Mohadetheh Moulana, PhD

Education

• BSc, Kuwait University, Zoology/Microbiology
• MSc, Kuwait University, Molecular Immunology
• PhD, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Molecular Immunology
• Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Cardiovascular Disease

Research interest

• Neuroimmunology and Molecular Neuroscience
• Immune System Activation, Hyperandrogenemia, and Mood Disorders
• Neuroinflammation and Mood Disorders
• Pedagogical Research and Innovative Approaches to Medical Education

Current research

My research interests focus on two areas: 1) exploring the role of immune cells in neuroinflammation, microglia activation, and associated mood disorders; and 2) T cell-mediated immune activation, hyperandrogenemia (HA) in females, and associated psychiatric disorders. My research is a multi-disciplinary approach that bridges immunology, molecular and behavioral neuroscience, physiology, and endocrinology.

Select publications

• Moulana M. and Maranon R. Regulation of Blood Pressure is Influenced by Gender: A Study in Obese Zucker Rats. Life Sciences. 2018.
• Rajkowska G, Legutko B, Moulana M, Syed M, Romero DG. Stockmeier CA, Miguel-Hidalgo JJ. Astrocyte Pathology in the Ventral Prefrontal White Matter in Depression. Journal of Psychiatric Research. 2018; 102:150-158. PMID: 29660602.
• Taylor EB, Moulana M, Stuge TB, Quiniou S, Bengten E, and Wilson M. A leukocyte immune-type receptor (LITR) subset is a marker of antiviral cytotoxic cells in channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus. The Journal of Immunology. 2016; 196 (6):2677-89. PMID: 26856701. 
• Moulana M, Hosick K, Stanford JK, Zhang H, Roman R, Reckelhoff JF. Sex differences in blood pressure control in SHR:  Lack of a role for EETs. Physiological Reports. 2014; 2 (5): e12022, PMID: 24844641.
• Moulana M, Taylor EB, Edholm E, Quiniou S, Wilson M, Bengtén E. Identification and characterization of TCRγ and TCRδ chains in channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus. Immunogenetics. 2014; 66 (9-10): 545-561. PMID: 25129471.
• Complete list of published work in MyBibliography