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Overview

Mordecai P. Blaustein is affiliated with the University of Maryland, Baltimore, in the United States. Their research spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Medicine. Within these broader areas, their work focuses on subfields including Molecular Biology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Surgery, Nutrition and Dietetics, and Physiology.

The primary topics covered in Blaustein's research include:

  • Ion Transport and Channel Regulation
  • Ion channel regulation and function
  • Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias
  • Heart Failure Treatment and Management
  • Hydrogen's biological and therapeutic effects
  • Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling
  • Magnesium in Health and Disease

They have published multiple articles in notable scientific journals. Recent papers include:

  • "Ouabain, endogenous ouabain and ouabain-like factors: The Na+ pump/ouabain receptor, its linkage to NCX, and its myriad functions" (2020) in Cell Calcium
  • "Cation flux through SUR1-TRPM4 and NCX1 in astrocyte endfeet induces water influx through AQP4 and brain swelling after ischemic stroke" (2023) in Science Signaling
  • "Sensational site: the sodium pump ouabain-binding site and its ligands" (2024) in American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology
  • "Multipurpose Na+ ions mediate excitation and cellular homeostasis: Evolution of the concept of Na+ pumps and Na+/Ca2+ exchangers" (2020) in Cell Calcium

They have also contributed to work published in the American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology.

Blaustein frequently collaborates with a number of researchers, including:

  • John M. Hamlyn
  • Frans H. H. Leenen
  • Tommy Idrovo-Hidalgo
  • María F. Pignataro
  • Luis M. Bredeston

Their publications have been featured in journals such as:

  • American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology
  • Cell Calcium
  • Science Signaling
  • American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology
  • Glycobiology

Best Publications

  • Sodium/Calcium Exchange: Its Physiological Implications

    Mordecai P. Blaustein;W. Jonathan Lederer

  • The influence of calcium on sodium efflux in squid axons.

    P. F. Baker;M. P. Blaustein;A. L. Hodgkin;R. A. Steinhardt

  • Identification and characterization of a ouabain-like compound from human plasma

    J M Hamlyn;M P Blaustein;S Bova;D W DuCharme

  • The interrelationship between sodium and calcium fluxes across cell membranes

    Mordecai P. Blaustein

  • Calcium transport and buffering in neurons

    Mordecai P. Blaustein

  • Effects of potassium, veratridine, and scorpion venom on calcium accumulation and transmitter release by nerve terminals in vitro.

    M P Blaustein

  • The effect of cyanide on the efflux of calcium from squid axons

    M. P. Blaustein;A. L. Hodgkin

  • Physiological effects of endogenous ouabain: control of intracellular Ca2+ stores and cell responsiveness

    M. P. Blaustein

  • Spatially and Functionally Distinct Ca2+ Stores in Sarcoplasmic and Endoplasmic Reticulum

    Vera A. Golovina;Mordecai P. Blaustein

  • Membrane potentials in pinched-off presynaptic nerve ternimals monitored with a fluorescent probe: evidence that synaptosomes have potassium diffusion potentials.

    M P Blaustein;J M Goldring

  • Na+ pump low and high ouabain affinity alpha subunit isoforms are differently distributed in cells.

    Magdalena Juhaszova;Mordecai P. Blaustein

  • The ouabain-sensitive fluxes of sodium and potassium in squid giant axons.

    P. F. Baker;M. P. Blaustein;R. D. Keynes;Jacqueline Manil

  • Na-Ca Exchange and Tension Development in Arterial Smooth Muscle

    H Reuter;M P Blaustein;G Haeusler

  • Calcium buffering in presynaptic nerve terminals. I. Evidence for involvement of a nonmitochondrial ATP-dependent sequestration mechanism.

    M P Blaustein;R W Ratzlaff;N C Kendrick;E S Schweitzer

  • The effects of some organic "calcium antagonists" on calcium influx in presynaptic nerve terminals.

    D. A. Nachshen;M. P. Blaustein

  • Competitive Action of Calcium and Procaine on Lobster Axon : A study of the mechanism of action of certain local anesthetics

    Mordecai P. Blaustein;David E. Goldman

  • Some properties of potassium-stimulated calcium influx in presynaptic nerve endings.

    D A Nachshen;M P Blaustein

  • Calcium-Dependent Norepinephrine Release from Presynaptic Nerve Endings In Vitro

    Mordecai P. Blaustein;Eugene M. Johnson;Philip Needleman

  • THE REGULATION OF INTRACELLULAR CALCIUM IN PRESYNAPTIC NERVE TERMINALS

    Mordecai P. Blaustein;Ronald W. Ratzlaff;Nancy K. Kendrick

  • Structural complexity and functional diversity of endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ stores

    Mordecai P Blaustein;Vera A Golovina

Frequent Co-Authors

David J. Weber
David J. Weber University of Maryland, Baltimore
Jerry B. Lingrel
Jerry B. Lingrel University of Cincinnati
Lewis J. Rubin
Lewis J. Rubin University of California, San Diego
Michael I. Kotlikoff
Michael I. Kotlikoff Cornell University
Kenneth D. Philipson
Kenneth D. Philipson University of California, Los Angeles
Gregory R. Monteith
Gregory R. Monteith University of Queensland
Robert J. Bloch
Robert J. Bloch University of Maryland, Baltimore
Frans H. H. Leenen
Frans H. H. Leenen University of Ottawa
Mark Nelson
Mark Nelson University of Vermont
Paul Yarowsky
Paul Yarowsky University of Maryland, Baltimore

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