Selected Publications

2026

  • Ravindren R.#, Ratheesh RS, Veedu PT. Aphantasia presenting as Cotard’s syndrome. Discover Neuroscience. 2026;21:9. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13064-026-00237-w

  • Sivaraman DM, Shaju A., Nair GS, Balan S. Systems Biology of Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy and Role of Iron-Related Gene Expression in Its Pathophysiology. OMICS: A Journal of Integrative Biology. 2026;10.1177/15578100261419485. https://doi.org/10.1177/15578100261419485

  • Sasidharan SP, James S, Balan S., Manakkadan A. An optimized protocol for isolating Rhinosporidium seeberi sporangia from rhinosporidiosis tissue and extracting genomic DNA for next-generation sequencing. Molecular Biology Reports. 2026;53:117. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11033-025-11280-x

2025

  • Sreekumar S, Lijiya A, Ravindren RK. Bridging the Gap: Cognitive Science Perspectives and Artificial Intelligence for Prediction and Detection of Specific Learning Disabilities. IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems. 2025:1-16. https://doi.org/10.1109/TCDS.2025.3562665om

2024

  • Rajith KR.#, Rajesh TV, Shibila A., Neetha B, Prasad TV, Sajin AV, Arun KA, Suja M, Krishnakumar P., Balan S.# Sequential Presentation of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Narcolepsy in a Ten-Year-Old Girl with Wolfram Syndrome 1. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. 2024;212(7):403-405. https://doi.org/10.1097/NMD.0000000000001784

  • Jouhar HA, Krishnakumar P., Ravindren KR.# Montelukast-Induced Behavioral Problems in a Child With Bronchial Asthma. The Primary Care Companion for CNS Disorders. 2024;26(5). https://doi.org/10.4088/PCC.24cr03750

  • Rajith RK.#, Suja M, Krishnakumar P. Obsessive-compulsive disorder in a very young child. Industrial Psychiatry Journal. 2024;33(2):421-422. https://doi.org/10.4103/ipj.ipj_327_23

2023

  • Balaram N.#, Jose J, Gafoor A, Balachandran S, Saritha F, Dileep KV, Balan S.# Acetazolamide responsive early-onset absence epilepsy and ataxia in a toddler with a KCNA2 genetic variant; a case report. Seizure. 2023;110:157-159. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seizure.2023.06.013

  • Nishanth JH, Balan S., Rajith RK.# Fluoxetine induced acute urinary retention in a child with depression. The Primary Care Companion for CNS Disorders. 2023;25(3):22cr03404. https://doi.org/10.4088/PCC.22cr03404

  • Jyrwa S, Shibukumar T, Thavody J, Anish P, Bina T, Rajith K., Banandur PS, Rao GN, Gururaj G, Varghese M. Mental health morbidities in Kerala, India: Insights from National Mental Health Survey, 2015–2016. Indian Journal of Psychiatry. 2023;65:1289-1296. https://doi.org/10.4103/indianjpsychiatry.indianjpsychiatry_842_23

2022

  • Rajith RK.#, Krishnakumar P., Danish E, Dhanasooraj D, Ranjitha M., Midhun S. Serum vitamin D level in patients with schizophrenia: A community-based study. Indian Journal of Medical Research. 2022;156(1):157-160. https://doi.org/10.4103/ijmr.IJMR_3724_20

  • Rajith RK, Krishnakumar P.# Clinical profile of obsessive-compulsive disorder in children. Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care. 2022;11(1):251-255. https://doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1328_21

  • Rajith KR.#, Ashokkumar P, Anish P, Gangadharan A, Neeny P, Krishnakumar P., Tom J. Perception of doctors and patients regarding telepsychiatry services during the COVID-19 pandemic: Experience from the state of Kerala, India. Kerala Journal of Psychiatry. 2022;35:122-130. https://doi.org/10.30834/KJP.35.2.2023.333

2021

  • Balan S.#, Iwayama Y, Ohnishi T, Fukuda M, Shirai A, Yamada A, Weirich SS, Schuhmacher MS, Vijayan DK, Endo T, Hisano Y, Kotoshiba K, Toyota T, Otowa T, Kuwabara H, Tochigi M, Watanabe A, Ohba H, Maekawa M, Toyoshima M, Sasaki T, Nakamura K, Tsujii M, Matsuzaki H, Zhang KYJ, Jeltsch A, Shinkai Y, Yoshikawa T.# A loss of function variant in SUV39H2 identified in autism spectrum disorder causes altered H3K9-trimethylation and dysregulation of protocadherin β cluster genes in the developing brain. Molecular Psychiatry. 2021;26:7550-7559. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41380-021-01199-7

  • Hara T, Toyoshima M, Hisano Y, Balan S., Iwayama Y, Aono H, Futamura Y, Osada H, Owada Y, Yoshikawa T. Glyoxalase I disruption and external carbonyl stress impair mitochondrial function in human induced pluripotent stem cells and derived neurons. Translational Psychiatry. 2021;11:275. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-021-01392-w

  • Balan S., Ohnishi T, Watanabe A, Ohba H, Iwayama Y, Toyoshima M, Hara T, Hisano Y, Miyasaka Y, Toyota T, Shimamoto-Mitsuyama C, Maekawa M, Numata S, Ohmori T, Shimogori T, Kikkawa Y, Hayashi T, Yoshikawa T. Role of an atypical cadherin gene, Cdh23 in prepulse inhibition and implication of CDH23 in schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Bulletin. 2021;47(4):1190-1200. https://doi.org/10.1093/schbul/sbab007

( # corressponding author, Bold; authors from CIBS)