The University of Sheffield
Department of Biomedical Science

Dr Anton Nikolaev

Lecturer in Neuroscience
Room: D32 Firth Court

Research interests

Our research is focused on investigating the neuronal circuits responsible for information processing in the visual system. The vertebrate visual system is able to recognize a remarkable number of objects of different appearances but the mechanisms and neural circuits underlying this ability are not known. To tackle this problem we use in vivo imaging of neuronal activity in zebrafish and follow the processing of visual information in different brain areas.

Career history

Recent publications

Nikolaev, A. V., Leung, K. -M., Odermatt, B., & Lagnado, L. (2013).
Synaptic mechanisms of adaptation and sensitization in the retina.
Nature Neuroscience. doi:10.1038/nn.3408

Odermatt, B., Nikolaev, A., & Lagnado, L. (2012).
Encoding of Luminance and Contrast by Linear and Nonlinear Synapses in the Retina.
Neuron, 73(4), 758-773. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0896627312000475

Baden, T., Esposti, F., Nikolaev, A., & Lagnado, L. (2011).
Spikes in Retinal Bipolar Cells Phase-Lock to Visual Stimuli with Millisecond Precision.
Current Biology, 21(22), 1859-1869. Retrieved from http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982211010815

Nikolaev, A. V.*, Zheng, L.*, Wardill, T., O'Kane, C., de Polavieja, G. G., & Juusola, M. (2009).
Network Adaptation Improves Temporal Representation of Naturalistic Stimuli in Drosophila Eye: II Mechanisms.
Plos One.

Zheng, L.*, Nikolaev, A. V.*, Wardill, T., O'Kane, C., de Polavieja, G. G., .Juusola, M. (2009).
Network Adaptation Improves Temporal Representation of Naturalistic Stimuli in Drosophila Eye: I Dynamics.
Plos One.

Pantazis, A., Segaran, A., Liu, C. S., Nikolaev, A., Rister, J., Thum, A.,  Hardie, R. C. (2008).
Distinct Roles for Two Histamine Receptors (hclA and hclB) at the Drosophila Photoreceptor Synapse.
J. Neurosc., 28(29), 7250-7259.