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  • 2016 - Polish Academy of Science

Overview

Malgorzata Kossut is affiliated with the Polish Academy of Sciences in Poland. Their research primarily focuses on neuroscience, with significant contributions to cellular and molecular neuroscience, cognitive neuroscience, and physiology. They have also engaged in studies related to molecular biology and social psychology.

Their work covers several topics within neuroscience, including:

  • Neuroscience and neuropharmacology research
  • Receptor mechanisms and signaling
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
  • Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
  • Neurobiology and insect physiology research
  • Spaceflight effects on biology

Kossut has authored recent papers that demonstrate a focus on interneurons, plasticity, and brain function, as well as aging and environmental factors affecting neural adaptability. Notable publications include:

  • Somatostatin and Somatostatin-Containing Interneurons-From Plasticity to Pathology, 2022, Biomolecules
  • Learning-induced plasticity in the barrel cortex is disrupted by inhibition of layer 4 somatostatin-containing interneurons, 2021, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research
  • Impact of somatostatin interneurons on interactions between barrels in plasticity induced by whisker deprivation, 2022, Scientific Reports
  • Mitigation of aging-related plasticity decline through taurine supplementation and environmental enrichment, 2024, Scientific Reports
  • Lenticular nucleus volume predicts performance in real-time strategy game - cross-sectional and training approach using voxel-based morphometry, 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Frequent coauthors with whom Kossut has collaborated include:

  • Monika Liguz-Lecznar
  • Renata Zakrzewska
  • Grzegorz Dobrzański
  • A. Posluszny
  • Agnieszka Łukomska

Kossut's work has appeared repeatedly in several publication venues, reflecting diverse aspects of neuroscience research:

  • Scientific Reports
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Biomolecules
  • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research
  • Acta Neurobiologiae Experimentalis

In addition to journal articles, Kossut has authored a book titled Psychofarmakologia kliniczna, published in 2022 by Polish Scientific Publishers PWN.

Recognition of Kossut's scientific contributions includes receiving an award from the Polish Academy of Science in 2016.

Best Publications

  • A causal role for right frontopolar cortex in directed, but not random, exploration.

    Wojciech K Zajkowski;Malgorzata Kossut;Malgorzata Kossut;Robert C Wilson

  • Single vibrissal cortical column in SI cortex of rat and its alterations in neonatal and adult vibrissa-deafferented animals: a quantitative 2DG study.

    M. Kossut;P. J. Hand;J. Greenberg;C. L. Hand

  • Somatostatin and Somatostatin-Containing Neurons in Shaping Neuronal Activity and Plasticity

    Monika Liguz-Lecznar;Joanna Urban-Ciecko;Joanna Urban-Ciecko;Malgorzata Kossut;Malgorzata Kossut

  • Glutamate receptors in cortical plasticity: molecular and cellular biology

    L. Kaczmarek;M. Kossut;J. Skangiel-Kramska

  • Short-Lasting Classical Conditioning Induces Reversible Changes of Representational Maps of Vibrissae in Mouse SI Cortex—A 2DG Study

    E. Siucinska;M. Kossut

  • Deficits in Experience-Dependent Cortical Plasticity and Sensory-Discrimination Learning in Presymptomatic Huntington's Disease Mice

    Nektarios K. Mazarakis;Anita Cybulska-Klosowicz;Helen Grote;Terence Pang

  • Plasticity of the barrel cortex neurons

    M. Kossut

  • Differential 2-deoxyglucose uptake into chick brain structures during passive avoidance training

    M. Kossut;S.P.R. Rose

  • Rapid Regulation of GAD67 mRNA and Protein Level in Cortical Neurons After Sensory Learning

    M. Gierdalski;B. Jablonska;E. Siucinska;M. Lech

  • Rapid, Learning-Induced Inhibitory Synaptogenesis in Murine Barrel Field

    Malgorzata Jasinska;Ewa Siucinska;Anita Cybulska-Klosowicz;Elzbieta Pyza

  • Transplantation of a novel human cord blood-derived neural-like stem cell line in a rat model of cortical infarct.

    Hanna Kozłowska;Jan Jabłonka;Miroslaw Janowski;Marcin Jurga

  • The involvement of dopamine in the striatum in passive avoidance training in the chick.

    M.G. Stewart;P. Kabai;E. Harrison;R.J. Steele

  • Single vibrissal cortical column in the mouse labeled with 2-deoxyglucose.

    J. Chmielowska;M. Kossut;M. Chmielowski

  • Anatomical correlates of representational map reorganization induced by partial vibrissectomy in the barrel cortex of adult mice.

    M. Kossut;S.L. Juliano

  • Experience-dependent changes in function and anatomy of adult barrel cortex

    Malgorzata Kossut

  • Reduction of GABAA receptor binding of [3H]muscimol in the barrel field of mice after peripheral denervation: transient and long-lasting effects.

    J. Skangiel-Kramska;S. Głażewski;B. Jabłońska;E. Siucińska

  • Experience-Dependent Plasticity of the Barrel Cortex in Mice Observed with 2-DG Brain Mapping and c-Fos: Effects of MMP-9 KO

    Aleksandra Kaliszewska;Monika Bijata;Leszek Kaczmarek;Malgorzata Kossut

  • Sensory learning-induced enhancement of inhibitory synaptic transmission in the barrel cortex of the mouse.

    Krzysztof Tokarski;Joanna Urban-Ciecko;Malgorzata Kossut;Grzegorz Hess;Grzegorz Hess

  • Remapping of the somatosensory cortex after a photothrombotic stroke: dynamics of the compensatory reorganization.

    J.A. Jablonka;K. Burnat;O.W. Witte;M. Kossut

  • Altered glutamate/GABA equilibrium in aged mice cortex influences cortical plasticity

    Monika Liguz-Lecznar;Malgorzata Lehner;Aleksandra Kaliszewska;Renata Zakrzewska

  • Partial blocking of NMDA receptors restricts plastic changes in adult mouse barrel cortex

    B. Jabłońska;M. Gierdalski;E. Siucińska;J. Skangiel-Kramska

  • Rapid, learning-induced inhibitory synaptogenesis in murine barrel field

    S Glazewski;M Jasinska;E Siucinska;A Cybulska-Klosowicz

Frequent Co-Authors

Artur Marchewka
Artur Marchewka Polish Academy of Sciences
Colin Blakemore
Colin Blakemore City University of Hong Kong
Otto W. Witte
Otto W. Witte Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Michael G. Stewart
Michael G. Stewart The Open University
Leszek Kaczmarek
Leszek Kaczmarek Instytut Biologii Doświadczalnej im. Marcelego Nenckiego
Anthony J. Hannan
Anthony J. Hannan Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health
Peter J. Hand
Peter J. Hand Monash University
Ulf T. Eysel
Ulf T. Eysel Ruhr University Bochum
David N. Furness
David N. Furness Keele University

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