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George K. Kostopoulos

George K. Kostopoulos

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Neuroscience

D-Index
38
Citations
5437
World Ranking
8583
National Ranking
6

Overview

George K. Kostopoulos is affiliated with the University of Patras in Greece. Their research primarily focuses on neuroscience, with specific attention to cognitive neuroscience, experimental and cognitive psychology, molecular biology, and physiology. The scientist's work covers several key topics including sleep and wakefulness research, EEG and brain-computer interfaces, sleep and related disorders, nicotinic acetylcholine receptors study, smoking behavior and cessation, and functional brain connectivity studies.

Recent publications by George K. Kostopoulos include the following papers:

  • Hobnail variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma, a systematic review and meta-analysis, 2022, Endocrine Abstracts
  • Editorial: Brain Mechanisms Linking Sleep and Epilepsy, 2022, Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
  • Changes in distinct brain systems identified with fMRI during smoking cessation treatment with varenicline: a review, 2024, Psychopharmacology

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Kostopoulos include Ariadni Spyroglou, Konstantinos Bramis, Sofia Tseleni, Konstantinos A. Toulis, and George Mastorakos.

The scientist's publications have appeared in venues such as:

  • Endocrine Abstracts
  • Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
  • Psychopharmacology

Best Publications

  • Effects of adenosine and adenine nucleotides on synaptic transmission in the cerebral cortex

    J. W. Phillis;J. P. Edstrom;G. K. Kostopoulos;J. R. Kirkpatrick

  • Spike-and-wave discharges of absence seizures as a transformation of sleep spindles: the continuing development of a hypothesis.

    George K Kostopoulos

  • An analysis of penicillin-induced generalized spike and wave discharges using simultaneous recordings of cortical and thalamic single neurons.

    M. Avoli;P. Gloor;G. Kostopoulos;J. Gotman

  • Adenosine as a putative transmitter in the cerebral cortex. Studies with potentiators and antagonists.

    John W. Phillis;George K. Kostopoulos

  • A potent depressant action of adenine derivatives on cerebral cortical neurones.

    John W. Phillis;George K. Kostopoulos;James J. Limacher

  • Depression of Corticospinal Cells by Various Purines and Pyrimidines

    J. W. Phillis;G. K. Kostopoulos;J. J. Limacher

  • A Study of the Transition from Spindles to Spike and Wave Discharge in Feline Generalized Penicillin Epilepsy: Microphysiological Features

    George Kostopoulos;Pierre Gloor;Andrea Pellegrini;Jean Gotman

  • Thalamocortical Relationships in Generalized Epilepsy with Bilaterally Synchronous Spike-and-Wave Discharge

    P. Gloor;M. Avoli;G. Kostopoulos

  • Purinergic depression of neurons in different areas of the rat brain.

    George K. Kostopoulos;John W. Phillis

  • MEG Tomography of Human Cortex and Brainstem Activity in Waking and REM Sleep Saccades

    Andreas A. Ioannides;Maria Corsi-Cabrera;Peter B.C. Fenwick;Yolanda del Rio Portilla

  • Effects of changes in cortical excitability upon the epileptic bursts in generalized penicillin epilepsy of the cat.

    P Gloor;A Pellegrini;G.K Kostopoulos

  • Activation of a noradrenergic pathway from the brain stem to rat cerebral cortex.

    J.W. Phillis;G.K. Kostopoulos

  • Decreased ability of rat temporal hippocampal CA1 region to produce long-term potentiation

    Costas Papatheodoropoulos;George Kostopoulos

  • Involvement of the thalamocortical system in epileptic loss of consciousness.

    George K. Kostopoulos

  • A study of the transition from spindles to spike and wave discharge in feline generalized penicillin epilepsy: EEG features

    George Kostopoulos;Pierre Gloor;Andrea Pellegrini;Ioannis Siatitsas

  • Pentylenetetrazol-induced seizures decrease gamma-aminobutyric acid-mediated recurrent inhibition and enhance adenosine-mediated depression.

    C Psarropoulou;N Matsokis;F Angelatou;G Kostopoulos

  • Dorsal-ventral differentiation of short-term synaptic plasticity in rat CA1 hippocampal region.

    Costas Papatheodoropoulos;George Kostopoulos

  • Action of various adenine derivatives on cerebellar Purkinje cells.

    G.K. Kostopoulos;J.J. Limacher;J.W. Phillis

  • Upregulation of A1 adenosine receptors in human temporal lobe epilepsy: A quantitative autoradiographic study

    Fevronia Angelatou;Olga Pagonopoulou;Theodor Maraziotis;Andre Olivier

  • MEG identifies dorsal medial brain activations during sleep.

    Andreas A. Ioannides;George K. Kostopoulos;Lichan Liu;Peter B.C. Fenwick

Frequent Co-Authors

Massimo Avoli
Massimo Avoli McGill University
Pierre Gloor
Pierre Gloor Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital
Louis Lemieux
Louis Lemieux University College London
Helmut L. Haas
Helmut L. Haas Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Serge Vulliemoz
Serge Vulliemoz University of Geneva
Jean Gotman
Jean Gotman Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital
André Olivier
André Olivier McGill University
Khalid Hamandi
Khalid Hamandi Cardiff University
Mark P. Richardson
Mark P. Richardson King's College London
Miguel A. Cortez
Miguel A. Cortez Hospital for Sick Children

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