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Voronin, Leon Leonidovich was born on September 8, 1938 in Sukhumi, Abkhasia, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics. Son of Leonid Grigorievich and Zinaida Dmitrievna Chegodaeva (Pigareva) Voronin.
(Understanding memory and learning is one of the major goa...)
Understanding memory and learning is one of the major goals of neuroscientists and psychologists. The author introduces the reader to the current state of knowledge of the mechanisms underlying memory by providing extensive reviews of contemporary results including behavioural approaches and molecular studies. He presents results that his group obtained by analyzing electrical activity, including single neuron measurements. As a major experimental model, the phenomenon of hippocampal long-term potentiation was studied. The so-called quantal analysis - a quantitative method - was applied to study mammalian brain plasticity. Short-and long-term synaptic plasticities were registered both in vivo and in vitro mammalian brain preparations. Results show the involvement of mainly presynaptic location in memory; however the possible involvement of postsynaptic mechanisms is indicated by changes in quantal amplitude as shown by the author.
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Voronin, Leon Leonidovich was born on September 8, 1938 in Sukhumi, Abkhasia, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics. Son of Leonid Grigorievich and Zinaida Dmitrievna Chegodaeva (Pigareva) Voronin.
Dipoloma in physics, Lomonsov State University, Moscow, 1962. Doctor of Philosophy, Institute Higher Nervous Activity, Moscow, 1965. Doctor in Biological Sciences, Institute Higher Nervous Activity, Moscow, 1973.
Junior scientist, Brain Research Institute, Moscow, 1962-1970; senior scientist, Brain Research Institute, Moscow, 1970-1981; department head, Brain Research Institute, Moscow, since 1981. Visiting professor Institute Biophysics Chemistry, Gottingen, Germany, 1986-1993, 96,Brain Research Institute, Frankfurt, 1992-1995, Osaka (Japan) U., 1995-1996. Consultant Institute Higher Nervous Activity, Moscow, since 1978.
(Understanding memory and learning is one of the major goa...)
Member Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics National International Brain Research Organization Committee, Moscow, 1978-1980. Member review committee Physical Society, Moscow, 1982-1990. Member Academia Europaea.
Married Ellianora Ivanovna Burtovaya, October 27, 1961. Children: Mariya, Timofey.