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Sunil Pravinchandr Gandhi

Title(s)Assistant Professor, Neurobiology & Behavior
SchoolSchool of Biological Sciences
Address2213 McGaugh Hall
Zot 4550
Irvine CA 92697
Phone(949) 824-8761
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    A novel platform for the investigation of human microglia
    NIH RF1DA048813Aug 15, 2019 - Aug 14, 2022
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Reorganization of the Central Visual System by Inhibitory Neuron Transplantation
    NIH R01EY029490May 1, 2019 - Apr 30, 2024
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Neuregulin-1 based molecular mechanisms of cortical plasticity
    NIH R01EY028212Sep 1, 2017 - May 31, 2021
    Role: Co-Principal Investigator
    Rewiring cortex using inhibitory neuron transplantation
    NIH DP2EY024504Sep 30, 2013 - Jul 31, 2018
    Role: Principal Investigator
    2-Photon Imaging of synaptic remodeling in visual cortex
    NIH F32EY016317Mar 1, 2005 - Feb 29, 2008
    Role: Principal Investigator

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    1. The psychoplastogen tabernanthalog induces neuroplasticity without proximate immediate early gene activation. Nat Neurosci. 2025 Sep; 28(9):1919-1931. Aarrestad IK, Cameron LP, Fenton EM, Casey AB, Rijsketic DR, Patel SD, Sambyal R, Johnson SB, Ly C, Viswanathan J, Barragan EV, Lozano SA, Seban N, Hu H, Powell NA, Chytil M, Meyer R, Rose D, Hempel C, Olson E, Hansen HD, Madsen CA, Knudsen GM, Redd C, Wheeler DG, Guanzon N, Muir J, Hennessey JJ, Quon G, McCorvy JD, Gandhi SP, Rasmussen K, Liston C, Gray JA, Heifets BD, Nord AS, Kim CK, Olson DE. PMID: 40760185; PMCID: PMC12373294.
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    2. Infection with Toxoplasma gondii triggers coagulation at the blood-brain barrier and a reduction in cerebral blood flow. J Neuroinflammation. 2025 Jan 08; 22(1):3. Hoover EM, Schneider CA, Crouzet C, Lima TS, Velez DXF, Tran CJ, Agalliu D, Gandhi SP, Choi B, Lodoen MB. PMID: 39780244; PMCID: PMC11708167.
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    3. Toxoplasma gondii Infection of Alzheimer's Disease Mice Reduces Brain Amyloid Density Globally and Regionally. J Infect Dis. 2024 Sep 10; 230(Supplement_2):S165-S172. Yanes KJO, Guanzon NA, Azevedo R, Wheeler DG, Gandhi SP, Lodoen MB. PMID: 39255396; PMCID: PMC11385590.
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    4. MRI Predicts Residual Disease and Outcomes in Watch-and-Wait Patients with Rectal Cancer. Radiology. 2024 09; 312(3):e232748. Williams H, Omer DM, Thompson HM, Lin ST, Verheij FS, Miranda J, Yuval JB, Buckley J, Marco MR, Qin LX, Dombroski DA, Kedar R, Oto A, Korngold E, Veniero JC, Gandhi S, Krishnaraj A, Jagtiani M, Ohanian K, Vu D, Hope TA, Lee S, Wasnik AP, Madhuripan N, Gollub MJ, Garcia-Aguilar J, OPRA Consortium. PMID: 39225603; PMCID: PMC11427875.
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    5. Therapeutic potential of human microglia transplantation in a chimeric model of CSF1R-related leukoencephalopathy. Neuron. 2024 Aug 21; 112(16):2686-2707.e8. Chadarevian JP, Hasselmann J, Lahian A, Capocchi JK, Escobar A, Lim TE, Le L, Tu C, Nguyen J, Kiani Shabestari S, Carlen-Jones W, Gandhi S, Bu G, Hume DA, Pridans C, Wszolek ZK, Spitale RC, Davtyan H, Blurton-Jones M. PMID: 38897209; PMCID: PMC12357648.
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    6. Pattern Completion and Rate Remapping in Retrosplenial Cortex. Res Sq. 2023 Apr 14. Navratilova Z, Banerjee D, Muqolli F, Zhang J, Gandhi S, McNaughton B. PMID: 37090599; PMCID: PMC10120768.
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    7. Publisher Correction: Juvenile depletion of microglia reduces orientation but not high spatial frequency selectivity in mouse V1. Sci Rep. 2023 Jan 24; 13(1):1337. Velez DXF, Arreola M, Huh CYL, Green K, Gandhi SP. PMID: 36693857; PMCID: PMC9873812.
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    8. Toxoplasma gondii Dissemination in the Brain Is Facilitated by Infiltrating Peripheral Immune Cells. mBio. 2022 12 20; 13(6):e0283822. Schneider CA, Figueroa Velez DX, Orchanian SB, Shallberg LA, Agalliu D, Hunter CA, Gandhi SP, Lodoen MB. PMID: 36445695; PMCID: PMC9765297.
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    9. Efficacy and Safety of Telaglenastat Plus Cabozantinib vs Placebo Plus Cabozantinib in Patients With Advanced Renal Cell Carcinoma: The CANTATA Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Oncol. 2022 10 01; 8(10):1411-1418. Tannir NM, Agarwal N, Porta C, Lawrence NJ, Motzer R, McGregor B, Lee RJ, Jain RK, Davis N, Appleman LJ, Goodman O, Stadler WM, Gandhi S, Geynisman DM, Iacovelli R, Mellado B, Sepúlveda Sánchez JM, Figlin R, Powles T, Akella L, Orford K, Escudier B. PMID: 36048457; PMCID: PMC9437824.
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    10. Retinoid therapy restores eye-specific cortical responses in adult mice with retinal degeneration. Curr Biol. 2022 10 24; 32(20):4538-4546.e5. Huh CYL, Leinonen H, Nakayama T, Tomasello JR, Zhang J, Zeitoun J, Peach JP, Halabi M, Kiser JZ, Palczewski K, Kiser PD, Gandhi SP. PMID: 36152631; PMCID: PMC10083103.
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    11. Juvenile depletion of microglia reduces orientation but not high spatial frequency selectivity in mouse V1. Sci Rep. 2022 07 27; 12(1):12779. Velez DXF, Arreola M, Huh CYL, Green K, Gandhi SP. PMID: 35896554; PMCID: PMC9329297.
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    12. TREM2 regulates purinergic receptor-mediated calcium signaling and motility in human iPSC-derived microglia. Elife. 2022 02 22; 11. Jairaman A, McQuade A, Granzotto A, Kang YJ, Chadarevian JP, Gandhi S, Parker I, Smith I, Cho H, Sensi SL, Othy S, Blurton-Jones M, Cahalan MD. PMID: 35191835; PMCID: PMC8906810.
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    13. Harnessing rAAV-retro for gene manipulations in multiple pathways that are interrupted after spinal cord injury. Exp Neurol. 2022 04; 350:113965. Metcalfe M, Yee KM, Luo J, Martin-Thompson JH, Gandhi SP, Steward O. PMID: 34973965; PMCID: PMC9055973.
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    14. Subventricular zone/white matter microglia reconstitute the empty adult microglial niche in a dynamic wave. Elife. 2021 08 23; 10. Hohsfield LA, Najafi AR, Ghorbanian Y, Soni N, Crapser J, Figueroa Velez DX, Jiang S, Royer SE, Kim SJ, Henningfield CM, Anderson A, Gandhi SP, Mortazavi A, Inlay MA, Green KN. PMID: 34423781; PMCID: PMC8425950.
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    15. Rostro-Caudal Specificity of Corticospinal Tract Projections in Mice. Cereb Cortex. 2021 03 31; 31(5):2322-2344. Steward O, Yee KM, Metcalfe M, Willenberg R, Luo J, Azevedo R, Martin-Thompson JH, Gandhi SP. PMID: 33350438; PMCID: PMC8023844.
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    16. Host interneurons mediate plasticity reactivated by embryonic inhibitory cell transplantation in mouse visual cortex. Nat Commun. 2021 02 08; 12(1):862. Zheng X, Salinas KJ, Velez DXF, Nakayama T, Lin X, Banerjee D, Xu X, Gandhi SP. PMID: 33558487; PMCID: PMC7870960.
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    17. Functional Differentiation of Mouse Visual Cortical Areas Depends upon Early Binocular Experience. J Neurosci. 2021 02 17; 41(7):1470-1488. Salinas KJ, Huh CYL, Zeitoun JH, Gandhi SP. PMID: 33376158; PMCID: PMC7896022.
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    18. Transcranial chronic optical access to longitudinally measure cerebral blood flow. J Neurosci Methods. 2021 02 15; 350:109044. Hoover EM, Crouzet C, Bordas JM, Figueroa Velez DX, Gandhi SP, Choi B, Lodoen MB. PMID: 33340556; PMCID: PMC8095351.
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    19. A Bump-Hole Strategy for Increased Stringency of Cell-Specific Metabolic Labeling of RNA. ACS Chem Biol. 2020 12 18; 15(12):3099-3105. Nguyen K, Kubota M, Arco JD, Feng C, Singha M, Beasley S, Sakr J, Gandhi SP, Blurton-Jones M, Fernández Lucas J, Spitale RC. PMID: 33222436; PMCID: PMC7814973.
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    20. Subanesthetic Ketamine Reactivates Adult Cortical Plasticity to Restore Vision from Amblyopia. Curr Biol. 2020 09 21; 30(18):3591-3603.e8. Grieco SF, Qiao X, Zheng X, Liu Y, Chen L, Zhang H, Yu Z, Gavornik JP, Lai C, Gandhi SP, Holmes TC, Xu X. PMID: 32822611; PMCID: PMC7925140.
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    21. Long-term Monocular Deprivation during Juvenile Critical Period Disrupts Binocular Integration in Mouse Visual Thalamus. J Neurosci. 2020 01 15; 40(3):585-604. Huh CYL, Abdelaal K, Salinas KJ, Gu D, Zeitoun J, Figueroa Velez DX, Peach JP, Fowlkes CC, Gandhi SP. PMID: 31767678; PMCID: PMC6961993.
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    22. Imaging the dynamic recruitment of monocytes to the blood-brain barrier and specific brain regions during Toxoplasma gondii infection. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2019 12 03; 116(49):24796-24807. Schneider CA, Figueroa Velez DX, Azevedo R, Hoover EM, Tran CJ, Lo C, Vadpey O, Gandhi SP, Lodoen MB. PMID: 31727842; PMCID: PMC6900744.
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    23. Development of a Chimeric Model to Study and Manipulate Human Microglia In Vivo. Neuron. 2019 09 25; 103(6):1016-1033.e10. Hasselmann J, Coburn MA, England W, Figueroa Velez DX, Kiani Shabestari S, Tu CH, McQuade A, Kolahdouzan M, Echeverria K, Claes C, Nakayama T, Azevedo R, Coufal NG, Han CZ, Cummings BJ, Davtyan H, Glass CK, Healy LM, Gandhi SP, Spitale RC, Blurton-Jones M. PMID: 31375314; PMCID: PMC7138101.
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    24. Precocious deposition of perineuronal nets on Parvalbumin inhibitory neurons transplanted into adult visual cortex. Sci Rep. 2018 05 10; 8(1):7480. Bradshaw KP, Figueroa Velez DX, Habeeb M, Gandhi SP. PMID: 29748633; PMCID: PMC5945847.
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    25. Caveolin1 Is Required for Th1 Cell Infiltration, but Not Tight Junction Remodeling, at the Blood-Brain Barrier in Autoimmune Neuroinflammation. Cell Rep. 2017 Nov 21; 21(8):2104-2117. Lutz SE, Smith JR, Kim DH, Olson CVL, Ellefsen K, Bates JM, Gandhi SP, Agalliu D. PMID: 29166603; PMCID: PMC5728697.
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    26. Contralateral Bias of High Spatial Frequency Tuning and Cardinal Direction Selectivity in Mouse Visual Cortex. J Neurosci. 2017 10 18; 37(42):10125-10138. Salinas KJ, Figueroa Velez DX, Zeitoun JH, Kim H, Gandhi SP. PMID: 28924011; PMCID: PMC5647770.
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    27. Contribution of Innate Cortical Mechanisms to the Maturation of Orientation Selectivity in Parvalbumin Interneurons. J Neurosci. 2017 01 25; 37(4):820-829. Figueroa Velez DX, Ellefsen KL, Hathaway ER, Carathedathu MC, Gandhi SP. PMID: 28123018; PMCID: PMC5296779.
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    28. Healing Pains of the Past Using Neuronal Transplantation. Neuron. 2016 Dec 21; 92(6):1157-1159. Zheng X, Gandhi SP. PMID: 28009270.
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    29. Neuregulin-1/ErbB4 Signaling Regulates Visual Cortical Plasticity. Neuron. 2016 Oct 05; 92(1):160-173. Sun Y, Ikrar T, Davis MF, Gong N, Zheng X, Luo ZD, Lai C, Mei L, Holmes TC, Gandhi SP, Xu X. PMID: 27641496; PMCID: PMC5310354.
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    30. Inhibitory Neuron Transplantation into Adult Visual Cortex Creates a New Critical Period that Rescues Impaired Vision. Neuron. 2015 May 20; 86(4):1055-1066. Davis MF, Figueroa Velez DX, Guevarra RP, Yang MC, Habeeb M, Carathedathu MC, Gandhi SP. PMID: 25937171; PMCID: PMC4441572.
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    31. Cortical plasticity induced by inhibitory neuron transplantation. Science. 2010 Feb 26; 327(5969):1145-8. Southwell DG, Froemke RC, Alvarez-Buylla A, Stryker MP, Gandhi SP. PMID: 20185728; PMCID: PMC3164148.
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    32. Delayed plasticity of inhibitory neurons in developing visual cortex. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 Oct 28; 105(43):16797-802. Gandhi SP, Yanagawa Y, Stryker MP. PMID: 18940923; PMCID: PMC2575499.
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    33. An eye-opening experience. Nat Neurosci. 2005 Jan; 8(1):9-10. Gandhi SP, Cang J, Stryker MP. PMID: 15622410; PMCID: PMC2413328.
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    34. Three modes of synaptic vesicular recycling revealed by single-vesicle imaging. Nature. 2003 Jun 05; 423(6940):607-13. Gandhi SP, Stevens CF. PMID: 12789331.
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