Spinal epidural abscess caused by brucellosis. Two case reportsOzkan Ates
Department of Neurosurgery, Inonu University School of Medicine, Malatya, Turkey
Neurol Med Chir (Tokyo) 45:66-70. 2005
..Magnetic resonance imaging should be performed periodically in patients with brucellosis and suspected vertebral involvement to monitor for epidural granuloma formation and prevent extradural cord compression...
- Central nervous system protection by resveratrol in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats
Ozkan Ates
Inonu University, School of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery, Turgut Ozal Medical Center, 44069 Malatya, Turkey
J Clin Neurosci 14:256-60. 2007
..This study demonstrates that resveratrol is a potent neuroprotective agent against diabetic oxidative damage...
- Effects of resveratrol and methylprednisolone on biochemical, neurobehavioral and histopathological recovery after experimental spinal cord injury
Ozkan Ates
Department of Neurosurgery, Inonu University, School of Medicine, 44280 Malatya, Turkey
Acta Pharmacol Sin 27:1317-25. 2006
..To investigate the neuroprotective effect of resveratrol in an experimental spinal cord injury (SCI) model in rats...
- Effect of pinealectomy and melatonin replacement on morphological and biochemical recovery after traumatic brain injury
Ozkan Ates
Inonu University, School of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery, Turgut Ozal Medical Center, 44069 Malatya, Turkey
Int J Dev Neurosci 24:357-63. 2006
..These findings suggest that reduction in endogenous melatonin after pinealectomy makes the rats more vulnerable to trauma, and exogenous melatonin administration has an important neuroprotective effect...
- Neuroprotection by resveratrol against traumatic brain injury in rats
Ozkan Ates
School of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery, Inonu University, Malatya, Turkey
Mol Cell Biochem 294:137-44. 2007
..Future studies involving different doses and the dose-response relationship could promise better results...
- Comparative neuroprotective effect of sodium channel blockers after experimental spinal cord injury
Ozkan Ates
Inonu University, School of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery, Turgut Ozal Medical Center, 44069 Malatya, Turkey
J Clin Neurosci 14:658-65. 2007
..In conclusion, all the tested Na(+) blockers had a neuroprotective effect after SCI; riluzole and mexiletine were superior to phenytoin...
- Neuroprotective effect of etomidate in the central nervous system of streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats
Ozkan Ates
Department of Neurosurgery, Turgut Ozal Medical Center, Inonu University, School of Medicine, 44069 Malatya, Turkey
Neurochem Res 31:777-83. 2006
..05) while etomidate treatment provided significantly lower values (P < 0.05). This study demonstrated that etomidate have neuroprotective effect on the neuronal tissue against the diabetic oxidative damage...
- Neuroprotective effect of mexiletine in the central nervous system of diabetic rats
Ozkan Ates
Inonu University, School of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery, Malatya, Turkey
Mol Cell Biochem 286:125-31. 2006
..05). This study demonstrates that mexiletine protects the neuronal tissue against the diabetic oxidative damage...
- Mature spinal teratoma associated with thickened filum terminale
Ozkan Ates
Department of Neurosurgery, Inonu University School of Medicine
Neurol Med Chir (Tokyo) 45:375-8. 2005
..The filum terminale was incised and the tumor was totally resected. The histological diagnosis was mature teratoma consisting of three germ cell layers. The patient's complaints had completely resolved 6 months later...
- Does pinealectomy affect the recovery rate after spinal cord injury?
Ozkan Ates
Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Inonu University, Malatya, Turkey
Neurol Res 29:533-9. 2007
..These findings suggest that reduction in endogenous melatonin after PX makes the rats more vulnerable to trauma and exogenous melatonin administration has an important neuroprotective effect on the level of the spinal cord...
- Post-traumatic early epilepsy in pediatric age group with emphasis on influential factors
Ozkan Ates
Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Turgut Ozal Medical Center, Inonu University, Malatya, Turkey
Childs Nerv Syst 22:279-84. 2006
..An acute posttraumatic epileptic fit, which may induce secondary insults, should be hindered. The aim of the study is to define the risk factors for posttraumatic early epilepsy (PTEE) and the indications for prophylactic therapy...
- Bone wax can cause foreign body granuloma in the medulla oblongata
O Ates
Departments of Neurosurgery and Pathology, Inonu University School of Medicine, Malatya, Turkey
Br J Neurosurg 18:538-40. 2004
..The authors report the case of a foreign body granuloma infiltration through the medulla oblongata due to remnant bone wax in the subarachnoid space after posterior fossa decompressive surgery...
- Do sodium channel blockers have neuroprotective effect after onset of ischemic insult?
Ozkan Ates
Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Inonu University, Malatya, Turkey
Neurol Res 29:317-23. 2007
..In the present study, we compare the neuroprotective effects of sodium channel blockers (mexiletine, riluzole and phenytoin) and investigate whether they have neuroprotective effect when given after ischemic insult...
- Neuroprotective effect of etomidate on functional recovery in experimental spinal cord injury
Suleyman R Cayli
Inonu University, School of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery, Turgut Ozal Medical Center, 44069 Malatya, Turkey
Int J Dev Neurosci 24:233-9. 2006
..CONCLUSION: Etomidate treatment immediately after spinal cord injury has similar neuroprotection to MP. In spite of different neuroprotection mechanisms, combined treatment with MP and etomidate does not provide extra protection...
- Evaluation of the neuroprotective effects of citicoline after experimental spinal cord injury: improved behavioral and neuroanatomical recovery
Neslihan Yucel
Department of Emergency Medicine, Inonu University, Faculty of Medicine, Malatya 44069, Turkey
Neurochem Res 31:767-75. 2006
..In conclusion, this study demonstrates that citicoline is as effective as methylprednisolone. The efficacy of citicoline combined with methylprednisolone is not superior to either citicoline or methylprednisolone alone...
- Neurofibromatosis type 1: diffusion weighted imaging findings of brain
Alpay Alkan
Department of Radiology, Turgut Ozal Medical Center, Inonu University School of Medicine, 44069 Malatya, Turkey
Eur J Radiol 56:229-34. 2005
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- Acute subdural hematomas caused by ruptured aneurysms: experience from a single Turkish center
Ayhan Kocak
Inonu University School of Medicine, Neurosurgery Department, Malatya, Turkey
Turk Neurosurg 19:333-7. 2009
..The purpose of this paper is to discuss the clinical and radiological characteristics, as well as a potentially dangerous situation in the diagnosis and the management of this life-threatening condition...
