Dr. Dominic P. D’Agostino, PhD
Status: associate professor
Affiliation: University of South Florida, Morsani College of Medicine; Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology, University of South Florida, 12901 Bruce B. Downs Blvd. MDC8, Tampa, FL 33612, USA; Institute for Human and Machine Cognition, Ocala, FL, USA
ddagosti[@]health.usf.edu
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Research interests: Development and testing of metabolic-based therapies and drugs that target pathways linked pathophysiologically with seizure disorders, neurodegenerative diseases, metabolic dysregulation, cancer, muscle wasting and motor performance.
Methods: Radio-telemetry (EEG, EMG), electrophysiology; fluorescence, confocal, electron and atomic force microscopy; histology; biochemical assays, metabolomics; toxicology; in vivo bioluminescence imaging; spectrophotometry; behavioral and motor function testing.
Dr. Csilla Ari D’Agostino, PhD
Status: research assistant professor
Affiliation: University of South Florida, Department of Psychology, Hyperbaric Neuroscience Research Laboratory, University of South Florida, 12901 Bruce B. Downs Blvd. MDC8, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
csari2000[@]yahoo.com
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Research interests: Psychological and physiological adaptations to extreme environments (underwater, high altitude); metabolic therapies for neurological diseases and cancer, using ketogenic diet, exogenous ketone supplementation and hyperbaric oxygen.
Methods: Cognitive and motor function tests; light, fluorescence and confocal microscopy; histology; biochemical assays, metabolomics; in vivo bioluminescence imaging; hyperbaric oxygen treatment.
Dr. László Héja, PhD
Status: senior research fellow
Affiliation: Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, H-1117 Budapest, Magyar tudósok körútja 2, Hungary
heja.laszlo[@]ttk.mta.hu
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Research interests: Exploration of the role of astrocytes in modulating neuronal function in the healthy and diseased brain; identification of potentially druggable (primarily astrocytic) target proteins or mechanisms in pathophysiological conditions.
Methods: In vivo and in vitro simultaneous fluorescent imaging and electrophysiology.
Dr. Gábor Juhász, PhD, DSc
Status: retired scientific advisor
Affiliation: Eötvös Lorand University, Faculty of Science, Institute of Biology, Laboratory of Proteomics, 1117 Budapest Pázmány Péter sétány 1/C, Hungary
gjuhasz100[@]gmail.com
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Research interests: Neurodegenerative diseases; neuro-immunology; systems biology.
Methods: In vivo and in vitro electrophysiology; proteomics; single cell sequencing; microdialysis; HPLC.
Dr. Katalin A. Kékesi, PhD
Status: associate professor
Affiliation: Eötvös Lorand University, Faculty of Science, Department of Physiology and Neurobiology; Institute of Biology, Laboratory of Proteomics, 1117 Budapest Pázmány Péter sétány 1/C, Hungary
kakekesi[@]ttk.elte.hu
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Research interests: Neurodegenerative diseases; neuro-immunology; epilepsy.
Methods: Proteomics; microdialysis; HPLC; electrophysiology.
Prof. Dr. Árpád Dobolyi, PhD, DSc
Status: professor; scientific advisor (MTA-ELTE-SE)
Affiliation: Semmelweis University, Department of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, 1450 Budapest, Tűzoltó u. 58.; MTA-ELTE Laboratory of Molecular and Systems Neurobiology, Institute of Biology, Eötvös Loránd University, 1117, Budapest Pázmány Péter sétány 1/C, Hungary
dobolyi.arpad[@]med.semmelweis-univ.hu
dobolyia[@]caesar.elte.hu
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Research interests: Neurobiology of parenthood; brain pathology of stroke; neuronal function of nucleosides; pathomechanisms of epilepsy; neurochemistry of mitochondria; neuronal control of food intake.
Methods: Animal operations, stereotaxic operations, brain lesions, pathway transections, tracer injections, occlusion of the middle cerebral artery and other models of focal brain ischemia; behavioral tests of anxiety, depression and maternal motivation; neuronal tract-tracing using viruses and transgenic mice; laser capture microdissection and real-time RT-PCR; RNA amplification for microarray and sequencing; in situ hybridization histochemistry; immunolabeling and fluorescent microscopy; Western blotting.
Dr. Zsófia Maglóczky, PhD, DSc
Status: scientific advisor
Affiliation: Institute of Experimental Medicine, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Department of Cellular and Network Neurobiology, 1083 Budapest, Szigony utca 43., Hungary
magloczky.zsofia[@]koki.mta.hu
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Research interests: Functional anatomy of hippocampus and cortex in epilepsy and schizophrenia; human brain.
Methods: Immunocytochemistry; correlated light- and electron microscopy; confocal microscopy; induction of epilepsy models.