Research Postdoctoral Fellow, The Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience
Research Interests
Astrocyte calcium signaling, myelination of oligodendrocytes
Education
B.Tech. Indraprastha University, Delhi, India
Ph.D. Max-Planck Institute of Experimental Medicine and Georg-August University Goettingen, Germany
Selected Publications
Agarwal, A., Wu, P.-H., Hughes, E.G., Fukaya, M., Tischfield, M.A., Langseth, A.J., Wirtz, D., and Bergles, D.E. (2017). Transient Opening of the Mitochondrial Permeability Transition Pore Induces Microdomain Calcium Transients in Astrocyte Processes. Neuron 93, 587–605.e7.
Agarwal, A., and Bergles, D.E. (2014). Astrocyte morphology is controlled by neuron-derived FGF. Neuron 83, 255–257.
Paukert, M.*, Agarwal, A.*, Cha, J., Doze, V.A., Kang, J.U., and Bergles, D.E. (2014). Norepinephrine controls astroglial responsiveness to local circuit activity. Neuron 82, 1263–1270. (*: Equal contributions)
Agarwal, A., Dibaj, P., Kassmann, C.M., Goebbels, S., Nave, K.-A., and Schwab, M.H. (2012). In vivo imaging and noninvasive ablation of pyramidal neurons in adult NEX-CreERT2 mice. Cereb. Cortex 22, 1473–1486.
Sargin, D., El-Kordi, A., Agarwal, A., Müller, M., Wojcik, S.M., Hassouna, I., Sperling, S., Nave, K.-A., and Ehrenreich, H. (2011). Expression of constitutively active erythropoietin receptor in pyramidal neurons of cortex and hippocampus boosts higher cognitive functions in mice. BMC Biol. 9, 27.
Ribes, S., Ebert, S., Regen, T., Agarwal, A., Tauber, S.C., Czesnik, D., Spreer, A., Bunkowski, S., Eiffert, H., Hanisch, U.-K., et al. (2010). Toll-like receptor stimulation enhances phagocytosis and intracellular killing of nonencapsulated and encapsulated Streptococcus pneumoniae by murine microglia. Infect. Immun. 78, 865–871.
Brinkmann, B.G.*, Agarwal, A.*, Sereda, M.W., Garratt, A.N., Müller, T., Wende, H., Stassart, R.M., Nawaz, S., Humml, C., Velanac, V., et al. (2008). Neuregulin-1/ErbB signaling serves distinct functions in myelination of the peripheral and central nervous system. Neuron 59, 581–595. (*: Equal contributions)
Contact information
Department of Neuroscience
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
725 N. Wolfe St., WBSB 1001
Baltimore, MD 21205
Phone: (410) 955-6949
Fax: (410) 955-6942
