Research interests:
Addiction, neurobiology, molecular genetics, animal behavio
Academic achievements:
8 publications: 5 original articles, 2 review articles and 1 publication in Annual Reports issued by Polish Academy of Sciences.
Co-author of 3 reports on international conferences.
Citations – 12 (Scopus, as of 10th February 2020)
Hirsch index – 2 (Scopus, as of 10th February 2020)
Selected achievements:
- Proved non-specific effect of naloxone on ethanol consumption in individuals with hyperactive opioid system
- Proved significant role of the blood-brain barrier in the development of ethanol dependence
- Definition of mechanism responsible for attenuation of voluntary ethanol intake after induction of mild traumatic brain injury
- Team award of the Director of the Institute of Genetics and Animal Breeding PAS in 2018 for publication series
- 2nd degree award of the Rector of the Warsaw Medical University in 2018 for explanation of non-specific effect of naloxone in conditions of high endogenous opioid system activity
- 1st and 2nd prize on 4th International Forum for Personalized Medicine for best publications in medicine or medical biology
Grants:
- Investigator in KRN/MARSAC/2015/01: „Activity of the opioid system in the pathogenesis and therapy of inflammatory disorders in mouse lines with high and low sensitivity to stress”, 2015-2018
- Investigator in KNOW/2015/CB/PRO1/40: „The role of blood-brain barrier in development of alcohol dependence in mouse lines divergently selected for high and low sensitivity for stress”, 2016-2019
Selected publications:
- Anna Leśniak, Diana Chmielewska, PIOTR POZNAŃSKI, Magdalena Bujalska-Zadrożny, Joanna Strzemecka, Mariusz Sacharczuk: Divergent Response to Cannabinoid Receptor Stimulation in High and Low Stress-Induced Analgesia Mouse Lines Is Associated with Differential G-Protein Activation, Neuroscience, 404: 246-258, 2019, doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2019.02.015, IF=3.382
- PIOTR POZNAŃSKI, Anna Leśniak, Michał Korostyński, Mariusz Sacharczuk: Ethanol consumption following mild traumatic brain injury is related to blood-brain barrier permeability, Addiction Biology, 1-8, 2018, doi: 10.1111/adb.12683, IF=5.578
- PIOTR POZNAŃSKI, Anna Leśniak, Magdalena Bujalska-Zadrożny, Joanna Strzemecka, Mariusz Sacharczuk: Bidirectional selection for high and low stress-induced analgesia affects G-protein activity, Neuropharamcology, 144: 37-42, 2018, IF=4.249
- PIOTR POZNAŃSKI, Anna Leśniak, Michał Korostyński, Klaudia Szklarczyk, Marzena Łazarczyk, Piotr Religa, Magdalena Bujalska-Zadrożny, Bogdan Sadowski, Mariusz Sacharczuk: Delta-opioid receptor antagonism leads to excessive ethanol consumption in mice with enhanced activity of the endogenous opioid system, Neuropharmacology, 118: 90-101, 2017, IF=5.012
External links to scientific portals:
- https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Piotr_Poznanski2
- https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=14034781000
