Publications

Khodabakhsh, P. & Garaschuk, O. Morphological characteristics and corresponding functional properties of homeostatic human microglia. Neural regeneration research (2026) doi:10.4103/NRR.NRR-D-24-01568.

Khodabakhsh, P. & Garaschuk, O. Microglial Maturation and Functional Heterogeneity: Mechanistic Links to Neurodevelopmental Disorders. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 27, 1185 (2026).

Pfeiffer, F., Verkhratsky, A. & Garaschuk, O. Immune functions of neuroglia. Front. Immunol. (2026) doi:doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2026.1885437.

Fink, S., Fomin-Thunemann, N., Kamari, F., Kovalchuk, Y. N. & Garaschuk, O. Glomerulus-Specific Inhomogeneity of the Basal Activity Map in the Olfactory Bulb. Int. J Mol Sci. (2026) doi:doi: 10.3390/ijms27083684.

Vatashchuk, M. et al. Body-Wide Glycolytic Shift, Oxidative Stress, and Sex-Specific Effect of Caloric Restriction in a Mouse Model of Alzheimer’s Disease. Antioxidants (Basel) (2026) doi:doi: 10.3390/antiox15020191.

Niethard, N. et al. Sleep spindles promote hippocampal network downregulation during sleep. Curr Biol . (2026) doi:doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2026.01.075.

Fitzgerald, J. C. & Pfeiffer, F. Oligodendrocyte precursor cells in the substantia nigra: Implications for Parkinson’s disease. Neural Regen Res . (2026) doi:10.4103/NRR.NRR-D-25-00767.

Fitzgerald, J. et al. Interactions of oligodendrocyte precursor cells and dopaminergic neurons in the mouse substantia nigra. Journal of neurochemistry (2025) doi:doi: 10.1111/jnc.16298.

Lykhmus, O. et al. Impairment of brain function in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease during the pre-depositing phase: The role of α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy 178, 117255 (2024).

Li, K., Savitska, D. & Garaschuk, O. K+ channel-mediated retarded maturation of interneurons and its role in neurodevelopmental disorders. Neural Regeneration Research 19, 1403–1404 (2024).

Garaschuk, O. & Verkhratsky, A. Sleep, calcium and microglia-an (un) expected liaison. Cell calcium 119, 102872 (2024).

Vatashchuk, M. , V et al. Impact of caloric restriction on oxidative stress and key glycolytic enzymes in the cerebral cortex, liver and kidney of old and middle-aged mice. Neuropharmacology 247, 109859 (2024).

Khodabakhsh, P., Taei, A., Shafaroodi, H., Pournajaf, S. & Dargahi, L. Effect of Metformin on Epidermal Neural Crest Stem Cells and Their Potential Application in Ameliorating Paclitaxel-induced Neurotoxicity Phenotype. Stem cell reviews and reports 20, 394–412 (2024).

Nevelchuk, S. et al. Morphotype-specific calcium signaling in human microglia. Journal of neuroinflammation 21, 175 (2024).

Li, K. et al. Endogenous but not sensory-driven activity controls migration, morphogenesis and survival of adult-born juxtaglomerular neurons in the mouse olfactory bulb. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences 80, (2023).

Su, X. et al. Neuronal silence as a prosurvival factor for adult-born olfactory bulb interneurons. Stem Cell Reports 18, 1182–1195 (2023).

Barry-Carroll, L. et al. Microglia colonize the developing brain by clonal expansion of highly proliferative progenitors, following allometric scaling. Cell Reports 42, (2023).

M, O., Brawek, B., Li, K., Richter, C. & Garaschuk, O. Plaque vicinity as a hotspot of microglial turnover in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease. Glia (2023) doi:https://doi.org/10.1002/glia.24458.

Nestor, U. L. et al. Live imaging of microglia during sleeping sickness reveals early and heterogeneous inflammatory responses. Frontiers in Immunology 14, (2023).

Pan, K. & Garaschuk, O. The role of intracellular calcium-store-mediated calcium signals in in vivo sensor and effector functions of microglia. The Journal of Physiology 601, 4203–4215 (2023).

Pfeiffer, F. Commentary on: Bai, X., Zhao, N., Koupourtidou, C., et al. "In the mouse cortex, oligodendrocytes regain a plastic capacity, transforming into astrocytes after acute injury". Pflugers Archiv : European journal of physiology 475, 1129–1131 (2023).

Davoody, S., Taei, A., Khodabakhsh, P. & Dargahi, L. mTOR signaling and Alzheimer’s disease: What we know and where we are? CNS neuroscience & therapeutics (2023) doi:10.1111/cns.14463.

Slabik, D. & Garaschuk, O. Olfactory dysfunction as a common biomarker for neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric disorders. Neural Regeneration Research 18, 1029–1030 (2023).

Hausmann, D. et al. Autonomous rhythmic activity in glioma networks drives brain tumour growth. Nature (2022) doi:10.1038/s41586-022-05520-4.

M, D., N, F., A, K. & O, G. All digital-training course in neurophysiology: lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic . BMC Medical Education (2022) doi:10.1186/s12909-021-03062-3.