Prof. dr hab. Artur H. Świergiel

profesor zw.

Pracownia Fizjologii Behawioru i Stresu

e-mail: artur.swiergiel@biol.ug.edu.pl

tel.: (058) 523 61 33  |  pokój: B/411

Zainteresowania naukowe

rola zachowania się w utrzymaniu homeostazy, metodyka badań farmakologii behawioralnej

Zainteresowania pozanaukowe

ciesiółka, naprawa starych samochodów oraz mapy przedrozbiorowej Polski

Ważniejsze prace oryginalne (od 2005 r.)

• Ignatowska-Jankowska B., Jankowski M., Glac W., Swiergiel A.H.: Cannabidiol-induced lymphopenia does not involved NKT and NK cells. J. Physiol. Pharmacol., 2009, 60 (suppl. 2), 99-103.
• Sacharczuk M., Juszczak G., Sliwa A.T., Tymosiak-Zielinska A., Lisowski P., Jaszczak K., Pluta R., Lipkowski A., Sadowski B., Swiergiel A.H.: Differences in ethanol drinking between mice selected for high and low swim stress-induced analgesia. Alcohol, 2008, 42, 487-492.
• Juszczak G.R., Lisowski P., Sliwa A.T., Swiergiel A.H.: Computer assisted video analysis of swimming performance in a forced swim test: Simultaneous assessment of duration of immobility and swimming style in mice selected for high and low swim-stress induced analgesia. Physiol. Behav., 2008, 95, 400-407.
• Świergiel A.H., Wieczorek M.: Noradrenaline-induced feeding responses in the rat do not depend on food characteristics. Acta Neurobiol. Exp., 2008, 68, 1-9.
• Świergiel A.H., Li Y., Wei Z-Y., Dunn A.J.: Effects of chlordiazepoxide on footshock- and corticotropin releasing factor induced increases in cortical and hypothalamic norepinephrine secretion in rats. Neurochem. Int., 2008, 52, 1220-1225.
• Świergiel A.H., Dunn A.J.: Effects of chronic footshock and CRF on depression like behavior in mice. Behav. Brain Res., 2008, 186, 32-40.
• Juszczak G.R., Blaszczyk J., Sadowski B., Sliwa A.T., Wolak P., Tymosiak-Zielinska A., Lisowski P., Świergiel A.H.: Lipopolysaccharide does not affect acoustic startle reflex in mice. Brain Behav. Immun., 2008, 22, 74-79.
• Świergiel A.H., Zhou Y., Dunn A.J.: Effects of chronic footshock, restraint and corticotropin releasing factor on freezing, ultrasonic vocalization and forced swim behavior in rats. Behav. Brain Res., 2007, 183, 178-187.
• Świergiel A.H., Dunn A.J.: Effects of interleukin-1b and lipopolysaccharide on behavior of mice in the elevated plus-maze and open field tests. Pharmacol. Biochem. Behav., 2007, 86, 651-659.
• Juszczak G.R., Sliwa A., Wolak P., Tymosiak-Zielinska A., Lisowski P., Świergiel A.H.: Usage of Video Tracking System for Detection of Immobility in Tail Suspension Test in Mice. Pharmacol. Biochem. Behav., 2006, 85, 332-338.
• Świergiel, A.H., Dunn, A.J.: Feeding, exploratory, anxiety- and depression related behaviors are not altered in interleukin 6 deficient male mice. Behav. Brain Res., 2006, 171, 94-108.

Ważniejsze prace przeglądowe (od 2005 r.)

• Juszczak G.R., Swiergiel A.H.: Properties of gap junction blockers and their behavioural, cognitive and electrophysiological effects: Animal and human studies, Prog. Neuro-Psychopharmacol. Biol. Psychiatry, 2009, 33, 181-198.
• Dunn A.J., Swiergiel A.H.: Effects of Acute and Chronic Stressors and CRF in Rat and Mouse Tests for Depression Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci., 2008, 1148, 118–126.
• Dunn A.J., Świergiel A.H.: The role of corticotropin-releasing factor and norepinephrine in stress-related responses, and the inter-relationships between the two systems. European Journal of Pharmacology, 2008, 583, 186-193.
• Dunn A.J., Świergiel A.H., de Beaurepaire R.: Cytokines as mediators of depression: What can we learn from animal studies? In: Animal Models of Depression and Antidepressant Activity (ed. A. Markou). J. Neurosci. Biobehav. Rev., 2005, 29, 891-909.

Nagrody

• Nagroda Sekretarza Naukowego PAN
• Nagrody Uniwersytetu w Cambridge oraz Royal Society dla badaczy
• Nagroda NIH (USA) dla nauczycieli akademickich
• Wyróżnienie PAN za najlepsze badania