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Miklós Palkovits

Miklós Palkovits

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Medicine
Hungary
2026
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Neuroscience
Hungary
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
117
Citations
84928
World Ranking
415
National Ranking
2

Medicine

D-Index
117
Citations
84114
World Ranking
4110
National Ranking
1

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Medicine in Hungary Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Neuroscience in Hungary Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Medicine in Hungary Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Neuroscience in Hungary Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Hungary Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Neuroscience in Hungary Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Medicine in Hungary Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Neuroscience in Hungary Leader Award
  • 1993 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Miklós Palkovits is affiliated with Semmelweis University in Hungary. Their research spans key areas within neuroscience, biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine.

The primary fields of study associated with Palkovits include:

  • Neuroscience
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Medicine

Subfields of focus within these areas are:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Neurology
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Physiology

The main research topics addressed in Palkovits's work consist of:

  • Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling
  • Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology
  • Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics

Frequent co-authors in publications include:

  • Éva Renner (17 co-authored papers)
  • Árpád Dobolyi (9 co-authored papers)
  • Fanni Dóra (6 co-authored papers)
  • Jan Mulder (5 co-authored papers)
  • Dóra Zelena (5 co-authored papers)

Regularly publishing in a variety of scientific journals, Palkovits's work has appeared frequently in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) - 11 publications
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - 3 publications
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences - 3 publications
  • Scientific Reports - 2 publications
  • Nature Biotechnology - 1 publication

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Palkovits include:

  • Single-nuclei isoform RNA sequencing unlocks barcoded exon connectivity in frozen brain tissue, 2022, Nature Biotechnology
  • Cellular development and evolution of the mammalian cerebellum, 2023, Nature
  • Mitochondrial dysfunction is a key pathological driver of early stage Parkinson's, 2022, Acta Neuropathologica Communications
  • An immunohistochemical study of lymphatic elements in the human brain, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • The neuropeptide landscape of human prefrontal cortex, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Palkovits was recognized as a Member of Academia Europaea in 1993.

Best Publications

  • A mammalian microRNA expression atlas based on small RNA library sequencing.

    Pablo Landgraf;Mirabela Rusu;Robert Sheridan;Alain Sewer;Alain Sewer

  • Isolated removal of hypothalamic or other brain nuclei of the rat.

    M. Palkovits

  • Topographic atlas of catecholamine and acetylcholinesterase-containing neurons in the rat brain. I. Forebrain (telencephalon, diencephalon).

    David M. Jacobowitz;Miklos Palkovits

  • The rat brain in stereotaxic coordinates: Authors: George Paxinos & Charles Watson Academic Press Australia, 1982 Softback, 154 pages (including 71 plates), 35.00 Aust $

    Miklos Palkovits

  • Maps and guide to microdissection of the rat brain

    M. Palkovits;Michael J. Brownstein

  • Catecholaminergic Systems in Stress: Structural and Molecular Genetic Approaches

    Richard Kvetnansky;Esther L. Sabban;Miklos Palkovits

  • Regional distribution of substance P in the brain of the rat

    Michael J. Brownstein;Edmund A. Mroz;J. Stephen Kizer;Miklos Palkovits

  • Norepinephrine and dopamine content of hypothalamic nuclei of the rat

    Miklos Palkovits;Michael Brownstein;Juan M. Saavedra;Julius Axelrod

  • Regional concentrations of noradrenaline and dopamine in rat brain

    Dirk H.G. Versteeg;Jan Van der Gugten;Wybren De Jong;Miklo´s Palkovits;Miklo´s Palkovits

  • Cholecystokinin innervation of the ventral striatum: a morphological and radioimmunological study.

    Laszlo Zaborszky;G. F. Alheid;M. C. Beinfeld;L. E. Eiden

  • Neuroanatomy of central cardiovascular control. Nucleus tractus solitarii: afferent and efferent neuronal connections in relation to the baroreceptor reflex arc.

    Miklós Palkovits;László Záborszky

  • Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone in Specific Nuclei of Rat Brain

    Michael J. Brownstein;Miklos Palkovits;Juan M. Saavedra;Rabim M. Bassiri

  • Dysregulation in the Suicide Brain: mRNA Expression of Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone Receptors and GABAA Receptor Subunits in Frontal Cortical Brain Region

    Zul Merali;Lisheng Du;Pavel Hrdina;Miklos Palkovits

  • Stress-Induced Norepinephrine Release in the Hypothalamic Paraventricular Nucleus and Pituitary-Adrenocortical and Sympathoadrenal Activity: In Vivo Microdialysis Studies

    Karel Pacak;Miklos Palkovits;Irwin J. Kopin;David S. Goldstein

  • Expression of angiotensin type-1 (AT1) and type-2 (AT2) receptor mRNAs in the adult rat brain: a functional neuroanatomical review

    Z. Lenkei;M. Palkovits;P. Corvol;C. Llorens-Cortès

  • Axonal changes in chronic demyelinated cervical spinal cord plaques.

    Gábor Lovas;Nóra Szilágyi;Katalin Majtényi;Miklós Palkovits

  • Distribution of mRNA encoding B78/apj, the rat homologue of the human APJ receptor, and its endogenous ligand apelin in brain and peripheral tissues.

    Anne-Marie O’Carroll;Tina L. Selby;Miklos Palkovits;Stephen J. Lolait

  • Serotonin content of the brain stem nuclei in the rat

    M. Palkovits;M. Brownstein;J.M. Saavedra

  • Physiological role of a novel neuropeptide, apelin, and its receptor in the rat brain

    Annabelle Reaux;Nadia De Mota;Ivana Skultetyova;Zsolt Lenkei

  • Dopamine biosynthesis is selectively abolished in substantia nigra/ventral tegmental area but not in hypothalamic neurons in mice with targeted disruption of the Nurr1 gene.

    Susan O. Castillo;Judit S. Baffi;Miklós Palkovits;David S. Goldstein

  • Topographic atlas of catecholamine and acetylcholinesterase‐containing neurons in the rat brain. II. Hindbrain (mesencephalon, rhombencephalon)

    Unknown

Frequent Co-Authors

Árpád Dobolyi
Árpád Dobolyi Eötvös Loránd University
Michael J. Brownstein
Michael J. Brownstein National Institutes of Health
Eva Mezey
Eva Mezey National Institutes of Health
Ted B. Usdin
Ted B. Usdin National Institutes of Health
Gyorgy Bagdy
Gyorgy Bagdy Semmelweis University
Gabor G. Kovacs
Gabor G. Kovacs University of Toronto
Tibor Harkany
Tibor Harkany Medical University of Vienna
Laszlo Zaborszky
Laszlo Zaborszky Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Richard Kvetnansky
Richard Kvetnansky Slovak Academy of Sciences
Zul Merali
Zul Merali University of Ottawa

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