- hypothalamic regulation of reproductive mechanisms, food-intake, and circadian rhythms
- integration of hypothalamic information processing on neuronal and subcellular level
- role of neuronal energy expenditure and synaptic plasticity in the hypothalamic control of the physiological mechanisms
- physiological role of tissue integrity and glial cells in the developing cerebellum
- transcriptional and translational changes of different hormone receptors in response to their different exogenous endocrine disruptors (EDs) in cerebellar cell cultures
- effects of EDs on the developing nervous system
- role of glial cells in relation to the above aspects
- role of astroglial patomechanisms in hepatic encephalopathy
- analysis of diagnostic value of metabolic and brain-borne factors in liver derived brain failures
- role of microglia in the pathogenesis of hepatic encephalopathy
- correlation of neuroendothelial and astroglial elements in the development of blood derived brain failures
- University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, USA
- University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Germany
- Hohenheim University, Stuttgart, Germany
- Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary
- University of Kaposvár, Hungary
- Purdue University, Indiana, USA
Research profile
…related to the regulatory role of hypothalamus
… related to effects of environmental factors on neuronal integrity
… related to pathological mechanisms in the liver derived from brain -failure
Research groups
Staff and details about our official research groups are as follows:
Neuroendocrinology Research Group
Neurophysiology, Neuromorphology Research Group
Immunoendocrinology and Epigenetics Research Group
Our researchers
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Dávid Sándor Kiss
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MSc Biologist, PhD Specialization: neuromorphology, neurophysiology Experience: light and electron microscope techniques, mitochondrial measurements, fractionation techniques |
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István Tóth
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DVM, PhD Experience: neuromorphology, neurophysiology Specialization: light and electron microscope techniques, mitochondrial measurements, fractionation techniques |
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Gergely Jócsák
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MSc Biologist, PhD Specialization: electrophysiology, neurophysiology Experience: cell cultures, endocrine disruptors |
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Zoltán Bárány
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DVM, PhD student Specialization: neurophysiology Experience: glia functions cell cultures, protein and immunoassays |
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Attila Zsarnovszky |
DVM, PhD Specialization: neuromorphology, neurophysiology Experience: immunohistochemistry, electron microscope techniques, designing, implementing and evaluating experiments |
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Enikő Ioja |
MSc Biotechnologist, PhD Specialization: cell cultures, molecular techniques Experience: DNA, RNA assays, PCR, cell cultures |
