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Overview

Alexander V. Gourine is affiliated with University College London in the United Kingdom and has contributed extensively to the fields of neuroscience and medicine. Their research spans multiple subfields including neurology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, molecular biology, and endocrine and autonomic systems.

The primary topics in Alexander V. Gourine's research focus on heart rate variability and autonomic control, vagus nerve stimulation, neuroscience of respiration and sleep, neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, neuroscience and neural engineering, neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms, as well as photoreceptor and optogenetics research.

They have published multiple papers in notable venues. Recent publications include:

  • International Consensus Based Review and Recommendations for Minimum Reporting Standards in Research on Transcutaneous Vagus Nerve Stimulation (Version 2020), 2021, Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
  • Astrocytes monitor cerebral perfusion and control systemic circulation to maintain brain blood flow, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Astrocytes regulate brain extracellular pH via a neuronal activity-dependent bicarbonate shuttle, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Mechanosensory Signaling in Astrocytes, 2020, Journal of Neuroscience
  • Adenosine signalling to astrocytes coordinates brain metabolism and function, 2024, Nature

The scientist frequently publishes in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), The Journal of Physiology, Nature Communications, Journal of Neuroscience, and British Journal of Anaesthesia.

Alexander V. Gourine regularly collaborates with co-authors including Gareth L. Ackland, Alla Korsak, Patrick S. Hosford, Shefeeq M. Theparambil, and Isabel N. Christie.

Best Publications

  • Astrocytes control breathing through pH-dependent release of ATP

    Alexander V. Gourine;Vitaliy Kasymov;Nephtali Marina;Feige Tang

  • Astrocytes mediate neurovascular signaling to capillary pericytes but not to arterioles

    Anusha Mishra;James P Reynolds;Yang Chen;Alexander V Gourine

  • ATP is a mediator of chemosensory transduction in the central nervous system

    Alexander V. Gourine;Enrique Llaudet;Nicholas Dale;K. Michael Spyer

  • Lactate-mediated glia-neuronal signalling in the mammalian brain

    F Tang;S Lane;A Korsak;Julian F R Paton

  • The Carotid Body as a Therapeutic Target for the Treatment of Sympathetically Mediated Diseases

    Julian F.R. Paton;Paul A. Sobotka;Marat Fudim;Zoar J. Engelman

  • Pivotal role of nucleotide P2X2 receptor subunit of the ATP-gated ion channel mediating ventilatory responses to hypoxia.

    Weifang Rong;Alexander V. Gourine;Debra A. Cockayne;Zhenghua Xiang

  • International Consensus Based Review and Recommendations for Minimum Reporting Standards in Research on Transcutaneous Vagus Nerve Stimulation (Version 2020).

    Adam D. Farmer;Adam Strzelczyk;Alessandra Finisguerra;Alexander V. Gourine

  • Functional Oxygen Sensitivity of Astrocytes

    Plamena R. Angelova;Vitaliy Kasymov;Isabel Christie;Shahriar Sheikhbahaei

  • Cardioprotection evoked by remote ischaemic preconditioning is critically dependent on the activity of vagal pre-ganglionic neurones

    Svetlana Mastitskaya;Nephtali Marina;Andrey Gourine;Michael P. Gilbey

  • Hypertension is critically dependent on the carotid body input in the spontaneously hypertensive rat

    Ana P Abdala;Fiona D McBryde;Nephtali Marina;Emma B Hendy

  • Connexin hemichannel-mediated CO2-dependent release of ATP in the medulla oblongata contributes to central respiratory chemosensitivity

    Robert T. R. Huckstepp;Rachid Id Bihi;Robert Eason;K. Michael Spyer

  • Remote ischaemic pre- and delayed postconditioning - similar degree of cardioprotection but distinct mechanisms.

    Marina Basalay;Veronika Barsukevich;Svetlana Mastitskaya;Alexander Mrochek

  • Release of ATP in the ventral medulla during hypoxia in rats : Role in hypoxic ventilatory response

    Alexander V. Gourine;Enrique Llaudet;Nicholas Dale;K. Michael Spyer

  • What is the key mediator of the neurovascular coupling response

    Patrick S. Hosford;Patrick S. Hosford;Alexander V. Gourine

  • Astrocytes monitor cerebral perfusion and control systemic circulation to maintain brain blood flow

    Nephtali Marina;Isabel N. Christie;Alla Korsak;Maxim Doronin;Maxim Doronin

  • Cardioprotection, attenuated systemic inflammation, and survival benefit of beta1-adrenoceptor blockade in severe sepsis in rats.

    Gareth L. Ackland;Song T. Yao;Alain Rudiger;Alex Dyson

  • Signalling properties of inorganic polyphosphate in the mammalian brain.

    Kira M. Holmström;Nephtali Marina;Artyom Y. Baev;Nicholas W. Wood

  • Essential Role of Phox2b-Expressing Ventrolateral Brainstem Neurons in the Chemosensory Control of Inspiration and Expiration

    Nephtali Marina;Ana P Abdala;Stefan Trapp;Aihua Li

  • A Role for TASK-1 (KCNK3) Channels in the Chemosensory Control of Breathing

    Stefan Trapp;M. Isabel Aller;William Wisden;Alexander V. Gourine

  • Time-Resolved Imaging Reveals Heterogeneous Landscapes of Nanomolar Ca2+ in Neurons and Astroglia

    Kaiyu Zheng;Lucie Bard;James P. Reynolds;Claire King

  • fMRI response to blue light delivery in the naive brain: Implications for combined optogenetic fMRI studies

    Isabel N. Christie;Jack A. Wells;Paul Southern;Nephtali Marina

Frequent Co-Authors

Sergey Kasparov
Sergey Kasparov University of Bristol
Anja G. Teschemacher
Anja G. Teschemacher University of Bristol
Nicholas Dale
Nicholas Dale University of Warwick
Gregory D. Funk
Gregory D. Funk University of Alberta
Dmitri A. Rusakov
Dmitri A. Rusakov University College London
Jeffrey C. Smith
Jeffrey C. Smith National Institutes of Health
David Attwell
David Attwell University College London
Daniel Quintana
Daniel Quintana University of Oslo
Roberta Sellaro
Roberta Sellaro University of Padua
Paul R. Shearing
Paul R. Shearing University College London

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