Samira Abdulai-Saiku, PhD
Specialist
Neurology
School of Medicine

Publications (13)

Top publication keywords:
FearToxoplasmosisSexual Behavior, AnimalHost-Parasite InteractionsNeurosecretory SystemsX ChromosomeToxoplasmosis, AnimalBehavior ControlHistone DemethylasesCorticomedial Nuclear ComplexOdorantsToxoplasmaArginine VasopressinBehavior, AnimalOlfactory Perception

• The maternal X chromosome affects cognition and brain ageing in female mice.
  Nature 2025 Abdulai-Saiku S, Gupta S, Wang D, Marino F, Moreno AJ, Huang Y, Srivastava D, Panning B, Dubal DB
• X Chromosome Factor Kdm6a Enhances Cognition Independent of Its Demethylase Function in the Aging XY Male Brain.
  The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences 2023 Shaw CK, Abdulai-Saiku S, Marino F, Wang D, Davis EJ, Panning B, Dubal DB
• Presence of Toxoplasma gondii tissue cysts in human semen: Toxoplasmosis as a potential sexually transmissible infection.
  The Journal of infection 2022 Tong WH, Hlavácová J, Abdulai-Saiku S, Kanková Š, Flegr J, Vyas A
• Toxoplasma gondii Infection Causes an Atypical Abundance of Oxytocin and Its Receptor in the Female Rat Brain.
  Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) 2021 Abdulai-Saiku S, Vyas A
• Arginine vasopressin in the medial amygdala causes greater post-stress recruitment of hypothalamic vasopressin neurons.
  Molecular brain 2021 Tong WH, Abdulai-Saiku S, Vyas A

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• Corrigendum: Testosterone Acts Within the Medial Amygdala of Rats to Reduce Innate Fear to Predator Odor Akin to the Effects of Toxoplasma gondii Infection.
  Frontiers in psychiatry 2021 Singh DK, Hari Dass SA, Abdulai-Saiku S, Vyas A
• Behavioral Manipulation by Toxoplasma gondii: Does Brain Residence Matter?
  Trends in parasitology 2021 Abdulai-Saiku S, Tong WH, Vyas A
• A second X chromosome contributes to resilience in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease.
  Science translational medicine 2020 Davis EJ, Broestl L, Abdulai-Saiku S, Worden K, Bonham LW, Miñones-Moyano E, Moreno AJ, Wang D, Chang K, Williams G, Garay BI, Lobach I, Devidze N, Kim D, Anderson-Bergman C, Yu GQ, White CC, Harris …
• Testosterone Acts Within the Medial Amygdala of Rats to Reduce Innate Fear to Predator Odor Akin to the Effects of Toxoplasma gondii Infection.
  Frontiers in psychiatry 2020 Singh DK, Hari Dass SA, Abdulai-Saiku S, Vyas A
• Medial Amygdala Arginine Vasopressin Neurons Regulate Innate Aversion to Cat Odors in Male Mice.
  Neuroendocrinology 2020 Tong WH, Abdulai-Saiku S, Vyas A
• Testosterone Reduces Fear and Causes Drastic Hypomethylation of Arginine Vasopressin Promoter in Medial Extended Amygdala of Male Mice.
  Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience 2019 Tong WH, Abdulai-Saiku S, Vyas A
• Effects of stress or infection on rat behavior show robust reversals due to environmental disturbance.
  F1000Research 2017 Abdulai-Saiku S, Hegde A, Vyas A, Mitra R
• Loss of predator aversion in female rats after Toxoplasma gondii infection is not dependent on ovarian steroids.
  Brain, behavior, and immunity 2017 Abdulai-Saiku S, Vyas A