Andrei B. Belousov, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
Moscow State University, Russia, 1992

Research Focus

Patch-clamp electrophysiology, calcium digital imaging and immunocytochemistry using cell cultures and brain slices. Recording of calcium and potassium ionic currents in neurons.

Research Interests:

Mechanisms of regulation and role of neuronal gap junctions (electrical synapses) during development and neuronal injury.

Selected Publications:

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.

deRivero Vaccari J.C., Corriveau R.A., Belousov A.B. Gap junctions are required for NMDA receptor-dependent cell death in developing neurons. Journal of Neurophysiology, 98 (5): 2878–2886, 2007. Abstract.

Wang Y., Denisova J.V., Kang K.S., Fontes J.D., Zhu B.T., Belousov A.B. Neuronal gap junctions are required for NMDA receptor-mediated excitotoxicity: implications in ischemic stroke. Journal of Neurophysiology, 104 (6): 3551-3556, 2010. Abstract.

Park W.-M., Wang Y., Park S., Denisova J.V., Fontes J.D., Belousov A.B. Interplay of chemical neurotransmitters regulates developmental increase in electrical synapses. The Journal of Neuroscience, 31 (16): 5909-5920, 2011. Abstract.
THIS WEEK IN THE JOURNAL: The Journal of Neuroscience, 31(16): i-i, 2011. Abstract.

Belousov A.B. The regulation and role of neuronal gap junctions during development. Communicative & Integrative Biology, 4 (5): 579-581, 2011. Abstract.

Wang Y., Song J.-H., Denisova J.V., Park W.-M., Fontes J.D., Belousov A.B. Neuronal gap junction coupling is regulated by glutamate and plays critical role in cell death during neuronal injury. The Journal of Neuroscience, 32 (2): 713-725, 2012. Abstract.
THIS WEEK IN THE JOURNAL: The Journal of Neuroscience, 32(2): i, 2012. Abstract.