2026

Zsolt Kristóf Bali, Lili Veronika Nagy, Denes Budai, Istvan Hernadi (2019) Facilitation and inhibition of firing activity and N-methyl-D-aspartate-evoked responses of CA1 hippocampal pyramidal cells by alpha7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor selective compounds in vivo. Scientific Reports https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-45796-7

Lakatos, I., Plank, P., Tóth, A., Molnár, Z., Skoda, G., Ferenczi, S., Sükösd, F., Nagyéri, G., Szemethy, L., & Szőke, Z. (2026) Detection of Mycotoxins in Fallow Deer Milk and Feces: Evidence of Climate-Driven Contamination in a Comparative Study of Two Weather-Divergent Years in Hungary. Toxins (Basel) 10.3390/toxins18020093

2025

Zsolt Kristóf Bali, Nóra Bruszt, Kitti Göntér & István Hernádi (2025) Differential cognitive enhancer effects of acetylcholinesterase inhibitors and memantine on age-related deficits in vigilance and sustained attention: a preclinical validation study BEHAVIORAL AND BRAIN FUNCTIONS https://doi.org/10.1186/s12993-025-00302-0

Beatrix Kovács, Fanni Somogyi, Viktória Szabó , Zoltán Zsolt Nagy, István Hernádi, Ferenc Mátyás, Wim Vanduffel, Zsuzsanna Szemlaky, Balázs Rózsa, István Ulbert, Dániel Hillier (2025) CoreTIA: a modular, statistically robust transduction inhibition assay for AAV neutralization. Frontiers in Immunology 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2025.121306

Padányi A, Knakker B, Lendvai B, Hernádi I. Assessment of cortical excitability in awake rhesus macaques with transcranial magnetic stimulation: translational insights from recruitment curves. Neuroimage. 2025 Jun 4:121306. doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2025.121306. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40480401.

Nóra Bruszt, PhD , Zsolt Kristóf Bali, PhD , Lili Veronika Nagy, PhD , Kornélia Bodó, PhD , Péter Engelmann, PhD , István Hernádi, PhD (2025) Synergistic effects of memantine and alpha7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor agonist PHA-543613 to improve memory of aged rats. International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology https://doi.org/10.1093/ijnp/pyaf014

2024

Balázs Knakker, Judit Inkeller, Péter Kovács, Balázs Lendvai, István Hernádi (2024) GLP-1 receptor agonist exenatide uncouples food intake from hedonic and anticipatory regulation in non-human primates: insights from an operant meal schedule paradigm. Neuropsychopharmacology 10.1038/s41386-024-01981-5

Lili Veronika Nagy, Zsolt Kristóf Bali, István Ledneczki, Zsolt Némethy, Balázs Lendvai, István Hernádi (2024) Cellular Mechanisms of Cognitive Enhancement: The In Vivo Modulation of the Firing Activity and the Responsiveness of Rat Hippocampal Neurons by Memantine and Alpha7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Ligands. ASN Neuro 10.1080/17590914.2024.2371160

Péter Kovács, Tamás Kitka, Zsolt Kristóf Bali, Lili Veronika Nagy, Angelika Bodó, Tamás Kovács-Öller, Zalán Péterfi, István Hernádi (2024) Chemogenetic inhibition of the lateral hypothalamus effectively reduces food intake in rats in a translational proof-of-concept study. Scientific Reports 10.1038/s41598-024-62014-1

Inkeller J, Knakker B, Kovács P, Lendvai B, Hernádi I. Intrinsic anticipatory motives in non-human primate food consumption behavior. iScience. 2024 Mar 8;27(4):109459. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2024.109459. PMID: 38558930; PMCID: PMC10981109.

2023

Bali ZK, Nagy LV, Bruszt N, Bodó K, Engelmann P, Hernádi Z, Göntér K, Tadepalli SA, Hernádi I. Increased brain cytokine level associated impairment of vigilance and memory in aged rats can be alleviated by alpha7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor agonist treatment. Geroscience. 2024 Feb;46(1):645-664. doi: 10.1007/s11357-023-01019-6. Epub 2023 Nov 23. PMID: 37994990; PMCID: PMC10828177.

2022

Tamás Kovács-Öller, Renáta Zempléni, Boglárka Balogh, Gergely Szarka, Bálint Fazekas, Ádám J. Tengölics, Krisztina Amrein, Endre Czeiter, István Hernádi, András Büki, Béla Völgyi (2023) Traumatic Brain Injury Induces Microglial and Caspase3 Activation in the Retina. Pharmaceutics, MDPI https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics14102067

Bali ZK, Bruszt N, Kőszegi Z, Nagy LV, Atlasz T, Kovács P, Csupor D, Csupor-Löffler B, Hernádi I. Aconitum Alkaloid Songorine Exerts Potent Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid-A Receptor Agonist Action In Vivo and Effectively Decreases Anxiety without Adverse Sedative or Psychomotor Effects in the Rat. Pharmaceutics. 2022; 14(10):2067. https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics14102067

Kostyalik D, Kelemen K, Lendvai B, Hernádi I, Román V, Lévay G. Response-related sensorimotor rhythms under scopolamine and MK-801 exposures in the touchscreen visual discrimination test in rats. Sci Rep. 2022 May 17;12(1):8168. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-12146-z. PMID: 35581280; PMCID: PMC9114334.

Zsolt Némethy, Béla Kiss, Natasha Lethbridge, Paul Chazot, Tünde Hajnik, Attila Tóth, László Détári, Éva Schmidt, András Czurkó, Diána Kostyalik, Vilmos Oláh, István Hernádi, Ottilia Balázs, E Sylvester Vizi, István Ledneczki, Sándor Mahó, Viktor Román, Balázs Lendvai, György Lévay (2022) Convergent cross-species pro-cognitive effects of RGH-235, a new potent and selective histamine H3 receptor antagonist/inverse agonist. European Journal of Pharmacology https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejphar.2021.174621

2021

Nóra Bruszt · Zsolt Kristóf Bali · Sai Ambika Tadepalli · Lili Veronika Nagy · István Hernádi (2021) Potentiation of cognitive enhancer effects of Alzheimer’s disease medication memantine by alpha7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor agonist PHA‑543613 in the Morris water maze task. Psychopharmacology 10.1007/s00213-021-05942-4

Lili Veronika Nagy , Zsolt Kristóf Bali, Gábor Kapus, Péter Pelsőczi, Bence Farkas, Balázs Lendvai, György Lévay, István Hernádi (2021) Converging evidence on D-amino acid oxidase-dependent enhancement of hippocampal firing activity and passive avoidance learning in rats. International journal of neuropsychopharmacology https://doi.org/10.1093/ijnp/pyaa095

Matuz A, van der Linden D, Kisander Z, Hernádi I, Kázmér K, Csathó Á. (2021) Enhanced cardiac vagal tone in mental fatigue: Analysis of heart rate variability in Time-on-Task, recovery, and reactivity. PLoS One https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0238670

Knakker, B., Oláh, V., Trunk, A., Lendvai, B., Lévay, G., & Hernádi, I. (2021). Delay-dependent cholinergic modulation of visual short-term memory in rhesus macaques. BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH396. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2020.112897

2020

Nagy, S. A., Vranesics, A., Varga, Z., Csabai, D., Bruszt, N., Bali, Z. K., … Czéh, B. (2020). Stress-Induced Microstructural Alterations Correlate With the Cognitive Performance of Rats: A Longitudinal in vivo Diffusion Tensor Imaging Study. FRONTIERS IN NEUROSCIENCE14. http://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2020.00474

Oláh, V., Knakker, B., Trunk, A., Lendvai, B., & Hernádi, I. (2020). Dissociating cholinergic influence on alertness and temporal attention in primates in a simple reaction time paradigm. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE. http://doi.org/10.1111/ejn.14852

Tadepalli, S. A., Bali, Z. K., Bruszt, N., Nagy, L. V., Amrein, K., Fazekas, B., … Hernádi, I. (2020). Long-term cognitive impairment without diffuse axonal injury following repetitive mild traumatic brain injury in rats. BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH378. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2019.112268

2019

Szarka, N., Toth, L., Czigler, A., Kellermayer, Z., Ungvari, Z., Amrein, K., … Toth, P. (2019). Single Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Induces Persistent Disruption of the Blood-Brain Barrier, Neuroinflammation and Cognitive Decline in Hypertensive Rats. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES20(13). http://doi.org/10.3390/ijms20133223

Kamm, K., Pomschar, A., Ruscheweyh, R., Straube, A., Reiser, M., Hernadi, I., … Ertl-Wagner, B. (2019). Static magnetic field-exposure in 1.5 and 3 Tesla MR scanners does not influence pain and touch perception in healthy volunteers. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PAIN23(2), 250–259. http://doi.org/10.1002/ejp.1299

Bali, Z. K., Bruszt, N., Tadepalli, S. A., Csurgyók, R., Nagy, L. V., Tompa, M., & Hernádi, I. (2019). Cognitive Enhancer Effects of Low Memantine Doses Are Facilitated by an Alpha7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Agonist in Scopolamine-Induced Amnesia in Rats. FRONTIERS IN PHARMACOLOGY10. http://doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2019.00073

2018

Vecsei, Z., Knakker, B., Juhász, P., Thuróczy, G., Trunk, A., & Hernádi, I. (2018). Short-term radiofrequency exposure from new generation mobile phones reduces EEG alpha power with no effects on cognitive performance. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS8(1). http://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-36353-9

Vecsei, Z., Thuroczy, G., & Hernadi, I. (2018). The Effect of a Single 30-Min Long Term Evolution Mobile Phone-Like Exposure on Thermal Pain Threshold of Young Healthy Volunteers. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH15(9). http://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15091849

Budai, D., Vizvári, A. D., Bali, Z. K., Márki, B., Nagy, L. V., Kónya, Z., … Hernádi, I. (2018). A novel carbon tipped single micro-optrode for combined optogenetics and electrophysiology. PLOS ONE13(3). http://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0193836

2017

Bali, Z., Nagy, L., & Hernadi, I. (2017). Alpha7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Play a Predominant Role in the Cholinergic Potentiation of N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Evoked Firing Responses of Hippocampal CA1 Pyramidal Cells. FRONTIERS IN CELLULAR NEUROSCIENCE11. http://doi.org/10.3389/fncel.2017.00271

Gellen, B., Volgyi, K., Gyorffy, B., Balogh, B., Darula, Z., Hunyadi-Gulyás, E., … Kekesi, K. (2017). Proteomic investigation of the prefrontal cortex in the rat clomipramine model of depression. JOURNAL OF PROTEOMICS153, 53–64. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jprot.2016.06.027

2016

Grabenhorst, F., Hernadi, I., & Schultz, W. (2016). Primate amygdala neurons evaluate the progress of self-defined economic choice sequences. ELIFE5. http://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.18731

2015

Zentai, N., Csathó, Á., Trunk, A., Fiocchi, S., Parazzini, M., Ravazzani, P., … Hernádi, I. (2015). No Effects of Acute Exposure to Wi-Fi Electromagnetic Fields on Spontaneous EEG Activity and Psychomotor Vigilance in Healthy Human Volunteers. RADIATION RESEARCH184(6), 568–577. http://doi.org/10.1667/RR13896.1

Oyama, K., Tateyama, Y., Hernadi, I., Tobler, P., Iijima, T., & Tsutsui, K. (2015). Discrete coding of stimulus value, reward expectation, and reward prediction error in the dorsal striatum. JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY114(5), 2600–2615. http://doi.org/10.1152/jn.00097.2015

Trunk, A., Stefanics, G., Zentai, N., Bacskay, I., Felinger, A., Thuroczy, G., & Hernadi, I. (2015). Effects of concurrent caffeine and mobile phone exposure on local target probability processing in the human brain. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS5(23). http://doi.org/10.1038/srep14434

Zentai, N., Fiocchi, S., Parazzini, M., Trunk, A., Juhász, P., Ravazzani, P., … Thuróczy, G. (2015). Characterization and Evaluation of a Commercial WLAN System for Human Provocation Studies. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL2015. http://doi.org/10.1155/2015/289152

Hernadi, I., Grabenhorst, F., & Schultz, W. (2015). Planning activity for internally generated reward goals in monkey amygdala neurons. NATURE NEUROSCIENCE18(3), 461–469. http://doi.org/10.1038/nn.3925

Bali, Z. K., Inkeller, J., Csurgyók, R., Bruszt, N., Horváth, H., & Hernádi, I. (2015). Differential effects of α7 nicotinic receptor agonist PHA-543613 on spatial memory performance of rats in two distinct pharmacological dementia models. BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH278(0), 404–410. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2014.10.030

2014

Attila Trunk, Gábor Stefanics, Norbert Zentai, Ivett Bacskay, Attila Felinger, György Thuróczy, István Hernádi (2014)  Lack of interaction between concurrent caffeine and mobile phone exposure on visual target detection: an ERP study. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pbb.2014.07.011

Z. K. Bali, D. Budai, I. Hernádi (2014) Separation of electrophysiologically distinct neuronal populations in the rat hippocampus for neuropharmacological testing under in vivo conditions. Acta Biologica Hungarica https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pbb.2014.07.011

Z. Kovács-Bálint, G. Stefanics, A. Trunk, I. Hernádi (2014) Automatic detection of trustworthiness of the face: a visual mismatch negativity study. Acta Biol Hung DOI: 10.1556/ABiol.65.2014.1.1