Oleg Krishtal Position: Director, Head of the Department for Cellular Membranology of the Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine. Address: Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology, 4 Bogomoletz Str., Kyiv, 01024, Ukraine Phone: +38 044 253-2466, +38 044 256-2524 Fax: +38 044 256 25 90 Home page: go to >> E-mail: krishtal<AT>biph.kiev.ua

1971 Ph.D. in biophysics, Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology, NASU, Kyiv, Ukraine.
1981 Doctor of Sciences in biophysics, Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology, NASU, Kyiv, Ukraine.

Scientific interests:

• The mechanisms of localised ion permeability on the cellular membrane.
• Sensory neurons and their physico-chemical and pharmacological characteristics.
• Oleg Krishtal is an author of several books (in Russian): “Homunculus” (“Moi et mon double” in French), “To the singing of birds”, “I and We: Optimistic scenario.”

Honors and awards:

State prizes for science and technology of the USSR (1983) and Ukraine (2003)

Professional membership:

President of the Ukrainian Physiological Society (2010)
President of the Ukrainian National Society for Neuroscience (2005)
Full Member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (1997)
Member of Academia Europaea (1990)
Corresponding Member of the Russian Academies of Sciences (1987)
Corresponding Member of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences (1985)


Member of editorial boards:

European Journal of Neuroscience
Neuroscience
Autonomic Neuroscience
Purinergic Signalling
Frontiers in Neuroscience
East European Journal of Biology


Selected publications:

1. Grishin EV, Savchenko GA, Vassilevski AA, Korolkova YV, Boychuk YA, Viatchenko-Karpinski VY, Nadezhdin KD, Arseniev AS, Pluzhnikov KA, Kulyk VB, Voitenko NV, Krishtal OO. Novel peptide from spider venom inhibits P2X3 receptors and inflammatory pain. Ann Neurol. 2010 May;67(5):680-3. PubMed PMID: 20437566.
2. Teslenko VI, Petrov EG, Verkhratsky A, Krishtal OA. Novel mechanism for temperature-independent transitions in flexible molecules: role of thermodynamic fluctuations. Phys Rev Lett. 2010 Apr 30;104(17):178105. Epub 2010 Apr 29. PubMed PMID: 20482148.
3. Chizhmakov I, Yudin Y, Mamenko N, Prudnikov I, Tamarova Z, Krishtal O. Opioids inhibit purinergic nociceptors in the sensory neurons and fibres of rat via a G protein-dependent mechanism. Neuropharmacology. 2005 Apr;48(5):639-47. PubMed PMID: 15814099.
4. Lozovaya NA, Grebenyuk SE, Tsintsadze TSh, Feng B, Monaghan DT, Krishtal OA. Extrasynaptic NR2B and NR2D subunits of NMDA receptors shape 'superslow' afterburst EPSC in rat hippocampus. J Physiol. 2004 Jul 15;558(Pt 2):451-63. Epub 2004 May 14. PubMed PMID: 15146049; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC1664978.
5. Krishtal O, Lozovaya N, Fisunov A, Tsintsadze T, Pankratov Y, Kopanitsa M, Chatterjee SS. Modulation of ion channels in rat neurons by the constituents of Hypericum perforatum. Pharmacopsychiatry. 2001 Jul;34 Suppl 1:S74-82. PubMed PMID: 11518081.
6. Klishin A, Tsintsadze T, Lozovaya N, Krishtal O. Latent N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors in the recurrent excitatory pathway between hippocampal CA1 pyramidal neurons: Ca(2+)-dependent activation by blocking A1 adenosine receptors. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1995 Dec 19;92(26):12431-5. PubMed PMID: 8618915; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC40371
7. Chernevskaya NI, Obukhov AG, Krishtal OA. NMDA receptor agonists selectively block N-type calcium channels in hippocampal neurons. Nature. 1991 Jan 31;349(6308):418-20. PubMed PMID: 1671527.
8. Krishtal OA, Marchenko SM, Pidoplichko VI. Receptor for ATP in the membrane of mammalian sensory neurones. Neurosci Lett. 1983 Jan 31;35(1):41-5. PubMed PMID: 6302606.
9. Krishtal OA, Pidoplichko VI. Receptor for protons in the membrane of sensory neurons. Brain Res. 1981 Jun 9;214(1):150-4. PubMed PMID: 6263415.
10. Kostyuk PG, Krishtal OA, Pidoplichko VI. Effect of internal fluoride and phosphate on membrane currents during intracellular dialysis of nerve cells. Nature. 1975 Oct 23;257(5528):691-3. PubMed PMID: 1186845.