Administration & Faculty
Vedavalli Pokala, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Pharmaceutical Science
Educational Background
| BSc., (Botany) - Madras University | |
| M.Sc., (Biochemistry) - Madras University | |
Ph.D., (Pharmacology) - Duquesne University |
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| Post Doctoral Fellow,Vollum Institute of Advanced Biomedical Research, OHSU |
Courses Taught
| Biological Sciences Core Pharmacology | |
| Pharmacokinetics |
Research Interests
| Pharmacology of Neurodegeneration | |
| Pharmacology of Memory | |
| Vascular Pharmacology |
Select Publications
Zhiping Wang, Tara J. Dillon, Viji Pokala, Snigdha Mishra, Kirstin Labudda, Brian Hunter, and Philip J. S. Stork: Rap1-Mediated Activation of Extracellular Signal-Regulated Kinases by Cyclic AMP is Dependent on the Mode of Rap1 Activation. Mol Cell Biol. 2006 March; 26(6): 2130–2145.
Pokala V, Li PK, Johnson DA: Steroid sulfatase inhibition: effects of learning & memory.Trends in Steroid research. 2004.
Marks MG, Shi J, Fry MO, Xiao Z, Trzyna M, Pokala V, Ihnat MA, Li PK: Effects of putative hydroxylated thalidomide metabolites on blood vessel density in the chorioallantoic membrane (CAM) assay and on tumor and endothelial cell proliferation,
Biol Pharm Bull. 2002 May, 25(5), 597-604.
Recent Presentations
Pokala, V.N.,Fitz, N.F., Witt-Enderby, P.A., and Johnson, D.A. Septohippocampal Cholinergic Lesion on Alpha Secretase Activity in Rat Hippocampus. Neuroscience Abstracts, Program no. 846.14, Abstract Viewer/Itinerary Planner, CD-ROM, 2004.
V.N.Pokala*, P.A.Witt-Enderby,D.A.Johnson. Effect of selective cholinergic lesion of the septohippocampal pathway on carbachol stimulated GTP S binding in rat hippocampus, Neuroscience Abstracts, 2003
V.N. Pokala*, M.A. Liberatore, N.J. Zambon, R.A. Nagle, P.-K. Li, P.A. Witt-
Enderby, D.A. Johnson. Effect of 192 IgG-saporin medial-septum lesion on hippocampal neurotransmitter receptor density in rat, Neuroscience Abstracts, 2002
R.A. Nagle, P.-K. Li, T. I. Maher, V.N. Pokala, M.A. Liberatore, N.J. Zambon,
D.A. Johnson.Effect of cholinergic lesioning of basal forebrain on neurotransmitter concentrations in the hippocampus of rat, Neuroscience Abstracts, 2002
N.J. Zambon, R. Nagle, V. Pokala, R.B. Gibbs, D.A. Johnson*.Low dose 192 IgG-saporin selectively destroys basal forebrain cholinergic neurons and impairs acquisition of a spatial memory task, Neuroscience Abstracts, 2001