Dr. Oscar Scremin
Professor Emeriti
VA Bldg. 115 Rm. 317
310-268-3895
oscremin@ucla.edu

Research Interests:

Cerebrovascular Physiology;
Physiological Mechanisms in Rehabilitation Medicine.

Representative Publications:

Scremin,O.U., Li, M.G. and Jenden, D.J. (1997). Cholinergic modulation of cerebral cortical blood flow changes induced by trauma. J. Neurotrauma 14:573-586.

Scremin, O.U., Cuevas-Trisan, R.L., Scremin, A.M.E., Brown,C.V. and Mandelkern, M.A. (1998). Effects of functional electrical stimulation on skeletal muscle blood flow measured with H215O positron emission tomography. Arch. Phys. Med. Rehab. 79:641-646.

Scremin, O.U., Holschneider, D.P., Chen, K., Li, M.G., Shih, J.C. (1999). Cerebral Cortical Blood Flow Maps are Reorganized in MAOB-deficient mice. Brain Research 824:36-44.

Marro, M., Scremin, O., Jordan, M.C., Porro, F., Roos, K.P., Gajovic, S., Baralle, F.E., and Muro, A.F. (2000). Systolic hypertension in $-adducin deficient mice. Hypertension. 36:449-453.

Representative Publications:

Chen, B.M. and Grinnell, A.D. (1997) Kinetics, Ca++ dependence, and biophysical properties of integrin-mediated mechanical modulation of transmitter release from frog motor neerve terminals. J. Neurosci.  17:904-916

Yazejian, B.M., Sun, X.-P., and Grinnell, A.D. (2000) Tracking presynaptic Ca++ dynamics during neurotransmitter release with Ca++-activated K+ channels. Nature Neurosci. 3:566-571.

Sun, V.-P., Yazejian, B, and Grinnell, A.D. (2004) Electrophysiological properties of BK channels in Xenopus motor nerve terminals. J. Physiol. 557:207-228

Synapse in Xenopus 
Nerve-muscle cell culture

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