Education:
Hamline University
Neuroscience major; Religion minor
B.S., 2021
MSTP Student Governance:
- JEDI Committee, 2024-2025
- WISM, 2024-2025
Mohammed is in the second year of Medical School and is rotating through labs to identify a thesis mentor.
Publications
For work prior to the UMN MSTP:
Brandner DD, Mashal MA, Grissom NM, Rothwell PE. Sex Differences in Morphine Sensitivity of Neuroligin-3 Knockout Mice. bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2024 Jun 1:2024.06.01.596965. PMCID: PMC11160712
Brandner DD, Retzlaff CL, Kocharian A, Stieve BJ, Mashal MA, Mermelstein PG, Rothwell PE. Neuroligin-3 in dopaminergic circuits promotes behavioural and neurobiological adaptations to chronic morphine exposure. Addict Biol. 2023 Jan;28(1):e13247. PMCID: PMC9803875
Trieu BH, Remmers BC, Toddes C, Brandner DD, Lefevre EM, Kocharian A, Retzlaff CL, Dick RM, Mashal MA, Gauthier EA, Xie W, Zhang Y, More SS, Rothwell PE. Angiotensin-converting enzyme gates brain circuit-specific plasticity via an endogenous opioid. Science. 2022 Mar 11;375(6585):1177-1182. PMCID: PMC9233526
