Alan Kania
About me:
I obtained my PhD in the Department of Neurophysiology and Chronobiology at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland. Since the beginning of my lab experience I’ve been interested in the interactions of neuropeptidergic signalling controlling physiological processes and behaviour. In my research I employ various techniques focusing on electrophysiological approaches in vivo and ex vivo. The main scope of my current studies is to understand how a single neuropeptide can modulate different aspects of social interaction by modulation of forebrain structures (e.g. hippocampus). Moreover I carried over some of my PhD interests and investigate the modulatory action of oxytocin in the brainstem regions controlling arousal.
Alan holds a B.Sc. in Neuroscience and a PhD in Exact and Natural Sciences in Biological Sciences.
He joined our lab as a PostDoc in April 2021.
Expertise:
| Ex vivo electrophysiology | Stereotactic Injections |
| Immunohistochemistry | Fiber photometry |
Selected publications
- Alan Kania, Anna Blasiak, Andrew L. Gundlach: Functional neuroanatomy of relaxin-3/RXFP3 systems in the brain: Implications for integrated neuroendocrine and behavioral control. Chapter in the book “Neuronanatomy of Neuroendocrine Systems”, for the Masterclass in Neuroendocrinology Series published by Springer-Nature.
- Alan Kania, Agata Szlaga, Patryk Sambak, Anna Gugula, Ewa Blasiak, Maria Vittoria Micioni Di Bonaventura, Mohammad Akhter Hossain, Carlo Cifani, Grzegorz Hess, Andrew L. Gundlach, Anna Blasiak: RLN3/RXFP3 Signaling in the PVN Inhibits Magnocellular Neurons via M-like Current Activation and Contributes to Binge Eating Behavior. Journal of Neuroscience 40 (28) 5362-5375; DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2895-19.2020
- Alan Kania, Patryk Sambak, Anna Gugula, Agata Szlaga, Zbigniew Soltys, Tomasz Blasiak, Grzegorz Hess, Zenon Rajfur, Anna Blasiak: Electrophysiology and distribution of oxytocin and vasopressin neurons in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus: a study in male and female rats. Brain Structure and Function 12/2019; DOI:10.1007/s00429-019-01989-4.
- Alan Kania, Anna Czerw, Agnieszka Grabowiecka, Camila de Ávila, Tomasz Blasiak, Zenon Rajfur, Marian H Lewandowski, Grzegorz Hess, Elena Timofeeva, Andrew L Gundlach, Anna Blasiak: Inhibition of oxytocin and vasopressin neuron activity in rat hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus by relaxin-3/RXFP3 signalling. The Journal of Physiology 01/2017; DOI:10.1113/JP273787
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