Main Scientific Fields:

• Neurobiology, neuropharmacology, and synaptic physiology;
• Neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric diseases
• Structural, functional, and molecular imaging; development of neuroimaging tools.
• Molecular signaling and voltage-gated ion channels; channel diseases.
• Cancer research and molecular therapies.
• Targeting and delivery of therapeutics to central neurons.
• Origin and evolution of the nervous system and synapses.

Scientific Productivity

Author of more than 90 articles (Notable recent publications are listed below):

• Kalsariya RA, Kavila D, Shorter S, Negi D, Goodall ICA, Boussios S, Ovsepian SV. Molecular biomarkers of glial activation and injury in epilepsy. Drug Discov Today. 2025 Jan 10:104289. doi: 10.1016/j.drudis.2025.104289. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39799990.
• Boussios S, Sheriff M, Ovsepian SV. Molecular Biology of Cancer-Interplay of Malignant Cells with Emerging Therapies. Int J Mol Sci. 2024 Dec 5;25(23):13090. doi: 10.3390/ijms252313090. PMID: 39684799; PMCID: PMC11642048.
• Mathew S, Ashraf S, Shorter S, Tozzi G, Koutsikou S, Ovsepian SV. Neurobiological Correlates of Rheumatoid Arthritis and Osteoarthritis: Remodelling and Plasticity of Nociceptive and Autonomic Innervations in Synovial Joints. Neuroscientist. 2024 Dec 12:10738584241293049. doi: 10.1177/10738584241293049. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39668598.
• Olawade DB, Teke J, Adeleye KK, Egbon E, Weerasinghe K, Ovsepian SV, Boussios S. AI-guided cancer therapy for patients with coexisting migraines. Cancers. 2024 Oct 31;16(21):3690.
• Bijjam R, Shorter S, Bratt AM, O’Leary VB, Ntziachristos V, Ovsepian SV. Neurotoxin-Derived Optical Probes for Elucidating Molecular and Developmental Biology of Neurons and Synaptic Connections: Toxin-Derived Optical Probes for Neuroimaging. Molecular Imaging and Biology. 2024 Sep 30:1-4.
• Boussios S, Ovsepian SV. Exosomes in renal cell cancer: diagnostic and therapeutic nanovehicles. Technology in Cancer Research & Treatment. 2024 Aug;23:15330338241275403.
• Pokorná M, Černá M, Boussios S, Ovsepian SV, O’Leary VB. lncRNA Biomarkers of Glioblastoma Multiforme. Biomedicines. 2024 Apr 23;12(5):932.
• Tabassum S, Shorter S, Ovsepian SV. Analysis of the action mechanisms and targets of herbal anticonvulsants highlights opportunities for therapeutic engagement with refractory epilepsy. Journal of Molecular Medicine. 2024 Apr 24:1-1.

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