Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology

Cellular & molecular mechanisms involved in diabetes and its complications (neuropathy, nephropathy & encephalopathy)
Development of novel therapeutics for the treatment of spontaneous ongoing pain devoid of drug addiction
Cellular & molecular mechanisms involved in chronic neuropathic pain and associated CNS co-morbidities
Role of reward circuitry in peripheral opioid induced neuropathic pain relief
To develop the animal model of stroke induced chronic pain and develop new therapies against it
The translational aspect of safety and efficacy of intra-arterial delivery of mesenchymal stem cells in small and large animal model of ischemic stroke and related mechanisms of neuroprotection.
The regulatory RNA mediated mesenchymal stem cell engineering and nanoparticle based targeted drug delivery to the brain.
To elucidate mechanisms for the deleterious effect of hyperglycemia in ischemic stroke.
To explore the endocrine regulation towards neuroprotection in ischemic stroke.