Publications by Polina Shichkova

A multiscale electro-metabolic model of a rat neocortical circuit reveals the impact of ageing on central cortical layers

Henry Markram, James Gonzalo King, Daniel Keller, Polina Shichkova, James Bryden Isbister, Darshan Mandge, Alessandro Cattabiani

The high energetic demands of the brain arise primarily from neuronal activity. Neurons consume substantial energy to transmit information as electrical signals and maintain their resting membrane potential. These energetic requirements are met by the neur ...

Public Library of Science (PLoS)2025

Seizure and redox rescue in a model of glucose transport deficiency

Henry Markram, Daniel Keller, Polina Shichkova

Disruptions of energy supply to the brain are associated with many neurodegenerative pathologies and are difficult to study due to numerous interlinked metabolic pathways. We explored the effects of diminished energy supply on brain metabolism using a comp ...

2025

Brain Metabolism in Health and Neurodegeneration: The Interplay Among Neurons and Astrocytes

Henry Markram, Daniel Keller, Jay Coggan, Polina Shichkova

The regulation of energy in the brain has garnered substantial attention in recent years due to its significant implications in various disorders and aging. The brain’s energy metabolism is a dynamic and tightly regulated network that balances energy deman ...

MDPI AG2024

Molecular reconstruction and simulation of the Neuron-Glia-Vasculature system

Polina Shichkova

The outstanding information processing capacity of the brain relies on numerous molecular mechanisms. It is an extremely energy-expensive function, which involves specialization and collaboration of different cell types. A common framework to study the com ...

EPFL2023

A Standardized Brain Molecular Atlas: A Resource for Systems Modeling and Simulation

Henry Markram, Daniel Keller, Jay Coggan, Polina Shichkova

Accurate molecular concentrations are essential for reliable analyses of biochemical networks and the creation of predictive models for molecular and systems biology, yet protein and metabolite concentrations used in such models are often poorly constraine ...

FRONTIERS MEDIA SA2021

Cellular, Synaptic and Network Effects of Acetylcholine in the Neocortex

Henry Markram, Srikanth Ramaswamy, Daniel Keller, Cristina Colangelo, Polina Shichkova

The neocortex is densely innervated by basal forebrain (BF) cholinergic neurons. Long-range axons of cholinergic neurons regulate higher-order cognitive function and dysfunction in the neocortex by releasing acetylcholine (ACh). ACh release dynamically rec ...

2019