Natalja V. Bal

PhD in Biology, Scientist

Laboratory of Cellular Neurobiology of Learning

E-mail: bal_nv@mail.ru

The main research topic is the molecular mechanisms of synaptic plasticity and memory.

Grant Management:

RNF 18-75-10112 The role of insulin-like growth factor 2 and its binding proteins in the molecular mechanisms of memory (started in 2018)

RFBR 17-04-01796 Impact of neuronal NO synthase knockdown using RNA interference on synaptic plasticity (2017-2019)

RFBR 14-04-31663 The effect of nitric oxide on the breakdown of proteins in the neuron proteasomes during synaptic plasticity (2014-2015)

Publication list

1. Ivanova V.O., Bal N.V., Balaban P.M. Modulation of AMPA receptors by nitric oxide in nerve cells. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2020. V. 21. N. 3. DOI: 10.3390/ijms21030981.
2. Chesnokova E., Zuzina A., Bal N., Vinarskaya A., Roshchin M., Artyuhov A., Dashinimaev E., Aseyev N., Balaban P., Kolosov P. Experiments with Snails Add to Our Knowledge about the Role of aPKC Subfamily Kinases in Learning. International Journal Of Molecular Sciences. 2019. V. 20. N. 9. P. 2117. DOI: 10.3390/ijms20092117.
3. Maltsev A.V., Bal N.V., Balaban P.M. LTP suppression by protein synthesis inhibitors is NO-dependent. Neuropharmacology. 2019. V. 146. P. 276-288. DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2018.12.009.
4. Blagirev A.A., Chesnokova E.A., Bal N.V., Kolosov P.M. Single neuron transcriptomics. Zhurnal Vysshei Nervnoi Deyatelnosti Imeni I.P. Pavlova. 2018. V. 68. N. 6. P. 675-702. DOI: 10.1134/S0044467718060047.
5. Bal N.V., Roshchin M., Salozhin S., Balaban P.M. Nitric Oxide Upregulates Proteasomal Protein Degradation in Neurons. Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology. 2017. V. 37. N. 5. P. 763-769. DOI: 10.1007/s10571-016-0413-9.
6. Bal N.V., Rysakova M.P., Vinarskaya A.K., Ivanova V.O., Zuzina A.B., Balaban P.M. Cued memory reconsolidation in rats requires nitric oxide. European Journal of Neuroscience. 2017. V. 45. N. 5. P. 643-647. DOI: 10.1111/ejn.13503.
7. Chesnokova E.A., Bal N.V., Kolosov P.M. Kinases of eIF2a switch translation of mRNA subset during neuronal plasticity. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2017. V. 18. N. 10. E2213. DOI: 10.3390/ijms18102213.
8. Nikitin E.S., Bal N.V., Malyshev A.Y., Ierusalimsky V.N., Spivak Y.S., Balaban P.M., Volgushev M.A. Encoding of high frequencies improves with maturation of action potential generation in cultured neocortical neurons. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience. 2017. V. 11. P. 28. DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2017.00028.
9. Bal N.V., Malyshev A.Y., Smirnov I., Balaban P.M. Expression of Channelrhodopsin-2 Using in Suspension Electroporation for Studying the Monosynaptic Transmission in Neuronal Culture. BioNanoScience. 2016. V. 6. N. 4. P. 329-331. DOI: 10.1007/s12668-016-0228-7.
10. Bal N.V., Susorov D., Chesnokova E.A., Kasianov A., Mikhailova E.S., Alkalaeva E., Balaban P.M., Kolosov P.M. Upstream open reading frames located in the leader of protein kinase mζ mRNA regulate its translation. Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience. 2016. V. 9. P. 103. DOI: 10.3389/fnmol.2016.00103.
11. Bal N.V., Susorov D., Chesnokova E.A., Kasianov A., Mikhailova T., Alkalaeva E., Balaban P.M., Kolosov P.M. Upstream open reading frames located in the leader of protein kinase mζ mRNA regulate its translation. Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience. 2016. V. 9. N. OCT2016. P. 103. DOI: 10.3389/fnmol.2016.00103.
12. Bal N.V., Balaban P.M. Ubiquitin-dependent protein degradation is necessary for long-term plasticity and memory. Zhurnal Vysshei Nervnoi Deiatelnosti im I P Pavlova. 2015. V. 32. N. 4. P. 275-284. DOI: 10.7868/S1027813315040044.
13. Bal N.V., Balaban P.M. Ubiquitin-dependent protein degradation is necessary for long-term plasticity and memory. Neurochemical Journal. 2015. V. 9. N. 4. P. 237-244. DOI: 10.1134/S1819712415040042.
14. Kononov A.V., Bal N.V., Zinchenko V.P. Control of spontaneous synchronous Ca²⁺ oscillations in hippocampal neurons by GABAergic neurons containing kainate receptors without desensitization. Biochemistry (Moscow) Supplement Series A: Membrane and Cell Biology. 2012. V. 6. N. 2. P. 215-220. DOI: 10.1134/S1990747812010072.