
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 |
Publications
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 functionâ€, 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 |