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Sushil K Jha

Associate Professor

Centre/School/Special Centre

School of Life Sciences

Room No

207

Off. Phone

011-26704190

sushilkjha[at]mail[dot]jnu[dot]ac[dot]in, sushil_1000[at]yahoo[dot]com

Personal Webpage

Personal files

Qualifications

Ph.D.

Areas of Interest/Specialization

Neuroscience

Experience

15 years

Awards & Honours

Awards:

Prof. Baldev Singh Oration Award (Association of Physiologists and Pharmacologists of India, 2015)
Scopus Young Scientist Award (Elsevier, India, 2007)
Young Investigator Award (Sleep Research Society, USA, 2006)
Faculty Career Development Award (American Sleep Medicine Foundation, USA, 2005)
Trainee Merit-Based Travel Award (Sleep Research Society, USA, 2004)
B.K. Anand Research Award (Association of Physiologists and Pharmacologists of India, 2001)

Honors:

A question of Science, “What happens when we Sleep? Doordarshan National (DD-1) May 21st, 2014

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z61JrF7augA&feature=youtu.be
Trauma: Can you sleep it off? Times of India, August 19, 2012.

http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-08-20/science/33286542_1_sleep-trauma-jnu
In defense of the office nap. DNA (Daily News and Analysis), July 8, 2012

http://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/report_in-defence-of-the-office-nap_1712073
All-night revision for exam? Sleep on it. ‘Sleep necessary for subject recall.’ Times of India, April 29, 2012

http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-04-29/india/31475844_1_memory-consolidation-sleep-deprived-rats-cues
A TV program on NDTV “Secret Lives” (telecasted on October 23rd and 24th, 2009). Is a 24x7 lifestyle to be blamed for extreme sleeplessness among youngsters? My views with Deepa Kamath.

http://www.ndtv.com/news/video/video_player.php?id=1169452
Journal “Science” Editor’s Choice: Sleep consolidates Visual Experience tested by Jha et al., Science, 310; 407, 2005.

http://www.sciencemag.org/content/vol310/issue5747/twil.dtl
This week in the Journal: Sleep-Dependent Synaptic Plasticity, The Journal of Neuroscience, October 5, 2005, • 25(40):i • i.

http://www.jneurosci.org/cgi/content/full/25/40/0-i

Best Peer Reviewed Publications

Möglich, A, Kateriya, S and Jha SK. New Horizons in Cellular Optogenetics, Editorial, Front. Cell. Neurosci. doi: 10.3389/fncel.2022.875602, 2022.
Tripathi S, Jha SK. REM Sleep Deprivation Alters Learning-Induced Cell Proliferation and Generation of Newborn Young Neurons in the Dentate Gyrus of the Dorsal Hippocampus, ACS Chem. Neurosci., 13, 2, 194–206, 2022.
Mir FA, Jha SK. Proton Pump Inhibitor “Lansoprazole” Inhibits Locus Coeruleus’s Neuronal Activity and Increases Rapid Eye Movement Sleep, ACS Chem. Neurosci., 12, 22, 4265–4274, 2021.
Mir FA, Jha SK. Locus Coeruleus Acid-Sensing Ion Channels Modulate Sleep–Wakefulness and State Transition from NREM to REM Sleep in the Rat. Neuroscience Bulletin 37 (5), 684-700, 2021.
Chauhan A, Midha S, Kumar R, Meena R, Singh P, Jha SK, Kuanr BK. Rapid tumor inhibition via magnetic hyperthermia regulated by caspase 3 with time-dependent clearance of iron oxide nanoparticles. Biomaterials science 9 (8), 2972-2990, 2021.

Recent Peer Reviewed Journals/Books

Qureshi MF and Jha SK. Proton Pump Inhibition Increases Rapid Eye Movement Sleep in the Rat. BioMed Res. Intl., 2014.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/162314
Kant D, Tripathi S, I Qureshi MF, Tripathi SII, Pandey S, Singh G., Kumar T, Mir FA, Jha SK. The effect of glial glutamine synthetase inhibition on recognition and temporal memories in the rat. Neurosci. Lett. 560: 98-102, 2014.
Madan V and Jha SK. A moderate increase of physiological CO2 in a critical range during stable NREM sleep episode: a potential gateway to REM sleep. Frontiers Neurology, 3(19): 1-6, 2012.