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Alexey Semyanov

Alexey Semyanov

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
40
Citations
9204
World Ranking
7992
National Ranking
129

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2019 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Alexey Semyanov is a researcher affiliated with Jiaxing University in China, specializing primarily in neuroscience and medicine. Their body of work encompasses extensive studies in neuroscience with a focus on cellular and molecular neuroscience, neurology, molecular biology, physiology, and cognitive neuroscience.

The scientist's research topics include:

  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Neurogenesis and Neuroplasticity Mechanisms
  • Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
  • Alzheimer's Disease Research and Treatments
  • Photoreceptor and Optogenetics Research
  • Neural Dynamics and Brain Function

Frequent publication venues for their work are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy
  • Cell Reports
  • Function
  • Neuroscience Bulletin

Major recurring collaborators include:

  • Alexei Verkhratsky
  • Alexey Brazhe
  • Nadezda A. Brazhe
  • Yong Tang
  • Péter Illés

Among the notable recent papers authored by or co-authored with Alexey Semyanov are:

  • "Making sense of astrocytic calcium signals - from acquisition to interpretation," 2020, Nature Reviews Neuroscience
  • "Astrocytic processes: from tripartite synapses to the active milieu," 2021, Trends in Neurosciences
  • "Astrocytes in human central nervous system diseases: a frontier for new therapies," 2023, Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy
  • "Reactive astrocyte nomenclature, definitions, and future directions," 2021, Nature Neuroscience (co-authored by Carole Escartin)
  • "From purines to purinergic signalling: molecular functions and human diseases," 2021, Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy (co-authored by Zhao Huang)

The range of Alexey Semyanov's work demonstrates a focus on neural cell function, particularly astrocytes, and their role in health and disease processes within the central nervous system.

In recognition of their scientific contributions, Alexey Semyanov was named a Member of Academia Europaea in 2019.

Best Publications

  • Reactive astrocyte nomenclature, definitions, and future directions

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

  • Tonically active GABA A receptors: modulating gain and maintaining the tone.

    Alexey Semyanov;Matthew C. Walker;Dimitri M. Kullmann;R.Angus Silver

  • GABA uptake regulates cortical excitability via cell type–specific tonic inhibition

    Alexey Semyanov;Matthew C. Walker;Dimitri M. Kullmann

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

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

  • Presynaptic, extrasynaptic and axonal GABAA receptors in the CNS: where and why?

    Dimitri M. Kullmann;Arnaud Ruiz;Dmitri M. Rusakov;Ricardo Scott

  • Multiple and Plastic Receptors Mediate Tonic GABAA Receptor Currents in the Hippocampus

    Annalisa Scimemi;Alexey Semyanov;Günther Sperk;Dimitri M. Kullmann

  • Making sense of astrocytic calcium signals — from acquisition to interpretation

    Alexey Semyanov;Alexey Semyanov;Christian Henneberger;Christian Henneberger;Christian Henneberger;Amit Agarwal

  • Astrocytic processes: from tripartite synapses to the active milieu

    Alexey Semyanov;Alexey Semyanov;Alexey Semyanov;Alexei Verkhratsky

  • Modulation of GABAergic Signaling among Interneurons by Metabotropic Glutamate Receptors

    Alexey Semyanov;Dimitri M. Kullmann

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

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

  • A functional role for both γ‐aminobutyric acid (GABA) transporter‐1 and GABA transporter‐3 in the modulation of extracellular GABA and GABAergic tonic conductances in the rat hippocampus

    Flavie Kersanté;Samuel C. S. Rowley;Ivan Pavlov;María Gutièrrez‐Mecinas

  • Kainate receptor-dependent axonal depolarization and action potential initiation in interneurons.

    Alexey Semyanov;Dimitri M. Kullmann

  • Astroglial atrophy in Alzheimer’s disease

    Alexei Verkhratsky;Jose Julio Rodrigues;Augustas Pivoriunas;Robert Zorec

  • Astrocytic Ca2+ signals are required for the functional integrity of tripartite synapses

    Mika Tanaka;Pei Yu Shih;Hiroshi Gomi;Takamasa Yoshida

  • Subcellular location of astrocytic calcium stores favors extrasynaptic neuron-astrocyte communication.

    Ilya Patrushev;Nikolay Gavrilov;Vadim Turlapov;Alexey Semyanov

  • Neural cell adhesion molecule-associated polysialic acid regulates synaptic plasticity and learning by restraining the signaling through GluN2B-containing NMDA receptors.

    Gaga Kochlamazashvili;Oleg Senkov;Oleg Senkov;Sergei Grebenyuk;Catrina Robinson

  • Tonic excitation or inhibition is set by GABA A conductance in hippocampal interneurons

    Inseon Song;Leonid Savtchenko;Alexey Semyanov

  • Outwardly rectifying tonically active GABAA receptors in pyramidal cells modulate neuronal offset, not gain.

    Ivan Pavlov;Leonid P Savtchenko;Dimitri M Kullmann;Alexey Semyanov

  • Astrocyte dystrophy in ageing brain parallels impaired synaptic plasticity.

    Alexander Popov;Alexey Brazhe;Alexey Brazhe;Pavel Denisov;Oksana Sutyagina

  • Regulation of excitability by extrasynaptic GABA(A) receptors.

    Matthew C. Walker;Alexey Semyanov;Alexey Semyanov

  • GABA-Independent GABAA Receptor Openings Maintain Tonic Currents

    Agnieszka I Wlodarczyk;Sergiy Sylantyev;Murray B Herd;Flavie Kersanté

Frequent Co-Authors

Alexei Verkhratsky
Alexei Verkhratsky University of Manchester
Matthew C. Walker
Matthew C. Walker University College London
Dimitri M. Kullmann
Dimitri M. Kullmann University College London
Dmitri A. Rusakov
Dmitri A. Rusakov University College London
Christian Henneberger
Christian Henneberger University of Bonn
Michele Migliore
Michele Migliore National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Alexander Dityatev
Alexander Dityatev German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases
Shigeyoshi Itohara
Shigeyoshi Itohara RIKEN Center for Brain Science
Henk Nijmeijer
Henk Nijmeijer Eindhoven University of Technology
Melitta Schachner
Melitta Schachner Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

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