Petr Bednarik
Research Interests
My appointment in Copenhagen Hvidovre University Hospital and at DRCMR allows me to combine my clinical expertise in radiology with research experience in clinical research projects. My research is focused on the assessment of human brain metabolism in healthy and diseased brains utilizing the state-of-the-art methods of neuroimaging and spectroscopy at ultra-high field MR scanners
Research Groups
Brain Network Modulation group
Ultra-High Field MR group
Curriculum Vitae
Education
2017
PhD in Neuroscience, Masaryk University, Czech Republic
2008
Board Certification in Radiology, Ministry of Health, Czech Republic
2003
MD Diploma, Masaryk University, Czech Republic
Employments
2022 - Present
Radiologist with research interests, Centre for Functional and Diagnostic Imaging Research and DRCMR
2018 - 2021
Postdoc/EU scientific employee, High Field MR Center, Department of Biomedical Imaging and Image-guided Therapy, Medical University Vienna, Austria
2016 - 2018
Post-doctoral Associate, Center for Magnetic Resonance Research (CMRR), Department of Radiology, University of Minnesota, USA
2013 - 2016
Research Associate at the Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, USA (Prof. Elizabeth Seaquist, MD)
2011 - 2016
Visiting Scholar, Center for Magnetic Resonance Research, Department of Radiology, University of Minnesota, USA (Prof. Silvia Mangia, PhD)
2012 - 2017
PhD student (Neuroscience)/Medical Specialist at Multimodal and Functional Imaging Laboratory, Central European Institute of Technology (CEITEC), Brno, Czechia
2008 - 2011
Specialist in general radiology with special interests in neuroimaging and vascular interventional neuroradiology, Dept. of Clinical Imaging in St. Anne's University Hospital, Masaryk University, Brno, Czechia
2003 - 2008
Resident in general radiology, Dept. of Clinical Imaging, St. Anne's University Hospital, Brno, Czechia
Full CV
Publications
Bednarik P, Goranovic D, Svatkova A, Niess F, Hingerl L, Strasser B, Deelchand D, Spurny-Dworak B, Krssak M, Trattnig S, Hangel G, Scherer T, Lanzenberger R, Bogner W. 2H labeling enables non-invasive 3D proton MR imaging of glucose and neurotransmitter metabolism at 7T in the human brain. Nature Biomed Eng. [in press]
Niess F, Hingerl L, Strasser B, Bednarik P, Goranovic D, Niess E, Hangel G, Kršák M, Spurny- Dworak B, Scherer T, Lanzenberger R, Bogner W. Non-invasive 3D 1H-MR Spectroscopic Imaging of human brain glucose and neurotransmitter metabolism using deuterium labeling at 3T – feasibility and inter-scanner reproducibility. Invest Radiol. 2023. doi: 10.1097/RLI.0000000000000953.
Horak T, Horakova M, Svatkova A, Kadanka Z Jr., Kudlicka P, Valosek J, Rohan T, Kerkovsky M, Vlckova E, Kadanka Z, Deelchand D, Henry PG, Bednarik J, Bednarik P. In vivo molecular signatures of cervical spinal cord pathology in degenerative compression. Journal of Neurotrauma. 2021;38(21):2999-3010. doi: 10.1089/neu.2021.0151
Bednarik P, Spurny B, Silberbauer L, Svatkova A, Handschuh P, Reiter B, Konadu M, Stimpfl T, Spies M, Bogner W, Lanzenberger R. Effect of ketamine on human neurochemistry in posterior cingulate cortex: A pilot magnetic resonance spectroscopy study at 3 Tesla. Frontiers in Neuroscience. Section Neuropharmacology. 2021 Mar 24;15:609485. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2021.609485
Bednarik 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 Feb 1;105(2). doi: 10.1210/clinem/dgz062.
Bednarik 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.
Bednarik 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.
Bednarik 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.
Bednarik 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