Petr Bednarik

Info

During initial years of my career I obtained strong clinical experience, and I received Board certification in Radiology in 2008. In the period 2011-2018, I worked at the Center for Magnetic Resonance Research (CMRR), Department of Radiology, University of Minnesota on both high (3T) and ultra-high (7T) field human MR Siemens scanners and I got invaluable experience in proton MRS as well as in multimodal neuroimaging. I defended my PhD thesis in Neuroscience (2011) under the supervision of Dr. Silvia Mangia and Dr. Ivan Tkac. After I resettled in Vienna (2018), I received Horizon 2020 Marie Curie fellowship and prestigious American NARSAD Young Investigator Award, which support my current main research interests, i.e., development of functional MRSI and its application in neuropsychiatric research.

Research interests:

• Functional magnetic resonance spectroscopy (fMRS) and functional spectroscopic imaging (fMRSI)
• Human brain metabolism and neuropsychiatric diseases
• Validation and application of MRS
• Magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy in type I diabetes
• Magnetic resonance imaging in Parkinson’s disease and multiple sclerosis
• Magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy in the spine

Selected publications:

Bednařík P, Henry PG, Khowaja A, Rubin N, Kumar A, Deelchand D, Eberly LE, Seaquist E, Öz G, Moheet A. Hippocampal Neurochemical Profile and Glucose Transport Kinetics in Patients With Type 1 Diabetes. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2020;105(2).

Bednařík P, Tkáč I, Giove F, Eberly LE, Deelchand DK, Barreto FR, Mangia S. Neurochemical responses to chromatic and achromatic stimuli in the human visual cortex. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab. 2018;38(2):347-359.

Bednařík P, Moheet AA, Grohn H, Kumar AF, Eberly LE, Seaquist ER, Mangia S. Type 1 Diabetes and Impaired Awareness of Hypoglycemia Are Associated with Reduced Brain Gray Matter Volumes. Front Neurosci. 2017;11:529.

Bednařík P, Moheet A, Deelchand DK, Emir UE, Eberly LE, Bareš M, Seaquist ER, Öz G. Feasibility and reproducibility of neurochemical profile quantification in the human hippocampus at 3 T NMR Biomed 2015;28(6):685-93.

Bednařík P, Tkáč I, Giove F, DiNuzzo M, Deelchand DK, Emir UE, Eberly LE, Mangia S. Neurochemical and BOLD responses during neuronal activation measured in the human visual cortex at 7 Tesla. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab 2015;35(4):601-10.