Tamas Bartfai, the Glossary

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1. 77 relations: Academia Europaea, Adjuvant, Adrenal medulla, Alaproclate, Alzheimer's disease, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Arnold Burgen, Astra AB, Bengt I. Samuelsson, Billerud, Bordetella pertussis, Brown adipose tissue, Budapest, Catechol-O-methyltransferase, Chernobyl disaster, Cytokine, Depression (mood), Diphtheria toxin, Drug discovery, Ellison Medical Foundation, Fever, Fingolimod, Floyd E. Bloom, Flunitrazepam, Fukushima nuclear accident, GABAergic, Gerald Edelman, Graham Lees, Heartburn, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Interleukin-1 family, Interneuron, Jöns Jacob Berzelius, Karolinska Institute, Larry Ellison, Lysine, Multiple sclerosis, Muscarinic acetylcholine receptor, Nestlé, Neuropeptide, Neuropeptide Y, Neurotransmission, Norepinephrine, Novartis, Omeprazole, Oracle Corporation, Parkinson's disease, Paul Greengard, Pfizer, ... Expand index (27 more) »

2. 20th-century Hungarian writers
3. Hungarian neuroscientists

Academia Europaea

The Academia Europaea is a pan-European Academy of Humanities, Letters, Law, and Sciences.

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Adjuvant

In pharmacology, an adjuvant is a drug or other substance, or a combination of substances, that is used to increase the efficacy or potency of certain drugs.

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Adrenal medulla

The adrenal medulla (medulla glandulae suprarenalis) is the inner part of the adrenal gland.

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Alaproclate

Alaproclate (developmental code name GEA-654) is a drug that was being developed as an antidepressant by the Swedish pharmaceutical company Astra AB (now AstraZeneca) in the 1970s.

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Alzheimer's disease

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease that usually starts slowly and progressively worsens, and is the cause of 60–70% of cases of dementia.

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American Association for the Advancement of Science

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is an American international non-profit organization with the stated mission of promoting cooperation among scientists, defending scientific freedom, encouraging scientific responsibility, and supporting scientific education and science outreach for the betterment of all humanity.

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Arnold Burgen

Sir Arnold Stanley Vincent Burgen FRS (20 March 1922 – 26 May 2022) was a British physician, pharmacologist, academic and university administrator.

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Astra AB

Astra AB was a former international pharmaceutical company headquartered in Södertälje, Sweden.

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Bengt I. Samuelsson

Bengt Ingemar Samuelsson (21 May 1934 – 5 July 2024) was a Swedish biochemist. Tamas Bartfai and Bengt I. Samuelsson are academic staff of the Karolinska Institute and Stockholm University alumni.

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Billerud

Billerud AB is a Swedish pulp and paper manufacturer with headquarters in Solna, Sweden. The company simplified its name from BillerudKorsnäs to Billerud after the acquisition of Verso 2022, an American producer of coated paper.

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Bordetella pertussis

Bordetella pertussis is a Gram-negative, aerobic, pathogenic, encapsulated coccobacillus bacterium of the genus Bordetella, and the causative agent of pertussis or whooping cough.

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Brown adipose tissue

Brown adipose tissue (BAT) or brown fat makes up the adipose organ together with white adipose tissue (or white fat).

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Budapest

Budapest is the capital and most populous city of Hungary.

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Catechol-O-methyltransferase

Catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) is one of several enzymes that degrade catecholamines (neurotransmitters such as dopamine, epinephrine, and norepinephrine), catecholestrogens, and various drugs and substances having a catechol structure.

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Chernobyl disaster

The Chernobyl disaster began on 26 April 1986 with the explosion of the No. 4 reactor of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant near the city of Pripyat in the north of the Ukrainian SSR, close to the border with the Byelorussian SSR, in the Soviet Union.

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Cytokine

Cytokines are a broad and loose category of small proteins (~5–25 kDa) important in cell signaling.

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Depression (mood)

Depression is a mental state of low mood and aversion to activity.

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Diphtheria toxin

Diphtheria toxin is an exotoxin secreted mainly by Corynebacterium diphtheriae but also by Corynebacterium ulcerans and Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis, the pathogenic bacterium that causes diphtheria.

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Drug discovery

In the fields of medicine, biotechnology and pharmacology, drug discovery is the process by which new candidate medications are discovered.

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Ellison Medical Foundation

The Ellison Medical Foundation, a 501(c)(3) Private Nonoperating Foundation, was founded in 1997 and is located in Bethesda, Maryland.

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Fever

Fever or pyrexia in humans is a body temperature above the normal range due to an increase in the body's temperature set point in the hypothalamus.

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Fingolimod

Fingolimod, sold under the brand name Gilenya, is an immunomodulating medication, used for the treatment of multiple sclerosis.

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Floyd E. Bloom

Floyd E. Bloom (born 1936 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is an American medical researcher specializing in chemical neuroanatomy. Tamas Bartfai and Floyd E. Bloom are Scripps Research faculty.

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Flunitrazepam

Flunitrazepam, sold under the brand name Rohypnol among others, is a benzodiazepine used to treat severe insomnia and assist with anesthesia.

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Fukushima nuclear accident

The Fukushima nuclear accident was a major nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Ōkuma, Fukushima, Japan which began on 11 March 2011.

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GABAergic

In molecular biology and physiology, something is GABAergic or GABAnergic if it pertains to or affects the neurotransmitter gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA).

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Gerald Edelman

Gerald Maurice Edelman (July 1, 1929 – May 17, 2014) was an American biologist who shared the 1972 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for work with Rodney Robert Porter on the immune system. Tamas Bartfai and Gerald Edelman are Scripps Research faculty.

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Graham Lees

Graham Vaughan Lees is a publisher and founding editor-in-chief of The Scientific World Journal, which he edited until the summer of 2011.

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Heartburn

Heartburn, also known as pyrosis, cardialgia or acid indigestion, is a burning sensation in the central chest or upper central abdomen.

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Hebrew University of Jerusalem

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI; הַאוּנִיבֶרְסִיטָה הַעִבְרִית בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם) is a public research university based in Jerusalem, Israel.

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Hungarian Academy of Sciences

The Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Magyar Tudományos Akadémia, MTA) is the most important and prestigious learned society of Hungary.

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Interleukin-1 family

The Interleukin-1 family (IL-1 family) is a group of 11 cytokines that plays a central role in the regulation of immune and inflammatory responses to infections or sterile insults.

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Interneuron

Interneurons (also called internuncial neurons, relay neurons, association neurons, connector neurons, intermediate neurons or local circuit neurons) are neurons that connect to brain regions, i.e. not direct motor neurons or sensory neurons.

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Jöns Jacob Berzelius

Baron Jöns Jacob Berzelius ((20 August 1779 – 7 August 1848) was a Swedish chemist. In general, he is considered the last person to know the whole field of chemistry. Berzelius is considered, along with Robert Boyle, John Dalton, and Antoine Lavoisier, to be one of the founders of modern chemistry. Tamas Bartfai and Jöns Jacob Berzelius are academic staff of the Karolinska Institute.

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Karolinska Institute

The Karolinska Institute (KI; Karolinska Institutet; sometimes known as the (Royal) Caroline Institute in English) is a research-led medical university in Solna within the Stockholm urban area of Sweden and one of the foremost medical research institutes globally.

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Larry Ellison

Lawrence Joseph Ellison (born August 17, 1944) is an American businessman and entrepreneur who cofounded software company Oracle Corporation.

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Lysine

Lysine (symbol Lys or K) is an α-amino acid that is a precursor to many proteins.

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Multiple sclerosis

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disease in which the insulating covers of nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord are damaged.

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Muscarinic acetylcholine receptor

Muscarinic acetylcholine receptors, or mAChRs, are acetylcholine receptors that form G protein-coupled receptor complexes in the cell membranes of certain neurons and other cells.

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Nestlé

Nestlé S.A. is a Swiss multinational food and drink processing conglomerate corporation headquartered in Vevey, Switzerland.

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Neuropeptide

Neuropeptides are chemical messengers made up of small chains of amino acids that are synthesized and released by neurons.

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Neuropeptide Y

Neuropeptide Y (NPY) is a 36 amino-acid neuropeptide that is involved in various physiological and homeostatic processes in both the central and peripheral nervous systems.

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Neurotransmission

Neurotransmission (Latin: transmissio "passage, crossing" from transmittere "send, let through") is the process by which signaling molecules called neurotransmitters are released by the axon terminal of a neuron (the presynaptic neuron), and bind to and react with the receptors on the dendrites of another neuron (the postsynaptic neuron) a short distance away.

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Norepinephrine

Norepinephrine (NE), also called noradrenaline (NA) or noradrenalin, is an organic chemical in the catecholamine family that functions in the brain and body as a hormone, neurotransmitter and neuromodulator.

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Novartis

Novartis AG is a Swiss multinational pharmaceutical corporation based in Basel, Switzerland.

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Omeprazole

Omeprazole, sold under the brand names Prilosec and Losec, among others, is a medication used in the treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), peptic ulcer disease, and Zollinger–Ellison syndrome.

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Oracle Corporation

Oracle Corporation is an American multinational computer technology company headquartered in Austin, Texas.

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Parkinson's disease

Parkinson's disease (PD), or simply Parkinson's, is a long-term neurodegenerative disease of mainly the central nervous system that affects both the motor and non-motor systems of the body.

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Paul Greengard

Paul Greengard (December 11, 1925 – April 13, 2019) was an American neuroscientist best known for his work on the molecular and cellular function of neurons.

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Pfizer

Pfizer Inc. is an American multinational pharmaceutical and biotechnology corporation headquartered at The Spiral in Manhattan, New York City.

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Prostaglandin

Prostaglandins (PG) are a group of physiologically active lipid compounds called eicosanoids that have diverse hormone-like effects in animals.

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Proton-pump inhibitor

Proton-pump inhibitors (PPIs) are a class of medications that cause a profound and prolonged reduction of stomach acid production.

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Roche

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Rockefeller University

The Rockefeller University is a private biomedical research and graduate-only university in New York City, New York.

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Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (Kungliga Vetenskapsakademien) is one of the royal academies of Sweden.

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Saab Automobile

Saab Automobile AB was a car manufacturer that was founded in Sweden in 1945 when its parent company, Saab AB, began a project to design a small automobile.

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Scripps Research

Scripps Research is a nonprofit American medical research facility that focuses on research and education in the biomedical sciences.

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Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor

Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are a class of drugs that are typically used as antidepressants in the treatment of major depressive disorder, anxiety disorders, and other psychological conditions.

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Siemens

Siemens AG is a German multinational technology conglomerate.

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Solomon H. Snyder

Solomon Halbert Snyder (born December 26, 1938) is an American neuroscientist who has made wide-ranging contributions to neuropharmacology and neurochemistry.

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Sphingosine-1-phosphate

Sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P) is a signaling sphingolipid, also known as lysosphingolipid.

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Stanford University

Stanford University (officially Leland Stanford Junior University) is a private research university in Stanford, California.

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Stockholm University

Stockholm University (Stockholms universitet) is a public research university in Stockholm, Sweden, founded as a college in 1878, with university status since 1960.

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Tetra Pak

Tetra Pak is a Swedish multinational food packaging and processing company headquartered in Switzerland.

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Thermogenesis

Thermogenesis is the process of heat production in organisms.

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Tolcapone

Tolcapone, sold under the brand name Tasmar, is a medication used to treat Parkinson's disease (PD).

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Tomas Hökfelt

Tomas Hökfelt (born 29 June 1940) is a Swedish physician and former professor in histology at the Karolinska Institutet from 1979 until 2006, when he got his emeritate. Tamas Bartfai and Tomas Hökfelt are academic staff of the Karolinska Institute.

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University of California, Los Angeles

The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California, United States.

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University of Oxford

The University of Oxford is a collegiate research university in Oxford, England.

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University of Pennsylvania

The University of Pennsylvania, commonly referenced as Penn or UPenn, is a private Ivy League research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Vaccine

A vaccine is a biological preparation that provides active acquired immunity to a particular infectious or malignant disease.

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Vasoactive intestinal peptide

Vasoactive intestinal peptide, also known as vasoactive intestinal polypeptide or VIP, is a peptide hormone that is vasoactive in the intestine.

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Vasoconstriction

Vasoconstriction is the narrowing of the blood vessels resulting from contraction of the muscular wall of the vessels, in particular the large arteries and small arterioles.

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Whole-cell vaccine

Whole-cell vaccines are a type of vaccine that has been prepared in the laboratory from entire cells.

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Whooping cough

Whooping cough, also known as pertussis or the 100-day cough, is a highly contagious, vaccine-preventable bacterial disease.

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Yale University

Yale University is a private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut.

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Zimelidine

Zimelidine (INN, BAN; brand names Zimeldine, Normud, Zelmid) was one of the first selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) antidepressants to be marketed.

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See also

20th-century Hungarian writers

• Éva Fahidi
• Béláné Mocsáry
• Bucura Dumbravă
• Elisabeth Haich
• Endre Fejes
• Ernő Munkácsi
• Ernő Osvát
• Erzsébet Nagy
• Eugénia Miskolczy Meller
• Eva Heyman
• Frances Fabri
• Gitta Mallasz
• György Sebestyén
• Gyula Hornyánszky
• Júlia Sigmond
• Jolán Földes
• Judith Forrai
• Kálmán Csathó
• Karl Mannheim
• Klára Fehér
• Laura Leiner
• Mária Földes
• Maria Leitner
• Petri Mór
• Sándor Vay
• Tamas Bartfai
• Tibor Sekelj
• William Juhasz
• Zsigmond Széchenyi
• Zsuzsa Kakuk

Hungarian neuroscientists

• Attila Losonczy
• Béla Julesz
• Balázs Gulyás
• Botond Roska
• Endre Grastyán
• Georg von Békésy
• George Karpati
• György Buzsáki
• János Szentágothai
• Jozsef Csicsvari
• László Lénárd
• Ladislas J. Meduna
• Péter Érdi
• Peter Somogyi
• Tamás Freund
• Tamas Bartfai
• Zsolt Liposits

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamas_Bartfai

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