Vikaas Sohal, M.D., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, University of California, San Francisco

SFARI Investigator, SFARI Scientific Review Board Website

Funded Projects

Do VIP interneurons drive abnormal prefrontal circuit function in autism?

Awarded: 2016
Award Type: Pilot

Microcircuit endophenotypes for autism

Awarded: 2014
Award Type: Research

Effect of abnormal calcium influx on social behavior in autism

Awarded: 2011
Award Type: Pilot

SFARI Funded Publications

Altered hippocampal-prefrontal communication during anxiety-related avoidance in mice deficient for the autism-associated gene Pogz. Cunniff M.M., Markenscoff-Papadimitriou E., Ostrowski J., Rubenstein J., Sohal V.

Research Highlight

Enhancing WNT signaling restores cortical neuronal spine maturation and synaptogenesis in Tbr1 mutants. Fazel Darbandi S., Robinson Schwartz S.E., Pai E.L., Everitt A., Turner M.L., Cheyette B., Willsey A. J., State M., Sohal V., Rubenstein J.

Research Highlight

Interneuron transplantation rescues social behavior deficits without restoring wild-type physiology in a mouse model of autism with excessive synaptic inhibition. Southwell D.G., Seifikar H., Malik R., Lavi K., Vogt D., Rubenstein J., Sohal V.