Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
doc. RNDr. Mária Kovalská, PhD.
Document type:
Research/art/teacher profile of a person
The name of the university:
Comenius University Bratislava
The seat of the university:
Šafárikovo námestie 6, 818 06 Bratislava

I. - Basic information

I.1 - Surname
Kovalska
I.2 - Name
Maria
I.3 - Degrees
Assoc. Prof. Dr. rer. nat., PhD.
I.4 - Year of birth
1984
I.5 - Name of the workplace
Department of Histology and Embryology
I.6 - Address of the workplace
JFM CU, Mala Hora 4 , 036 01 Martin, Slovakia
I.7 - Position
Assoc. Prof.
I.8 - E-mail address
maria.kovalska@uniba.sk
I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/5243
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
General Medicine; Dentistry; Midwifery; Nursing; Public Health
I.11 - ORCID iD
0000-0001-6802-5309

II. - Higher education and further qualification growth

II.1 - First degree of higher education
II.2 - Second degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Constantin the Phylosopher University in Nitra
II.b - Year
2008
II.c - Study field and programme
Biology
II.3 - Third degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
JFM CU in Martin
II.b - Year
2012
II.c - Study field and programme
Medical, clinical and pharmaceutical biochemistry
II.4 - Associate professor
II.a - Name of the university or institution
JFM CU in Martin
II.b - Year
2024
II.c - Study field and programme
Anatomy, histology and embryology
II.5 - Professor
II.6 - Doctor of Science (DrSc.)

III. - Current and previous employment

III.a - Occupation-position III.b - Institution III.c - Duration
Asisstant Professor, Department of Histology and embryology JFM CU in Martin 2012-2024
Laboratory Diagnostician Alpha Medical Martin 2013-2015
Asoc. Prof., Department of Histology and embryology JFM CU in Martin 2024-

IV. - Development of pedagogical, professional, language, digital and other skills

V. - Overview of activities within the teaching career at the university

V.1 - Overview of the profile courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes
V.1.a - Name of the profile course V.1.b - Study programme V.1.c - Degree V.1.d - Field of study
Histology and Embryology 1 General Medicine I. + II. General Medicine
Histology and Embryology 2 General Medicine I. + II. General Medicine
Histology and Embryology for Dentistry 1 Dentistry, Dental Medicine I. + II. Dentistry, Dental Medicine
Histology and Embryology for Dentistry 2 Dentistry, Dental Medicine I. + II. Dentistry, Dental Medicine
Histology Nursing I. Nursing
Histology Public Health I. Public Health
Embryology Midwifery I. Midwifery
V.2 - Overview of the responsibility for the delivery, development and quality assurance of the study programme or its part at the university in the current academic year
V.3 - Overview of the responsibility for the development and quality of the field of habilitation procedure and inaugural procedure in the current academic year
V.4 - Overview of supervised final theses
V.4.1 - Number of currently supervised theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
0
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
5
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
0
V.4.2 - Number of defended theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
0
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
11
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
0
V.5 - Overview of other courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes
V.5.a - Name of the course V.5.b - Study programme V.5.c - Degree V.5.d - Field of study
The Elements of Embryology General Medicine I. + II. General Medicine
The Elements of Embryology Dentistry, Dental Medicine I. + II. Dentistry, Dental Medicine

VI. - Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs

VI.1 - Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs and the corresponding citations
VI.1.1 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
221
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
62
VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
34
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
13
VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
498
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
320
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
465
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
302
VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level
VI.1.a - Overall
1
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
1
VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs
1

KOVALSKÁ, Mária KOVALSKÁ, Libuša PAVLÍKOVÁ, Martina JANÍČKOVÁ, Mária MIKUŠKOVÁ, Katarína  ADAMKOV, Marian KAPLÁN, Peter TATARKOVÁ, Zuzana  LEHOTSKÝ, Ján. Intracellular signaling MAPK pathway after cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury. In Neurochemical Research 2012, vol. 37, no. 7, p. 1568-1577. (2012: 2.125 – IF, Q3 – JIF); Citations (76)

2

KOVALSKÁ, Mária KOVALSKÁ, Libuša MIKUŠKOVÁ, Katarína ADAMKOV, Marian TATARKOVÁ, Zuzana LEHOTSKÝ, Ján. P-ERK involvement in the neuroprotection exerted by ischemic preconditioning in rat hippocampus subjected to four vessel occlusion. In Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology 2014, vol. 65, no. 6, p. 767-776. (2014: 2.386 – IF, Q2– JIF); Citations (16)

3

PETRÁŠ, Martin TATARKOVÁ, Zuzana – KOVALSKÁ, Mária – MOKRÁ, Daniela DOBROTA, Dušan LEHOTSKÝ, Ján DRGOVÁ, Anna. Hyperhomocysteinemia as a risk factor for the neuronal system disorders. In Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology 2014, vol. 65, no. 1, p. 15-23. (2014: 2.386 – IF,  Q2 – JIF); Citations (88)

4

KOVALSKÁ, Mária – TÓTHOVÁ, Barbara KOVALSKÁ, Libuša TATARKOVÁ, Zuzana KALENSKÁ, Dagmar TOMAŠCOVÁ, Anna ADAMKOV, Marian LEHOTSKÝ, Ján. Association of Induced Hyperhomocysteinemia with Alzheimer's Disease-Like Neurodegeneration in Rat Cortical Neurons After Global Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury. In Neurochemical Research 2018, vol. 43, no. 9, p. 1766-1778. (2018: 2.782 – IF, Q3 – JIF ; Q1 – Scimago); Citations (20)

5

LEHOTSKÝ, Ján TÓTHOVÁ, Barbara – KOVALSKÁ, Mária DOBROTA, Dušan TOMAŠCOVÁ, Anna KALENSKÁ, Dagmar KAPLÁN, Peter: Role of Homocysteine inthe Ischemic Stroke and Development of Ischemic Tolerance. In Frontiers in Neuroscience 2016, vol. 10, p. 1-16, art. no. 538. (2016: 3.566 – IF, Q2 – JIF); Citations (95)

VI.3 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs over the last six years
1

KOVALSKÁ, Mária – HNILICOVÁ, Petra – KALENSKÁ, Dagmar – TÓTHOVÁ, Barbara – ADAMKOV, Marian – LEHOTSKÝ, Ján. Effect of Methionine Diet on Metabolic and Histopathological Changes of Rat Hippocampus. In International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2019, vol. 20, no. 24, p. 1-16. (2019: 4.556 – IF, Q1 – JIF, Q2 – Scimago); Citations (7)

2

ŽIAKOVÁ, Katarína KOVALSKÁ, Mária CHOMOVÁ, Mária PILCHOVÁ, Ivana TATARKOVÁ, Zuzana KAPLÁN, Peter RAČAY, Peter. Global brain ischemia in rats is associated with mitochondrial release and downregulation of Mfn2 in the cerebral cortex, but not the hippocampus. In International Journal of Molecular Medicine 2019, vol. 43, no. 6, p. 2420-2428. (2019: 3.098 – IF, Q3– JIF, Q1 – Scimago); Citations (18)

3

KOVALSKÁ, Mária – HNILICOVÁ, Petra KALENSKÁ, Dagmar TOMAŠCOVÁ, Anna ADAMKOV, Marian LEHOTSKÝ, Ján: Effect of Methionine Diet onTime-Related Metabolic and Histopathological Changes of Rat Hippocampus in the Model of Global Brain Ischemia. In Biomolecules, 2020, vol. 10, no. 8, p. 1-21. (2020: 4.879 – IF, Q2 – JIF, Q2 – Scimago); Citations (8)

4

KOVALSKÁ, Mária – BARANOVIČOVÁ, Eva KALENSKÁ, Dagmar  TOMAŠCOVÁ, Anna ADAMKOV, Marian KOVALSKÁ, Libuša LEHOTSKÝ, Ján: Methionine Diet Evoked Hyperhomocysteinemia Causes Hippocampal Alterations, Metabolomics Plasma Changes and Behavioral Pattern in Wild Type Rats. In IJMS, 2021, vol. 22, no. 9, p. 1-15. (2021: 6.208 – IF, Q1 – JIF, Q1 – Scimago); Citations (9)

5

KOVALSKA, Maria HNILICOVA, Petra KALENSKA, Dagmar ADAMKOV, Marian KOVALSKA, Libusa  LEHOTSKY, Jan. Alzheimer's Disease-like Pathological Features in the Dorsal Hippocampus of Wild-Type Rats Subjected to Methionine-Diet-Evoked Mild Hyperhomocysteinaemia. In Cells 2023, vol. 12, no.16, p. 1-21, art. no 2087. (2023: 5.1 – IF, Q2– JIF, Q1 – Scimago); Citations (2)

VI.4 - The most significant citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
1

KOVALSKÁ, Mária – KOVALSKÁ, Libuša – PAVLÍKOVÁ, Martina – JANÍČKOVÁ, Mária – MIKUŠKOVÁ, Katarína – ADAMKOV, Marian – KAPLÁN, Peter – TATARKOVÁ, Zuzana – LEHOTSKÝ, Ján. Intracellular signaling MAPK pathway after cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury. In Neurochemical Research 2012, vol. 37, no. 7, p. 1568-1577. (2012: 2.125 – IF, Q3 – JIF); Ohlasy (76). Cited in: 2024 [01/20] / FRA – Wang, Yuqi – Wang, Shuhui – Wang, Yanhang – Gao, Peng – Wang, Le – Wang, Qiqi – Zhang, Yun – Liu, Kechun – Xia, Qing – Tu, Pengfei. The natural compound sinometumine E derived from Corydalis decumbens promotes angiogenesis by regulating HIF-1/ VEGF pathway in vivo and in vitro. In Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy. Paris: Elsevier, 2024, no. 178, art. no. 117113 – SCO (2024: 6.9 – IF, Q1 – JIF).

2

PETRÁŠ, Martin – TATARKOVÁ, Zuzana – KOVALSKÁ, Mária – MOKRÁ, Daniela – DOBROTA, Dušan – LEHOTSKÝ, Ján – DRGOVÁ, Anna. Hyperhomocysteinemia as a risk factor for the neuronal system disorders. In Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology 2014, vol. 65, no. 1, p. 15-23. (2014: 2.386 – IF,  Q2 – JIF). Ohlasy (88). Cited in: 2024 [01/20] / USA – Li, Xiaozhong – Zhou, Zheng – Tao, Yu – He, Lei – Zhan, Fenfang – Li, Juxiang. Linking homocysteine and ferroptosis in cardiovascular disease: insights and implications. In Apoptosis: An International Journal on Programmed Cell Death. New York: Springer Nature. Springer International Publishing AG, 2024, vol. 29, p. 1944-1958 – SCO; CCC; WOS CC; SCIE (2024: 5.561 – IF, Q1 – JIF).

3

KOVALSKÁ, Mária – TÓTHOVÁ, Barbara – KOVALSKÁ, Libuša – TATARKOVÁ, Zuzana – KALENSKÁ, Dagmar – TOMAŠCOVÁ, Anna – ADAMKOV, Marian – LEHOTSKÝ, Ján. Association of Induced Hyperhomocysteinemia with Alzheimer's Disease-Like Neurodegeneration in Rat Cortical Neurons After Global Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury. In Neurochemical Research 2018, vol. 43, no. 9, p. 1766-1778. (2018: 2.782 – IF, Q3 – JIF; Q1 – Scimago). Ohlasy (20). Cited in: 2021 [01/20] / CHE – Pluta, Ryszard – Czuczwar, Stanisław Jerzy – Januszewski, Sławomir – Jabłoński, Mirosław. The many faces of post-ischemic tau protein in brain neurodegeneration of the Alzheimer’s disease type. In Cells. Bazilej: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2021, vol. 10, no. 9, art. no. 2213 – SCO; WOS CC; SCIE (2021: 7.666 – IF, Q1 – JIF).

4

KOVALSKÁ, Mária – HNILICOVÁ, Petra – KALENSKÁ, Dagmar – TOMAŠCOVÁ, Anna – ADAMKOV, Marian – LEHOTSKÝ, Ján: Effect of Methionine Diet onTime-Related Metabolic and Histopathological Changes of Rat Hippocampus in the Model of Global Brain Ischemia. In Biomolecules, 2020, vol. 10, no. 8, p. 1-21. (2020: 4.879 – IF, Q2 – JIF, Q2 – Scimago). Ohlasy (8). Cited in: 2021 [01/12] / CHE – Nieraad, Hendrik – Pannwitz, Nina – de Bruin, Natasja – Geisslinger, Gerd – Till, Uwe. Hyperhomocysteinemia: Metabolic role and animal studies with a focus on cognitive performance and decline—a review. In Biomolecules. Basel: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2021, vol. 11, no. 10, art. no. 1546 – SCO; WOS CC; SCIE (2021: 4.231 – IF, Q2 – JIF).

5

KOVALSKÁ, Mária – BARANOVIČOVÁ, Eva – KALENSKÁ, Dagmar – TOMAŠCOVÁ, Anna – ADAMKOV, Marian – KOVALSKÁ, Libuša – LEHOTSKÝ, Ján: Methionine Diet Evoked Hyperhomocysteinemia Causes Hippocampal Alterations, Metabolomics Plasma Changes and Behavioral Pattern in Wild Type Rats. In IJMS, 2021, vol. 22, no. 9, p. 1-15. (2021: 6.208 – IF, Q1 – JIF, Q1 – Scimago). Ohlasy (9). Cited in: 2022 [01/20] / CHE – Pluta, Ryszard. Ischemic Brain Neurodegeneration. In International journal of molecular sciences. Bazilej: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2022, vol. 23, no. 12, art. no. 6441, p.1422-0067 – WOS CC; CCC; SCO (2022: 5.6 – IF, Q1– JIF).

VI.5 - Participation in conducting (leading) the most important research projects or art projects over the last six years
1

VEGA 1/0229/15: Study of the association of induced hyperhomocysteinemia with the progression of neurodegenerative changes under experimental conditions (Responsible Researcher) 2015-2017: Despite of intensive research, whether in clinical or experimental medicine, it is not entirely clear whether hHcy can be considered a risk factor for AD. A better understanding of the nature of the mechanisms involved in stroke in association with hHcy could in the future help to streamline postoperative therapy in connection with neurodegenerative changes in the brain as well as the development of AD-type dementia.

https://www.jfmed.uniba.sk/fileadmin/jlf/Dekanat/Sekretariat/Vyrocne_spravy_o_cinnosti/3._Vyrocna_sprava_o_cinnosti_2016_-_komplet.pdf

2

VEGA 1/0171/18: Influence of induced hyperhomocysteinemia on progression of neuropathological changes with Alzheimer-like features in the experimental model (Responsible Researcher). 2018-2022: The clinical significance of hHcy in the development of stroke and in the prediction of mortality and the development of neurodegeneration has been demonstrated in many studies. In spite of mentioned above, the exact role of hHcy as a independent risk factor for AD is not clear. Elucidation of those mechanisms in ischemic brain a as well as in other key organs could in the future contribute to the streamlining of therapy resp. prevention in patients after ischemic stroke in connection with a disorder of essential amino acid metabolism (as for e.g. hHcy) as well as in the development of cerebrovascular dementia or AD-type dementia.

https://www.jfmed.uniba.sk/fileadmin/jlf/Dekanat/Sekretariat/Vyrocne_spravy_o_cinnosti/1_KONECNA_VERZIA_Vyrocna_sprava_o_cinnosti_2019.pdf

3

VEGA 1/0192/22: Induced hyperhomocysteinemia and its influence on the development of metabolic and neuro histopathological changes in an experimental model of cerebral ischemia (Responsible Researcher). 2022-2024: Metabolic disorders caused by improper diet represent a severe risk factor for the occurrence and development of stroke and subsequent neurodegeneration. Deepening the knowledge about the mechanisms taking place in critical tissues during ischemia and after reperfusion in hyperhomocysteinemic conditions could contribute to a better understanding of the pathomechanism of development, cause, potential prevention or improving the effectiveness of therapy in patients after cerebral ischemia in connection with a disorder of the metabolism of essential amino acids as well as in the development of cerebrovascular dementia, which is a frequent and little-researched condition in clinical practice.

Hodnotiaca_sprava_o_urovni_VVC_2022_VR_JLF_UK.pdf (uniba.sk)

VII. - Overview of organizational experience related to higher education and research/artistic/other activities

VIII. - Overview of international mobilities and visits oriented on education and research/artistic/other activities in the given field of study

IX. - Other relevant facts

IX.a - If relevant, other activities related to higher education or research/artistic/other activities are mentioned

Membership in the Slovak Medical Society SLS and Martin SLMT since 2011

Membership in the SAS anatomical society since 2011

Membership in the neurological society SNeS since 2011

Membership in the Society of Pathologists SSP since 2014

Date of last update
2025-02-19