SzSA YearBook 2016/17

SZENT-GYÖRGYI STUDENTS
ARMAND RAFAEL BÁLINT
Szeged Scientists Academy, 2 nd year
University of Szeged,
Faculty of Medicine, 2 nd year
E: balint.armi71@gmail.com
T: +36 70/324-3542
DATE OF BIRTH:
1996
SZENT-GYÖRGYI PUPIL:
yes
SZENT-GYÖRGYI MENTOR:
Dr. Eszter Farkas
SPECIALTY:
neurophysiology and
cerebrovascular physiology
SECONDARY SCHOOL:
Radnóti Miklós Experimental
Grammar School, Szeged
NAME OF TEACHER:
Éva Fazekasné Gulyás
LANGUAGES:
English/intermediate
IMPORTANCE, AIMS AND POSSIBLE OUTCOME OF RESEARCH
Brain injuries as a result of stroke can have devastating effects on the patients’
quality of life, and they impose a heavy burden on the health care system. The
resultant neurological deficit obviously depends upon the severity and nature
of the initial injury, but also upon secondary and progressive deleterious events,
such as waves of brain cell malfunction that propagate across the regions surrounding
the initial brain lesion. Our research activities focus on various aspects
of the pathophysiology of cerebrovascular diseases in experimental models to
understand the progression of secondary neuronal injury. Our specific aim is to
understand the impact of old age on the severity of ischemic brain injury. This is
a highly relevant question, taken that cerebrovascular diseases predominantly
occur in the aging population. We rely on a new and powerful experimental strategy:
real-time imaging of fluorescent tracers in combination with blood flow
imaging to show how spreading depolarization, cellular biochemistry and perfusion
evolve within the affected brain region. Our findings are expected to help
identifying novel treatment targets in stroke.
AIMS DURING HIS CAREER
I would like to contribute to an important discovery in neuro- and cerebrovascular
physiology during my carrier. Furthermore, I would like to be acknowledged
by other researchers working in my field of science. My main motivation is to
produce scientific results which can lead to the development of more effective
therapies and techniques.
HONORS AND PRIZES
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PUBLICATIONS
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