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Georgy Bakalkin

Georgy Bakalkin

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Neuroscience

D-Index
46
Citations
6806
World Ranking
6765
National Ranking
138

Overview

Georgy Bakalkin is affiliated with Uppsala University in Sweden and has a strong research focus primarily within the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience. Their work spans several subfields including Cognitive Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, as well as Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health.

The scientist's publications address a range of neuroscientific and biomedical topics. Their main research themes include Hemispheric Asymmetry in Neuroscience, Neuroscience of Respiration and Sleep, Spinal Cord Injury Research, Epigenetics and DNA Methylation, Neuroendocrine Regulation and Behavior, Migraine and Headache Studies, and Traumatic Brain Injury Research.

Several recent papers by Georgy Bakalkin highlight the diversity of their research. These include:

  • "Differential DNA Methylation of the Genes for Amyloid Precursor Protein, Tau, and Neurofilaments in Human Traumatic Brain Injury" (2020, Journal of Neurotrauma)
  • "Multi-omics signatures of alcohol use disorder in the dorsal and ventral striatum" (2022, Translational Psychiatry)
  • "Effect of the Expression of ELOVL5 and IGFBP6 Genes on the Metastatic Potential of Breast Cancer Cells" (2021, Frontiers in Genetics)
  • "Hindlimb motor responses to unilateral brain injury: spinal cord encoding and left-right asymmetry" (2020, Brain Communications)
  • "Ipsilesional versus contralesional postural deficits induced by unilateral brain trauma: a side reversal by opioid mechanism" (2020, Brain Communications)

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Bakalkin include:

  • Daniil Sarkisyan
  • Mengliang Zhang
  • Jens Schouenborg
  • Olga Nosova
  • Hiroyuki Watanabe

Georgy Bakalkin's research has been published in various venues, with multiple contributions to:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Brain Communications
  • European Journal of Neuroscience
  • Journal of Neurotrauma
  • Translational Psychiatry

Best Publications

  • p53 binds single stranded DNA ends and catalyzes DNA renaturation and strand transfer

    G Bakalkin;T Yakovleva;G Selivanova;K P Magnusson

  • LUMA (LUminometric Methylation Assay)--a high throughput method to the analysis of genomic DNA methylation.

    Mohsen Karimi;Sofia Johansson;Dirk Stach;Martin Corcoran

  • Genome-wide association and genetic functional studies identify autism susceptibility candidate 2 gene (AUTS2) in the regulation of alcohol consumption

    Gunter Schumann;Lachlan J. Coin;Anbarasu Lourdusamy;Pimphen Charoen;Pimphen Charoen

  • KLB is associated with alcohol drinking, and its gene product β-Klotho is necessary for FGF21 regulation of alcohol preference

    Gunter Schumann;Chunyu Liu;Chunyu Liu;Paul F. O'Reilly;He Gao

  • p53 binds single-stranded DNA ends through the C-terminal domain and internal DNA segments via the middle domain

    Georgy Bakalkin;Galina Selivanova;Tatjana Yakovleva;Elena Kiseleva

  • Prodynorphin CpG-SNPs associated with alcohol dependence: elevated methylation in the brain of human alcoholics

    Malik Mumtaz Taqi;Igor Bazov;Hiroyuki Watanabe;Donna Sheedy

  • Effects of the Circadian Rhythm Gene Period 1 (Per1) on Psychosocial Stress-Induced Alcohol Drinking

    Li Dong;Ainhoa Bilbao;Manfred Laucht;Richard Henriksson

  • Mu opioid receptor A118G polymorphism in association with striatal opioid neuropeptide gene expression in heroin abusers.

    Katarina Drakenberg;Andrej Nikoshkov;Monika Cs Horváth;Pernilla Fagergren

  • Prodynorphin Mutations Cause the Neurodegenerative Disorder Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 23

    Georgy Bakalkin;Hiroyuki Watanabe;Justyna Jezierska;Cloë Depoorter

  • Morphine Exacerbates HIV-1 Tat-Induced Cytokine Production in Astrocytes through Convergent Effects on [Ca2+]i, NF-κB Trafficking and Transcription

    Nazira El-Hage;Annadora J. Bruce-Keller;Tatiana Yakovleva;Igor Bazov

  • NF-κB-like factors in the murine brain. Developmentally-regulated and tissue-specific expression

    Georgy Ya. Bakalkin;Tatjana Yakovleva;Lars Terenius

  • Targeting Dynorphin/Kappa Opioid Receptor Systems to Treat Alcohol Abuse and Dependence

    Brendan M. Walker;Glenn R. Valdez;Jay P. McLaughlin;Georgy Bakalkin

  • Study of molecular events in cells by fluorescence correlation spectroscopy.

    V. Vukojević;A. Pramanik;A. Pramanik;T. Yakovleva;R. Rigler;R. Rigler

  • The endogenous opioid system in human alcoholics: molecular adaptations in brain areas involved in cognitive control of addiction

    Igor Bazov;Olga Kononenko;Hiroyuki Watanabe;Vesna Kuntić

  • Pathobiology of dynorphins in trauma and disease

    Kurt F. Hauser;Jane V. Aldrich;Kevin J. Anderson;Georgy Bakalkin

  • The nociceptin/orphanin FQ receptor agonist Ro 64-6198 reduces alcohol self-administration and prevents relapse-like alcohol drinking.

    Alexander Kuzmin;Mary Jeanne Kreek;Georgy Bakalkin;Sture Liljequist

  • Big Dynorphin, a Prodynorphin-Derived Peptide Produces NMDA Receptor-Mediated Effects on Memory, Anxiolytic-Like and Locomotor Behavior in Mice

    Alexander Kuzmin;Nather Madjid;Lars Terenius;Sven Ove Ogren

  • Neuroadaptations in Human Chronic Alcoholics: Dysregulation of the NF-κB System

    Anna Ökvist;Sofia Johansson;Alexander Kuzmin;Igor Bazov

  • Translocation of dynorphin neuropeptides across the plasma membrane. A putative mechanism of signal transmission

    Zoya Marinova;Vladana Vukojević;Slavina Surcheva;Tatiana Yakovleva

  • Dysregulation of dynorphins in Alzheimer disease

    Tatjana Yakovleva;Z. Marinova;A. Kuzmin;N. G. Seidah

  • KLB is associated with alcohol drinking, and its gene product beta-Klotho is necessary for FGF21 regulation of alcohol preference

    Gunter Schumann;Chunyu Liu;Paul O'Reilly;He Gao

Frequent Co-Authors

Lars Terenius
Lars Terenius Karolinska Institute
Gunter Schumann
Gunter Schumann King's College London
Jens Schouenborg
Jens Schouenborg Lund University
Oleg Krishtal
Oleg Krishtal National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Niklas Marklund
Niklas Marklund Lund University
Tomáš Paus
Tomáš Paus University of Toronto
Wolfgang H. Sommer
Wolfgang H. Sommer Heidelberg University
Herta Flor
Herta Flor Heidelberg University
Nicholas G. Martin
Nicholas G. Martin QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Jaspal S. Kooner
Jaspal S. Kooner Imperial College London

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