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Prof. Jiří Horáček, M.D., Ph.D. is a Professor of Psychiatry at the 3rd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic. He holds a degree in psychiatry and psychotherapy. He is currently the Deputy Director of the National Institute of Mental Health, Czech Rep..

Prof. Jiří Horáček has been actively involved in 40 scientific research projects. His research activities involve the use of brain imaging (PET, fMRI and qEEG) in the fields of schizophrenia, depression and OCD, psychiatric genetics and the animal modeling of mental disorders. He is both the editor of several books and the author of more than 100 scientific articles. Prof. Jiří Horáček has received several national and international psychiatric awards from the International Pharmaco-EEG Society (Werner Hermann Memorial Award), the Czech Neuropsychopharmacological Society and ECNS-ISNIP. In his productive career he has been awarded the Senior Research Fellow of the Bedfordshire CMHR in associatin with the University of Cambridge. He is also the President of the Czech Neuropsychopharmacological Society (2015-2017).

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Employment (2)

National Institute of Mental Health: Klecany, CZ

2015-01-01 to present
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Národní ústav duševního zdraví: Klecany, Středočeský, CZ

2015-01-01 to present
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Education and qualifications (5)

Profesor of Psychiatry, Charles University, Prague: Prague, CZ

2009-09-18 to present | Prof. (3rd Medical Faculty of Charles University )
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Associated Professor of Psychiatry, Charles University, Prague : Prague, CZ

2004-10-01 to 2009-09-18 | Associated Professor of Psychiatry (3rd Medical Faculty of Charles University )
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Czech and EU Board of Psychiatry, ILF: Prague, CZ

1994 to 1997 | 1st degree: 1994, 2ndt degree (EU) : 1997 (Psychiatry, ILF)
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Postdoctoral studies for Ph.D. in Neuroscience, Charles University: Prague, CZ

1992 to 1996 | Ph.D. (Neuroscience)
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Medical Faculty of Charles University in Plzen: Plzen, CZ

1985 to 1991 | M.D. (Medical Faculty)
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Professional activities (2)

"Senior Research Fellow" of the Bedfordshire CMHR in association with the University of Cambridge: Cambridge , CZ

2009 to present | Senior Research Fellow (University of Cambridge and Bedfordshire CMHR )
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President, Czech Neuropsychopharmacological Society : Prague, CZ

2007 to 2009 | President
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Works (50 of 153)

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Beliefs in Misinformation About COVID-19 and the Russian Invasion of Ukraine Are Linked: Evidence From a Nationally Representative Survey Study

JMIR Infodemiology
2025-03-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Dominika Grygarová; Marek Havlík; Petr Adámek; Jiří Horáček; Veronika Juríčková; Jaroslav Hlinka; Ladislav Kesner
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Unsupervised Approach for Electric Signal Separation in Gnathonemus petersii: Linking Behavior and Electrocommunication

2025-03-07 | Preprint
Contributors: Ivana Chrtkova; Vlastimil Koudelka; Veronika Langova; Jan Hubeny; Petra Horka; Karel Vales; Roman Cmejla; Jiri Horacek
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Impact of media-induced uncertainty on mental health (Preprint)

2024-11-11 | Preprint
Contributors: Ladislav Kesner; Veronika Juríčková; Dominika Grygarová; Jiří Horáček
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Impact of media-induced uncertainty on mental health: Narrative review (Preprint)

JMIR Mental Health
2024-11-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Ladislav Kesner; Veronika Juríčková; Dominika Grygarová; Jiří Horáček
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Resting-state hyper- and hypo-connectivity in early schizophrenia: which tip of the iceberg should we focus on?

2024-09-20 | Preprint
Contributors: David Tomecek; Marian Kolenic; Barbora Rehak Buckova; Jaroslav Tintera; Filip Spaniel; Jiri Horacek; Jaroslav Hlinka
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Behavioral pharmacology of mescaline - the role of serotonin 5-HT2A, 5-HT2B, 5-HT2C and 5-HT1A receptors

2024-08-29 | Preprint
Contributors: Lucie Olejníková-Ladislavová; Michaela Fujáková-Lipski; Klára Šíchová; Hynek Danda; Kateřina Syrová; Jiří Horáček; Tomáš Páleníček
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Beliefs in Misinformation About COVID-19 and the Russian Invasion of Ukraine Are Linked: Evidence From a Nationally Representative Survey Study (Preprint)

2024-06-04 | Preprint
Contributors: Dominika Grygarová; Marek Havlík; Petr Adámek; Jiří Horáček; Veronika Juríčková; Jaroslav Hlinka; Ladislav Kesner
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EEG alpha reactivity on eyes opening discriminates patients with schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder

Clinical Neurophysiology
2024-05 | Journal article
Contributors: Zhanna Garakh; Ekaterina Larionova; Alexander Shmukler; Jiří Horáček; Yuliya Zaytseva
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Deviation from typical brain activity during naturalistic stimulation is related to personality traits

2024-04-24 | Preprint
Contributors: Lucia Jajcay; David Tomeček; Renáta Androvičová; Iveta Fajnerová; Filip Děchtěrenko; Jan Rydlo; Jaroslav Tintěra; Jiří Lukavský; Jiří Horáček; Jaroslav Hlinka
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Psilocybin intoxication did not affect daytime or sleep-related declarative memory consolidation in a small sample exploratory analysis

European Neuropsychopharmacology
2023-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Marek Nikolič; Vojtěch Viktorin; Peter Zach; Filip Tylš; Daniela Dudysová; Karolína Janků; Jana Kopřivová; Martin Kuchař; Martin Brunovský; Jiří Horáček et al.
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Several reasons why ketamine as a neuroplastic agent may have failed to prevent postoperative delirium: Implications for future protocols

Neuroscience Letters
2023-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Jiri Horacek; Robert Janda; Natalie Görnerova; Lucia Jajcay; Veronika Andrashko
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Early-stage visual perception impairment in schizophrenia, bottom-up and back again

SCHIZOPHRENIA
2022 | Journal article
Contributors: Adamek, Petr; Langova, Veronika; Horacek, Jiri
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Global Adversities, the Media, and Mental Health

Frontiers in Psychiatry
2022 | Journal article
Contributors: Kesner, Ladislav; Horacek, Jiri
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Human brain structural connectivity matrices–ready for modelling

Scientific Data
2022-08-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Antonín Škoch; Barbora Rehák Bučková; Jan Mareš; Jaroslav Tintěra; Pavel Sanda; Lucia Jajcay; Jiří Horáček; Filip Španiel; Jaroslav Hlinka
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Impact of a Long Lockdown on Mental Health and the Role of Media Use: Web-Based Survey Study

JMIR Mental Health
2022-06-28 | Journal article
Contributors: Dominika Grygarová; Petr Adámek; Veronika Juríčková; Jiří Horáček; Eduard Bakštein; Iveta Fajnerová; Ladislav Kesner
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Brain Functional Connectivity Asymmetry: Left Hemisphere Is More Modular

Symmetry
2022-04-18 | Journal article
Contributors: Lucia Jajcay; David Tomeček; Jiří Horáček; Filip Španiel; Jaroslav Hlinka
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Does Psychedelic Therapy Have a Transdiagnostic Action and Prophylactic Potential?

Frontiers in Psychiatry
2021 | Journal article
Contributors: Kocarova, Rita; Horacek, Jiri; Carhart-Harris, Robin
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Evidence for the Association between the Intronic Haplotypes of Ionotropic Glutamate Receptors and First-Episode Schizophrenia

Journal of Personalized Medicine
2021 | Journal article
Contributors: Hirschfeldova, Katerina; Cerny, Jiri; Bozikova, Paulina; Kuchtiak, Viktor; Rausch, Tobias; Benes, Vladimir; Spaniel, Filip; Gregus, David; Horacek, Jiri; Vyklicky, Ladislav et al.
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Is short-term memory capacity (7±2) really predicted by theta to gamma cycle length ratio?

Behavioural Brain Research
2021 | Journal article
Contributors: Maleninska, Kristyna; Rudolfova, Veronika; Sulcova, Katerina; Koudelka, Vlastimil; Brunovsky, Martin; Horacek, Jiri; Nekovarova, Tereza
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Modulating Inhibitory Control Processes Using Individualized High Definition Theta Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation (HD θ-tACS) of the Anterior Cingulate and Medial Prefrontal Cortex

Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience
2021 | Journal article
Contributors: Klirova, Monika; Vorackova, Veronika; Horacek, Jiri; Mohr, Pavel; Jonas, Juraj; Dudysova, Daniela Urbaczka; Kostylkova, Lenka; Fayette, Dan; Krejcova, Lucie; Baumann, Silvie et al.
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Predictive value of heart rate in treatment of major depression with ketamine in two controlled trials

Clinical Neurophysiology
2021 | Journal article
Contributors: Meyer, Torsten; Brunovsky, Martin; Horacek, Jiri; Novak, Tomas; Andrashko, Veronika; Seifritz, Erich; Olbrich, Sebastian
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The Ups and Downs of BACE1: Walking a Fine Line between Neurocognitive and Other Psychiatric Symptoms of Alzheimer's Disease

The Neuroscientist
2021 | Journal article
Contributors: Ovsepian, Saak, V; Horacek, Jiri; O'Leary, Valerie B.; Hoschl, Cyril
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Impact of a Long Lockdown on Mental Health and the Role of Media Use: Web-Based Survey Study (Preprint)

2021-12-29 | Preprint
Contributors: Dominika Grygarová; Petr Adámek; Veronika Juríčková; Jiří Horáček; Eduard Bakštein; Iveta Fajnerová; Ladislav Kesner
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Conscious experience and where to find it

Ceskoslovenska Psychologie
2020 | Journal article
Contributors: Havlik, Marek; Horacek, Jiri
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Decreasing Incidence of the Anencephaly in the Czech Republic: Long-Term Population-Based Study

Birth Defects Research
2020 | Journal article
Contributors: Sipek Sr, A.; Gregor, V; Horacek, J.; Klaschka, J.; Maly, M.; Sipek Jr, A.
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Effects of adipokinetic hormone/red pigment-concentrating hormone family of peptides in olfactory bulbectomy model and posttraumatic stress disorder model of rats

Peptides
2020 | Journal article
Contributors: Mutlu, Oguz; Kurtas, Omer; Kleteckova, Lenka; Pinterova, Nikola; Holubova, Kristina; Horacek, Jiri; Hoschl, Cyril; Uygun, Ibrahim; Rodriguez, Daniel Bermejo; Kacer, David et al.
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Functional Connectivity Changes in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Correspond to Interference Control and Obsessions Severity

Frontiers in Neurology
2020 | Journal article
Contributors: Fajnerova, Iveta; Gregus, David; Francova, Anna; Noskova, Eliska; Koprivova, Jana; Stopkova, Pavla; Hlinka, Jaroslav; Horacek, Jiri
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Fusiform Activity Distinguishes Between Subjects With Low and High Xenophobic Attitudes Toward Refugees

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
2020 | Journal article
Contributors: Kesner, Ladislav; Fajnerova, Iveta; Adamek, Petr; Buchtik, Martin; Grygarova, Dominika; Hlinka, Jaroslav; Kozelka, Pavel; Nekovarova, Tereza; Spaniel, Filip; Tintera, Jaroslav et al.
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Negative Effects of Latent Toxoplasmosis on Mental Health

Frontiers in Psychiatry
2020 | Journal article
Contributors: Flegr, Jaroslav; Horacek, Jiri
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OFFSPRING OF PARENTS WITH BIPOLAR DISORDER ARE CHARACTERIZED BY PSYCHOPATHOLOGICAL AND NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL BUT NOT NEUROCOGNITIVE ABERRATIONS

Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
2020 | Journal article
Contributors: Brunovsky, Martin; Horacek, Jiri; Viktorinova, Michaela; Sebela, Antonin; Kalina, Adam; Mohaplova, Marketa; Goetz, Michal
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Personality reflection in the brain's intrinsic functional architecture remains elusive

Plos One
2020 | Journal article
Contributors: Tomecek, David; Androvicova, Renata; Fajnerova, Iveta; Dechterenko, Filip; Rydlo, Jan; Horacek, Jiri; Lukavsky, Jiri; Tintera, Jaroslav; Hlinka, Jaroslav
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The Antidepressant Effect of Ketamine Is Dampened by Concomitant Benzodiazepine Medication

Frontiers in Psychiatry
2020 | Journal article
Contributors: Andrashko, Veronika; Novak, Tomas; Brunovsky, Martin; Klirova, Monika; Sos, Peter; Horacek, Jiri
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The Effects of Daytime Psilocybin Administration on Sleep: Implications for Antidepressant Action

Frontiers in Pharmacology
2020 | Journal article
Contributors: Dudysova, Daniela; Janku, Karolina; Smotek, Michal; Saifutdinova, Elizaveta; Koprivova, Jana; Buskova, Jitka; Mander, Bryce Anthony; Brunovsky, Martin; Zach, Peter; Korcak, Jakub et al.
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The Role of Zebrafish and Laboratory Rodents in Schizophrenia Research

Frontiers in Psychiatry
2020 | Journal article
Contributors: Langova, Veronika; Vales, Karel; Horka, Petra; Horacek, Jiri
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Three challenges that the COVID-19 pandemic represents for psychiatry

The British Journal of Psychiatry
2020 | Journal article
Contributors: Kesner, Ladislav; Horacek, Jiri
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Simultaneous fMRI-EEG-Based Characterisation of NREM Parasomnia Disease: Methods and Limitations

Diagnostics
2020-12-14 | Journal article
Contributors: Marek Piorecky; Vlastimil Koudelka; Eva Miletinova; Jitka Buskova; Jan Strobl; Jiri Horacek; Martin Brunovsky; Stanislav Jiricek; Jaroslav Hlinka; David Tomecek et al.
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Antidepressant effect of adipokinetic hormone/red pigment-concentrating hormone family of peptides in olfactory bulbectomy model of rats

European Neuropsychopharmacology
2019 | Journal article
Contributors: Mutlu, O.; Kleteckova, L.; Horacek, J.; Holubova, K.; Palenicek, T.; Ulak, G.; Hoschl, C.; Vales, K.
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Augmentation therapy of <i>N</i>-acetylcysteine for OCD: A meta-analysis of double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trials

Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders
2019 | Journal article
Contributors: Noskova, Eliska; Stopkova, Pavia; Horacek, Jiri; Sebela, Antonin
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Cannabis-induced altered states of consciousness are associated with specific dynamic brain connectivity states

Journal of Psychopharmacology
2019 | Journal article
Contributors: Zaytseva, Yuliya; Horacek, Jiri; Hlinka, Jaroslav; Fajnerova, Iveta; Androvicova, Renata; Tintera, Jaroslav; Salvi, Virginio; Balikova, Marie; Hlozek, Tomas; Spaniel, Filip et al.
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Concurrent benzodiazepines undermine the antidepressant effect of ketamine

European Neuropsychopharmacology
2019 | Journal article
Contributors: Andrashko, V.; Novak, T.; Horacek, J.; Klirova, M.; Brunovsky, M.
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Different effects of adipokinetic hormone/red pigment-concentrating hormone family of peptides in posttraumatic stress disorder model of rats

European Neuropsychopharmacology
2019 | Journal article
Contributors: Mutlu, O.; Cerit, C.; Pinterova, N.; Horacek, J.; Akar, F.; Palenicek, T.; Hoschl, C.; Vales, K.
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Effects of adipokinetic hormone/red pigment-concentrating hormone family of peptides on MK-801 induced schizophrenia models in rats

European Neuropsychopharmacology
2019 | Journal article
Contributors: Mutlu, O.; Palenicek, T.; Pinterova, N.; Sichova, K.; Horacek, J.; Holubova, K.; Hoschl, C.; Stuchlik, A.; Erden, F.; Vales, K.
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Monitoring of kynurenine pathway metabolites, neurotransmitters and their metabolites in blood plasma and brain tissue of individuals with latent toxoplasmosis

Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis
2019 | Journal article
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Resonance cross-section formula for low-energy elastic scattering

Physical Review A
2019 | Journal article
Contributors: Horacek, J.
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Neural and neuronal discoordination in schizophrenia: From ensembles through networks to symptoms

Acta Physiologica
2019-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Branislav Krajcovic; Iveta Fajnerova; Jiri Horacek; Eduard Kelemen; Stepan Kubik; Jan Svoboda; Ales Stuchlik
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Intrinsic Rivalry. Can White Bears Help Us With the Other Side of Consciousness?

Frontiers in Psychology
2019-05-10 | Journal article
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Benzodiazepine Concomitant Medication Attenuates Antidepressant Effect of Ketamine

Neuropsychopharmacology
2018 | Journal article
Contributors: Horacek, Jiri; Andrashko, Veronika; Novak, Tomas; Klirova, Monika; Brunovsky, Martin
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Could Prolonged Usage of GPS Navigation Implemented in Augmented Reality Smart Glasses Affect Hippocampal Functional Connectivity?

BioMed research international
2018 | Journal article
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Do Personality Features Influence Our Intuitions of the Mind-Body Problem? A Pilot Study.

Frontiers in psychology
2018 | Journal article
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EEG coherence in a mental arithmetic task performance in first episode schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder

Clinical Neurophysiology
2018 | Journal article
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