Education: Donetsk University, Faculty of Physics, M.S. in Biophysics, 1965-1970. Postgrad. student, A.A.Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology, 1972-1975 (Thesis supervisor Prof.P.G.Kostyuk), 1976 Ph.D; Doctor of Biology, 1985. Visiting Position: Visiting Professor, Department of Physiology, Iwate Medical University, Morioka, Japan; March - June, 1990. Postdoctoral scientific researcher, Centre for Neurobiology and Behavior, Columbia University, New York, USA; 1996-1998 Permanent professional affiliation: A.A.Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology Departmet of General Physiology of Nervous System Bogomoletz str., 4 Kiev - 24, GSP 252601, Ukraine Fax: 380 44 293-34-31; E-mail: nik@serv.biph.kiev.ua Position: Leading scientific researcher Editorial Board: Neurophysiology Membership: New York Academy of Sciences, Society for Neuroscience |
Research Interests (general):
Cellular mechanisms of plasticity; Pacemaker activity
and neuropeptides; Regulation of calcium current; Relationship between electrical processes
in surface membrane and biochemical reactions in cytoplasm; Membrane properties
of identified molluscan neurons; Current and voltage clamp;
Patch-clamp; Intracellular ionophoretic and pressure injection;
Culturing of both neuron and glial cells; Peptide neurochemistry;
Mathematical modeling...
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