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Last published 2026
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Mustafa N. Mithaiwala

Researcher

UAMS

Also affiliated: The University of Texas at San Antonio Health Science Center (2021–2025); The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (2021)

Unknown Researcher

2 h-index 8 pubs 190 cited

Research Areas

Biomedical Subjects

  • Substance-Related Disorders
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Male
  • Animals
  • Mental Disorders
  • Inflammation
  • Neurodegenerative Diseases
  • Adolescent
  • Leukocytes
  • Life Change Events
  • Stress, Psychological
  • Adolescent Development
  • White Matter
  • Aging

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ORCID

OverviewAI-generated summary

Mustafa N. Mithaiwala's research focuses on the intersection of neuroinflammation, substance use disorders, and neurodegenerative diseases. His work investigates how factors such as family history of substance use and stressful life events impact adolescent brain development, specifically the maturation of cerebral white matter. Mithaiwala also studies the role of the kynurenine pathway in central nervous system diseases and its potential as a therapeutic target. His research has explored the relationship between immune challenges, genetic polymorphisms like the Val66Met BDNF variant, and neuroimmune responses, including anhedonia-like behaviors. He has collaborated with researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences on multiple publications.

Metrics

  • h-index: 2
  • Publications: 8
  • Citations: 190

Selected Publications

  • Integrated Family History Measures Identify Brain Structural Differences Associated with Risk for Alcohol and Other Substance Use Disorders (2026)
    SSRN Electronic Journal DOI OpenAlex
  • KMO deletion preserves non-associative learning and SVZ neurogenesis in aging mice (2026)
    Behavioural Brain Research DOI OpenAlex
  • Family History of Substance Use and Stressful Life Events Impact Adolescent Maturation of Cerebral White Matter (2025)
    Addiction Biology 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Dysregulated Neuroimmune and Anhedonia-like Behavioral Response Following Peripheral Immune Challenge in Mice Carrying the Val66Met Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Polymorphism (2025)
    Psychiatry International DOI OpenAlex
  • KMO Deletion Preserves Non-Associative Learning and SVZ Neurogenesis in Aging Mice (2025)
    SSRN Electronic Journal 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Increased white blood cell in young adults with family histories of alcohol and other substance use disorders (2024)
    Addiction Biology 6 citations DOI OpenAlex

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Collaboration Network

32 Collaborators 9 Institutions 1 Country

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