Srdjan Joksimovic, PharmD, PhD

Research Assistant Professor of Neurology
Department: Neurology
Graduate Group Affiliations
Contact information
3615 Civic Center Blvd.
Abramson, Suite 409
Philadelphia, PA 19104-4319
Abramson, Suite 409
Philadelphia, PA 19104-4319
Email:
joksimovis@chop.edu
joksimovis@chop.edu
Education:
PharmD (Pharmacy)
School of Pharmacy University of Belgrade, 2006.
PhD (Pharmacology)
School of Pharmacy University of Belgrade, 2013.
Permanent linkPharmD (Pharmacy)
School of Pharmacy University of Belgrade, 2006.
PhD (Pharmacology)
School of Pharmacy University of Belgrade, 2013.
Selected Publications
Hajime Takano, Fu-Chun Hsu, Srdjan M Joksimovic, Douglas A Coulter: Prolonged Hyperactivity Elicits Massive and Persistent Chloride Ion Redistribution in Subsets of Cultured Hippocampal Dentate Granule Cells. BioRxiv Sept 2025.Timic Stamenic T, Joksimovic SM, Fine-Raquet B, Tadic VP, Tesic V, Jevtovic-Todorovic V, Todorovic SM.: Role of Thalamic CaV3.1 T-Channels in Fear Conditioning. Int J Mol Sci 26(8): 3543, Apr 2025.
Sanner K, Kawell S, Evans JG, Elekovic V, Walz M, Joksimovic SL, Joksimovic SM, Donald RR, Tomic M, Orestes P, Feseha S, Dedek A, Ghodsi SM, Fallon IP, Lee J, Hwang SM, Hong SJ, Mayer JP, Covey DF, Romano C, Timic Stamenic T, Chemin J, Bourinet E, Poulen G, Longon N, Vachiery-Lahaye F, Bauchet L, Zorumski CF, Stowell MHB, Hildebrand ME, Eisenmesser EZ, Jevtovic-Todorovic V, Todorovic SM.: Facilitation of Ca (V) 3.2 channel gating in pain pathways reveals a novel mechanism of serum-induced hyperalgesia. BioRxiv Jan 2025.
Adam C, Schellinger E, White A, Joksimovic S, Takano H, Coulter D. : Chemogenetic Breakdown of the Dentate Gate Causes Seizures and Spatial Memory Deficits. BioRxiv Nov 2024.
Brier Fine-Raquet, Francesca M Manzella, Srdjan M Joksimovic, Robert M Dietz, James E Orfila, Dayalan Sampath, Vesna Tesic, Navya Atluri, Douglas F Covey, Yogendra H Raol, Vesna Jevtovic-Todorovic, Paco S Herson, Slobodan M Todorovic: Neonatal exposure to a neuroactive steroid alters low-frequency oscillations in the subiculum. Experimental Biology and Medicine 248(7): 578-587, Jun 2023.
Srdjan Joksimović, Sonja Joksimović: Advanced approaches for selective investigation of neuronal function and circuitry: the future of developing novel therapeutic strategies in neuropharmacology? Archives of Pharmacy Apr 2023.
Joksimovic SM, Ghodsi SM, Heinsbroek JA, Orfila JE, Busquet N, Tesic V, Valdez R, Fine-Raquet B, Jevtovic-Todorovic V, Raol YH, Herson PS, Todorovic SM: CaV3.1 T-type calcium channels are important for spatial memory processing in the dorsal subiculum. Neuropharmacology. Elsevier Ltd. 226: 109400, Mar 2023.
Manzella FM, Gulvezan BF, Maksimovic S, Useinovic N, Raol YH, Joksimovic SM, Jevtovic-Todorovic V, Todorovic SM: Neonatal Isoflurane Does Not Affect Sleep Architecture and Minimally Alters Neuronal Beta Oscillations in Adolescent Rats. Front Behav Neurosci Nov 2021.
Joksimovic SM, Sampath D, Krishnan K, Covey DF, Jevtovic-Todorovic V, Raol YH, Todorovic SM.: Differential effects of the novel neurosteroid hypnotic (3β,5β,17β)-3-hydroxyandrostane-17-carbonitrile on electroencephalogram activity in male and female rats. Br J Anaesth 127(3): 435-446, Sept 2021.
Tat QL, Joksimovic SM, Krishnan K, Covey DF, Todorovic SM, Jevtovic-Todorovic V.: Preemptive Analgesic Effect of Intrathecal Applications of Neuroactive Steroids in a Rodent Model of Post-Surgical Pain: Evidence for the Role of T-Type Calcium Channels. Cells 9: 2674, Dec 2020.