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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2017 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2012 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Vladimir Parpura is affiliated with the University of Alabama at Birmingham in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of neuroscience and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Within these broader fields, Parpura focuses on subfields including cellular and molecular neuroscience, neurology, molecular biology, developmental neuroscience, and social psychology.

Their main research topics include:

  • Neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms
  • Neuroscience and neuropharmacology research
  • Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
  • Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
  • Ion transport and channel regulation
  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Neuroscience of respiration and sleep

Parpura has contributed to both journal articles and book chapters. Their book publication includes the title "Astrocytes in Psychiatric Disorders" published in 2021 by Springer International Publishing.

Among the recent papers associated with Parpura are:

  • "Reactive astrocyte nomenclature, definitions, and future directions" (2021), published in Nature Neuroscience
  • "Astrocytes in heavy metal neurotoxicity and neurodegeneration" (2021), published in Brain Research
  • "Astrocytes: The Housekeepers and Guardians of the CNS" (2021), published in Advances in Neurobiology
  • "Neural Functions of Hypothalamic Oxytocin and its Regulation" (2022), published in ASN NEURO
  • "Astroglial Regulation of Magnocellular Neuroendocrine Cell Activities in the Supraoptic Nucleus" (2020), published in Neurochemical Research

Frequent co-authors of Vladimir Parpura include:

  • Alexei Verkhratsky
  • Yu-Feng Wang
  • Robert Zorec
  • Shuwei Jia
  • Xiaoran Wang

The most common venues for Parpura's research publications are Neurochemical Research and Cells, each with five publications, followed by ASN NEURO, Journal of Neurochemistry, and IBRO Neuroscience Reports with multiple contributions.

Vladimir Parpura has been recognized by professional organizations, with awards including the Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2017 and membership of Academia Europaea since 2012.

Best Publications

  • Tripartite synapses : Glia, the unacknowledged partner

    Alfonso Araque;Vladimir Parpura;Rita P. Sanzgiri;Philip G. Haydon

  • Reactive astrocyte nomenclature, definitions, and future directions

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

  • Glutamate-mediated astrocyte-neuron signalling.

    Vladimir Parpura;Trent A. Basarsky;Fang Liu;Ksenija Jeftinija

  • Chemically Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes as Substrates for Neuronal Growth.

    Hui Hu;Yingchun Ni;Vedrana Montana;Robert C. Haddon

  • Astrocytes: a central element in neurological diseases

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

  • Physiological astrocytic calcium levels stimulate glutamate release to modulate adjacent neurons

    Vladimir Parpura;Philip G. Haydon

  • Glutamate‐dependent astrocyte modulation of synaptic transmission between cultured hippocampal neurons

    Alfonso Araque;Vladimir Parpura;Rita P. Sanzgiri;Philip G. Haydon

  • Glial cells in (patho)physiology.

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

  • Calcium Elevation in Astrocytes Causes an NMDA Receptor-Dependent Increase in the Frequency of Miniature Synaptic Currents in Cultured Hippocampal Neurons

    Alfonso Araque;Rita P. Sanzgiri;Vladimir Parpura;Philip G. Haydon

  • Mechanisms of glutamate release from astrocytes.

    Erik B. Malarkey;Vladimir Parpura

  • Astrocytes in physiological aging and Alzheimer's disease.

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

  • Gliotransmission: Exocytotic release from astrocytes.

    Vladimir Parpura;Robert Zorec

  • Vesicular Glutamate Transporter-Dependent Glutamate Release from Astrocytes

    Vedrana Montana;Yingchun Ni;Vice Sunjara;Xue Hua

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

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

  • Applications of Carbon Nanotubes in Biotechnology and Biomedicine.

    Elena Bekyarova;Yingchun Ni;Erik B. Malarkey;Vedrana Montana

  • Vesicular transmitter release from astrocytes.

    Vedrana Montana;Erik B. Malarkey;Claudia Verderio;Michela Matteoli

  • Imaging Extracellular Waves of Glutamate during Calcium Signaling in Cultured Astrocytes

    Barbara Innocenti;Vladimir Parpura;Philip G. Haydon

  • Polyethyleneimine Functionalized Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes as a Substrate for Neuronal Growth

    Hui Hu;Yingchun Ni;Swadhin K. Mandal;Vedrana Montana

  • Astroglial Excitability and Gliotransmission: An Appraisal of Ca2+ as a Signalling Route

    Robert Zorec;Alfonso Araque;Giorgio Carmignoto;Philip G Haydon

  • Sodium dynamics: another key to astroglial excitability?

    Sergei Kirischuk;Vladimir Parpura;Alexei Verkhratsky;Alexei Verkhratsky;Alexei Verkhratsky

  • Mechanisms of glutamate release from astrocytes

    Vladimir Parpura

Frequent Co-Authors

Alexei Verkhratsky
Alexei Verkhratsky University of Manchester
Robert Zorec
Robert Zorec University of Ljubljana
Philip G. Haydon
Philip G. Haydon Tufts University
José J. Rodríguez
José J. Rodríguez University of the Basque Country
Robert C. Haddon
Robert C. Haddon University of California, Riverside
Elena Bekyarova
Elena Bekyarova University of California, Riverside
Milos Pekny
Milos Pekny University of Gothenburg
Marcela Pekna
Marcela Pekna University of Gothenburg
Alfonso Araque
Alfonso Araque University of Minnesota
Giorgio Carmignoto
Giorgio Carmignoto National Research Council (CNR)

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