Dr. Eleni Konsolaki
Assistant Professor and Assistant Chair of the Psychology Department at Deree - The American College of Greece
CONTACT INFO
EDUCATION
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
PhD in Neuroscience
2009 – 2013
Athens University of Economics and Business
MSc in Statistics
2007 – 2009
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
MSc in Cognitive Science
2005 – 2007
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
BSc in Psychology
2000 – 2004
Dr. Eleni Konsolaki is Assistant Professor and Assistant Chair of the Psychology Department at Deree-The American College of Greece. She obtained her BSc in Psychology and MSc in Cognitive Science from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. She completed her second MSc in Statistics at the Athens University of Economics and Business and obtained her PhD in Neuroscience from the Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens (BRFAA) in collaboration with National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. She continued her post-doctoral neuroscience studies at BRFAA and worked at the Sotiria General Hospital. Her research work, which has been supported by Onassis and Propondis Foundations, the Foundation for Education and European Culture, and the State Scholarships Foundation (IKY), has been published in peer-reviewed journals and awarded by the University of Athens. Recently, she has collaborated with Tziola Publications for the translation of the book Biopsychology by Pinel and Barnes in the Greek language.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Dr. Konsolaki’s research interests lie in the field of cognitive and behavioral neuroscience, with emphasis on the role of the cholinergic system. Her work can be divided into three categories: (a) the role of the cholinergic system in cognitive function, (b) the role of the cholinergic system in motor function, and (c) approaches to studying mental health in the general population.
Publications
PUBLICATIONS/REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES
(a) The role of the brain cholinergic system in cognitive function
- Chalkea ZS, Papavranoussi-Daponte D, Polissidis A, Kampisioulis M, Pagaki-Skaliora M, Konsolaki E, Skaliora I. (2023) Fear Conditioning by Proxy: The Role of High Affinity Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors. Int J Mol Sci. 24(20):15143.
Impact factor: 4.9
- Sigalas C, Konsolaki E, Skaliora I (2017), Sex differences in endogenous cortical network activity: spontaneously recurring up/down states, Biology of sex differences, 8:21.
Impact factor: 4.03
- Konsolaki E*, Tsakanikas P, Polissidis V-A, Skaliora I (2016). Early signs of pathological cognitive aging in mice lacking high-affinity nicotinic receptors. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 8: 1-13.
Impact factor: 4.348
*Corresponding author
- Konsolaki E, Skaliora I (2015). Motor vs. cognitive elements of apparent “hyperlocomotion”: a conceptual and experimental clarification PNAS, 112(1): E3-4.
Impact factor: 9.423
- Konsolaki E, Skaliora I (2015): Premature aging phenotype in mice lacking high affinity nicotinic receptors: region specific changes in layer V pyramidal cell morphology, Cerebral Cortex, 25(8): 2138-2148.
Impact factor: 8.285
(b) The role of the spinal cord cholinergic system in motor function
- Konsolaki E., Koropouli E., Tsape E., Pothakos K., Zagoraiou L. (2020). Genetic Inactivation of Cholinergic C Bouton Output Improves Motor Performance but not Survival in a Mouse Model of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Neuroscience, 450:71-80.
- Mina M., Konsolaki E., Zagoraiou L. (2018) Translational Research on Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS): The Preclinical SOD1 Mouse Model. J Transl Neurosci 3:9.
(c) Approaches to study mental health in the general population
- Ekonomou A, Konsolaki E, Kalsi A., Psychountaki M (2024), The Beck Depression Inventory-II in Community-Dwelling Middle-Aged and Older Greeks: Factor Structure and Demographic Associations. Sage Open, 14: 2.
- Tselembis, A., Bratis D., Konsolaki E., Roubi A., Anagnostopoulou M., Giotakis K. & Pachi A. (2021) Psychopathology and car accidents. Encephalos, 58, 67-87.
- Tselebis A, Bratis D., Konsolaki E., Roubi A, Baras S, Vouraki G, Giotakis K, Pachi A. (2020). Neurobiological approach to paranoid spectrum disorders. Encephalos 57: 12-36.
- Babatsikou F, Konsolaki E, Notara V, Kouri M, Zyga S, Koutis C (2017) Depression in the Elderly: A Descriptive Study of Urban and Semi-Urban Greek Population. International Journal of Caring Sciences, 10:3, 1286-1295.
- Roussakou E, Babatsikou F, Konsolaki E, Zisimopoulos A, Chaidoutis Elias, Koutis C (2017) Economic crisis affects modern Greek house conditions: maintenance and heating deterioration. Rostrum of Asclepius, 16:3.
- Kostomitsopoulos N, Alexakos P, Konsolaki E, Doulou A, Paschidis K, Baumans V (2012): The effects of different types of individually ventilated caging systems on growing male mice, Lab Anim (NY), 41(7): 192-197.
Impact factor: 0.742
