.: Réthelyi, Miklós

NENS Committee Member 2005-2007

Prof. Miklós Réthelyi
Department of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology
Semmelweis University - Budapest
Pf. 95
1450 Budapest, Hungary

Phone:	(36-1) 459-1500 / 3600
Fax:	(36-1) 215-51-58

Miklós Réthelyi is Professor of Anatomy in the Department of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology at Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary. He graduated from Medical School, Pécs University, Hungary (1963). He was the Rector Magnificus at Semmelweis University between 1991 and 1995. Upon his initiatives started the series of Semmelweis Symposia in Budapest in 1992, and he personally were involved in the launching of the postgraduate training at Semmelweis University. He was the Chairman of the Department of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology at Semmelweis University between 1994 and 2004. Among his predecessors as chairmen of the department were Mihály v. Lenhossék and János Szentágothai. With his colleagues he teaches anatomy, histology and embryology to medical and dental students in Hungarian, English and German languages. He served as Chairman of the subcommittee Human- and Neurosciences of the Hungarian Scientific Research Fund (OTKA; 1995-1997), as a member of the Higher Education Research Council (1994-1996), as Chairman of the Association of the Hungarian Higher Education Associations (MAFESZ; 1993-1996). He was the president of the Association of Hungarian Anatomists (1997-2001). He is the Director of the Szentágothai János Neuroscience Postgraduate School at Semmelweis University (2000 - current) and the Chairman of the Foundation for the Hungarian Higher Education and Research 2001 - current). He received the Middle Cross of the Hungarian Republic (1996), Research Prize of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (1991) and Doctor Honoris Causa at Kingston University, Great Britain (1993). His scientific interest is in the synaptic organisation of various regions of the spinal cord (substantia gelatinosa, Clarke's column, intermediolateral nucleus, lateral spinal nucleus, Onuf's nucleus, filum terminale). His long-time collaboration with Edward R. Perl and Alan R. Light (Chapel Hill, NC., USA) resulted in several publications dealing with the involvement of the dorsal horn neurons in the transmission and blocking of neuronal impulses leading to pain sensation.