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Bernat Kocsis, PhD

Staff Scientist II_BIDMC (NE)
Psychiatry
Contact Information
Office:   CL-0710
Phone:   617-735-3301
Fax:   661-554-5966
Email:   bkocsis@bidmc.harvard.edu
Address:    330 Brookline Ave; CL-0710
 Boston, MA 02215
Advanced Degree And Training
Year Institution Area or Rank
1977 Kirov Medical Academy StPetersburg Russia MD
1980 North-Western Polytech Inst MSEE
1981 Semmelweis Med Univ Physiology Lecturer
1993 Florida Atlantic Univ Ctr Complex Systems Res AsstProfessor
1996 Hungarian Academy of Sciences PhD
1998 Harvard Med Sch Psychiatry-MMHC Asst Professor
2004 Harvard Med Sch Psychiatry-BIDMC Assoc Professor
Areas of Interest
3 Neuroscience      
Major Research Theme
- Animal models of schizophrenia
- Cooperation among subcortical networks underlying memory (cellular electrophysiology and immunohistochemistry of brainstem-diencephalic structures controlling cortical functions)
- Monitoring cognitive processes: development of electrophysiological models to investigate drug actions on attention and memory (neuropsychopharmacology of ascending aminergic systems)
- Septohippocampal theta rhythm: the role of ascending modulatory inputs (microdialysis and neuronal modeling)
- Neuronal mechanisms of cardiovascular regulation during sleep in unanesthetized rats
External Recognition
invited presentations
1991       lecture       Office of Naval Research
1992       seminar       Dept. Mathematics, Florida Atlantic University
1996       lecture       Dept. Physiology, Medical University of Pecs, Hungary
1996       seminar;       Dept. Pharmacology/Toxicology, Michigan State University
1999       seminar       Dept. Clin. Neuropharmacology, Oxford University, U.K.
2000       seminar       Boston Area Hippocampus Club
2002       symposium  Federation of European Neuroscience Societies, Paris, France
2004       workshop   Pablo de Olavide University, Seville, Spain
2004       seminar       Laval University, Quebec City, Canada
2005       seminar       Ctr. Molec. Behav. Neurosci., Rutgers University, Newark, NJ
2006    symposium chair, Experimental Biology, San Francisco
2007       workshop “Theoretical and Experimental perspectives on serotonin function”, Lisbon, Portugal
2008       workshop Cardiac & Respiratory Physiology Themed Meeting, The Physiol. Society. Leeds, England.

Committees, boards
 2002-2005       American Physiological Society, Central Nervous System Section, Steering Committee, member
 2006-                      American Physiological Society, Awards Committee, member
 2003 June       NIH Study Section (NINDS-NSD-A), Reviewer
 2003 October       NIH Study Section (CVS-ECS), Reviewer
 2005 April       Neurological Foundation of New Zealand, Grant Reviewer
 2005 June       NIH Study Section (NINDS-SMI), Reviewer
 2006 January  Welcome Trust, Great Britain, Grant Reviewer
 2006 March    Alzheimer's Association, Grant reviewer
 2007 May       Neurological Foundation of New Zealand, Grant Reviewer
 2007 May       Alzheimer’s Association, USA, Grant Reviewer
 2007-        Editorial Board Member, The Open Behavioral Science Journal
 2008 March       National Science Foundation, Grant Reviewer
Investigator's Lab Web Site
Research Lab URL     None listed
Harvard Catalyst Site:     Kocsis Harvard Catalyst Web Site