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  • 2026 - Research.com Neuroscience in United States Leader Award
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  • 2020 - Ralph W. Gerard Prize in Neuroscience, Society for Neuroscience
  • 2017 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2012 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • 2011 - The Brain Prize, Lundbeck Foundation For their wide-ranging, technically and conceptually brilliant research on the functional organization of neuronal circuits in the cerebral cortex, especially in the hippo¬campus, a region that is crucial for certain forms of memory
  • 2004 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

György Buzsáki is affiliated with New York University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Neuroscience, with significant contributions to subfields including Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Biomedical Engineering, Biophysics, and Endocrine and Autonomic Systems.

The scientist's work spans multiple main topics, such as Neural dynamics and brain function, Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Memory and Neural Mechanisms, Photoreceptor and optogenetics research, Neuroscience and Neural Engineering, Sleep and Wakefulness Research, and Functional Brain Connectivity Studies.

Recent publications by György Buzsáki include:

  • Gamma rhythm communication between entorhinal cortex and dentate gyrus neuronal assemblies, 2021, Science
  • Preexisting hippocampal network dynamics constrain optogenetically induced place fields, 2021, Neuron
  • The Brain-Cognitive Behavior Problem: A Retrospective, 2020, eNeuro
  • CellExplorer: A framework for visualizing and characterizing single neurons, 2021, Neuron
  • A consensus statement on detection of hippocampal sharp wave ripples and differentiation from other fast oscillations, 2022, Nature Communications

Frequent co-authors in their research include:

  • Mihály Vöröslakos
  • Joseph P. Huston
  • Bianca Topic
  • Jacqueline N. Crawley
  • Tim Crow

Common venues for their publications comprise:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Reviews in the Neurosciences
  • Neuron
  • Nature Communications
  • Cell Reports

Awards received by György Buzsáki include:

  • Ralph W. Gerard Prize in Neuroscience, Society for Neuroscience, 2020
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 2017
  • Member of Academia Europaea, 2012
  • The Brain Prize, Lundbeck Foundation, 2011 - For wide-ranging, technically and conceptually brilliant research on the functional organization of neuronal circuits in the cerebral cortex, especially in the hippocampus, a region that is crucial for certain forms of memory
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2004

Best Publications

  • Neuronal Oscillations in Cortical Networks

    György Buzsáki;Andreas Draguhn

  • Rhythms of the brain

    György Buzsáki

  • The origin of extracellular fields and currents — EEG, ECoG, LFP and spikes

    György Buzsáki;Costas A. Anastassiou;Christof Koch;Christof Koch

  • Interneurons of the hippocampus

    T.F. Freund;G. Buzsáki

  • Theta Oscillations in the Hippocampus

    György Buzsáki

  • Mechanisms of Gamma Oscillations

    György Buzsáki;Xiao-Jing Wang

  • Large-scale recording of neuronal ensembles

    György Buzsáki

  • Two-stage model of memory trace formation: a role for "noisy" brain states.

    G. Buzsáki

  • Memory, navigation and theta rhythm in the hippocampal-entorhinal system

    György Buzsáki;Edvard I Moser

  • Gamma Oscillation by Synaptic Inhibition in a Hippocampal Interneuronal Network Model

    Xiao Jing Wang;György Buzsáki

  • Gamma (40-100 Hz) oscillation in the hippocampus of the behaving rat

    A Bragin;G Jando;Z Nadasdy;J Hetke

  • Hippocampal sharp wave‐ripple: A cognitive biomarker for episodic memory and planning

    György Buzsáki

  • Selective suppression of hippocampal ripples impairs spatial memory.

    Gabrielle Girardeau;Karim Benchenane;Sidney I Wiener;György Buzsáki

  • Petilla terminology: nomenclature of features of GABAergic interneurons of the cerebral cortex

    Giorgio A. Ascoli;Lidia Alonso-Nanclares;Stewart A. Anderson;German Barrionuevo

  • Brain-state- and cell-type-specific firing of hippocampal interneurons in vivo

    Thomas Klausberger;Peter J. Magill;László F. Márton;J. David B. Roberts

  • Cellular bases of hippocampal EEG in the behaving rat

    Unknown

  • A toolbox of Cre-dependent optogenetic transgenic mice for light-induced activation and silencing

    Linda Madisen;Tianyi Mao;Tianyi Mao;Henner Koch;Jia Min Zhuo

  • Internally Generated Cell Assembly Sequences in the Rat Hippocampus

    Eva Pastalkova;Vladimir Itskov;Asohan Amarasingham;György Buzsáki

  • High-frequency network oscillation in the hippocampus.

    György Buzsáki;Zsolt Horváth;Ronald Urioste;Jamille Hetke

  • Forward and reverse hippocampal place-cell sequences during ripples.

    Kamran Diba;György Buzsáki

  • Accuracy of Tetrode Spike Separation as Determined by Simultaneous Intracellular and Extracellular Measurements

    Kenneth D. Harris;Darrell A. Henze;Jozsef Csicsvari;Hajime Hirase

  • Neural Syntax: Cell Assemblies, Synapsembles, and Readers

    György Buzsáki

Frequent Co-Authors

Fred H. Gage
Fred H. Gage Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Jozsef Csicsvari
Jozsef Csicsvari Institute of Science and Technology Austria
Darrell A. Henze
Darrell A. Henze MSD (United States)
Kenji Mizuseki
Kenji Mizuseki Osaka Metropolitan University
Hajime Hirase
Hajime Hirase University of Copenhagen
Euisik Yoon
Euisik Yoon University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Kenneth D. Harris
Kenneth D. Harris University College London
Christof Koch
Christof Koch Allen Institute for Brain Science
Markku Penttonen
Markku Penttonen University of Jyväskylä
Peter Somogyi
Peter Somogyi University of Oxford

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