Stanislav S. Zakharenko, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Member
Department of Developmental Neurobiology
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Affiliated Associate Professor
Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
332 N. Lauderdale
Memphis, TN 38105-2794
Tel: (901) 595-3837
Fax: (901) 595-3143
Lab: MS 323, Room D2025B
Email: Stanislav S. Zakharenko
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Research Interests
- Functional organization and synaptic plasticity in the auditory cortex
- Molecular and cellular mechanisms of cognitive deficits during schizophrenia
- Synaptic plasticity in the hippocampus
Representative Publications
- Chun S, Bayazitov IT, Blundon JA, Zakharenko SS. Thalamocortical long-term potentiation becomes gated after the early critical period in the auditory cortex. J Neurosci. 2013 Apr 24;33(17):7345-57. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4500-12.2013. PubMed PMID: 23616541.
- Blundon JA, Zakharenko SS. Presynaptic Gating of Postsynaptic Synaptic Plasticity: A Plasticity Filter in the Adult Auditory Cortex. Neuroscientist. 2013 Apr 4. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 23558179.
- Deng PY, Rotman Z, Blundon JA, Cho Y, Cui J, Cavalli V, Zakharenko SS, Klyachko VA. FMRP regulates neurotransmitter release and synaptic information transmission by modulating action potential duration via BK channels. Neuron. 2013 Feb 20;77(4):696-711. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2012.12.018. PubMed PMID: 23439122; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3584349.
- Earls LR, Fricke RG, Yu J, Berry RB, Baldwin LT, Zakharenko SS. Age-dependent microRNA control of synaptic plasticity in 22q11 deletion syndrome and schizophrenia. J Neurosci. 2012 Oct 10;32(41):14132-44. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1312-12.2012. PubMed PMID: 23055483; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3486522.
- Zhu G, Chow LM, Bayazitov IT, Tong Y, Gilbertson RJ, Zakharenko SS, Solecki DJ, Baker SJ. Pten deletion causes mTorc1-dependent ectopic neuroblast differentiation without causing uniform migration defects. Development. 2012 Sep;139(18):3422-31. doi: 10.1242/dev.083154. Epub 2012 Aug 8. PubMed PMID: 22874917; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3424045.
- Martins RA, Davis D, Kerekes R, Zhang J, Bayazitov IT, Hiler D, Karakaya M, Frase S, Gleason S, Zakharenko SS, Johnson DA, Dyer MA. Retinoblastoma (Rb) regulates laminar dendritic arbor reorganization in retinal horizontal neurons. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2011 Dec 27;108(52):21111-6. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1108141108. Epub 2011 Dec 12. PubMed PMID: 22160703; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3248513.
