Department of Behavioural Neuroscience

Head of department

MUDr. Igor Riečanský, DrSc.

02 / 3229 6018

igor.riecansky@savba.sk

Employees

About the department

The department is focused on research of brain mechanisms of mental processes, behavior and movements. We study neurobiological mechanisms of cognitive functions, emotions and motor activity, their role in mental health and dysfunction in mental disorders and neuropsychiatric diseases. Research is also focused on the process of postural control and human gait and their disturbance in aging and neurodegenerative diseases.

Selected recent publications

PETRÍKOVÁ, D. – MARKO, M. – ROVNÝ, R. – RIEČANSKÝ, I. Electrical stimulation of the cerebellum facilitates automatic but not controlled word retrieval. In Brain Structure and Function, 2023, vol. 228, no. 9, p. 2137-2146. Dostupné na: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00429-023-02712-0

MARKO, M. – RIEČANSKÝ, I. The left prefrontal cortex supports inhibitory processing during semantic memory retrieval. In Cortex, 2021, vol. 134, p. 296-306.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2020.11.001

MARKO, M. – CIMROVÁ, B. – RIEČANSKÝ, I. Neural theta oscillations support semantic memory retrieval. In Scientific Reports, 2019, vol. 9, art. no. 17667. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-53813-y

MARKO, M. – MICHALKO, D. – KUBINEC, A. – RIEČANSKÝ, I. Measuring semantic memory using associative and dissociative retrieval tasks. In Royal society open science, 2024, vol. 11, no. 2, art. no. 231208. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.231208

BZDÚŠKOVÁ, D. – MARKO, M. – HIRJAKOVÁ, Z. – KIMIJANOVÁ, J. – HLAVAČKA, F. – RIEČANSKÝ, I. The effects of virtual height exposure on postural control and psychophysiological stress are moderated by individual height intolerance. In Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2022, vol. 15, no., art. no. 773091. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2021.773091

MARTIŠ, P. – BZDÚŠKOVÁ, D. – KOŠUTZKÁ, Z. – SLOBODOVÁ, L. – STRAKA, I. – MALENOVSKÁ MARČEK, K. – MYTIAI, O. – TIRPÁKOVÁ, V. – KONRÁDY, P. – LITVÁKOVÁ, V. – TURI NAGY, M. – URBANČÍK, Z. – VALKOVIČ, P. – UKROPEC, J. – UKROPCOVÁ, B. – KIMIJANOVÁ, J. Supervised aerobic-strength exercise reduces postural sway and improves dual-task gait in Parkinson’s disease. In Scientific Reports, 2025, vol. 15, art. no. 20643. (2024: 3.9 – IF, Q1 – JCR, 0.874 – SJR, Q1 – SJR). ISSN 2045-2322. Dostupné na: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-07009-2

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