Education and Training

Medical School

MD - University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL

Residency

Pediatrics - Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Child Neurology - Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

Graduate Degree

PhD in Neurobiology - University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL

Titles and Academic Titles

Attending Physician

Departments and Services

Publications

Papers

2019

Cuddapah VA, Zhang SL, Sehgal A. (2019) Regulation of the blood-brain barrier by circadian rhythms and sleep. Trends in Neuroscience. Review. PMID: 31253251

Banka S, Sayer R, Breen C, Barton S, Pavaine J, Sheppard SE, Bedoukian E, Skraban C, Cuddapah VA, Clayton-Smith J. (2019) Genotype-phenotype specificity in Menke-Hennekam syndrome caused by missense variants in exon 30 or 31 of CREBBP. Am J Med Genet A. PMID: 30892814

2018

Kahanovitch U*, Cuddapah VA*, Pacheco NL*, Holt LM, Mulkey DK, Percy AK, Olsen ML. (2018) MeCP2 Deficiency Leads to Loss of Glial Kir4.1. eNeuro. PMID: 29464197 * Denotes shared first- authorship

2016

Nwaobi SE, Cuddapah VA, Patterson KC, Randolph AC, and Olsen ML. (2016) The role of glial- specific Kir4.1 in normal and pathological states of the CNS. Acta Neuropathologica. Review. PMID: 26961251

2015

Cuddapah VA, Thompson M, Blount J, Li R, Saurabh G, and Goyal M. (2015) Hemispherectomy in hemimegalencephaly with tuberous sclerosis in a seven week old infant and a review of the literature. Pediatric Neurology. 53:452-5. PMID: 26231267

Cuddapah VA, Nwaobi SE, Percy AK, and Olsen ML. (2015) MECP2 in the regulation of neural activity: pathophysiological perspectives. Degenerative Neurological and Neuromuscular Disease. 5:103-116. Review.

2014

Cuddapah VA, Pillai RB, Shekar KV, Lane JB, Motil KJ, Skinner SA, Tarquinio DC, Glaze DG, McGwin G, Kaufmann WE, Percy AK, Neul JL, Olsen ML. (2014) Methyl-CpG-binding protein 2 (MECP2) mutation type is associated with disease severity in Rett syndrome. Journal of Medical Genetics 51:152-8. PMID: 24399845 *Featured as the “Editor’s Choice” article.

Cuddapah VA, Robel S, Watkins S, and Sontheimer H. (2014) A neurocentric perspective on glioma invasion. Nature Reviews Neuroscience 15:455-65. Review. PMID: 24946761

Campbell SL, Robel S, Cuddapah VA, Robert S, Buckingham SC, Kahle KT, and Sontheimer H. (2014) GABAergic disinhibition and impaired KCC2 cotransporter activity underlie tumor- associated epilepsy. Glia 63:23-36. PMID: 25066727

2013

Cuddapah VA, Turner KL, Seifert S, Sontheimer H. (2013) Bradykinin-induced chemotaxis of human gliomas requires the activation of K Ca 3.1 and ClC-3. Journal of Neuroscience 33:1427-40. PMID: 23345219

2012

McFerrin MB, Turner KL, Cuddapah VA, Sontheimer H. (2012) Differential Role of IK and BK Potassium Channels as Mediators of Intrinsic and Extrinsic Apoptotic Cell Death. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 303:C1070-8. PMID: 22992678

2011

Haas BR, Cuddapah VA, Watkins S, Rohn KJ, Dy TE, Sontheimer H. (2011) With-No-Lysine Kinase 3 (WNK3) Stimulates Glioma Invasion By Regulating Cell Volume. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 301:C1150-60. PMID: 21813709

Cuddapah VA, Sontheimer H. (2011) Ion channels and transporters in cancer. 2. Ion channels and the control of cancer cell migration. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 301:C541-9. Review. PMID: 21543740

Cuddapah VA, Habela CW, Watkins S, Moore LS, Barclay TT, Sontheimer H. (2011) Kinase activation of ClC-3 accelerates cytoplasmic condensation during mitotic cell rounding. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 302:C527-38. PMID:22049206

2010

Cuddapah VA and Sontheimer H (2010) Molecular interaction and functional regulation of ClC-3 by Ca 2+ /calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII) in human malignant glioma. Journal of Biological Chemistry 285:11188-96. PMID: 20139089

2008

Corey DM and Cuddapah VA (2008) Delayed Auditory Feedback Effects during Reading and Conversation Tasks: Gender Differences in Fluent Adults. Journal of Fluency Disorders 33:291- 305. PMID: 19328981