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Vadim Bolshakov

Vadim Bolshakov is a biology topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Vadim Bolshakov rather than just read about it. In short: Vadim Bolshakov is a Russian-born American neuroscientist, a professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. He has been Director of the Cellular Neurobiology Laboratory at McLean Hospital since 1999.

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Reference excerpt

Vadim Bolshakov is a Russian-born American neuroscientist, a professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. He has been Director of the Cellular Neurobiology Laboratory at McLean Hospital since 1999. He received The Esther A. and Joseph Klingenstein Fund award in 2001 and NARSAD Distinguished Investigator award in 2013. Bolshakov is an associate editor of Frontiers in Neural Circuits, published by Frontiers, an associate editor of Neurochemistry International, published by Elsevier, and a consulting editor of Amino Acids, published by Springer. He presently serves on the Scientific Council of the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation. In his work, he focuses on understanding the cellular and neural network-level mechanisms of learned and innate behaviors with an emphasis on studies of fear mechanisms in the brain. He demonstrated that negatively-charged memories, resulting in uncontrollable fear and anxiety, are associated with long-term functional changes at synaptic contacts in the amygdala. He also demonstrated that these aversive memories, as well as synaptic modifications associated with them, can be controlled by the expression of specific genes in brain regions responsible for emotional states. Overall, his findings provide evidence that synaptic plasticity in specific projections within behavior-controlling neural circuits may serve as a cellular mechanism of memory formation and retention.

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Vadim Bolshakov

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Vadim Bolshakov claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In biology, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Vadim Bolshakov before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Vadim Bolshakov ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Vadim Bolshakov

In research: Vadim Bolshakov appears in biology research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Vadim Bolshakov in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Vadim Bolshakov is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics American neuroscientists, Living people, Neuroscientist stubs, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Vadim Bolshakov outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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