
BLASIAK, Anna
Institution: Jagiellonian University, Poland
Laboratory/Department: Department of Neurophysiology and Chronobiology
Position: Adjunct
Research topic: Neuronal mechanisms of stress control, reward based behaviours and peptidergic regulation of stress inducted overeating
Methodologies: electrophysiology recordings; morphological approaches (confocal microscopy); animal behaviour
3 significant publications:
- Kania A, Czerw A, Grabowiecka A, de Ávila C, Blasiak T, Rajfur Z, Lewandowski MH, Hess G, Timofeeva E, Gundlach AL, Blasiak A. Inhibition of oxytocin and vasopressin neuron activity in rat hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus by relaxin-3/RXFP3 signalling. J Physiol. 2017 Jan 18. doi: 10.1113/JP273787.
- Kastman HE1, Blasiak A1, Walker L, Siwiec M, Krstew EV, Gundlach AL, Lawrence AJ. Nucleus incertus Orexin2 receptors mediate alcohol seeking in rats. Neuropharmacology. 2016 Nov;110(Pt A):82-91. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2016.07.006.
- Blasiak A, Siwiec M, Grabowiecka A, Blasiak T, Czerw A, Blasiak E, Kania A, Rajfur Z, Lewandowski MH, Gundlach AL. Excitatory orexinergic innervation of rat nucleus incertus–Implications for ascending arousal, motivation and feeding control. Neuropharmacology. 2015 Dec;99:432-47. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2015.08.014.
Participation in the EMN-Online teaching:
S1 – Cellular Neurobiology/Physiology