Laura Noemi Borodinsky
Assistant Professor
lnborodinsky@ucdavis.edu

Physiology and Membrane Biology
Institute for Pediatric Regenerative Medicne

Office
Shriners Hospital, 2425 Stockton Blvd., Sacramento, CA 95817
+1 916 453 2285


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Degrees:
1999 PhD University of Buenos Aires Neuroscience
Department and Center Affiliations:
Physiology and Membrane Biology, Institute for Pediatric Regenerative Medicine, Center for Neuroscience
Professional Societies:
Society for Neuroscience
CBS Graduate Group Affiliations:
Neuroscience  
Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Physiology  
Publications:
  • Borodinsky LN, Spitzer NC (2007) Activity-Dependent Neurotransmitter-Receptor Matching at the Neuromuscular Junction. PNAS, 104: 335-340.
  • Borodinsky LN, Spitzer NC (2006) Second messenger pas de deux: The coordinated dance between calcium and cAMP. Sci. STKE, 2006: pe22.
  • Spitzer NC, Borodinsky LN, Root CM (2005) Homeostatic activity-dependent paradigm for neurotransmitter specification. Cell Calcium, 37: 417-423.
  • Spitzer NC, Borodinsky LN, Root CM. (2005) Imaging calcium transients in developing Xenopus spinal neurons. In "Imaging in neuroscience and development: A laboratory manual". Yuste R and Konnerth A, Eds, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press.
  • Spitzer NC, Root CM, Borodinsky LN (2004) Orchestrating neuronal differentiation: patterns of Ca2+ spikes specify transmitter choice. Trends Neurosci 27: 415-421.
  • Borodinsky LN, Root CM, Cronin J, Sann SB, Gu X, Spitzer NC. (2004) Activity-dependent homeostatic specification of transmitter expression in embryonic neurons. Nature 429: 523-530.
  • Borodinsky LN, OLeary D, Neale JH, Vicini S, Coso OA, Fiszman ML (2003) GABA-induced neurite outgrowth of cerebellar granule cells is mediated by GABAA receptor activation, calcium influx and CaMKII and MEK1 pathways. J Neurochem 84: 1411-1420.
  • Borodinsky LN, Coso OA, Fiszman ML (2002) Contribution of Ca2+-calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II and mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase on neural activity-induced neurite outgrowth and survival of cerebellar granule cells. J Neurochem 80: 1062-1070.
  • Borodinsky LN, Fiszman ML (2001) A single cell model to study changes in neuronal fractal dimension. Methods 24: 341-345.
  • Fiszman ML, Borodinsky LN, Neale JH (1999) GABA induces proliferation of immature cerebellar granule cells grown in vitro. Dev Brain Res 115: 1-8.
  • Borodinsky LN, Fiszman ML (1998) Extracellular potassium concentration regulates proliferation of immature cerebellar granule cells. Dev Brain Res 107: 43-48.
  • Borodinsky LN, Pesce G, Pomata PE, Fiszman ML (1997) Neurosteroid modulation of GABAA receptors in the developing rat brain cortex. Neurochem Int 31: 313-317.
Laboratory Personnel:
Borodinsky lab - Institute for Pediatric Regenerative Medicine, Shriners Hospital

Olesya Visina (Research Associate); Yesser Hadj Belgacem (Postdoctoral Fellow)