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Neuroscience
Hungary
2023

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Neuroscience

D-Index
46
Citations
9825
World Ranking
6630
National Ranking
24

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Neuroscience in Hungary Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Neuroscience in Hungary Leader Award
  • 2015 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

László Acsády is affiliated with the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in Hungary. Their research primarily focuses on Neuroscience, with significant contributions to Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience, Neurology, Molecular Biology, and Endocrine and Autonomic Systems. The main topics addressed in their work include neural dynamics and brain function, neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, photoreceptor and optogenetics research, long-term effects of COVID-19, neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms, Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, and stress responses and cortisol.

The scientist has authored numerous papers, with notable recent publications including:

  • Region-selective control of the thalamic reticular nucleus via cortical layer 5 pyramidal cells, 2022, Nature Neuroscience
  • Microglia dysfunction, neurovascular inflammation and focal neuropathologies are linked to IL-1- and IL-6-related systemic inflammation in COVID-19, 2025, Nature Neuroscience
  • Early and selective localization of tau filaments to glutamatergic subcellular domains within the human anterodorsal thalamus, 2024, Acta Neuropathologica
  • Persistently increased post-stress activity of paraventricular thalamic neurons is essential for the emergence of stress-induced alterations in behaviour, 2025, PLoS Biology
  • A cortico-subcortical loop for motor control via the pontine reticular formation, 2025, Cell Reports

Frequent co-authors in Acsády's work include:

  • Csaba Dávid
  • László Bíró
  • Nóra Hádinger
  • Emília Bősz
  • Marco A. Diana

The scientist's work has been published in various venues, with a notable presence in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Neuroscience
  • European Journal of Neuroscience
  • eLife
  • Acta Neuropathologica

Acsády has also contributed to book literature, including a publication titled The Thalamus in 2022, published by Cambridge University Press.

The scientist was recognized as a Member of Academia Europaea in 2015.

Best Publications

  • GABAergic Cells Are the Major Postsynaptic Targets of Mossy Fibers in the Rat Hippocampus

    László Acsády;Anita Kamondi;Attila Sı́k;Tamás Freund

  • 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

  • Theta oscillations in somata and dendrites of hippocampal pyramidal cells in vivo: Activity‐dependent phase‐precession of action potentials

    Anita Kamondi;László Acsády;László Acsády;Xiao Jing Wang;György Buzsáki

  • Serotonergic control of the hippocampus via local inhibitory interneurons.

    T F Freund;A I Gulyás;L Acsády;T Görcs

  • Different populations of vasoactive intestinal polypeptide-immunoreactive interneurons are specialized to control pyramidal cells or interneurons in the hippocampus

    L. Acsády;T.J. Görcs;T.F. Freund

  • Gamma frequency oscillation in the hippocampus of the rat: intracellular analysis in vivo

    Markku Penttonen;Anita Kamondi;László Acsády;László Acsády;György Buzsáki

  • Selective GABAergic innervation of thalamic nuclei from zona incerta

    P. Barthó;T. F. Freund;László Acsády

  • Distinct interneuron types express m2 muscarinic receptor immunoreactivity on their dendrites or axon terminals in the hippocampus

    N Hájos;E.Cs Papp;L Acsády;A.I Levey

  • Dendritic Spikes Are Enhanced by Cooperative Network Activity in the Intact Hippocampus

    Anita Kamondi;László Acsády;György Buzsáki

  • Correlated morphological and neurochemical features identify different subsets of vasoactive intestinal polypeptide-immunoreactive interneurons in rat hippocampus.

    L. Acsády;D. Arabadzisz;T.F. Freund

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

    I Katona;L Acsády;T.F Freund

  • Feedforward inhibitory control of sensory information in higher-order thalamic nuclei.

    Philippe Lavallée;Nadia Urbain;Caroline Dufresne;Hajnalka Bokor

  • Principal cells are the postsynaptic targets of supramammillary afferents in the hippocampus of the rat.

    Zsófia Maglóczky;László Acsády;Tamás F. Freund

  • Thalamic Inhibition: Diverse Sources, Diverse Scales

    Michael M. Halassa;Michael M. Halassa;László Acsády

  • Convergence of Cortical and Sensory Driver Inputs on Single Thalamocortical Cells

    Alexander Groh;Hajnalka Bokor;Rebecca A. Mease;Viktor M. Plattner

  • Selective GABAergic Control of Higher-Order Thalamic Relays

    Hajnalka Bokor;Samuel G.A. Frère;Mark D. Eyre;Andrea Slézia

  • Feed‐forward and feed‐back activation of the dentate gyrus in vivo during dentate spikes and sharp wave bursts

    Markku Penttonen;Markku Penttonen;Anita Kamondi;Attila Sik;Attila Sik;László Acsády;László Acsády

  • Distinct Thalamic Reticular Cell Types Differentially Modulate Normal and Pathological Cortical Rhythms

    Alexandra Clemente-Perez;Stefanie Ritter Makinson;Bryan Higashikubo;Scott Brovarney

  • Structural basis of the cholinergic and serotonergic modulation of GABAergic neurons in the hippocampus

    Attila I Gulyás;László Acsády;Tamas F Freund

  • Drivers of the Primate Thalamus

    Zita Rovó;István Ulbert;István Ulbert;László Acsády

Frequent Co-Authors

Tamás F. Freund
Tamás F. Freund Institute of Experimental Medicine
István Ulbert
István Ulbert Pázmány Péter Catholic University
György Buzsáki
György Buzsáki New York University
István Katona
István Katona Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Norbert Hájos
Norbert Hájos Indiana University
Eduardo Soriano
Eduardo Soriano University of Barcelona
Stéphane Dieudonné
Stéphane Dieudonné École Normale Supérieure
Anita Lüthi
Anita Lüthi University of Lausanne
Attila I. Gulyás
Attila I. Gulyás Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Markku Penttonen
Markku Penttonen University of Jyväskylä

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