István Katona

Research.com Recognitions

• 2026 - Research.com Neuroscience in Hungary Leader Award
• 2025 - Research.com Neuroscience in Hungary Leader Award

Overview

Best Publications

• Role of Endogenous Cannabinoids in Synaptic Signaling

  Tamás F. Freund;István Katona;Daniele Piomelli

  1876
  Citations

• Brain monoglyceride lipase participating in endocannabinoid inactivation

  T. P. Dinh;D. Carpenter;F. M. Leslie;T. F. Freund

  1691
  Citations

• Presynaptically Located CB1 Cannabinoid Receptors Regulate GABA Release from Axon Terminals of Specific Hippocampal Interneurons

  István Katona;Beáta Sperlágh;Attila Sı́k;Attila Käfalvi

  1479
  Citations

• Distribution of CB1 cannabinoid receptors in the amygdala and their role in the control of GABAergic transmission

  István Katona;Ede A. Rancz;László Acsády;Catherine Ledent

  792
  Citations

• Multiple Functions of Endocannabinoid Signaling in the Brain

  István Katona;Tamás F. Freund

  693
  Citations

• Endocannabinoid signaling as a synaptic circuit breaker in neurological disease

  István Katona;Tamás F Freund

  688
  Citations

• Microglia monitor and protect neuronal function through specialized somatic purinergic junctions

  Csaba Cserép;Balázs Pósfai;Nikolett Lénárt;Rebeka Fekete

  676
  Citations

• Perisomatic Inhibition

  Unknown

  663
  Citations

• Hardwiring the brain: endocannabinoids shape neuronal connectivity.

  Paul Berghuis;Ann M. Rajnicek;Yury M. Morozov;Ruth A. Ross

  655
  Citations

• Cannabinoids inhibit hippocampal GABAergic transmission and network oscillations.

  Norbert Hájos;István Katona;S S Naiem;Ken Mackie

  632
  Citations

• Molecular Composition of the Endocannabinoid System at Glutamatergic Synapses

  István Katona;Gabriella M. Urbán;Matthew Wallace;Catherine Ledent

  628
  Citations

• Subcellular arrangement of molecules for 2-arachidonoyl-glycerol-mediated retrograde signaling and its physiological contribution to synaptic modulation in the striatum

  Motokazu Uchigashima;Madoka Narushima;Masahiro Fukaya;Istvan Katona

  442
  Citations

• Endocannabinoid signaling in rat somatosensory cortex: Laminar differences and involvement of specific interneuron types

  Ágnes L. Bodor;István Katona;Gábor Nyíri;Ken Mackie

  384
  Citations

• In vivo labeling of parvalbumin-positive interneurons and analysis of electrical coupling in identified neurons

  Axel H. Meyer;István Katona;Maria Blatow;Andrei Rozov

  359
  Citations

• A Novel Network of Multipolar Bursting Interneurons Generates Theta Frequency Oscillations in Neocortex

  Maria Blatow;Andrei Rozov;Istvan Katona;Sheriar G Hormuzdi

  354
  Citations

• GABAergic interneurons are the targets of cannabinoid actions in the human hippocampus.

  I Katona;B Sperlágh;Z Maglóczky;E Sántha

  315
  Citations

• Uncoupling of the endocannabinoid signalling complex in a mouse model of fragile X syndrome

  Kwang Mook Jung;Marja Sepers;Marja Sepers;Christopher M. Henstridge;Olivier Lassalle;Olivier Lassalle

  307
  Citations

• Downregulation of the CB1 Cannabinoid Receptor and Related Molecular Elements of the Endocannabinoid System in Epileptic Human Hippocampus

  Anikó Ludányi;Loránd Eross;Sándor Czirják;János Vajda

  299
  Citations

• Cell-specific STORM super-resolution imaging reveals nanoscale organization of cannabinoid signaling

  Barna Dudok;László Barna;Marco Ledri;Szilárd I. Szabó

  282
  Citations

• Bidirectional control of airway responsiveness by endogenous cannabinoids

  A. Calignano;I. Kátona;F. Désarnaud;Andrea Giuffrida

  255
  Citations

• Postsynaptic targets of somatostatin-immunoreactive interneurons in the rat hippocampus

  I Katona;L Acsády;T.F Freund

  249
  Citations