Education
Ph.D. in Neurobiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA, 1997
Current position
Associate Professor, Department of Developmental Neuroscience, Monroe-Meyer Institute, University of Nebraska Medical Centre
Publications
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Padmashri, R., Reiner, B. C., Suresh, A., Spartz, E. and Dunaevsky, A. (2013). Altered structural and functional synaptic plasticity with motor skill learning in a mouse model of fragile X syndrome. J Neurosci 33(50): 19715-19723.
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Zhao, Y., Haney, M. J., Mahajan, V., Reiner, B. C., Dunaevsky, A., Mosley, R. L., Kabanov, A. V., Gendelman, H. E. and Batrakova, E. V. (2011). Targeted delivery of therapeutic proteins to the brain inflammation site using macrophages as drug carriers. Nanomedicine & Nanotechnology S4:003.
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Lippman Bell, J. J., Lordkipanidze, T., Cobb, N. and Dunaevsky, A. (2010). Bergmann glial ensheathment of dendritic spines regulates synapse number without affecting spine motility. Neuron glia biology 6(03): 193-200.
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Deng, J. and Dunaevsky, A. (2009). Delayed development of dendritic spines in Fxr2 knockout mouse. The Open Neuroscience Journal 3: 148-153.
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Harms, K. J., Rioult-Pedotti, M. S., Carter, D. R. and Dunaevsky, A. (2008). Transient spine expansion and learning-induced plasticity in layer 1 primary motor cortex. J Neurosci 28(22): 5686-5690.
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Lippman, J. J., Lordkipanidze, T., Buell, M. E., Yoon, S. O. and Dunaevsky, A. (2008). Morphogenesis and regulation of Bergmann glial processes during Purkinje cell dendritic spine ensheathment and synaptogenesis. Glia 56(13): 1463-1477.
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Rioult-Pedotti, M. S., Donoghue, J. P. and Dunaevsky, A. (2007). Plasticity of the synaptic modification range. J Neurophysiol 98(6): 3688-3695.
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Shrestha, B. R., Vitolo, O. V., Joshi, P., Lordkipanidze, T., Shelanski, M. and Dunaevsky, A. (2006). Amyloid beta peptide adversely affects spine number and motility in hippocampal neurons. Mol Cell Neurosci 33(3): 274-282.
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Lordkipanidze, T. and Dunaevsky, A. (2005). Purkinje cell dendrites grow in alignment with Bergmann glia. Glia 51(3): 229-234.
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Deng, J. and Dunaevsky, A. (2005). Dynamics of dendritic spines and their afferent terminals: spines are more motile than presynaptic boutons. Dev Biol 277(2): 366-377.
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Tashiro, A., Dunaevsky, A., Blazeski, R., Mason, C. A. and Yuste, R. (2003). Bidirectional regulation of hippocampal mossy fiber filopodial motility by kainate receptors: a two-step model of synaptogenesis. Neuron 38(5): 773-784.
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Dunaevsky, A., Blazeski, R., Yuste, R. and Mason, C. (2001). Spine motility with synaptic contact. Nat Neurosci 4(7): 685-686.
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Dunaevsky, A. and Connor, E. A. (2000). F-actin is concentrated in nonrelease domains at frog neuromuscular junctions. J Neurosci 20(16): 6007-6012.
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Dunaevsky, A., Tashiro, A., Majewska, A., Mason, C. and Yuste, R. (1999). Developmental regulation of spine motility in the mammalian central nervous system. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 96(23): 13438-13443.
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Dunaevsky, A. and Connor, E. A. (1998). Repeated in vivo imaging of target-deprived frog motor nerve terminals. Dev Biol 194: 61-71.
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Connor, E. A., Dunaevsky, A., Griffiths, D. J., Hardwick, J. C. and Parsons, R. L. (1997). Transmitter release differs at snake twitch and tonic endplates during potassium-induced nerve terminal depolarization. J Neurophysiol 77(2): 749-760.
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Dunaevsky, A. and Connor, E. A. (1995). Long-term maintenance of presynaptic function in the absence of target muscle fibers. J Neurosci 15(9): 6137-6144.
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Saada, A., Dunaevsky‐Hutt, A., Aamar, A., Reichert, F. and Rotshenker, S. (1995). Fibroblasts that reside in mouse and frog injured peripheral nerves produce apolipoproteins. J Neurochem 64(5): 1996-2003.
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Sugarman, H., Dunaevsky-Hutt, A. and Rotshenker, S. (1991). The roles of the synaptic basal lamina and of innervation in directing the accumulation of a synaptic molecule, mAb 3B6 antigen, in regenerating skeletal muscles. J Neurocytol 20(10): 810-817.