1.Cai S, Tuohy P, Ma C, Kitamura N, Wang J, Khanna R. A modulator of the low-voltage activated T-type calcium channel that reverses HIV glycoprotein 120-, paclitaxel-, and spinal nerve ligation-induced peripheral neuropathies. Pain. 2020 Jun 10.

2.Moutal A, Cai S^#, Yu J, Stratton HJ, Chefdeville A, Khanna R. Studies on CRMP2 SUMOylation-deficient transgenic mice identify sex-specific NaV1.7 regulation in the pathogenesis of chronic neuropathic pain. Pain. 2020 Jun 11. (co-first author)

3.Cai S, Ling C, Lu J, Duan S, Wang Y, Zhu H, Lin R, Chen L, Pan X, Cai M, Gu H. EGAR, A Food Protein-Derived Tetrapeptide, Reduces Seizure Activity in Pentylenetetrazole-Induced Epilepsy Models Through α-Amino-3-Hydroxy-5-Methyl-4-Isoxazole Propionate Receptors. Neurotherapeutics. 2017 Jan;14(1):212-226

4.Jin Y^#, Cai S^#, Jiang Y, Zhong K, Wen C, Ruan Y, Chew LA, Khanna R, Xu Z, Yu J. Tetramethylpyrazine Reduces Epileptogenesis Progression in Electrical Kindling Models by Modulating Hippocampal Excitatory Neurotransmission. ACS Chem Neurosci. 2019 Dec 18. (co-first author)

5.Cai S, Bellampalli, S, Yu, J, Khanna, R. (-)-Hardwickiic acid and Hautriwaic acid induce antinociception via blockade of tetrodotoxin-sensitive voltage-dependent sodium channels. ACS Chem Neurosci. 2018 Dec 7.

6.Shan Z^#, Cai S^#, Yu J, Zhang Z, Vallecillo TGM, Serafini MJ, Thomas AM, Pham NYN, Bellampalli SS, Moutal A, Zhou Y, Xu GB, Xu YM, Luo S, Patek M5, Streicher JM, Gunatilaka AAL, Khanna R. Reversal of Peripheral Neuropathic Pain by the Small-Molecule Natural Product Physalin F via Block of CaV2.3 (R-Type) and CaV2.2 (N-Type) Voltage-Gated Calcium Channels. ACS Chem Neurosci. 2019 Jun 19;10(6):2939-2955. (co-first author) 

7.Zhou Y^#, Cai S^#, Khanna R. The Natural Flavonoid Naringenin Elicits Analgesia through Inhibition of NaV1.8 Voltage-Gated Sodium Channels. ACS Chem Neurosci. 2019 Dec 18. (co-first author)