Education

Biologist (M.Sc.) Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Neuroscience, Faculty of Science and Informatics, University of Szeged 2008.
Ph.D. in Neurophysiology, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Neuroscience, Faculty of Science and Informatics, University of Szeged 2013

Current position

2011- Assistant researcher MTA-SZTE Neuroscience Research Group
2013- Assistant lecturer Departmenet of Physiology, Anatomy and Neuroscience University of Szeged

Publications

1. Varga, D., Heredi, J., Kanvasi, Z., Ruszka, M., Kis, Z., Ono, E., Iwamori, N., Iwamori, T., Takakuwa, H., Vecsei, L., Toldi, J. and Gellert, L. (2015). Systemic L-Kynurenine sulfate administration disrupts object recognition memory, alters open field behavior and decreases c-Fos immunopositivity in C57Bl/6 mice. Front Behav Neurosci 9: 157.
   
2. Brown, J. A., Ramikie, T. S., Schmidt, M. J., Baldi, R., Garbett, K., Everheart, M. G., Warren, L. E., Gellert, L., Horvath, S., Patel, S. and Mirnics, K. (2015). Inhibition of parvalbumin-expressing interneurons results in complex behavioral changes. Mol Psychiatry 20(12): 1499-1507.
   
3. Knapp, L., Gellert, L., Kocsis, K., Kis, Z., Farkas, T., Vecsei, L. and Toldi, J. (2015). Neuroprotective effect of oxaloacetate in a focal brain ischemic model in the rat. Cell Mol Neurobiol 35(1): 17-22.
   
4. Schmidt, M. J., Horvath, S., Ebert, P., Norris, J. L., Seeley, E. H., Brown, J., Gellert, L., Everheart, M., Garbett, K. A., Grice, T. W., Caprioli, R. M. and Mirnics, K. (2014). Modulation of behavioral networks by selective interneuronal inactivation. Mol Psychiatry 19(5): 580-587.
   
5. Brown, J. A., Horvath, S., Garbett, K. A., Schmidt, M. J., Everheart, M., Gellert, L., Ebert, P. and Mirnics, K. (2014). The role of cannabinoid 1 receptor expressing interneurons in behavior. Neurobiol Dis 63: 210-221.
   
6. Knapp, L., Gellert, L., Heredi, J., Kocsis, K., Olah, G., Fuzik, J., Kis, Z., Vecsei, L., Toldi, J. and Farkas, T. (2014). A simple novel technique to induce short-lasting local brain ischaemia in the rat. Neuropathol Appl Neurobiol 40(5): 603-609.
   
7. Fuzik, J., Gellert, L., Olah, G., Heredi, J., Kocsis, K., Knapp, L., Nagy, D., Kincses, Z. T., Kis, Z., Farkas, T. and Toldi, J. (2013). Fundamental interstrain differences in cortical activity between Wistar and Sprague-Dawley rats during global ischemia. Neuroscience 228: 371-381.
   
8. Gellert, L., Knapp, L., Nemeth, K., Heredi, J., Varga, D., Olah, G., Kocsis, K., Menyhart, A., Kis, Z., Farkas, T., Vecsei, L. and Toldi, J. (2013). Post-ischemic treatment with L-kynurenine sulfate exacerbates neuronal damage after transient middle cerebral artery occlusion. Neuroscience 247: 95-101.
   
9. Gellert, L., Varga, D., Ruszka, M., Toldi, J., Farkas, T., Szatmari, I., Fulop, F., Vecsei, L. and Kis, Z. (2012). Behavioural studies with a newly developed neuroprotective KYNA-amide. J Neural Transm (Vienna) 119(2): 165-172.
   
10. Gellert, L., Fuzik, J., Goblos, A., Sarkozi, K., Marosi, M., Kis, Z., Farkas, T., Szatmari, I., Fulop, F., Vecsei, L. and Toldi, J. (2011). Neuroprotection with a new kynurenic acid analog in the four-vessel occlusion model of ischemia. Eur J Pharmacol 667(1-3): 182-187.