Journal of Mental Health Research and Innovation

Dr. Mark J Hunt is an Assistant Professor at the Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland. He obtained his Ph.D. from Trinity College, University of Cambridge, UK, in 2003. His research focuses on abnormal high-frequency oscillations, neural circuitry, schizophrenia models, ketamine-induced brain rhythms, and neuropsychopharmacology. He has led and supervised multiple national and international neuroscience research projects funded through OPUS and PRELUDIUM grants. Dr. Hunt has extensive experience mentoring MSc and PhD students and serves as a reviewer for leading neuroscience and psychopharmacology journals. He is also co-founder of eCORRECTOR, supporting academic writing and language editing services for researchers and journals.

• Neuropharmacology
• Schizophrenia Models
• NMDA Receptor Hypofunction
• High-Frequency Brain Oscillations
• Ketamine-Induced Neural Activity
• Olfactory Bulb Circuitry

• Principal Investigator of multiple OPUS and PRELUDIUM funded neuroscience projects
• Reviewer for journals including Schizophrenia Bulletin, Neuropsychopharmacology, Cerebral Cortex, and Frontiers in Neuroscience
• Speaker at international neuroscience and psychopharmacology conferences
• Mentor and supervisor for PhD and MSc students
• Organizer of scientific writing workshops and academic mentoring programs
• Co-founder of eCORRECTOR academic editing service

• Wróbel J, and Hunt MJ. High frequency oscillations in the mammalian brain after ketamine and other NMDA receptor antagonists. Journal of Psychopharmacology, 2025.
• Wróbel J, Wójcik DK, Hunt MJ. D2 receptor activation modulates NMDA receptor antagonist-enhanced high-frequency oscillations in the olfactory bulb of freely moving rats. Psychopharmacology, 2025.
• Hunt MJ et al. The olfactory bulb is a source of high-frequency oscillations associated with a subanesthetic dose of ketamine in rodents. Neuropsychopharmacology, 2019.
• Hunt MJ, Kopell NJ, Traub RD, Whittington MA. Aberrant Network Activity in Schizophrenia. Trends in Neurosciences, 2017.
• Hunt MJ, Garcia R. Ketamine induces high-frequency oscillations in the nucleus accumbens in freely moving rats. Biological Psychiatry, 2006.
• Jurkiewicz GJ, Hunt MJ, Żygierewicz J. Addressing Pitfalls in Phase-Amplitude Coupling Analysis with an Extended Modulation Index Toolbox. Neuroinformatics, 2021.
• Średniawa W et al. Network and synaptic mechanisms underlying high frequency oscillations in the rat and cat olfactory bulb under ketamine-xylazine anesthesia. Scientific Reports, 2021.
• Hunt MJ, Kasicki S. A systematic review of the effects of NMDA receptor antagonists on oscillatory activity recorded in vivo. Journal of Psychopharmacology, 2013.