Main areas of research:

Cognitive neuroscience
Physiology of behavior

Interests/keywords:

steroid hormones, brain development, cognitive performances, behavior

Current title/position:

Ph.D. / Biology teacher

Current affiliation/employer:

National College Nicolae Balcescu

Collaborators:

University "Alexandru I. Cuza", Iasi, Romania
The Dana Foundation, USA
EMBL, Germany
Professor Norbert Myslinski, USA
Professor Howard Eichenbaum, USA
Professor Garry Dohanich, USA

PhD Advisor and University:

Professor Vasile Hefco, Professor Vlad Artenie, University, Alexandru I. Cuza, Iasi

Publications:

Gurzu C., The role of steroid hormones in brain development and visuospatial processing on adolescence. In Spatial Memory: Visuospatial Processes, Cognitive Performance and Developmental Effects, 2010, Nova publishers, USA;

Gurzu, C, Artenie V., Hritcu L., Ciobica A., Prenatal testosterone improves the spatial learning and memory by protein synthesis in different lobes of the brain in the male and female rat. Central European Journal of Biology, 2008, vol.3 (1), 39-47;

Gurzu C., The role of steroid hormones in learning and memory, Annals of University “Al.I.Cuza” Iasi, Molecular Biology and Genetics series, 2006, vol. 11 (1), 95;

Gurzu C., The role of limbic system in learning and memory, Edmunt Publishing House, Romania, 2005, ISBN: 973-7976-16-9.