Selected publications (for the complete list of publications click here)  

  1. Determination of factors affecting glutamate concentrations in the whole blood of healthy human volunteers.
    Zlotnik A, Ohayon S, Gruenbaum BF, Gruenbaum SE, Mohar B, Boyko M, Klin Y, Sheiner E, Shaked G, Shapira Y, Teichberg VI. J Neurosurg Anesthesiol. 2011 Jan;23(1):45-9.

  2. The Activation of β2-Adrenergic Receptors in Naïve Rats Causes a Reduction of Blood Glutamate Levels: Relevance to Stress and Neuroprotection.
    Zlotnik A, Klin Y, Gruenbaum BF, Gruenbaum SE, Ohayon S, Boyko M, Sheiner E, Aricha-Tamir B, Shapira Y, Teichberg VI. Neurochem Res. 2011 Jan 5. [Epub ahead of print]

  3. The effect of hyperthermia on blood glutamate levels.
    Zlotnik A, Gurevich B, Artru AA, Gruenbaum SE, Dubilet M, Leibowitz A, Shaked G, Ohayon S, Shapira Y, Teichberg VI.
    Anesth Analg. 2010 Dec;111(6):1497-504. Epub 2010 Nov 3.

  4. The effects of estrogen and progesterone on blood glutamate levels: evidence from changes of blood glutamate levels during the menstrual cycle in women.
    Zlotnik A, Gruenbaum BF, Mohar B, Kuts R, Gruenbaum SE, Ohayon S, Boyko M, Klin Y, Sheiner E, Shaked G, Shapira Y, Teichberg VI.
    Biol Reprod. 2011 Mar;84(3):581-6. Epub 2010 Oct 27.

  5. An experimental model of focal ischemia using an internal carotid artery approach.
    Boyko M, Zlotnik A, Gruenbaum BF, Gruenbaum SE, Ohayon S, Goldsmith T, Kotz R, Leibowitz A, Sheiner E, Shapira Y, Teichberg VI.
    J Neurosci Methods. 2010 Nov 30;193(2):246-53. Epub 2010 Sep 15.

  6. Interactions of the prion peptide (PrP 106-126) with brain capillary endothelial cells: coordinated cell killing and remodeling of intercellular junctions.
    Cooper I, Cohen-Kashi Malina K, Cagnotto A, Bazzoni G, Salmona M, Teichberg VI.
    J Neurochem. 2011 Feb;116(4):467-75. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2010.06934.x.

  7. Distribution of radiolabeled l-glutamate and d-aspartate from blood into peripheral tissues in naive rats: significance for brain neuroprotection.
    Klin Y, Zlotnik A, Boyko M, Ohayon S, Shapira Y, Teichberg VI.
    Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2010 Sep 3;399(4):694-8. Epub 2010 Aug 5.

  8. Effects of blood glutamate scavenging on cortical evoked potentials.
    Nagy D, Knapp L, Marosi M, Farkas T, Kis Z, Vécsei L, Teichberg VI, Toldi J.
    Cell Mol Neurobiol. 2010 Oct;30(7):1101-6. Epub 2010 Jul 6.

  9. Regulation of blood L-glutamate levels by stress as a possible brain defense mechanism.
    Zlotnik A, Klin Y, Kotz R, Dubilet M, Boyko M, Ohayon S, Shapira Y, Teichberg VI.
    Exp Neurol. 2010 Aug; 224(2):465-71. Epub 2010 May 21.

  10. Teichberg, VI., Cohen-Kashi-Malina, K., Cooper, I. and Zlotnik, A., Homeostasis of glutamate in brain fluids: an accelerated brain-to-blood efflux of excess glutamate is produced by blood glutamate scavenging and offers protection from neuropathologies. Neuroscience, 2009, 158, 301-308.

  11. Nagy D., Marosi M., Kis Z., Farkas T., Rakos G., Vecsei L., Teichberg VI. and Toldi J.
    Oxaloacetate decreases the infarct size and attenuates the reduction in evoked responses after photothrombotic focal ischemia in the rat cortex.
    Cell. Molec. Neurobiol. 2009, 29, 827-35.

  12. Cohen-Kashi-Melina K., Cooper I. and Teichberg V.I. Closing the gap between the in vivo and in vitro blood brain barrier tightness.
    Brain Res. 2009, 1284, 12-21.

  13. Zlotnik, A., Shaun E., Gruenbaum B.S., Artru AA., Dubilet M., Tkachov, S., Brotfain, E., Klin, Y., Shapira Y., and Teichberg, VI. The neuroprotective effects of oxaloacetate in closed head injury in rats is mediated by its blood glutamate scavenging activity: evidence from the use of maleate.
    J. Neurosurg. Anesthesiol. 2009, 21(3):235-41.

  14. Marosi M. Fuzik J., Nagy D., Rákos G., Kis Z., Toldi J., Ruban-Matuzani A., Teichberg V.I. and Farkas T. Oxaloacetate restores the long-term potentiation impaired in rat hippocampus CA1 region by 2-vessel occlusion.
    Eur. J. Pharmacol. 2009 Sep;29(6-7):827-35.

  15. Zlotnik A, Gurevich B, Cherniavsky E, Tkachov S, Matuzani-Ruban A, Leon A,Shapira Y, Teichberg VI.
    The contribution of the blood glutamate scavenging activity of pyruvate to its neuroprotective properties in a rat model of closed head injury. Neurochem Res. 2008 Jun;33(6):1044-50.

  16. Teichberg VI.
    From the liver to the brain across the blood-brain barrier.
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 May 1;104(18):7315-6.

  17. Ganor Y, Teichberg VI, Levite M.
    TCR activation eliminates glutamate receptor GluR3 from the cell surface of normal human T cells, via an autocrine/paracrine granzyme B-mediated proteolytic cleavage. J Immunol. 2007 Jan 15;178(2):683-92.

  18. Zlotnik A, Gurevich B, Tkachov S, Maoz I, Shapira Y, Teichberg VI.
    Brain neuroprotection by scavenging blood glutamate.
    Exp Neurol. 2007 Jan;203(1):213-20.

  19. Cohen-Kashi Malina K, Ganor Y, Levite M, Teichberg VI.
    Autoantibodies against an extracellular peptide of the GluR3 subtype of AMPA receptors activate both homomeric and heteromeric AMPA receptor channels. Neurochem Res. 2006 Oct;31(10):1181-90.

  20. Ganor Y, Gottlieb M, Eilam R, Otmy H, Teichberg VI, Levite M.
    Immunization with the glutamate receptor-derived peptide GluR3B induces neuronal  death and reactive gliosis, but confers partial protection from pentylenetetrazole-induced seizures.
    Exp Neurol. 2005 Sep;195(1):92-102.

  21. Ratnam J, Teichberg VI.
    Neurofilament-light increases the cell surface expression of the
    N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor and prevents its ubiquitination.
    J Neurochem. 2005 Feb;92(4):878-85.

  22. Wang Y, Gottlieb M, Teichberg VI.
    An evaluation of erythrocytes as plasma glutamate scavengers for enhanced brain-to-blood glutamate efflux.
    Neurochem Res. 2004 Apr;29(4):755-60.

  23. Gottlieb M, Wang Y, Teichberg VI.
    Blood-mediated scavenging of cerebrospinal fluid glutamate.
    J Neurochem. 2003 Oct;87(1):119-26.

  24. Strutz N, Villmann C, Breitinger HG, Werner M, Wenthold RJ, Kizelsztein P, Teichberg VI, Hollmann M.
    Kainate-binding proteins are rendered functional ion channels upon
    transplantation of two short pore-flanking domains from a kainate receptor. J Biol Chem. 2002 Dec 13;277(50):48035-42.

  25. Strutz N, Villmann C, Thalhammer A, Kizelsztein P, Eisenstein M, Teichberg VI, Hollmann M.
    Identification of domains and amino acids involved in GLuR7 ion channel function. J Neurosci. 2001 Jan 15;21(2):401-11.

  26. Kizelsztein P, Eisenstein M, Strutz N, Hollmann M, Teichberg VI.
    Mutant cycle analysis of the active and desensitized states of an AMPA receptor induced by willardiines.
    Biochemistry. 2000 Oct 24;39(42):12819-27.

  27. Paas Y, Devillers-Thiéry A, Teichberg VI, Changeux JP, Eisenstein M. How well can molecular modelling predict the crystal structure: the case of the ligand-binding domain of glutamate receptors.
    Trends Pharmacol Sci. 2000 Mar;21(3):87-92. Review.