, Travis D., Giustino, Thomas F., Wang, Qian, Acca, Gillian M., Holehonnur, Roopashri, Ploski, Jonathan E., Fitzgerald, Paul J., Lynagh, Timothy, Lynch, Joseph W., Maren, Stephen and Sah, Pankaj (2018). Author Correction: Hippocampus-driven feed-forward inhibition of the prefrontal cortex mediates relapse of extinguished fear. Nature Neuroscience, 21 (9), 1291-1291. doi: 10.1038/s41593-018-0183-4
Marek, Roger, Xu, Li, Sullivan, Robert K. P. and Sah, Pankaj (2018). Excitatory connections between the prelimbic and infralimbic medial prefrontal cortex show a role for the prelimbic cortex in fear extinction. Nature Neuroscience, 21 (5), 654-658. doi: 10.1038/s41593-018-0137-x
Perumal, Madhusoothanan B., Lynch, Joseph W. and Sah, Pankaj (2018). GABA A receptors and inhibitory neurotransmission in the amygdalar complex. Current Opinion in Physiology, 2, 58-64. doi: 10.1016/j.cophys.2018.01.003
Sah, Pankaj, Fanselow, Michael, Quirk, Gregory J., Hattie, John, Mattingley, Jason and Tokuhama-Espinosa, Tracey (2018). The nature and nurture of education. npj Science of Learning, 3 (1) 6, 6. doi: 10.1038/s41539-018-0023-z
Marek, Roger, Jin, Jingji, Goode, Travis D., Giustino, Thomas F., Wang, Qian, Acca, Gillian M., Holehonnur, Roopashri, Ploski, Jonathan E., Fitzgerald, Paul J., Lynagh, Timothy, Lynch, Joseph W., Maren, Stephen and Sah, Pankaj (2018). Hippocampus-driven feed-forward inhibition of the prefrontal cortex mediates relapse of extinguished fear. Nature Neuroscience, 21 (3), 1-9. doi: 10.1038/s41593-018-0073-9
Blackmore, Daniel G., Turpin, Fabrice, Mohamed, Abdalla Z., Zong, Fangrong, Pandit, Rucha, Pelekanos, Matthew, Nasrallah, Fatima, Sah, Pankaj, Bartlett, Perry F. and Gotz, Juergen (2018). Multimodal analysis of aged wild-type mice exposed to repeated scanning ultrasound treatments demonstrates long-term safety. Theranostics, 8 (22), 6233-6247. doi: 10.7150/thno.27941
Giorni, Andrea, Windels, François, Stratton, Peter G., Cook, Raymond, Silberstein, Paul, Coyne, Terrence, Silburn, Peter A. and Sah, Pankaj (2017). Single-unit activity of the anterior Globus pallidus internus in Tourette patients and posterior Globus pallidus internus in dystonic patients. Clinical neurophysiology : official journal of the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology, 128 (12), 2510-2518. doi: 10.1016/j.clinph.2017.10.003
Sah, P. (2017). Fear, anxiety, and the amygdala. Neuron, 96 (1), 1-2. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2017.09.013
Jhaveri, D. J., Tedoldi, A., Hunt, S., Sullivan, R., Watts, N. R., Power, J. M., Bartlett, P. F. and Sah, P. (2017). Evidence for newly generated interneurons in the basolateral amygdala of adult mice. Molecular Psychiatry, 23 (3), 521-532. doi: 10.1038/mp.2017.134
May, Linda M., Anggono, Victor, Gooch, Helen M., Jang, Se E., Matusica, Dusan, Kerbler, Georg M., Meunier, Frederic A., Sah, Pankaj and Coulson, Elizabeth J. (2017). G-protein-coupled inwardly rectifying potassium (GIRK) channel activation by the p75 neurotrophin receptor is required for amyloid beta toxicity. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 11 (455) 455. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2017.00455
Strobel, Cornelia, Sullivan, Robert K. P., Stratton, Peter and Sah, Pankaj (2017). Calcium signalling in medial intercalated cell dendrites and spines. The Journal of Physiology, 595 (16), 5653-5669. doi: 10.1113/JP274261
Dixon, Christine L., Sah, Pankaj, Keramidas, Angelo, Lynch, Joseph W. and Durisic, Nela (2017). Gamma 1-containing GABA-A receptors cluster at synapses where they mediate slower synaptic currents than gamma 2-containing GABA-A receptors. Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience, 10 178, 178. doi: 10.3389/fnmol.2017.00178
Islam, Robiul, Zhang, Yan, Xu, Li, Sah, Pankaj and Lynch, Joseph W. (2017). A chemogenetic receptor that enhances the magnitude and frequency of glycinergic inhibitory postsynaptic currents without inducing a tonic chloride flux. ACS Chemical Neuroscience, 8 (3), 460-467. doi: 10.1021/acschemneuro.6b00382
Hunt, Sarah, Sun, Yajie, Kucukdereli, Hakan, Klein, Ruediger and Sah, Pankaj (2017). Intrinsic circuits in the lateral central amygdala. Eneuro, 4 (1) e0367-16.2017, ENEURO.0367-16.2017. doi: 10.1523/ENEURO.0367-16.2017
Islam, Robiul, Keramidas, Angelo, Xu, Li, Durisic, Nela, Sah, Pankaj and Lynch, Joseph W. (2016). Ivermectin-activated, cation-permeable glycine receptors for the chemogenetic control of neuronal excitation. ACS Chemical Neuroscience, 7 (12), 1647-1657. doi: 10.1021/acschemneuro.6b00168
Morris, John and Sah, Pankaj (2016). Neuroscience and education: mind the gap. Australian Journal of Education, 60 (2), 146-156. doi: 10.1177/0004944116652913
Windels, Francois, Yan, Shanzhi, Stratton, Peter G., Sullivan, Robert, Crane, James W. and Sah, Pankaj (2016). Auditory tones and foot-shock recapitulate spontaneous sub-threshold activity in basolateral amygdala principal neurons and interneurons. PLoS ONE, 11 (5) e0155192, e0155192. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0155192
Sah, Pankaj, Fanselow, Michael, Hattie, John, Magsamen, Susan, Mattingley, Jason, Quirk, Gregory and Williams, Stephen (2016). Integrating neuroscience and learning: now’s the time. n p j Science of Learning, 1 (1) 16007, 16007. doi: 10.1038/npjscilearn.2016.7
Wang, Kang, Mateos-Aparicio, Pedro, Honigsperger, Christoph, Raghuram, Vijeta, Wu, Wendy W., Ridder, Margreet C., Sah, Pankaj, Mayile, Jim, Storm, Johan F. and Adelman, John P. (2016). IK1 channels do not contribute to the slow after hyperpolarization in pyramidal neurons. eLife, 5 (e11206) e11206, 1-16. doi: 10.7554/eLife.11206
Spampanato, Jay, Sullivan, Robert K. P., Perumal, Madhusoothanan B. and Sah, Pankaj (2016). Development and physiology of GABAergic feedback excitation in parvalbumin expressing interneurons of the mouse basolateral amygdala. Physiological Reports, 4 (e12664) e12664, 1-15. doi: 10.14814/phy2.12664
Botta, Paolo, Demmou, Lynda, Kasugai, Yu, Markovic, Milica, Xu, Chun, Fadok, Jonathan P, Lu, Tingjia, Poe, Michael M, Xu, Li, Cook, James M, Rudolph, Uwe, Sah, Pankaj, Ferraguti, Francesco and Lüthi, Andreas (2015). Corrigendum: Regulating anxiety with extrasynaptic inhibition. Nature Neuroscience, 18 (12), 1862-1862. doi: 10.1038/nn1215-1862a
Botta, Paolo, Demmou, Lynda, Kasugai, Yu, Markovic, Milica, Xu, Chun, Fadok, Jonathan P., Lu, Tingjia, Poe, Michael M., Xu, Li, Cook, James M., Rudolph, Uwe, Sah, Pankaj, Ferraguti, Francesco and Luthi, Andreas (2015). Regulating anxiety with extrasynaptic inhibition. Nature Neuroscience, 18 (10), 1493-1500. doi: 10.1038/nn.4102
Keshavarzi, Sepideh, Power, John M., Albers, Eva H.H., Sullivan, Robert K.S. and Sah, Pankaj (2015). Dendritic organization of olfactory inputs to medial amygdala neurons. Journal of Neuroscience, 35 (38), 13020-13028. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0627-15.2015
Sun, Yajie, Hunt, Sarah and Sah, Pankaj (2015). Norepinephrine and Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone: Partners in the Neural Circuits that Underpin Stress and Anxiety. Neuron, 87 (3), 468-470. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2015.07.022
Windels, Francois, Thevathasan, Wesley, Silburn, Peter and Sah, Pankaj (2015). Where and what is the PPN and what is its role in locomotion?. Brain, 138 (5), 1133-1134. doi: 10.1093/brain/awv059
Cui, Xiaoying, Gooch, Helen, Groves, Natalie J., Sah, Pankaj, Burne, Thomas H., Eyles, Darryl W. and McGrath, John J. (2015). Vitamin D and the brain: key questions for future research. The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 148, 305-309. doi: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2014.11.004
Strobel, Cornelia, Marek, Roger, Gooch, Helen, Sullivan, Robert K. P. and Sah, Pankaj (2015). Prefrontal and auditory input to intercalated neurons of the Amygdala. Cell Reports, 10 (9), 1435-1442. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2015.02.008
Widagdo, Jocelyn, Chai, Ye Jin, Ridder, Margreet C, Chau, Yu Qian, Johnson, Richard C, Sah, Pankaj, Huganir, Richard L and Anggono, Victor (2015). Activity-Dependent ubiquitination of GluA1 and GluA2 regulates AMPA receptor intracellular sorting and degradation. Cell Reports, 10 (5), 783-795. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2015.01.015
Power, John M. and Sah, Pankaj P. (2014). Dendritic spine heterogeneity and calcium dynamics in basolateral amygdala principal neurons. Journal of Neurophysiology, 112 (7), 1616-1627. doi: 10.1152/jn.00770.2013
Suarez, Rodrigo, Fenlon, Laura R., Marek, Roger, Avitan, Lilach A, Sah, Pankaj, Goodhill, Geoffrey J. and Richards, Linda J. (2014). Balanced interhemispheric cortical activity is required for correct targeting of the corpus callosum. Neuron, 82 (6), 1289-1298. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2014.04.040
Strobel, Cornelia, Hunt, Sarah, Sullivan, Robert, Sun, Jian and Sah, Pankaj (2014). Emotional regulation of pain: the role of noradrenaline in the amygdala. Science China Life Sciences, 57 (4), 384-390. doi: 10.1007/s11427-014-4638-x
Ball, David, Kliese, Russell, Windels, Francois, Nolan, Christopher, Stratton, Peter, Sah, Panjkaj and Wiles, Janet (2014). Rodent scope: A user-configurable digital wireless telemetry system for freely behaving animals. PLoS One, 9 (2) e89949, e89949.1-e89949.10. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0089949
Dixon, Christine, Sah, Pankaj, Lynch, Joseph W. and Keramidas, Angelo (2014). GABAa receptor α and γ subunits shape synaptic currents via different mechanisms. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 289 (9), 5399-5411. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M113.514695
Hulme, Sarah R., Jones, Owen D., Raymond, Clarke R., Sah, Pankaj and Abraham, Wickliffe C. (2014). Mechanisms of heterosynaptic metaplasticity. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 369 (1633) 20130148, 1633.1-1633.8. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2013.0148
Keshavarzi, Sepideh, Sullivan, Robert K. P., Ianno, Damian J. and Sah, Pankaj (2014). Functional properties and projections of neurons in the medial amygdala. Journal of Neuroscience, 34 (26), 8699-8715. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1176-14.2014
Tattersall, Timothy L., Stratton, Peter G., Coyne, Terry J., Cook, Raymond, Silberstein, Paul, Silburn, Peter A., Windels, Francois and Sah, Pankaj (2014). Imagined gait modulates neuronal network dynamics in the human pedunculopontine nucleus. Nature Neuroscience, 17 (3), 449-454. doi: 10.1038/nn.3642
Marek, Roger, Strobel, Cornelia, Bredy, Timothy W. and Sah, Pankaj (2013). The amygdala and medial prefrontal cortex: partners in the fear circuit. Journal of Physiology, 591 (10), 2381-2391. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.2012.248575
Delaney, Andrew J., Sedlak, Petra L., Autuori, Eleonora, Power, John M. and Sah, Pankaj (2013). Synaptic NMDA receptors in basolateral amygdala principal neurons are triheteromeric proteins: physiological role of GluN2B subunits. Journal of Neurophysiology, 109 (5), 1391-1402. doi: 10.1152/jn.00176.2012
Hamlin, Adam S., Windels, Francois, Boskovic, Zoran, Sah, Pankaj and Coulson, Elizabeth J. (2013). Lesions of the basal forebrain cholinergic system in mice disrupt idiothetic navigation. PLoS ONE, 8 (1) e53472, e53472.1-e53472.9. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0053472
Spampanato, Jay, Sullivan, Robert K., Turpin, Fabrice R., Bartlett, Perry F. and Sah, Pankaj (2012). Properties of doublecortin expressing neurons in the adult mouse dentate gyrus. PLoS One, 7 (9) e41029, e41029-1-e41029-12. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0041029
Wei, Wei, Coelho, Carlos M., Li, Xiang, Marek, Roger, Yan, Shanzhi, Anderson, Shawn, Meyers, David, Mukherjee, Chandrani, Sbardella, Gianluca, Castellano, Sabrina, Milite, Ciro, Rotili, Dante, Mai, Antonello, Cole, Philip A., Sah, Pankaj, Kobor, Michael S. and Bredy, Timothy W. (2012). p300/CBP-associated factor selectively regulates the extinction of conditioned fear. Journal of Neuroscience, 32 (35), 11930-11941. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0178-12.2012
Oluich, Laura-Jane, Stratton, Jo Anne S., Xing, Yao Lulu, Ng, Sze Woei, Cate, Holly S., Sah, Pankaj, Windels, Francois, Kilpatrick, Trevor J. and Merson, Tobias D. (2012). Targeted ablation of oligodendrocytes induces axonal pathology independent of overt demyelination. The Journal of Neuroscience, 32 (24), 8317-8330. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1053-12.2012
Stratton, Peter, Cheung, Allen, Wiles, Janet H., Kiyatkin, E., Sah, Pankaj and Windels, Francois (2012). Action potential waveform variability limits multi-unit separation in freely behaving rats. PLoS One, 7 (6) e38482, e38482.1-e38482.16. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0038482
Jahr, Craig, Perkel, David and Sah, Pankaj (2012). An introduction to a symposium dedicated to the scientific achievements of Roger Nicoll. Journal of Physiology, 590 (10), 2201-2202. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.2012.230896
Delaney, Andrew J., Power, John M. and Sah, Pankaj (2012). Ifenprodil reduces excitatory synaptic transmission by blocking presynaptic P/Q type calcium channels. Journal of Neurophysiology, 107 (6), 1571-1575. doi: 10.1152/jn.01066.2011
Adelman, John P., Maylie, James and Sah, Pankaj (2012). Small-conductance Ca(2+)-activated K(+) channels: form and function. Annual Review of Physiology, 74, 245-269. doi: 10.1146/annurev-physiol-020911-153336
Marek, Roger, Coelho, Carlos M., Sullivan, Robert K. P., Baker-Andresen, Danay, Li, Xiang, Ratnu, Vikram, Dudley, Kevin J., Meyers, David, Mukherjee, Chandrani, Cole, Philip A., Sah, Pankaj and Bredy, Timothy W. (2011). Paradoxical enhancement of fear extinction memory and synaptic plasticity by inhibition of the histone acetyltransferase p300. Journal of Neuroscience, 31 (20), 7486-7491. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0133-11.2011
Spampanato, Jay, Polepalli, Jai and Sah, Pankaj (2011). Interneurons in the basolateral amygdala. Neuropharmacology, 60 (5), 765-773. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2010.11.006
Power, John M., Bocklisch, Christina, Curby, Peter and Sah, Pankaj (2011). Location and function of the slow afterhyperpolarization channels in the basolateral amygdala. Journal of Neuroscience, 31 (2), 526-537. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1045-10.2011
Windels, Francois, Crane, James W. and Sah, Pankaj (2010). Inhibition dominates the early phase of up-states in the basolateral amygdala. Journal of Neurophysiology, 104 (6), 3433-3438. doi: 10.1152/jn.00531.2010
Polepalli, Jai S., Sullivan, Robert K. P., Yanagawa, Yuchio and Sah, Pankaj (2010). A Specific class of interneuron mediates inhibitory plasticity in the lateral amygdala. Journal of Neuroscience, 30 (44), 14619-14629. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3252-10.2010
Delaney, A. J., Esmaeili, A., Sedlak, Petra L., Lynch, J. W. and Sah, P. (2010). Differential expression of glycine receptor subunits in the rat basolateral and central amygdala. Neuroscience Letters, 469 (2), 237-242. doi: 10.1016/j.neulet.2009.12.003
Crane, James W., Windels, Francois and Sah, Pankaj (2009). Oscillations in the basolateral amygdala: aversive stimulation is state dependent and resets the oscillatory phase. Journal Neurophysiology, 102 (3), 1379-1387. doi: 10.1152/jn.00438.2009
Crane, James W., Baiquni, Gilang P., Sullivan, Robert K. P., Lee, John D, Sah, Pankaj, Taylor, Stephen M, Noakes, Peter G. and Woodruff, Trent (2009). The C5a anaphylatoxin receptor CD88 is expressed in presynaptic terminals of hippocampal mossy fibres. Journal of Neuroinflammation, 6 (34) 34, 34.1-34.10. doi: 10.1186/1742-2094-6-34
Esmaeili, Abolghasem, Lynch, Joseph W. and Sah, Pankaj (2009). GABAᴀ receptors containing gamma 1 subunits contribute to inhibitory transmission in the central amygdala. Journal of Neurophysiology, 101 (1), 341-349. doi: 10.1152/jn.90991.2008
Faber, Elizabeth S. L., Delaney, Andrew J., Power, John M., Sedlak, Petra, Crane, James W. and Sah, Pankaj (2008). Modulation of SK Channel Trafficking by Beta Adrenoceptors Enhances Excitatory Synaptic Transmission and Plasticity in the Amygdala. Journal of Neuroscience, 28 (43), 10803-10813. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1796-08.2008
Sah, Pankaj and Westbrook, R. Federick (2008). Behavioural neuroscience: The circuit of fear. Nature, 454 (7204), 589-590. doi: 10.1038/454589a
Sah, Pankaj, Westbrook, R. F. and Luthi, A. (2008). Fear Conditioning and Long-term Potentiation in the Amygdala What Really Is the Connection?. Annals of the New York Academy of Science, 1129, 88-95. doi: 10.1196/annals.1417.020
Walker, Tara L., White, Amanda, Black, Debra M., Wallace, Robyn H., Sah, Pankaj and Bartlett, Perry F. (2008). Latent stem and progenitor cells in the hippocampus are activated by neural excitation. Journal of Neuroscience, 28 (20), 5240-5247. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0344-08.2008
Power, John M. and Sah, Pankaj (2008). Competition between Calcium-Activated K⁺ Channels Determines Cholinergic Action on Firing Properties of Basolateral Amygdala Projection Neurons. Journal of Neuroscience, 28 (12), 3209-3220. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4310-07.2008
Coulson, E. J., May, L. M., Osborne, S. L., Reid, K., Underwood, C. K., Meunier, F. A., Bartlett, P. F. and Sah, P. (2008). p75 neurotrophin receptor mediates neuronal cell death by activating GIRK channels through phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate. Journal of Neuroscience, 28 (1), 315-324. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2699-07.2008
Woodruff, Alan R. and Sah, Pankaj (2007). Inhibition and synchronization of basal amygdala principal neuron spiking by parvalbumin-positive interneurons. Journal of Neurophysiology, 98 (5), 2956-2961. doi: 10.1152/jn.00739.2007
Power, John M. and Sah, Pankaj (2007). Distribution of IP3-mediated calcium responses and their role in nuclear signalling in rat basolateral amygdala neurons. Journal of Physiology, 580 (3), 835-857. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.2006.125062
Woodruff, Alan R. and Sah, Pankaj (2007). Networks of parvalbumin-positive interneurons in the basolateral amygdala. Journal of Neuroscience, 27 (3), 553-563. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3686-06.2007
Faber, E. S. L. and Sah, P. (2007). Functions of SK channels in central neurons. Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology, 34 (10), 1077-1083. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1681.2007.04725.x
Delaney, Andrew J., Crane, James W. and Sah, Pankaj (2007). Noradrenaline modulates transmission at a central synapse by a presynaptic mechanism. Neuron, 56 (5), 880-892. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2007.10.022
Gunnersen, J. M., Kim, M. H., Fuller, S. J., De Silva, M., Britto, J. M., Hammond, V. E., Davies, P. J., Petrou, S., Faber, E. S. L., Sah, P. and Tan, S. S. (2007). Sez-6 proteins affect dendritic arborization patterns and excitability of cortical pyramidal neurons. Neuron, 56 (4), 621-639. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2007.09.018
Lopez de Armentia, M. and Sah, P. (2007). Bidirectional synaptic plasticity at nociceptive afferents in the rat central amygdala. Journal of Physiology, 581 (3), 961-970. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.2007.101822
Sah, Pankaj (2006). Canonical organization of opioid modulation of nociceptive circuits. Focus on "mu opioid receptor activation inhibits GABAergic inputs to basolateral amygdala neurons through Kv1.1/Kv1.2 channels". Journal of Neurophysiology, 95 (4), 2029-2030. doi: 10.1152/jn.01259.2005
Graham, B. A., Schofield, P. R., Sah, P., Margrie, T. W. and Callister, R. J. (2006). Distinct physiological mechanisms underlie altered glycinergic synaptic transmission in the murine mutants spastic, spasmodic, and oscillator. Journal of Neuroscience, 26 (18), 4880-4890. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3991-05.2006
Woodruff, Alan R., Monyer, Hannah and Sah, Pankaj (2006). GABAergic excitation in the basolateral amygdala. Journal of Neuroscience, 26 (46), 11881-11887. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3389-06.2006
Faber, E. S. L., Sedlak, P., Vidovic, M. and Sah, P. (2006). Synaptic activation of transient receptor potential channels by metabotropic glutamate receptors in the lateral amygdala. Neuroscience, 137 (3), 781-794. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2005.09.027
Faber, E. S. L. and Sah, P. (2005). Independent roles of calcium and voltage-dependent potassium currents in controlling spike frequency adaptation in lateral amygdala pyramidal neurons. European Journal of Neuroscience, 22 (7), 1627-1635. doi: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2005.04357.x
Faber, E. S., Delaney, A. J. and Sah, P. (2005). SK channels regulate excitatory synaptic transmission and plasticity in the lateral amygdala. Nature Neuroscience, 8 (5), 635-641. doi: 10.1038/nn1450
Power, J. M. and Sah, P. (2005). Intracellular calcium store filling by an L-type calcium current in the basolateral amygdala at subthreshold membrane potentials. Journal of Physiology, 562 (2), 439-453. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.2004.076711
De Armentia, Mikel Lopez and Sah, Pankaj (2004). Firing properties and connectivity of neurons in the rat lateral central nucleus of the amygdala. Journal of Neurophysiology, 92 (3), 1285-1294. doi: 10.1152/jn.00211.2004
Faber, E. S. L. and Sah, P. (2004). Opioids Inhibit Lateral Amygdala Pyramidal Neurons by Enhancing A Dendritic Potassium Current. Journal of Neuroscience, 24 (12), 3031-3039. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4496-03.2004
De Armentia, Mikel Lopez and Sah, Pankaj (2003). Development and subunit composition of synaptic NMDA receptors in the amygdala: NR2B Synapses in the adult central amygdala. Journal of Neuroscience, 23 (17), 6876-6883. doi: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-17-06876.2003
Faber, E. S. L. and Sah, P. (2003). Ca2+-activated K+(BK) channel inactivation contributes to spike broadening during repetitive firing in the rat lateral amygdala. Journal of Physiology, 552 (2), 483-497. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.2003.050120
Graham, BA, Schofield, PR, Sah, P and Callister, RJ (2003). Altered inhibitory synaptic transmission in superficial dorsal horn neurones in spastic and oscillator mice. Journal of Physiology-london, 551 (3), 905-916. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.2003.049064
Sah, P, Faber, ESL, De Armentia, ML and Power, J (2003). The amygdaloid complex: Anatomy and physiology. Physiological Reviews, 83 (3), 803-834. doi: 10.1152/physrev.00002.2003
Faber, ESL and Sah, P (2003). Calcium-activated potassium channels: Multiple contributions to neuronal function. Neuroscientist, 9 (3), 181-194. doi: 10.1177/107385840325673
Sah, P. and De Armentia, M. L. (2003). Excitatory synaptic transmission in the lateral and central amygdala. Annals of New York Academy of Sciences, 985 (THE AMYGDALA IN BRAIN FUNCTION Basic and Clinical Approaches), 67-77. doi: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2003.tb07072.x
Sah, Pankaj and Faber, E S Louise (2002). Channels underlying neuronal calcium-activated potassium currents. Progress in Neurobiology, 66 (5), 345-53. doi: 10.1016/S0301-0082(02)00004-7
Faber, ESL and Sah, P (2002). Physiological role of calcium-activated potassium currents in the rat lateral amygdala. Journal of Neuroscience, 22 (5), 1618-1628. doi: 10.1523/jneurosci.22-05-01618.2002
Sah, P (2002). Neurobiology - Never fear, cannabinoids are here. Nature, 418 (6897), 488-489. doi: 10.1038/418488b
Sah, P and Faber, ESL (2002). Channels underlying neuronal calcium-activated potassium currents. Progress In Neurobiology, 66 (5), 345-353. doi: 10.1016/S0301-0082(02)00004-7
Power, JM and Sah, P (2002). Nuclear calcium signaling evoked by cholinergic stimulation in hippocampal CA1 pyramidal neurons. Journal of Neuroscience, 22 (9), 3454-3462.
Delaney, Andrew J. and Sah, Pankaj (2001). Pathway-specific targeting of GABA(A) receptor subtypes to somatic and dendritic synapses in the central amygdala. Journal of Neurophysiology, 86 (2), 717-723. doi: 10.1152/jn.2001.86.2.717
Delaney, A. J. and Sah, P. (2001). Pathway-specific targeting of GAB(A) a receptor subtypes to somatic and dendritic synapses in the central amygdala. Journal of Neurophysiology, 86 (2), 717-723.
Faber, ESL, Callister, RJ and Sah, P (2001). Morphological and electrophysiological properties of principal neurons in the rat lateral amygdala in vitro. Journal of Neurophysiology, 85 (2), 714-723. doi: 10.1152/jn.2001.85.2.714
Sah, P and Davies, P (2000). Calcium-activated potassium currents in mammalian neurons. Clinical And Experimental Pharmacology And Physiology, 27 (9), 657-663. doi: 10.1046/j.1440-1681.2000.03317.x
Margrie, TW, Rostas, JAP and Sah, P (2000). Inhibition of transmitter release and long-term depression in the avian hippocampus. Neuroscience Letters, 284 (1-2), 17-20. doi: 10.1016/S0304-3940(00)00992-7
Delaney, A. J. and Sah, P. (1999). GABA receptors inhibited by benzodiazepines mediate fast inhibitory transmission in the central amygdala. The Journal of Neuroscience, 19 (22), 9698-9704.
Sah, Pankaj and Clements, John D. (1999). Photolytic manipulation of [Ca2+]i reveals slow kinetics of potassium channels underlying the afterhyperpolarization in hippocampal pyramidal neurons. The Journal of Neuroscience, 19 (10), 3657-3664.
Delaney, AJ and Sah, P (1999). GABA receptors inhibited by benzodiazepines mediate fast inhibitory transmission in the central amygdala. Journal of Neuroscience, 19 (22), 9698-9704.
Sah, P and Clements, JD (1999). Photolytic manipulation of [Ca2+](i) reveals slow kinetics of potassium channels underlying the afterhyperpolarization in hipppocampal pyramidal neurons. Journal of Neuroscience, 19 (10), 3657-3664.
Mahanty, NK and Sah, P (1999). Excitatory synaptic inputs to pyramidal neurons of the lateral amygdala. European Journal of Neuroscience, 11 (4), 1217-1222. doi: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.1999.00528.x
Callister, RJ, Schofield, PR and Sah, P (1999). Use of murine mutants to study glycine receptor function. Clinical And Experimental Pharmacology And Physiology, 26 (11), 929-931. doi: 10.1046/j.1440-1681.1999.03148.x
Morgan, B, Callister, R, Handford, C, Walker, S, Sah, P and Schofield, P (1999). Molecular studies of synaptic neurotran fission: Development of transgenic animal models. Journal of Neurochemistry, 73, S88-S88.
Margrie, Troy W., Rostas, John A. P. and Sah, Pankaj (1998). Presynaptic long-term depression at a central glutamatergic synapse: a role for CaMKII. Nature Neuroscience, 1 (5), 378-383. doi: 10.1038/1589
Margrie, Troy W., Rostas, John A. and Sah, Pankaj (1998). Long-term potentiation of synaptic transmission in the avian hippocampus. The Journal of Neuroscience, 18 (4), 1207-1216.
Margrie, TW, Rostas, JAP and Sah, P (1998). Long-term potentiation of synaptic transmission in the avian hippocampus. Journal of Neuroscience, 18 (4), 1207-1216.
Margrie, TW, Rostas, JAP and Sah, P (1998). Presynaptic long-term depression at a central glutamatergic synapse: a role for CaMKII. Nature Neuroscience, 1 (5), 378-383.
Mahanty, Nishith K. and Sah, Pankaj (1998). Calcium-permeable AMPA receptors mediate long-term potentiation in interneurons in the amygdala. Nature, 394 (6694), 683-687. doi: 10.1038/29312
Stebbing, MJ, McLachlan, EM and Sah, P (1998). Are there functional P2X receptors on cell bodies in intact dorsal root ganglia of rats?. Neuroscience, 86 (4), 1235-1244. doi: 10.1016/S0306-4522(98)00127-4
Gynther, BD, Calford, MB and Sah, P (1998). Neuroplasticity and psychiatry. Australian And New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 32 (1), 119-128. doi: 10.3109/00048679809062718
Margrie, TW, Rostas, JAP and Sah, P (1997). NMDA receptor independent long-term potentiation in the avian hippocampus. Journal of Neurochemistry, 69, S66-S66.
Callister, RJ, Keast, JR and Sah, P (1997). Ca2+-activated K+ channels in rat otic ganglion cells: Role of Ca2+ entry via Ca2+ channels and nicotinic receptors. Journal of Physiology-london, 500 (3), 571-582. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.1997.sp022043
Callister, Robert J. and Sah, Pankaj (1997). The removal of acetylcholine by diffusion at nicotinic synapses in the rat otic ganglion. Journal of Physiology, 505 (1), 165-175. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1997.165bc.x
Sah, P and Bekkers, JM (1996). Apical dendritic location of slow afterhyperpolarization current in hippocampal pyramidal neurons: Implications for the integration of long-term potentiation. Journal of Neuroscience, 16 (15), 4537-4542.
Sah, P. and Bekkers, J. M. (1996). Apical dendritic location of slow afterhyperpolarization current in hippocampal pyramidal neurons: implications for the integration of long-term potentiation. The Journal of Neuroscience, 16 (15), 4537-4542.
Sah, P (1996). Ca2+-activated K+ currents in neurones: Types, physiological roles and modulation. Trends in Neurosciences, 19 (4), 150-154. doi: 10.1016/S0166-2236(96)80026-9
Sah, P (1995). Properties of Channels Mediating the Apamin-Insensitive Afterhyperpolarization in Vagal Motoneurons. Journal of Neurophysiology, 74 (4), 1772-1776.
Sah, P. (1995). Properties of channels mediating the apamin-insensitive afterhyperpolarization in vagal motoneurons. Journal of Neurophysiology, 74 (4), 1772-1776. doi: 10.1152/jn.1995.74.4.1772
Sah, P and Isaacson, JS (1995). Channels Underlying the Slow Afterhyperpolarization in Hippocampal Pyramidal Neurons - Neurotransmitters Modulate the Open Probability. Neuron, 15 (2), 435-441. doi: 10.1016/0896-6273(95)90047-0
Sah, P and McLachlan, EM (1995). Membrane-Properties and Synaptic Potentials in Rat Sympathetic Preganglionic Neurons Studied in Horizontal Spinal-Cord Slices In-Vitro. Journal of the Autonomic Nervous System, 53 (1), 1-15. doi: 10.1016/0165-1838(94)00161-C
Sah, P (1995). Different Calcium Channels Are Coupled to Potassium Channels with Distinct Physiological Roles in Vagal Neurons. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 260 (1357), 105-111. doi: 10.1098/rspb.1995.0066
Sah, P, Dulhunty, A, Junankar, P and Stanhope, C (1994). Subcellular-Distribution of Ryanodine Receptor-Like and Calcium Atpase-Like Immunoreactivity in Brain-Stem and Cerebellar Neurons of Rat and Guinea-Pig. Neuroscience Letters, 166 (2), 143-148. doi: 10.1016/0304-3940(94)90471-5
Sah, P, Francis, K, McLachlan, EM and Junankar, P (1993). Distribution of Ryanodine Receptor-Like Immunoreactivity in Mammalian Central-Nervous-System Is Consistent with its Role in Calcium-Induced Calcium Release. Neuroscience, 54 (1), 157-165. doi: 10.1016/0306-4522(93)90391-R
Jobling, P, McLachlan, EM and Sah, P (1993). Calcium Induced Calcium Release Is Involved in the Afterhyperpolarization in One Class of Guinea-Pig Sympathetic Neuron. Journal of the Autonomic Nervous System, 42 (3), 251-257. doi: 10.1016/0165-1838(93)90370-A
Sah, P and McLachlan, EM (1993). Differences in Electrophysiological Properties Between Neurons of the Dorsal Motor Nucleus of the Vagus in Rat and Guinea-Pig. Journal of the Autonomic Nervous System, 42 (2), 89-98. doi: 10.1016/0165-1838(93)90041-R
Sah, P (1993). Kinetic properties of a slow apamin-insensitive Ca(2+)-activated K+ current in guinea pig vagal neurons. Journal of neurophysiology, 69 (2), 361-6. doi: 10.1152/jn.1993.69.2.361
Sah, P (1992). Role of Calcium Influx and Buffering in the Kinetics of a Ca-2+-Activated K+ Current in Rat Vagal Motoneurons. Journal of Neurophysiology, 68 (6), 2237-2247.
Sah, P (1992). Role of calcium influx and buffering in the kinetics of Ca(2+)-activated K+ current in rat vagal motoneurons. Journal of neurophysiology, 68 (6), 2237-47. doi: 10.1152/jn.1992.68.6.2237
Sah, Paj and McLachlan, EM (1992). Potassium Currents Contributing to Action-Potential Repolarization and the Afterhyperpolarization in Rat Vagal Motoneurons. Journal of Neurophysiology, 68 (5), 1834-1841.
Sah, P and McLachlan, E M (1992). Potassium currents contributing to action potential repolarization and the afterhyperpolarization in rat vagal motoneurons. Journal of neurophysiology, 68 (5), 1834-41. doi: 10.1152/jn.1992.68.5.1834
Sah, P and McLachlan, EM (1992). A Slow Voltage-Activated Potassium Current in Rat Vagal Neurons. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 249 (1324), 71-76. doi: 10.1098/rspb.1992.0085
Sah, P and McLachlan, EM (1991). Ca2+-Activated K+-Currents Underlying the Afterhyperpolarization in Guinea-Pig Vagal Neurons - a Role for Ca2+-Activated Ca2+ Release. Neuron, 7 (2), 257-264. doi: 10.1016/0896-6273(91)90264-Z
Sah, P and Nicoll, RA (1991). Mechanisms Underlying Potentiation of Synaptic Transmission in Rat Anterior Cingulate Cortex Invitro. Journal of Physiology-London, 433 (1), 615-630. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.1991.sp018446
Sah, P, Hestrin, S and Nicoll, RA (1990). Properties of Excitatory Postsynaptic Currents Recorded Invitro From Rat Hippocampal Interneurons. Journal of Physiology-London, 430, 605-616. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.1990.sp018310
Sah, P, Hestrin, S and Nicoll, R A (1990). Properties of excitatory postsynaptic currents recorded in vitro from rat hippocampal interneurones. The Journal of Physiology, 430, 605-16. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.1990.sp018310
Hestrin, S, Sah, P and Nicoll, RA (1990). Mechanisms Generating the Time Course of Dual Component Excitatory Synaptic Currents Recorded in Hippocampal Slices. Neuron, 5 (3), 247-253. doi: 10.1016/0896-6273(90)90162-9
Perkel, DJ, Hestrin, S, Sah, P and Nicoll, RA (1990). Excitatory Synaptic Currents in Purkinje-Cells. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 241 (1301), 116-121. doi: 10.1098/rspb.1990.0074
French, CR, Sah, P, Buckett, KJ and Gage, PW (1990). A Voltage-Dependent Persistent Sodium Current in Mammalian Hippocampal-Neurons. Journal of General Physiology, 95 (6), 1139-1157. doi: 10.1085/jgp.95.6.1139
Hestrin, S, Nicoll, RA, Perkel, DJ and Sah, P (1990). Analysis of Excitatory Synaptic Action in Pyramidal Cells Using Whole-Cell Recording From Rat Hippocampal Slices. Journal of Physiology-London, 422, 203-225.
Hestrin, S., Nicoll, R. A., Perkel, D. J. and Sah, P. (1990). Analysis of excitatory synaptic action in pyramidal cells using whole-cell recording from rat hippocampal slices. The Journal of Physiology, 422 (1), 203-225. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.1990.sp017980
Hestrin, S, Perkel, DJ, Sah, P, Manabe, T, Renner, P and Nicoll, RA (1990). Physiological-Properties of Excitatory Synaptic Transmission in the Central-Nervous-System. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia On Quantitative Biology, 55, 87-93.
Sah, P, Hestrin, S and Nicoll, RA (1989). Tonic Activation of Nmda Receptors by Ambient Glutamate Enhances Excitability of Neurons. Science, 246 (4931), 815-818. doi: 10.1126/science.2573153
Sah, P, Gibb, AJ and Gage, PW (1988). Potassium Current Activated by Depolarization of Dissociated Neurons From Adult Guinea-Pig Hippocampus. Journal of General Physiology, 92 (2), 263-278. doi: 10.1085/jgp.92.2.263
Sah, P, Gibb, AJ and Gage, PW (1988). The Sodium Current Underlying Action-Potentials in Guinea-Pig Hippocampal Ca1 Neurons. Journal of General Physiology, 91 (3), 373-398. doi: 10.1085/jgp.91.3.373
Sah, P, French, CR and Gage, PW (1985). Effects of Noradrenaline On Some Potassium Currents in Ca1 Neurons in Rat Hippocampal Slices. Neuroscience Letters, 60 (3), 295-300. doi: 10.1016/0304-3940(85)90593-2
Gage, PW and Sah, P (1982). Postsynaptic Effects of Some Central Stimulants At the Neuromuscular-Junction. British Journal of Pharmacology, 75 (3), 493-502. doi: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1982.tb09166.x

Conference Papers

Bhat, Gurudutt, Kielar, Marcin, Gholami, Mahnaz, Sah, Pankaj, Pandey, Ajay K. and Sonar, Prashant M. (2023). Low bandgap donor-acceptor-donor-based TPA-azaBODIPY-TPA small molecule for flexible near-infrared organic photodetectors. Organic and Hybrid Sensors and Bioelectronics XVI, San Diego, CA United States, 20–21 August 2023. Bellingham, WA United States: SPIE. doi: 10.1117/12.2677285
Kielar, Marcin, Marek, Roger, Gooch, Helen, Cole, Cameron M., Kenna, Matthew, Xu, Li, Yambem, Soniya D., Pandey, Ajay K. and Sah, Pankaj (2023). Stability, reliability, and performance of organic light-emitting diodes and photodetectors in optogenetic studies. SPIE Organic Photonics + Electronics, San Diego, CA, United States, 20-25 August 2023. Bellingham, WA, United States: International Society for Optical Engineering. doi: 10.1117/12.2677124
Latimer, Benjamin, Dopp, Dan, Perumal, Madhusoothanan B., Sah, Pankaj and Nair, Satish S. (2023). A novel biophysical model for the generation of sharp wave ripples in CA1 hippocampus. IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), Monterey, CA, United States, 21-25 May 2023. Piscataway, NJ, United States: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. doi: 10.1109/TCSII.2023.3262207
Glickert, Greg, Latimer, Ben, Sah, Pankaj and Nair, Satish S. (2023). Reverse engineering information processing in lateral amygdala during auditory tones. 11th International IEEE EMBS Conference on Neural Engineering (IEEE/EMBS NER), Baltimore, MD, United States, 24-27 April 2023. New York, NY, United States: IEEE. doi: 10.1109/NER52421.2023.10123856
Perumal, M. B., Sullivan, R. and Sah, P. (2015). Reverberating cell assemblies in the amygdala. 25th Biennial Meeting of the International-Society-for-Neurochemistry Jointly with the 13th Meeting of the Asian-Pacific-Society-for-Neurochemistry in Conjunction with the 35th Meeting of the Australasian-Neuroscience-Society, Cairns, Australia, Aug 23-27, 2015. Chichester, United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing. doi: 10.1111/jnc.13189
Windels, F., Yan, S., Stratton, P., Crane, J. and Sah, P. (2015). Cortical gating of sensory responses in the amygdala. 25th Biennial Meeting of the International-Society-for-Neurochemistry Jointly with the 13th Meeting of the Asian-Pacific-Society-for-Neurochemistry in Conjunction with the 35th Meeting of the Australasian-Neuroscience-Society, Cairns, QLD Australia, 23-27 august 2015. Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing. doi: 10.1111/jnc.13188
Hunt, S. and Sah, P. (2015). Intrinsic circuitry of the lateral central amygdala. 25th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for Neurochemistry Jointly with the 13th Meeting of the Asian Pacific Society for Neurochemistry in Conjunction with the 35th Meeting of the Australasian Neuroscience Society, Cairns, QLD Australia, 23-27 August 2015. Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing. doi: 10.1111/jnc.13188
Sun, Y., Turpin, F., Xu, L. and Sah, P. (2015). Anatomy and physiology of the central extended amygdala. 25th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for Neurochemistry Jointly with the 13th Meeting of the Asian Pacific Society for Neurochemistry in Conjunction with the 35th Meeting of the Australasian-Neuroscience-Society, Cairns, QLD Australia, 23-27 August 2015. Chichester, West Sussex United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell. doi: 10.1111/jnc.13189
Windels, François, Stratton, Peter and Sah, Pankaj (2014). Auditory stimulation modulates amygdala network dynamics. The Twenty Third Annual Computational Neuroscience Meeting: CNS*2014, Québec City, Canada, 26-31 July, 2014. London, United Kingdom: BioMed Central. doi: 10.1186/1471-2202-15-s1-p52
Sah, Pankaj (2012). Excitatory and inhibitory circuits in the basolateral amygdala. 19th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for Developmental Neuroscience (ISDN), Mumbai India, 11-14 January 2012. Oxford, United Kingdom: Pergamon. doi: 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2012.10.085
Sullivan, R. K. P., Spampanato, J. and Sah, P. (2011). Kidney chloride regulation in the mouse CNS. Australian Neuroscience Society (ANS) 31st Annual Conference, Aukland New Zealand, 30 January - 3 February 2011.
Sah, P (2010). NMDA receptors in the amygdala: a heterogeneity of form and function. Unknown, Unknown, Unknown. TOKYO: SPRINGER TOKYO.
Sah, P (2010). Recent advances in the role of the amygdala in memory storage, fear and anxiety. x, x, x. TOKYO: SPRINGER TOKYO.
Gunnersen, JM, Kim, MH, Fuller, SJ, De, SM, Barwood, JM, Hammond, VE, Britto, JM, Mateos, JM, Sonderegger, P, Faber, ES, Sah, P and Tan, SS (2009). Dendritic Branching and Excitatory Connectivity: Regulation by Seizure-Related Gene 6. 22nd Biennial Meeting of the International-Society-of-Neurochemistry/Asian-Pacific-Society-for-Neurochemistry, Busan South Korea, Aug 23-29, 2009. MALDEN: WILEY-BLACKWELL PUBLISHING, INC.
Woodruff, A., Polepalli, J., Yanagawa, Y. and Sah, P. (2008). Interneurons in the basolateral amygdala: A diversity of form and function. Eighth Biennial Meeting of the Asia-Pacific Society for Neurochemistry, Shanghai, Peoples Republic of China, 23-26 June 2008. Oxford, England, U. K.: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2008.05367.x
Sah, P., Westbrook, R. F. and Lüthi, A. (2008). Fear conditioning and long-term potentiation in the amygdala: What really is the connection?. Blackwell Publishing Inc.. doi: 10.1196/annals.1417.020
Esmaeili, Abolghasem, Lynch, Joe and Sah, Pankaj (2006). Distribution and function of GABA(A) receptor subunits in the amygdala. The 29th Annual Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society - (Neuroscience2006), Kyoto, Japan, 19-21 July 2006. Ireland, U.K.: Elsevier Ireland. doi: 10.1016/j.neures.2006.04.004
Coulson, E., Sah, P., May, L. M., Morley, S. N. and Bartlett, P. F. (2004). Stimulation of Girk channel activity by P75 neurotrophin receptor (p 75NTR) promotes neuronal death. Society for Neuroscience 34th Annual Meeting, San Diego, 23-27 October, 2004. Washington DC: Society for Neuroscience.
Faber, E.S.L. and Sah, P. (2004). Calcium and voltage dependent potassium currents contribute to spike frequency adaptations in lateral amygdala neurons. Australian Neuroscience Society 24th Annual Meeting, Melbourne Convention Centre, 27-30 January. Melbourne: Australian Neuroscience Society.
Woodruff, A.R. and Sah, P. (2004). A chemically and electrically connected network of interneurons regulates principal neuron activity in the basolateral amygdala. Australian Neuroscience Society 24th Annual Meeting, Melbourne Convention Centre, 27-30 January. Melbourne: Australian Neuroscience Society.

Research Report

Carroll, Annemaree, Lodge, Jason M., Bagraith, Rupert, Nugent, Annita, Matthews, Kelly and Sah, Pankaj (2018). The Higher Education Learning Framework: an evidence-informed model for university learning. Brisbane, Australia: The University of Queensland.

Data Collections

Wallis, Tristan P. , Venkatesh, Bharat G. , Narayana, Vinod K. , Kvaskoff, David, Ho, Alan , Sullivan, Robert K. , Windels, François , Sah, Pankaj and Meunier, Frédéric A. (2021). Rat auditory fear conditioning quantified free fatty acid and phospholipid abundance data. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.14264/12793dc
Sah, Pankaj (2019). Amygdala circuit dynamic during fear learning and retrieval. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/27ebb77