Natalia V. Bal
Scientist, PhD in Biology
Laboratory of Cellular Neurobiology of LearningE-mail: bal_nv@mail.ru
- Scopus ID
- 54400839300
- ORCID ID
- 0000-0002-5894-9548
- Web of Science ResearcherID
- AAO-2089-2020
- SPIN code
- 5772-1140
The main research topic is the molecular mechanisms of synaptic plasticity and memory.
Grant Management:
RNF 18-75-10112 The role of insulin-like growth factor 2 and its binding proteins in the molecular mechanisms of memory (started in 2018)
RFBR 17-04-01796 Impact of neuronal NO synthase knockdown using RNA interference on synaptic plasticity (2017-2019)
RFBR 14-04-31663 The effect of nitric oxide on the breakdown of proteins in the neuron proteasomes during synaptic plasticity (2014-2015)
Publication list
Papers
- Bal N.V., Beletskiy A.P., Volobueva M.N., Ivanova V.O., Shvadchenko A. Changes in gene expression in dorsal and ventral CA1 areas and dentate gyrus in male mice hippocampus due to context fear conditioning. Neuroscience and Behavioral Physiology. 2025. V. 55. N. 1. P. 74-85. DOI: 10.1007/s11055-024-01749-w
- Bal N.V., Oblasov I., Ierusalimsky V.N., Shvadchenko A.M., Fortygina P., Idzhilova O.S., Borodinova A.A., Balaban P.M., Feofanov A.V., Nekrasova O.V., Nikitin E.S. Potassium KCa3.1 channel overexpression deteriorates functionality and availability of channels at the outer cellular membrane. Scientific Reports. 2025. V. 15. N. 1. P. 4928. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-89097-8
- Chesnokova E., Bal N.V., Alhalabi G., Balaban P.M. Regulatory Elements for Gene Therapy of Epilepsy. Cells. 2025. V. 14. N. 3. P. 236. DOI: 10.3390/cells14030236
- Oblasov I., Bal N.V., Shvadchenko A.M., Fortygina P., Idzhilova O.S., Balaban P.M., Nikitin E.S. Ca(2+)-permeable AMPA receptor-dependent silencing of neurons by KCa3.1 channels during epileptiform activity. Biochemical And Biophysical Research Communications. 2024. V. 733. P. 150434. DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2024.150434
- Maltsev A.V., Funikov S., Rezvykh A., Teterina E., Nebogatikov V., Burov A., Bal N.V., Ustyugov A., Karpov V., Morozov A. Chronic Administration of Non-Constitutive Proteasome Inhibitor Modulates. International Journal Of Molecular Sciences. 2023. V. 24. N. 9. P. 8172. DOI: 10.3390/ijms24098172
- Maltsev A.V., Nikiforova A.B., Bal N.V., Balaban P.M. Amyloid Aβ(25-35) Aggregates Say 'NO' to Long-Term Potentiation in the Hippocampus through Activation of Stress-Induced Phosphatase 1 and Mitochondrial Na(+)/Ca(2+) Exchanger. International Journal Of Molecular Sciences. 2022. V. 23. N. 19. P. 11848. DOI: 10.3390/ijms231911848
- Shvadchenko A.M., Volobueva M.N., Ivanova V.O., Beletskiy A.P., Smirnova G.R., Bal N.V., Balaban P.M. New Context Significantly Changes Expression of Irs2 Gene in Hippocampal Areas. Biochemistry Moscow. 2022. V. 87. N. 11. P. 1243-1251. DOI: 10.1134/S0006297922110037
- Beletskiy A., Chesnokova E., Bal N.V. Insulin-Like Growth Factor 2 As a Possible Neuroprotective Agent and Memory Enhancer-Its Comparative Expression, Processing and Signaling in Mammalian CNS. International Journal Of Molecular Sciences. 2021. V. 22. N. 4. P. 1849. DOI: 10.3390/ijms22041849
- Fonar G., Polis B., Sams D.S., Levi A., Malka A., Bal N.V., Maltsev A.V., Elliott E., Samson A.O. Modified Snake α-Neurotoxin Averts β-Amyloid Binding to α7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor and Reverses Cognitive Deficits in Alzheimer's Disease Mice. Molecular Neurobiology. 2021. V. 58. N. 5. P. 2322-2341. DOI: 10.1007/s12035-020-02270-0
- Ivanova V.O., Balaban P.M., Bal N.V. Nitric Oxide Regulates GluA2-Lacking AMPAR Contribution to Synaptic Transmission of CA1 Apical but Not Basal Dendrites. Frontiers In Synaptic Neuroscience. 2021. V. 13. P. 656377. DOI: 10.3389/fnsyn.2021.656377
- Maltsev A.V., Bal N.V., Balaban P.M. Serine/Threonine Phosphatases in LTP: Two B or Not to Be the Protein Synthesis Blocker-Induced Impairment of Early Phase. International Journal Of Molecular Sciences. 2021. V. 22. N. 9. P. 4857. DOI: 10.3390/ijms22094857
- Maltsev A.V., Funikov S., Burov A., Spasskaya D., Ignatyuk V., Astakhova O.G., Lyupina Y., Deikin A., Tutyaeva V., Bal N.V., Karpov V., Morozov A. Immunoproteasome Inhibitor ONX-0914 Affects Long-Term Potentiation in Murine Hippocampus. Journal Of Neuroimmune Pharmacology. 2021. V. 16. N. 1. P. 7-11. DOI: 10.1007/s11481-020-09973-0
- Ivanova V.O., Bal N.V., Balaban P.M. Modulation of AMPA receptors by nitric oxide in nerve cells. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2020. V. 21. N. 3. DOI: 10.3390/ijms21030981
- Chesnokova E., Zuzina A., Bal N., Vinarskaya A., Roshchin M., Artyuhov A., Dashinimaev E., Aseyev N., Balaban P., Kolosov P. Experiments with Snails Add to Our Knowledge about the Role of aPKC Subfamily Kinases in Learning. International Journal Of Molecular Sciences. 2019. V. 20. N. 9. P. 2117. DOI: 10.3390/ijms20092117
- Ivanova V.O., Bal N.V., Balaban P.M. Nitric oxide is involved in the mechanism of ampa receptors incorporation into dendrites of pyramidal neurons in hippocampus . // BNA Festival of Neuroscience 2019. 2019. V. 3. PT039 (SP) .
- Maltsev A.V., Bal N.V., Balaban P.M. LTP suppression by protein synthesis inhibitors is NO-dependent. Neuropharmacology. 2019. V. 146. P. 276-288. DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2018.12.009
- Blagirev A.A., Chesnokova E.A., Bal N.V., Kolosov P.M. Single neuron transcriptomics. Zhurnal Vysshei Nervnoi Deyatelnosti Imeni I.P. Pavlova. 2018. V. 68. N. 6. P. 675-702. DOI: 10.1134/S0044467718060047
- Bal N.V., Roshchin M., Salozhin S., Balaban P.M. Nitric Oxide Upregulates Proteasomal Protein Degradation in Neurons. Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology. 2017. V. 37. N. 5. P. 763-769. DOI: 10.1007/s10571-016-0413-9
- Bal N.V., Rysakova M.P., Vinarskaya A.K., Ivanova V.O., Zuzina A.B., Balaban P.M. Cued memory reconsolidation in rats requires nitric oxide. European Journal of Neuroscience. 2017. V. 45. N. 5. P. 643-647. DOI: 10.1111/ejn.13503
- Chesnokova E.A., Bal N.V., Kolosov P.M. Kinases of eIF2a switch translation of mRNA subset during neuronal plasticity. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2017. V. 18. N. 10. E2213. DOI: 10.3390/ijms18102213
- Nikitin E.S., Bal N.V., Malyshev A.Y., Ierusalimsky V.N., Spivak Y.S., Balaban P.M., Volgushev M.A. Encoding of high frequencies improves with maturation of action potential generation in cultured neocortical neurons. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience. 2017. V. 11. P. 28. DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2017.00028
- Bal N.V., Malyshev A.Y., Smirnov I., Balaban P.M. Expression of Channelrhodopsin-2 Using in Suspension Electroporation for Studying the Monosynaptic Transmission in Neuronal Culture. BioNanoScience. 2016. V. 6. N. 4. P. 329-331. DOI: 10.1007/s12668-016-0228-7
- Bal N.V., Susorov D., Chesnokova E.A., Kasianov A., Mikhailova E.S., Alkalaeva E., Balaban P.M., Kolosov P.M. Upstream open reading frames located in the leader of protein kinase mζ mRNA regulate its translation. Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience. 2016. V. 9. P. 103. DOI: 10.3389/fnmol.2016.00103
- Bal N.V., Susorov D., Chesnokova E.A., Kasianov A., Mikhailova T., Alkalaeva E., Balaban P.M., Kolosov P.M. Upstream open reading frames located in the leader of protein kinase mζ mRNA regulate its translation. Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience. 2016. V. 9. N. OCT2016. P. 103. DOI: 10.3389/fnmol.2016.00103
- Bal N.V., Balaban P.M. Ubiquitin-dependent protein degradation is necessary for long-term plasticity and memory. Zhurnal Vysshei Nervnoi Deiatelnosti im I P Pavlova. 2015. V. 32. N. 4. P. 275-284. DOI: 10.7868/S1027813315040044
- Bal N.V., Balaban P.M. Ubiquitin-dependent protein degradation is necessary for long-term plasticity and memory. Neurochemical Journal. 2015. V. 9. N. 4. P. 237-244. DOI: 10.1134/S1819712415040042
- Kononov A.V., Bal N.V., Zinchenko V.P. Control of spontaneous synchronous Ca<sup>2+</sup> oscillations in hippocampal neurons by GABAergic neurons containing kainate receptors without desensitization. Biochemistry (Moscow) Supplement Series A: Membrane and Cell Biology. 2012. V. 6. N. 2. P. 215-220. DOI: 10.1134/S1990747812010072