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Overview

Alexei Verkhratsky is affiliated with the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom. Their research encompasses a broad range of topics within neuroscience, medicine, and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Verkhratsky's main subfields include neurology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, molecular biology, physiology, and developmental neuroscience.

The scientist's recent publications reflect a focus on neuroinflammation, neurodegeneration, and purinergic signaling mechanisms. Notable papers include:

  • Astrocytes in human central nervous system diseases: a frontier for new therapies (2023), Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy
  • Microglia states and nomenclature: A field at its crossroads (2022), Neuron
  • Reactive astrocyte nomenclature, definitions, and future directions (2021), Nature Neuroscience
  • From purines to purinergic signalling: molecular functions and human diseases (2021), Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy
  • Neuroinfection may contribute to pathophysiology and clinical manifestations of COVID-19 (2020), Acta Physiologica

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Verkhratsky include Baoman Li, Alexey Semyanov, Arthur M. Butt, Chenju Yi, and Robert Zorec.

Publications have appeared repeatedly in several venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Acta Physiologica, Advances in Neurobiology, Cell Calcium, and the Handbook of Clinical Neurology.

Verkhratsky's research topics cover:

  • Neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms
  • Neuroscience and neuropharmacology research
  • Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Tryptophan and brain disorders
  • Adenosine and purinergic signaling
  • Mitochondrial function and pathology

The scientist has contributed to book literature, including a publication titled Astrocytes in Psychiatric Disorders released by Springer International Publishing in 2021.

Awards received include membership in the Academia Europaea since 2003 and recognition by the Polish Academy of Science in 2017.

Best Publications

  • Neuroinflammation in Alzheimer's disease

    Michael T Heneka;Monica J Carson;Joseph El Khoury;Gary E Landreth

  • Physiology of Microglia

    Helmut Kettenmann;Uwe-Karsten Hanisch;Mami Noda;Alexei Verkhratsky

  • Reactive astrocyte nomenclature, definitions, and future directions

    Carole Escartin;Elena Galea;András Lakatos;James P. O’Callaghan

  • Physiology of astroglia

    Alexei Verkhratsky

  • Microglia: new roles for the synaptic stripper

    Helmut Kettenmann;Frank Kirchhoff;Alexei Verkhratsky;Alexei Verkhratsky

  • Purinergic signalling in the nervous system: an overview

    Maria P. Abbracchio;Geoffrey Burnstock;Alexei Verkhratsky;Herbert Zimmermann

  • Physiology and Pathophysiology of the Calcium Store in the Endoplasmic Reticulum of Neurons

    Alexei Verkhratsky

  • Astrocytes: a central element in neurological diseases

    Milos Pekny;Milos Pekny;Milos Pekny;Marcela Pekna;Marcela Pekna;Marcela Pekna;Albee Messing;Christian Steinhäuser

  • Glial cells in (patho)physiology.

    Vladimir Parpura;Michael T. Heneka;Vedrana Montana;Stéphane H.R. Oliet

  • Concomitant astroglial atrophy and astrogliosis in a triple transgenic animal model of Alzheimer's disease.

    Markel Olabarria;Harun N. Noristani;Alexei Verkhratsky;José J. Rodríguez

  • Astrocytes in Alzheimer’s disease

    Alexei Verkhratsky;Markel Olabarria;Harun N. Noristani;Chia Yu Yeh

  • Astroglia in dementia and Alzheimer's disease.

    J J Rodríguez;M Olabarria;A Chvatal;A Verkhratsky

  • Astrocytes in physiological aging and Alzheimer's disease.

    J.J. Rodríguez-Arellano;J.J. Rodríguez-Arellano;V. Parpura;R. Zorec;A. Verkhratsky

  • Impaired Adult Neurogenesis in the Dentate Gyrus of a Triple Transgenic Mouse Model of Alzheimer's Disease

    José J Rodríguez;Vicky Claire Jones;Masashi Tabuchi;Stuart M Allan

  • From purines to purinergic signalling: molecular functions and human diseases.

    Zhao Huang;Na Xie;Peter Illes;Peter Illes;Francesco Di Virgilio

  • NMDA Receptors Mediate Neuron-to-Glia Signaling in Mouse Cortical Astrocytes

    Ulyana Lalo;Yuri Pankratov;Frank Kirchhoff;R. Alan North

  • Astrocytes as secretory cells of the central nervous system: idiosyncrasies of vesicular secretion.

    Alexei Verkhratsky;Michela Matteoli;Vladimir Parpura;Jean Pierre Mothet

  • Physiological Changes in Glucose Differentially Modulate the Excitability of Hypothalamic Melanin-Concentrating Hormone and Orexin Neurons In Situ

    Denis Burdakov;Oleg Vsevolodovich Gerasimenko;Alexei Verkhratsky

  • Neuroglia: the 150 years after

    Helmut Kettenmann;Alexei Verkhratsky;Alexei Verkhratsky

  • Neuroinfection may contribute to pathophysiology and clinical manifestations of COVID-19.

    Luca Steardo;Robert Zorec;Alexei Verkhratsky;Alexei Verkhratsky

  • Calcium signalling in glial cells

    J.W. Deitmer;A.J. Verkhratsky;C. Lohr

  • Neuroinfl ammation in Alzheimer's disease

    Michael T Heneka;Monica J Carson;Joseph El Khoury;Gary E Landreth

Frequent Co-Authors

Vladimir Parpura
Vladimir Parpura University of Alabama at Birmingham
José J. Rodríguez
José J. Rodríguez University of the Basque Country
Robert Zorec
Robert Zorec University of Ljubljana
Arthur M. Butt
Arthur M. Butt University of Portsmouth
Geoffrey Burnstock
Geoffrey Burnstock University College London
Alexey Semyanov
Alexey Semyanov Jiaxing University
Govindan Dayanithi
Govindan Dayanithi University of Montpellier
Ole H. Petersen
Ole H. Petersen Cardiff University
Oleg Krishtal
Oleg Krishtal National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Eva Syková
Eva Syková Czech Academy of Sciences

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