1999-2004 Ph.D. Semmelweis University, School of Medicine, Budapest, Hungary
1993-1999 M.D. Semmelweis University, School of Medicine, Budapest, Hungary
Inaugural Bloomfield Endowed Professorship - Cardiovascular Research Institute of Vermont 2017-2019
2014-Present Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, University of Vermont
2011-2014 Research Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology and Functional Genomics, University of Florida, College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL
2008-2011 Research Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Florida, College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL
2006-2008 Assistant Instructor, Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Florida, College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL
2005-2011 Research Coordinator, Hypertension and Aging Laboratory, Malcom Randall VA Medical Center, Gainesville, FL
2004-2006 Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Florida, College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL
2001-2004 Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, NC
1994-2001 Research Assistance, Institute of Human Physiology and Clinical Experimental Research, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
2016-2021 NIH/NHLBI R01 "Brain--derived neurotrophic factor: a novel regulator of cardiovascular function in the hypothalamus", PI: B. Erdos
American Heart Association, 7/1/2011 - 6/30/2015, Scientist Development Grant "Hydrogen peroxide and age-related sympathetic nervous system dysregulation"
American Federation for Aging Research, 07/1/2011 - 06/30/2013, "Hydrogen peroxide and age-related sympathetic nervous system dysregulation", pursuing one aim: to determine whether caloric restriction prevents age-related sympathetic nervous system dysregulation by maintaining adequate catalase expression, low hydrogen peroxide levels and normal catecholaminergic neurotransmission in the hypothalamus and brainstem.
2012 Invited Speaker Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Central Florida
2012 Invited Speaker Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida
2012 Invited Speaker Department of Physiological Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida
2010 Invited Speaker Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, University of Florida
2010 Invited Speaker Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center at Gainesville, FL
2009 Invited Speaker Department of Physiology and Functional Genomics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
2007 Invited Speaker Department of Physiology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA
2007 Invited Speaker Institute on Aging and GRECC seminar series, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
2006 Invited Speaker Microcirculatory Society, Young Investigator Symposium, Experimental Biology, San Francisco, CA
Professional Memberships:
American Journal of Physiology Society
American Heart Association
Journal Referee:
American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology
British Journal of Pharmacology
Circulation
Diabetes
Experimental Physiology
Frontiers in Physiology
International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience
Journal of the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System
Kidney International
Letters in Drug Design & Discovery
Grant Study Section:
American Heart Association - Greater Southeast Affiliate, Vascular Biology & Blood Pressure Study
Group (2009 - present)
For a complete listing of publications go to PubMed.
2021 Thorsdottir D, Einwag Z, Erdos B. BDNF shifts excitatory-inhibitory balance in the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus to elevate blood pressure. J Neurophysiol. 2021 Oct 1; 126(4): 129-1220. doi: 10.1152/jn.00247.2021. PMID: 34406887
2019 Thorsdottir D, Cruickshank NC, Einwag Z, Hennig GW, Erdos B. BDNF downregulates ß-adrenergic receptor-mediated hypotensive mechanisms in the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2019 Dec 1; 317(6): H1258-H1771. doi: 10.1152/ajpheart.00478.2019. PMID: 31603352, PMCID: PMC6962618
2018 Schaich CL, Wellman TL, Einwag Z, Dutko RA, Erdos B. Inhibition of BDNF signaling in the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus lowers acute stress-induced pressor responses. J Neurophysiol. 2018 Aug 1; 120(2): 633-643. doi: 10.1152/jn.00459.207. PMID: 29694277, PMCID: PMC6139453
2017 Basgut B, Whidden MA, Kirichenko N, Woods M, Erdos B, Scarpace PJ, Tumer N. Effect of High-Salt on Age-Related High Blood Pressure and Hypothalamic Redox Signaling. Pharmacology. 2017 May 19; 100(3-4): 105-114. doi: 10.1159/000472259. PMID: 28521325
2016 Whidden MA, Basgut B, Kirichenko N, Erdos B, Tumer N. Altered potassium ATP channel signaling in mesenteric arteries of old high salt-fed rats. J Exerc Nutrition Biochem. 2016 Jun; 20(2): 58-64. doi: 10.20463/jenb.2016.06.20.2.8. PMID: 27508155, PMCID: PMC4977904
2016 Gocmez SS, Scarpace PJ, Whidden MA, Erdos B, Kirichenko N, Sakarya Y, Utkan T, Tumer N. Age Impaired endothelium-dependent vasodilation is improved by resveratrol in rat mesenteric arteries. J Exerc Nutrition Biochem. 2016 Mar 31; 20(1): 41-48. doi: 10.20463/jenb.2016.03.20.1.2. PMID: 27298812, PMCID: PMC4899900
2016 Schaich CL, Wellman TL, Koi B, Erdos B. BDNF acting in the hypothalamus induces acute pressor responses under permissive control of angiotensin II. Auton Neurosci. 2016 May ; 197: 1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.autneu.2016.02.011. PMID: 26948539
2015 Erdos B, Clifton RR, Liu M, Li H, McCowan ML, Sumners C, Scheuer DA. Novel mechanism within the paraventricular nucleus reduces both blood pressure and hypothalamic pituitary-adrenal axis responses to acute stress. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. doi: 10.1152/ajpheart.00207.2015. PMID: 26071542, PMCID: PMC4537949
2015 Erdos B, Backes I, McGowan ML, Hayward LF, Scheuer DA. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor modulates angiotensin signaling in the hypothalamus to increase blood pressure in rats. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. doi: 10.1152/ajpheart.00776.2014. PMID: 25576628, PMCID: PMC4360054