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Arshad Khan

TitleDr.
Faculty RankAssistant Professor
InstitutionUniversity of Texas at El Paso
DepartmentBiological Sciences
Address500 West University Avenue
Bioscience Research Building, Room 2.171
El Paso TX 79968
Phone9157478436
Fax9157478436
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    Other Positions
    TitleAdjunct Assistant Professor
    InstitutionUniversity of Southern California
    DepartmentBiological Sciences


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    F32MH071108     (KHAN, ARSHAD M)Jun 1, 2004 - May 31, 2007
    NIH
    Signal Transduction Mechanisms in Neuroendocrine Neurons
    Role: Principal Investigator
    K01DK081937     (KHAN, ARSHAD M)Sep 10, 2008 - Apr 15, 2013
    NIH
    From glucosensing neurons to CRH neuroedocrine neurons: Circuits and signals
    Role: Principal Investigator
    SC3GM109817     (KHAN, ARSHAD M.)Apr 1, 2014 - May 31, 2018
    NIH
    Identifying and mapping functional connections of feeding control neurons in the
    Role: Principal Investigator
    SC1GM127251     (KHAN, ARSHAD M.)Jun 1, 2018 - Apr 30, 2022
    NIH
    Interrogating brain circuits that control feeding caused by fasting or by craving
    Role: Principal Investigator

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    1. Navarro VI, Arnal A, Peru E, Balivada S, Toccoli AR, Sotelo D, Fuentes O, Khan AM. Chemoarchitectural studies of the rat hypothalamus and zona incerta. Chemopleth 1.0 - A downloadable interactive Brain Maps spatial database of five co-visualizable neurochemical systems, with novel feature- and grid-based mapping tools. bioRxiv. 2025 Oct 24. PMID: 40093046.
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    2. Bono BS, Negishi K, Dumiaty Y, Ponce-Ruiz MS, Akinbode TC, Baker KS, Spencer CDP, Mejia E, Guirguis M, Hebert AJ, Khan AM, Chee MJ. Brainwide Projections of Mouse Dopaminergic Zona Incerta Neurons. J Comp Neurol. 2025 Mar; 533(3):e70039. PMID: 40090880.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    3. Negishi K, Navarro VI, Montes LP, Arzate LS, Guerra Ruiz JM, Sotelo D, Toccoli AR, Khan AM. Elaborating the connections of a closed-loop forebrain circuit in the rat: Circumscribed evidence for novel topography within a cortico-striato-pallidal triple descending projection, with thalamic feedback, to the anterior lateral hypothalamic area. bioRxiv. 2025 Jan 19. PMID: 39868339.
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    4. Edwards MM, Nguyen HK, Dodson AD, Herbertson AJ, Honeycutt MK, Slattery JD, Rambousek JR, Tsui E, Wolden-Hanson T, Wietecha TA, Graham JL, Tapia GP, Sikkema CL, O'Brien KD, Mundinger TO, Peskind ER, Ryu V, Havel PJ, Khan AM, Taborsky GJ, Blevins JE. Sympathetic innervation of interscapular brown adipose tissue is not a predominant mediator of Oxytocin (OT)-elicited reductions of body weight gain and adiposity in male diet-induced obese rats. Front Drug Deliv. 2024; 4. PMID: 39866535.
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    5. Edwards MM, Nguyen HK, Dodson AD, Herbertson AJ, Honeycutt MK, Slattery JD, Rambousek JR, Tsui E, Wolden-Hanson T, Wietecha TA, Graham JL, Tapia GP, Sikkema CL, O'Brien KD, Mundinger TO, Peskind ER, Ryu V, Havel PJ, Khan AM, Taborsky GJ, Blevins JE. Sympathetic innervation of interscapular brown adipose tissue is not a predominant mediator of OT-elicited reductions of body weight gain and adiposity in male diet-induced obese rats. bioRxiv. 2024 Oct 25. PMID: 39345420.
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    6. Negishi K, Montes LP, Navarro VI, Arzate LS, Oliveros C, Khan AM. Topographic organization of bidirectional connections between the cingulate region (infralimbic area and anterior cingulate area, dorsal part) and the interbrain (diencephalon) of the adult male rat. bioRxiv. 2024 Oct 01. PMID: 40093037.
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    7. Bono BS, Negishi K, Dumiaty Y, Ponce MS, Akinbode TC, Baker KS, Spencer CDP, Mejia E, Guirguis M, Hebert AJ, Khan AM, Chee MJ. Brain-wide projections of mouse dopaminergic zona incerta neurons. bioRxiv. 2024 Sep 11. PMID: 40093135.
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    8. Mart?nez M, Espinoza VE, Garcia V, Uribe KP, Negishi K, Estevao IL, Carcoba LM, O'Dell LE, Khan AM, Mendez IA. Withdrawal from repeated nicotine vapor exposure increases somatic signs of physical dependence, anxiety-like behavior, and brain reward thresholds in adult male rats. Neuropharmacology. 2023 12 01; 240:109681. PMID: 37611823.
      Citations: 5     Fields:    Translation:Animals
    9. Tapia GP, Agostinelli LJ, Chenausky SD, Padilla JVS, Navarro VI, Alagh A, Si G, Thompson RH, Balivada S, Khan AM. Glycemic Challenge Is Associated with the Rapid Cellular Activation of the Locus Ceruleus and Nucleus of Solitary Tract: Circumscribed Spatial Analysis of Phosphorylated MAP Kinase Immunoreactivity. J Clin Med. 2023 Mar 24; 12(7). PMID: 37048567.
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    10. Khan AM, D'Arcy CE, Olimpo JT. A historical perspective on training students to create standardized maps of novel brain structure: Newly-uncovered resonances between past and present research-based neuroanatomy curricula. Neurosci Lett. 2021 08 10; 759:136052. PMID: 34139317.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimals
    11. Matos-Ocasio F, Espinoza VE, Correa-Alfonzo P, Khan AM, O'Dell LE. Female rats display greater nicotine withdrawal-induced cellular activation of a central portion of the interpeduncular nucleus versus males: A study of Fos immunoreactivity within provisionally assigned interpeduncular subnuclei. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2021 04 01; 221:108640. PMID: 33640680.
      Citations: 8     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    12. Negishi K, Payant MA, Schumacker KS, Wittmann G, Butler RM, Lechan RM, Steinbusch HWM, Khan AM, Chee MJ. Distributions of hypothalamic neuron populations coexpressing tyrosine hydroxylase and the vesicular GABA transporter in the mouse. J Comp Neurol. 2020 07 15; 528(11):1833-1855. PMID: 31950494.
      Citations: 24     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    13. D'Arcy CE, Martinez A, Khan AM, Olimpo JT. Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Outcomes Associated with Student Engagement in a Novel Brain Chemoarchitecture Mapping Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience. J Undergrad Neurosci Educ. 2019; 18(1):A15-A43. PMID: 31983898.
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    14. Uribe KP, Correa VL, Pinales BE, Flores RJ, Cruz B, Shan Z, Bruijnzeel AW, Khan AM, O'Dell LE. Overexpression of corticotropin-releasing factor in the nucleus accumbens enhances the reinforcing effects of nicotine in intact?female versus male?and ovariectomized female rats. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2020 01; 45(2):394-403. PMID: 31614362.
      Citations: 10     Fields:    Translation:Animals
    15. Santarelli AJ, Khan AM, Poulos AM. Contextual fear retrieval-induced Fos expression across early development in the rat: An analysis using established nervous system nomenclature ontology. Neurobiol Learn Mem. 2018 11; 155:42-49. PMID: 29807127.
      Citations: 10     Fields:    Translation:Animals
    16. Khan AM, Perez JG, Wells CE, Fuentes O. Computer Vision Evidence Supporting Craniometric Alignment of Rat Brain Atlases to Streamline Expert-Guided, First-Order Migration of Hypothalamic Spatial Datasets Related to Behavioral Control. Front Syst Neurosci. 2018; 12:7. PMID: 29765309.
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    17. Khan AM, Grant AH, Martinez A, Burns GAPC, Thatcher BS, Anekonda VT, Thompson BW, Roberts ZS, Moralejo DH, Blevins JE. Mapping Molecular Datasets Back to the Brain Regions They are Extracted from: Remembering the Native Countries of Hypothalamic Expatriates and Refugees. Adv Neurobiol. 2018; 21:101-193. PMID: 30334222.
      Citations: 9     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimals
    18. Hughes DF, Tolley KA, Behangana M, Lukwago W, Menegon M, Dehling JM, Stipala J, Tilbury CR, Khan AM, Kusamba C, Greenbaum E. Cryptic diversity in Rhampholeon boulengeri (Sauria: Chamaeleonidae), a pygmy chameleon from the Albertine Rift biodiversity hotspot. Mol Phylogenet Evol. 2018 05; 122:125-141. PMID: 29199108.
      Citations: 3     Fields:    Translation:Animals
    19. Balivada S, Ganta CK, Zhang Y, Pawar HN, Ortiz RJ, Becker KG, Khan AM, Kenney MJ. Microarray analysis of aging-associated immune system alterations in the rostral ventrolateral medulla of F344 rats. Physiol Genomics. 2017 Aug 01; 49(8):400-415. PMID: 28626023.
      Citations: 6     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    20. Hughes DF, Walker EM, Gignac PM, Martinez A, Negishi K, Lieb CS, Greenbaum E, Khan AM. Rescuing Perishable Neuroanatomical Information from a Threatened Biodiversity Hotspot: Remote Field Methods for Brain Tissue Preservation Validated by Cytoarchitectonic Analysis, Immunohistochemistry, and X-Ray Microcomputed Tomography. PLoS One. 2016; 11(5):e0155824. PMID: 27196138.
      Citations: 7     Fields:    Translation:Animals
    21. Zs?li G, Vida B, Martinez A, Lechan RM, Khan AM, Fekete C. Elucidation of the anatomy of a satiety network: Focus on connectivity of the parabrachial nucleus in the adult rat. J Comp Neurol. 2016 10 01; 524(14):2803-27. PMID: 26918800.
      Citations: 27     Fields:    Translation:Animals
    22. Sierra-Fonseca JA, Najera O, Martinez-Jurado J, Walker EM, Varela-Ramirez A, Khan AM, Miranda M, Lamango NS, Roychowdhury S. Nerve growth factor induces neurite outgrowth of PC12 cells by promoting G??-microtubule interaction. BMC Neurosci. 2014 Dec 31; 15:132. PMID: 25552352.
      Citations: 32     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    23. Bohland M, Matveyenko AV, Saberi M, Khan AM, Watts AG, Donovan CM. Activation of hindbrain neurons is mediated by portal-mesenteric vein glucosensors during slow-onset hypoglycemia. Diabetes. 2014 Aug; 63(8):2866-75. PMID: 24727435.
      Citations: 36     Fields:    Translation:Animals
    24. Khan AM. Controlling feeding behavior by chemical or gene-directed targeting in the brain: what's so spatial about our methods? Front Neurosci. 2013 Dec 18; 7:182. PMID: 24385950.
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    25. Khan AM, Walker EM, Dominguez N, Watts AG. Neural input is critical for arcuate hypothalamic neurons to mount intracellular signaling responses to systemic insulin and deoxyglucose challenges in male rats: implications for communication within feeding and metabolic control networks. Endocrinology. 2014 Feb; 155(2):405-16. PMID: 24265445.
      Citations: 9     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    26. Watts AG, Khan AM. Identifying links in the chain: the dynamic coupling of catecholamines, peptide synthesis, and peptide release in hypothalamic neuroendocrine neurons. Adv Pharmacol. 2013; 68:421-44. PMID: 24054156.
      Citations: 7     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    27. Khan AM, Kaminski KL, Sanchez-Watts G, Ponzio TA, Kuzmiski JB, Bains JS, Watts AG. MAP kinases couple hindbrain-derived catecholamine signals to hypothalamic adrenocortical control mechanisms during glycemia-related challenges. J Neurosci. 2011 Dec 14; 31(50):18479-91. PMID: 22171049.
      Citations: 26     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    28. Khan AM. Neurognostics question. Nerve, muscle, blood, toil, tears, and sweat: England's pioneering biophysicist, soldier, and statesman. J Hist Neurosci. 2009; 18(1):80-1, 98-105. PMID: 19160116.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    29. Gorton LM, Khan AM, Bohland M, Sanchez-Watts G, Donovan CM, Watts AG. A role for the forebrain in mediating time-of-day differences in glucocorticoid counterregulatory responses to hypoglycemia in rats. Endocrinology. 2007 Dec; 148(12):6026-39. PMID: 17823259.
      Citations: 11     Fields:    Translation:Animals
    30. Khan AM, Ponzio TA, Sanchez-Watts G, Stanley BG, Hatton GI, Watts AG. Catecholaminergic control of mitogen-activated protein kinase signaling in paraventricular neuroendocrine neurons in vivo and in vitro: a proposed role during glycemic challenges. J Neurosci. 2007 Jul 04; 27(27):7344-60. PMID: 17611287.
      Citations: 37     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    31. Watts AG, Khan AM, Sanchez-Watts G, Salter D, Neuner CM. Activation in neural networks controlling ingestive behaviors: what does it mean, and how do we map and measure it? Physiol Behav. 2006 Nov 30; 89(4):501-10. PMID: 16828817.
      Citations: 14     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    32. Khan AM, Hahn JD, Cheng WC, Watts AG, Burns GA. NeuroScholar's electronic laboratory notebook and its application to neuroendocrinology. Neuroinformatics. 2006; 4(2):139-62. PMID: 16845166.
      Citations: 6     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimals
    33. Khan AM, Cheung HH, Gillard ER, Palarca JA, Welsbie DS, Gurd JW, Stanley BG. Lateral hypothalamic signaling mechanisms underlying feeding stimulation: differential contributions of Src family tyrosine kinases to feeding triggered either by NMDA injection or by food deprivation. J Neurosci. 2004 Nov 24; 24(47):10603-15. PMID: 15564576.
      Citations: 12     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    34. Khan AM, Watts AG. Intravenous 2-deoxy-D-glucose injection rapidly elevates levels of the phosphorylated forms of p44/42 mitogen-activated protein kinases (extracellularly regulated kinases 1/2) in rat hypothalamic parvicellular paraventricular neurons. Endocrinology. 2004 Jan; 145(1):351-9. PMID: 14525908.
      Citations: 23     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    35. Burns GA, Khan AM, Ghandeharizadeh S, O'Neill MA, Chen YS. Tools and approaches for the construction of knowledge models from the neuroscientific literature. Neuroinformatics. 2003; 1(1):81-109. PMID: 15055395.
      Citations: 8     Fields:    Translation:Cells
    36. Khan AM, Stanley BG, Bozzetti L, Chin C, Stivers C, Curr?s-Collazo MC. N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor subunit NR2B is widely expressed throughout the rat diencephalon: an immunohistochemical study. J Comp Neurol. 2000 Dec 18; 428(3):428-49. PMID: 11074444.
      Citations: 12     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    37. Khan AM, Curr?s MC, Dao J, Jamal FA, Turkowski CA, Goel RK, Gillard ER, Wolfsohn SD, Stanley BG. Lateral hypothalamic NMDA receptor subunits NR2A and/or NR2B mediate eating: immunochemical/behavioral evidence. Am J Physiol. 1999 03; 276(3):R880-91. PMID: 10070151.
      Citations: 17     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    38. Gillard ER, Khan AM, Mouradi B, Nalamwar O, Stanley BG. Eating induced by perifornical cAMP is behaviorally selective and involves protein kinase activity. Am J Physiol. 1998 08; 275(2):R647-53. PMID: 9688705.
      Citations: 2     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    39. Gillard ER, Khan AM, Grewal RS, Mouradi B, Wolfsohn SD, Stanley BG. The second messenger cAMP elicits eating by an anatomically specific action in the perifornical hypothalamus. J Neurosci. 1998 Apr 01; 18(7):2646-52. PMID: 9502822.
      Citations: 6     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    40. Miyata S, Khan AM, Hatton GI. Colocalization of calretinin and calbindin-D28k with oxytocin and vasopressin in rat supraoptic nucleus neurons: a quantitative study. Brain Res. 1998 Feb 23; 785(1):178-82. PMID: 9526078.
      Citations: 6     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    41. Gillard ER, Khan AM, Grewal RS, Mouradi B, Stanley BG. Stimulation of eating by the second messenger cAMP in the perifornical and lateral hypothalamus. Am J Physiol. 1997 Jul; 273(1 Pt 2):R107-12. PMID: 9249539.
      Citations: 4     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
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