Georgian Academy of Sciences       

I.S. Beritashvili Institute of Physiology

Main scientific topic:

Integrative activity of the brain in norm and pathology, research of its infringements and ways of correction.

Scientific problems:

Director – Teimuraz Naneishvili - Doctor of Biol. Sci. (Human and Animal Physiology).

Foreign Scientific contacts

• Department of Neuropsychology, Female clinic of Switzerland, Department of Neuropsychology, Max-Plank Institute (Munich), Institute of Neuropsychology (Switzerland), Valley Cancer Institute (Los Angeles, USA), University of Bristol(Great Britain), Louisville University (USA).

Research Departments:

• Neurobiology of Sleep-Wakefulness Cycle (head - professor Tengiz Oniani);
• Neurophysiology of Memory (head – professor Temur Naneishvili)
• Neurophysiology of pain and analgesia (head – professor Saurmag Bitkhusi)
• Physiology of Cerebellum (head – professor Guram Bekaia)
• Physiology of Neural Cells (head – Dr. Tamaz Labakhua)
• Physiology and Pathology of cerebral circulation (head – professor George Mchedlishvili)
• Interrelationship of the Brain Hemispheres (head – professor Vakhtang Mosidze)
• Neuromorphology (head – professor Igor Svanidze)
• General Physiology of Cerebral Cortex (head – Dr. Rusudan Kashakashvili)
• Neuroendocrinology (head – professor Elgudja Moniava)
• Psychophysiology (head – professor Victor Maloletnev)
• Reticulo-Thalamo-Cortical System’s Physiology (head – Dr. Zakaria Nanobashvili)
• Animals Behavior (head – professor Michal Khanashvili)
• Metabolic Maintenance of the Brain Functions (head – professor Nodar P. Mitagvaria)
• Ultrastructure Research (head – Dr. Ilia Lazrishvili)
• Physiology of Emotion (head – Dr. Alex Koreli)
• Physiology of Vision (head – professor Archil Kezeli)
• Neurochemistry (head – professor David Mikeladze)
• Membranology (head – professor Zurab Kometiani)

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