Slađana Dronjak Čučaković

E-mail: sladj@vinca.rs
Phone: +381 11 3408 688
ORCID: 0000-0002-4334-8002

  • PhD: Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, 1999.
    Title: "Dejstvo različitih stresora na simpato-adrenalni sistem kod pacova prethodno izlaganih dugotrajnom stresu"

    MSc: Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, 1994.
    Title: "Uloga Locus coeruleusa u promenama koncentracije noradrenalina i adrenalina u plazmi kod normotenzivnih i spontano-hipertenzivnih pacova izloženih omobilizacijskom stresu"

    BSc: Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, 1988.
    Title: "Efekat stresa i deksametazona na količinu askorbinske kiseline u hipofizi i nadbubrežnim žlezdama pacova"

     

    Professional training

    1998-1999; 2001; 2002-The Institute of Experimental Endocrinology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia.

  • Research fields

    physiology, neuroendocrinology, neuropharmacology

    Selected publications

    1. Dronjak S, J.Nikolić, V.Varagić. Effect of immobilization on catecholamines stores in some central and peripheral tissues of the normotensive and spontaneously hypertensive rats. In Stress: Catecholamine and other Neurotranmitters. (R.Kvetnanksy, R.McCarty and J.Axlrod,eds). pp. 353-363. Gordon and Breach Sciences Publisher S.A., New York 1996.
    2. Dronjak, S., Jezova, D., Kvetnansky, R. Different effects of novel stressors on sympathoadrenal system activation in rats exposed to long-term immobilization. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1018, 113-123, 2004.
    3. Stefanović B., Spasojević N., Jovanović P., Jasnic N., Djordjevic J., Dronjak S. Melatonin mediated antidepressant-like effect in the hippocampus of chronic stressed-induced depression rats: Regulating vesicular monoamine transporter 2 and monoamine oxidase A levels. European Neuropsychopharmacology, 26: 1629-1637, 2016.
    4. Jovanovic P, Spasojevic N, Puskas N, Stefanovic B, Dronjak S. Oxytocin modulates the expression of norepinephrine transporter, β 3-adrenoceptors and muscarinic M 2 receptors in the hearts of socially isolated rats. Peptides, 111: 132-141, 2019.
    5. Jankovic M, Spasojevic N, Ferizovic H, Stefanovic B, Dronjak S. Inhibition of the fatty acid amide hydrolase changes behaviors and brain catecholamines in a sex-specific manner in rats exposed to chronic unpredictable stress. Physiology&Behavior, 227:113174, 2020.