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Laboratory of Cellular Neurobiology of Learning

Brief history and main directions of scientific work of the laboratory

The laboratory was established in 1989 on the basis of a group that conducted research on invertebrate animals, which was part of the laboratory of academician P.V. Simonov. The main directions of scientific work are cellular mechanisms of behavior organization and behavior modifications as a result of learning, cellular and molecular mechanisms of memory. Along with traditional electrophysiological methods, optical methods of recording and confocal microscopy are actively used in the laboratory. As an object of study, animals with a simple nervous system or brain slices of vertebrates are used. International cooperation with Yale University (USA) in the field of optical methods, with the University of Arizona (USA) in the analysis of neural networks of pantopus mollusks, with the Institute of Neurophysiology of the University of Bochum (Germany) and with the University of Connecticut (USA) in the field of synaptic plasticity mechanisms.

Books in English

  1. Balaban P.M. (2002) Declarative and procedural memory in animals with simple nervous systems. In: "Psychology at the turn of the millennium, Vol. 1: Cognitive, biological, and health perspectives" (Eds: Lars Bäckman & Claes von Hofsten). Psychology Press, pp. 1-28.
  2. Balaban P.M. Applicability of the reinforcement concept to studies in simple nervous systems. In: Complex Brain Functions. Conceptual Advances in Russian Neuroscience. Eds. A.M.Ivanitsky, P.M.Balaban, Harwood Academic Publishers, 2000, p.201-211.

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Papers

  • Norekian T.P., Satterlie R.A. Cerebral neurons underlying prey capture movements in the pteropod mollusc, Clione limacina: I. Physiology, morphology. Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Sensory, Neural and Behavioral Physiology. 1993. V. 172. N. 2. P. 153-169. DOI: 10.1007/BF00189393
  • Balaban P.M., Maksimova O.M., Bravarenko N.I. The behavioral plasticity of the edible snail and its neuronal mechanisms. Zhurnal Vysshei Nervnoi Deiatelnosti im I P Pavlova. 1992. V. 42. N. 6. P. 1208-1220.
  • Ierusalimsky V.N., Zakharov I.S., Palikhova T.A., Balaban P.M. The nervous system and the mapping of the neurons in the gastropod Helix lucorum L. Zhurnal Vysshei Nervnoi Deiatelnosti im I P Pavlova. 1992. V. 42. N. 6. P. 1072-1089.
  • Maksimova O.A., Balaban P.M. Reinforcing effect of stimulation of the mesocerebral region of the brain of the edible snail. Neuroscience and Behavioral Physiology. 1992. V. 22. N. 2. P. 137-141. DOI: 10.1007/BF01192386
  • Zakharov I.S., Ierusalimsky V.N. The neuroanatomical basis of feeding behavior in the pteropod mollusc, Clione limacina (Phipps). Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 1992. V. 170. N. 4. P. 525-532. DOI: 10.1007/BF00191468
  • Balaban P.M., Bravarenko N.I., Zakharov I.S. The neurochemical basis of recurrent inhibition in the reflex arch of the defensive reaction. Zhurnal Vysshei Nervnoi Deiatelnosti im I P Pavlova. 1991. V. 41. N. 5. P. 1033-1038.
  • Maksimova O.A., Balaban P.M. The reinforcing action of stimulation of the mesocerebral area of the brain in the edible snail. Zhurnal Vysshei Nervnoi Deiatelnosti im I P Pavlova. 1991. V. 41. N. 2. P. 391-396.
  • Norekian T.P., Satterly R.. A neuronal analysis of the hunting behavior of sea butterfly Clione limacina. Zhurnal Vysshei Nervnoi Deiatelnosti im I P Pavlova. 1991. V. 41. N. 5. P. 982-997.
  • Balaban P.M., Chase R. Interrelationships of the emotionally positive and negative regions of the brain of the edible snail. Neuroscience and Behavioral Physiology. 1991. V. 21. N. 2. P. 172-180. DOI: 10.1007/BF01182895
  • Balaban P.M., Chase R.. Interrelations of the emotionally positive and negative areas of the brain in the edible snail. Zhurnal Vysshei Nervnoi Deiatelnosti im I P Pavlova. 1990. V. 40. N. 1. P. 125-134.
  • Norekian T.P. The effect of dopamine and serotonin on the neurons of the pteropod mollusk that control tail movements in the development of a passive defense reaction. Nejrophysiologiya. 1990. V. 22. N. 2. P. 269-272.
  • Shumikhina S.I., Volgushev M.A. Properties of receptive fields of neurons in the visual cortex of a cat receiving input from the thalamus pillow. Sensornyje Sistemy. 1990. V. 4. N. 4. P. 370-378.
  • Balaban P.M., Bravarenko N.I., Kuznetzov A.N. Influence of a stationary magnetic field on bioelectric properties of snail neurons. Bioelectromagnetics. 1990. V. 11. N. 1. P. 13-25. DOI: 10.1002/bem.2250110104
  • Berezhnaya L.A., Balaban P.M. A monosynaptic connection between identified snail neurons. Neuroscience and Behavioral Physiology. 1990. V. 20. N. 2. P. 174-177. DOI: 10.1007/BF01268137
  • Storozhuk M.V., Balaban P.M. Role of cyclic adenosine monophosphate in simple forms of plasticity in the edible snail. Neuroscience and Behavioral Physiology. 1990. V. 20. N. 3. P. 267-271. DOI: 10.1007/BF01195466