2095 Kansas City Life Science Innovative Center
3901 Rainbow Boulevard
Kansas City, KS 66160
Phone: (913) 588-9968
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abelousov@kumc.edu
Glutamate-dependent neuronal plasticity and the regulation of
cholinergic phenotype in developing and mature CNS neurons.
The cellular and molecular mechanisms of regulation of electrical
synapses (gap junctions) during development and traumatic injury.
Activity-dependent homeostatic plasticity in the CNS neurons.
Lab Personnel
Yongfu Wang, Ph.D. - Postdoctoral Fellow
Janna Belousova - Senior Research Associate
Won-Mee Park - Graduate Student
Jitu Wilson George - Graduate Student
Selected Publications
Belousov A.B., O'Hara B.F., Denisova J.V. Acetylcholine becomes the major excitatory neurotransmitter in the hypothalamus in the absence of glutamate excitation. The Journal of Neuroscience 21 (6): 2015-2027, 2001. Abstract.
Belousov A.B., Hunt N.D., Raju R.P., Denisova J.V. Calcium-dependent regulation of cholinergic cell phenotype in the hypothalamus in vitro. Journal of Neurophysiology 88 (3): 1352-1362, 2002. Abstract.
Arumugam H., Liu X., Colombo P.J., Corriveau R.A., Belousov A.B. NMDA receptors regulate developmental gap junction uncoupling via CREB signaling. Nature Neuroscience, 8 (12) 1720-1726, 2005. Abstract.
NEWS AND VIEWS: Nature Neuroscience, 8 (12) 1633-1634, 2005. Abstract.
IN THE NEWS: Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 7 (1) 8-9, 2006. Abstract.
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