2025

• Gugula A., Sambak P., Trenk A., Drabik S., Nogaj A., Soltys Z., Gundlach A. L., Blasiak A. (2025) Early-life adversity alters adult nucleus incertus neurons: implications for neuronal mechanisms of increased stress and compulsive behavior vulnerability. Neuropsychopharmacology: 50, 1406-1419. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41386-025-02089-0
• Hartoyo A., Argasiński J., Trenk A., Przybylska K., Błasiak A., Crimi A. (2025) Synergistic eigenanalysis of covariance and Hessian matrices for enhanced binary classification on health datasets. Computers in Biology and Medicine 190: 109985. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compbiomed.2025.109985
• Kania, A., Kiełbiński, M., Siwiec, M., Hess, G. (2025) Knockout of 5-HT7 receptor in the mouse mildly modifies the structure and function of dorsal raphe neurons. Brain Research, 1859:149655. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brainres.2025.149655
• Kędracka-Krok S., Fic E., Cepil Z., Rybczyński P., Szlaga A., Cacała R., Lasota S., Błasiak A., Dziedzicka-Wasylewska M. (2025) NT2-derived astrocyte-neuron co-culture reflects physiological relevance and offers research validity. Cellular & Molecular Biology Letters 30(1): 90. https://doi.org/10.1186/s11658-025-00765-z
• Litwa, E., Bartosz-Nowakowska, A., Bobula, B., Gruca, P., Lason, M., Biała, D., Tokarski, K., Hess, G., Papp, M. (2025) Efficacy of venlafaxine and deep brain stimulation against the effects of hippocampal lesion with ibotenic acid in animals exposed to the chronic mild stress model of depression. Current Neuropharmacology. https://doi.org/10.2174/011570159X391083250716080839
• Pradel K., Tymorek A., Marzec M., Chrobok Ł., Solecki W., Błasiak T. (2025) Superior colliculus controls the activity of the substantia nigra pars compacta and ventral tegmental area in an asymmetrical manner. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience, e1976222024. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1976-22.2024

2024

• Andrysiak K., Ferdek P.E., Sanetra A.M., Machaj G., Schmidt L., Kraszewska I., Sarad K., Palus-Chramiec K., Lis O., Targosz-Korecka M., Krüger M., Lewandowski M.H., Ylla G., Stępniewski J., Dulak J. (2024) Upregulation of utrophin improves the phenotype of Duchenne muscular dystrophy hiPSC-derived CMs. Molecular Therapy. Nucleic Acids, 35(3), 102247. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.omtn.2024.102247
• Chen C., Altafi M., Corbu M.A., Trenk A., van den Munkhof H., Weineck K., Bender F., Carus-Cadavieco M., Bakhareva A., Korotkova T., Ponomarenko A. (2024) The dynamic state of a prefrontal–hypothalamic–midbrain circuit commands behavioral transitions. Nature Neuroscience, 27, 952–963. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41593-024-01598-3
• de Ávila C., Gugula A., Trenk A., Intorcia A.J., Suazo C., Nolz J., Plamondon J., Khatri D., Tallant L., Caron A., Błasiak A., Serrano G.E., Beach T. G., Gundlach A.L., Mastroeni D.F. (2024) Unveiling a novel memory center in human brain: neurochemical identification of the nucleus incertus, a key pontine locus implicated in stress and neuropathology. Biological Research 57(1): 46. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40659-024-00523-z
• Cieślak P., Drabik S., Guguła A., Trenk A., Gorkowska-Nosal M., Przybylska K., Szumiec L., Kreiner G., Parkitna J.R., Błasiak A. (2024) Dopamine receptor-expressing neurons are differently distributed throughout layers of the motor cortex to control dexterity. ENeuro, 11(3). https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0490-23.2023
• Izowit G., Walczak M., Drwięga G., Solecki W., Błasiak T. (2024). Brain state-dependent responses of midbrain dopaminergic neurons to footshock under urethane anaesthesia. European Journal of Neuroscience, 59(7). https://doi.org/10.1111/ejn.16252
• Sanetra A., Jęczmień-Łazur J., Pradel K., Klich J.D., Palus-Chramiec K., Janik M., Bajkacz S., Izowit G., Nathan C., Piggins H.D., Delogu A., Belle M.D.C., Lewandowski M.H., Chrobok Ł. (2024) A novel developmental critical period of orexinergic signaling in the primary visual thalamus. IScience, 27(7). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2024.110352
• Siwiec, M., Hess, G. (2024) The use of serotonin type 7 receptor antagonists as a pharmacological intervention in chronic stress. Insights from animal studies. International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, 175:106647. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocel.2024.106647
• Siwiec, M., Bobula, B., Kielbinski, M., Multan, N., Hess, G., Tokarski, K. (2024) Activation of 5 HT7 receptors in the mouse dentate gyrus does not affect theta burst induced plasticity at the perforant path synapse. Pharmacological Reports, 76:1377-1389. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43440-024-00674-6
• Zawal, P., Abdi, G., Gryl, M., Das, D., Sławek, A., Gerouville, E.A., Marciszko-Wiąckowska, M., Marzec, M., Hess, G., Georgiadou, D.G., Szaciłowski, K. (2024) Leaky Integrate-and-Fire Model and Short-Term Synaptic Plasticity Emulated in a Novel Bismuth-Based Diffusive Memristor. Advanced Electronic Materials, 2300865. https://doi.org/10.1002/aelm.202300865

2023

• Jeczmien-Lazur J.S., Sanetra A.M., Pradel K., Klich J.D., Palus-Chramiec K., Janik M.E., Bajkacz S., Izowit G., Nathan C., Piggins H.D., Delogu A., Belle M.D.C., Lewandowski M.H., Chrobok L. (2023) Metabolic cues impact non-oscillatory intergeniculate leaflet neurons in the rat. The Journal of Physiology, 601(24), 6715–6732. https://doi.org/10.1113/JP283757
• Lewandowski M.H. (2023) Circadian Clock and Nutrition. Nutrients, 15(9), 2183. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15092183
• Pich K., Rajewska J., Kamińska K., Tchurzyk M., Szlaga A., Sambak P., Błasiak A., Grzesiak M., Rak A. (2023) Effect of Vitamin D3 on Chemerin and Adiponectin Levels in Uterus of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Rats. Cells, 12(16), 2026. https://doi.org/10.3390/cells12162026
• Iwasaki M., Lefevre A., Althammer F., Clauss Creusot E., Łąpieś O., Petitjean H., Hilfiger L., Kerspern D., Melchior M., Küppers S., Krabichler Q., Patwell R., Kania A., Gruber T., Kirchner M. K., Wimmer M., Fröhlich H., Dötsch L., Schimmer J., Herpertz S. C., Ditzen B., Schaaf C.P., Schönig K., Bartsch D., Gugula A., Trenk A., Błasiak A., Stern J.E., Darbon P., Grinevich V., Charlet A. (2023) An analgesic pathway from parvocellular oxytocin neurons to the periaqueductal gray in rats. Nature Communications, 14(1), 1066. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36641-7
• Sanetra A.M., Palus-Chramiec K., Chrobok L., Jeczmien-Lazur J.S., Klich J.D., Lewandowski M.H. (2023) Proglucagon signalling in the rat dorsomedial hypothalamus - Physiology and high-fat diet-mediated alterations. Molecular and Cellular Neurosciences, 126, 103873. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mcn.2023.103873

2022

• Błasiak A., Gugula A., Gundlach A.L., Olucha-Bordonau F.E., Aniello F., Donizetti A. (2022) Relaxin ligand/receptor systems in the developing teleost fish brain: Conserved features with mammals and a platform to address neuropeptide system functions. Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience, 15, 984524. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnmol.2022.984524
• Chrobok L., Klich J.D., Jeczmien-Lazur J.S., Pradel K., Palus-Chramiec K., Sanetra A.M., Piggins H.D., Lewandowski M.H. (2022) Daily changes in neuronal activities of the dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus under standard and high-fat diet. The Journal of Physiology, 600(4), 733–749. https://doi.org/10.1113/JP281596
• Chrobok L., Klich J.D., Sanetra A.M., Jeczmien-Lazur J.S., Pradel K., Palus-Chramiec K., Kepczynski M., Piggins H.D., Lewandowski M.H. (2022) Rhythmic neuronal activities of the rat nucleus of the solitary tract are impaired by high-fat diet - implications for daily control of satiety. The Journal of Physiology, 600(4), 751–767. https://doi.org/10.1113/JP281838
• Gugula A., Trenk A., Celary A., Cizio K., Tylko G., Błasiak A., Hess G. (2022) Early-life stress modifies the reactivity of neurons in the ventral tegmental area and lateral hypothalamus to acute stress in female rats. Neuroscience, 490, 49–65. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroscience.2022.02.017
• Palus-Chramiec K., Sanetra A.M., Lewandowski M.H. (2022) Day/night changes in the dorsomedial hypothalamus firing responses to ghrelin are modulated by high-fat diet. Neuroscience, 494, 167–177. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroscience.2022.05.004
• Przyczyna, D., Hess, G., Szaciłowski, K. (2022) KNOWM memristors in a bridge synapse delay-based reservoir computing system for detection of epileptic seizures. International Journal of Parallel, Emergent and Distributed Systems, 37:512-527. https://doi.org/10.1080/17445760.2022.2088751
• Respekta N., Maślanka A., Mlyczyńska E., Billert M., Szlaga A., Sambak P., Pawlicki P., Płachno B., Skrzypski M., Kotula-Balak M., Błasiak A., Rak A. (2022) Levels of spexin and its receptors GALR2 and GALR3 in the hypothalamus and ovary of letrozole-induced polycystic ovary syndrome in rats. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 627, 207–213. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbrc.2022.08.059
• Sanetra A.M., Palus-Chramiec K., Chrobok L., Lewandowski M.H. (2022) Electrophysiological complexity in the rat dorsomedial hypothalamus and its susceptibility to daily rhythms and high-fat diet. The European Journal of Neuroscience, 56(4), 4363–4377. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejn.15759
• Sanetra A.M., Palus-Chramiec K., Chrobok L., Jeczmien-Lazur J.S., Gawron E., Klich J.D., Pradel K., Lewandowski M.H. (2022) High-fat-diet-evoked disruption of the rat dorsomedial hypothalamic clock can be prevented by restricted nighttime feeding. Nutrients, 14(23), 5034. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14235034
• Szlaga A., Sambak P., Trenk A., Gugula A., Singleton C.E., Drwiega G., Błasiak T., Ma S., Gundlach A.L., Błasiak A. (2022) Functional neuroanatomy of the rat nucleus incertus-medial septum tract: Implications for the cell-specific control of the septohippocampal pathway. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, 16, 836116. https://doi.org/10.3389/fncel.2022.836116
• Szlaga A., Sambak P., Gugula A., Trenk A., Gundlach A.L., Błasiak A. (2022) Catecholaminergic innervation and D2-like dopamine receptor-mediated modulation of brainstem nucleus incertus neurons in the rat. Neuropharmacology, 218, 109216. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropharm.2022.109216
• Trenk A., Walczak M., Szlaga A., Pradel K., Błasiak A., Błasiak T. (2022) Bidirectional communication between the pontine nucleus incertus and the medial septum is carried out by electrophysiologically-distinct neuronal populations. The Journal of Neuroscience, 42(11), 2234–2252. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0230-21.2022

2021

• Chrobok L., Jeczmien-Lazur J.S., Bubka M., Pradel K., Klekocinska A., Klich J.D., Rahim A.R., Myung J., Kepczynski M., Lewandowski M.H. (2021) Daily coordination of orexinergic gating in the rat superior colliculus—Implications for intrinsic clock activities in the visual system. The FASEB Journal Volume 35, Issue 10, e21930, 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1096/fj.202100779RR
• Chrobok L., Jeczmien-Lazur J.S., Pradel K., Klich J.D., Bubka M., Wojcik M., Kepczynski M., Lewandowski M.H. (2021) Circadian actions of orexins on the retinorecipient lateral geniculate complex in rat. THE JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY (London) 599.1 (2021) pp 231–252. https://doi.org/10.1113/JP280275
• Chrobok L., Klich J.D., Sanetra A.M., Jeczmien-Lazur J.S., Pradel K., Palus-Chramiec K., Kepczynski M., Piggins H.D., Lewandowski M.H. (2021) Rhythmic neuronal activities of the rat nucleus of the solitary tract are impaired by short-term high-fat diet - implications for daily control of satiety. THE JOURNAL OF PYSIOLOGY (London) https://doi.org/10.1113/JP281838
• Chrobok L., Wojcik M., Klich J.D., Pradel K., Lewandowski M.H., Piggins H.D. (2021) Phasic neuronal firing in the rodent nucleus of the solitary tract ex vivo. Frontiers in Physiology, section Chronobiology, Volume 12, pp 1-14, Article 638695. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2021.638695
• Chrobok L., Alwani A., Pradel K., Klich J.D., Lewandowski M.H. (2021) Orexin A excites the rat olivary pretectal nucleus via OX 2 receptor in a daily manner. Brain Research (2021) 1768:147603. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brainres.2021.147603
• Chrobok L., Bajkacz S., Klich J.D., Lewandowski M.H. (2021) LC-MS/MS Analysis Elucidates a Daily Rhythm in Orexin A Concentration in the Rat Vitreous Body. Molecules 26(16), 5036. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules26165036
• Chrobok L., Klich JD., Jeczmien-Lazur J.S.., Pradel K., Palus-Chramiec K., Sanetra A.M., Piggins HD., Lewandowski M.H. (2021) Daily changes in neuronal activities of the dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus under standard and high-fat diet. Journal of Physiology. https://doi.org/10.1113/JP281596
• Chrobok L., Pradel K., Janik M.E., Sanetra A.M., Bubka M., Myung J., Rahim A.R., Klich J.D., Jeczmien-Lazur J.S., Palus-Chramiec K., Lewandowski M.H. (2021) Intrinsic circadian timekeeping properties of the thalamic lateral geniculate nucleus. Journal of Neuroscience Research. https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.05.06.442920
• Jeczmien-Lazur J.S., Orlowska-Feuer P., Kustron A., Lewandowski M.H. (2021) Short wavelengths contribution to light-induced responses and irradiance coding in the rat dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus - an in vivo electrophysiological approach. NEUROSCIENCE 468, Pages 220-234 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroscience.2021.06.016
• Jeż M., Martyniak A., Andrysiak K., Mucha O., Szade K., Kania A., Chrobok L., Palus-Chramiec K., Sanetra A.M., Lewandowski M.H., Pośpiech E., Stępniewski J., Dulak J. (2021) Role of heme-oxygenase-1 in biology of cardiomyocytes derived from human induced pluripotent stem cells. March 2021CELLS 10(3):522. https://doi.org/10.3390/cells10030522
• Kania A., Błasiak A., Gundlach A.L. (2021) Functional neuroanatomy of Relaxin-3/RXFP3 systems in the brain: Implications for integrated neuroendocrine and behavioural control. In: Grinevich V., Dobolyi Á. (eds) Neuroanatomy of Neuroendocrine Systems. Masterclass in Neuroendocrinology, vol 12. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-86630-3_16
• Orlowska-Feuer P., Smyk M.K., Alwani A., Lewandowski M.H. (2021) Neuronal Responses to Short Wavelength Light Deficiency in the Rat Subcortical Visual System. FRONTIERS IN NEUROSCIENCE published: Volume 14, pp 1-17, Article 615181. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2020.615181
• Pradel K., Drwięga G., Błasiak T. (2021) Superior colliculus controls the activity of the rostromedial tegmental nuclei asymmetr. Journal of Neuroscience, 41(18): 4006–4022. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1556-20.2021
• Sanetra A.M., Palus-Chramiec K., Lewandowski M.H. (2021) Modulation of the Rat Intergeniculate Leaflet of the Thalamus Network by Norepinephrine. Neuroscience 10;469:1-16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroscience.2021.06.027

2020

• Chrobok L., Jeczmien-Lazur J.S., Pradel K., Klich J.D., Bubka M., Wojcik M., Kepczynski M., Lewandowski M.H. (2020) Circadian actions of orexins on the retinorecipient lateral geniculate complex in rat. Journal of Physiology. https://doi.org/10.1113/JP280275
• Chrobok L., Northeast R.C., Myung J., Cunningham P.S., Petit C., Piggins H.D. (2020) Timekeeping in the hindbrain: a multi-oscillatory circadian centre in the mouse dorsal vagal complex. Communications Biology. 3: 225. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-020-0960-y
• de Ávila C., Chometton S., Calvez J., Guèvremont G., Kania A., Torz L., Lenglos C., Blasiak A., Rosenkilde M.M., Holst B., Conrad C.D., Fyer J.D., Timofeeva E., Gundlach A.L., Cifani C. (2020) Estrous Cycle Modulation of Feeding and Relaxin-3/Rxfp3 mRNA Expression - Implications for Estradiol. Neuroendocrinology. 2020 Dec 17. https://doi.org/10.1159/000513830
• Grzesiak M., Burzawa G., Kurowska P., Blaszczyk K., Szlaga A., Blasiak A., Sechman A., Rak A. (2020) Altered vitamin D3 metabolism in the ovary and periovarian adipose tissue of rats with letrozole-induced PCOS. Histochem Cell Biol. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00418-020-01928-z
• Harda Z., Spyrka J., Jastrzębska K., Szumiec Ł., Bryksa A., Klimczak M., Polaszek M., Gołda S., Zajdel J., Misiołek K., Błasiak A., Rodriguez Parkitna J. (2020) Loss of mu and delta opioid receptors on neurons expressing dopamine receptor D1 has no effect on reward sensitivity. Neuropharmacology. 1;180:108307. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropharm.2020.108307
• Kalamon N., Błaszczyk K., Szlaga A., Billert M., Skrzypski M., Pawlicki P., Górowska-Wójtowicz E., Kotula-Balak M., Błasiak A., Rak A. (2020) Levels of the neuropeptide phoenixin-14 and its receptor GRP173 in the hypothalamus, ovary and periovarian adipose tissue in rat model of polycystic ovary syndrome. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2020 Aug 6;528(4):628-635. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbrc.2020.05.101
• Kania A, Sambak P, Gugula A, Szlaga A, Soltys Z, Blasiak T, Hess G, Rajfur Z, Blasiak A. (2020) Electrophysiology and distribution of oxytocin and vasopressin neurons in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus: a study in male and female rats. Brain Struct Funct. 225(1):285-304. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00429-019-01989-4
• Kania A, Szlaga A, Sambak P, Gugula A, Blasiak E, Micioni Di Bonaventura MV, Hossain MA, Cifani C, Hess G, Gundlach AL, Blasiak A. (2020) RLN3/RXFP3 Signaling in the PVN Inhibits Magnocellular Neurons via M-like Current Activation and Contributes to Binge Eating Behavior. J Neurosci. 2020 Jul 8;40(28):5362-5375. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2895-19.2020
• Northeast R.C., Chrobok L., Hughes A.T.L., Petit C., Piggins H.D. (2020) Keeping time in the lamina terminalis: Novel oscillator properties of forebrain sensory circumventricular organs. FASEB Journal. 34: 974-987. https://doi.org/10.1096/fj.201901111R
• Spyrka J, Gugula A, Rak A, Tylko G, Hess G, Blasiak A. (2020) Early life stress-induced alterations in the activity and morphology of ventral tegmental area neurons in female rats. Neurobiology of stress 13, 100250. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ynstr.2020.100250