Department of Psychology

Maxim Volgushev

Title: Associate Professor

Departmental Program: Behavioral Neuroscience

E-mail: maxim.volgushev@uconn.edu
Website: http://www.neurop.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/~maxim/

Office: Bousfield 133 or 025
Office Phone: (860) 486-3025 or 486-6825

Department of Psychology
406 Babbidge Road, Unit 1020
University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT 06269-1020

Preferred Means of Contact: E-mail

Research Interests:

Neurophysiology of the visual system
Signal processing in visual cortical neurons in vivo
Generation of action potentials and cell electrophysiology
Synaptic transmission in the neocortex
Plasticity of synaptic transmission

Representative Publications:

Mukovski M, Chauvette S, Timofeev I, Volgushev M - Detection of active and silent states in neocortical neurons from the field potential signal during slow wave sleep. - /Cerebral Cortex / 2007 17:400-414
Volgushev M, Chauvette S, Mukovski M, Timofeev I - Precise long-range synchronization of activity and silence in neocortical neurons during slow wave sleep - /The Journal of Neuroscience/ 2006 26:5665-5672
Naundorf B, Wolf F, Volgushev M - Neurophysiology: Hodgkin and Huxley model – still standing? (Reply) - /Nature /2007 Jan 4 445(7123):E2-E3
Naundorf B, Wolf F, Volgushev M - Unique features of action potential initiation in cortical neurons - /Nature /2006 440:1060-1063
Beck O, Chistiakova M, Obermayer K, Volgushev M - Adaptation at synaptic connections to layer 2/3 pyramidal cells in rat visual cortex - /J. Neurophysiol/ 2005 94:363-376
Volgushev M, Kudryashov I, Chistiakova M, Mukovski M, Niesmann J, Eysel UT - Probability of transmitter release at neocortical synapses at different temperatures – /J Neurophysiol/ 2004 92:212-220
Balaban P, Chistiakova M, Malyshev A, Volgushev M - Dependence of calcium influx in neocortical cells on the temporal structure of depolarization, number of spikes and blockade of NMDA-receptors – /J. Neuroscience Research/, 2004 76:481-487
Volgushev M, Pernberg J, Eysel UT - A novel mechanism of response selectivity of cortical neurons - /Journal of Physiology/, 2002 540.1: 307-320
Volgushev M, Chistiakova M, Balaban P, Eysel UT - Retrograde signalling with nitric oxide at neocortical synapses - /European Journal of Neuroscience/, 2000 12:4255-4267
Volgushev M, Vidyasagar TR, Chistiakova M, Yousef T, Eysel UT - Membrane properties and spike generation in rat visual cortical cells during reversible cooling - /Journal of Physiology/, 2000 522.1:59-76
Vidyasagar TR, Pei X, Volgushev M - Multiple mechanisms underlying the orientation selectivity of visual cortical neurones - /Trends in Neurosciences/ 1996, 19:272-277