• Alzheimer’s disease in patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome 

      Siachpazidou D.I., Stavrou V.T., Astara K., Pastaka C., Gogou E., Hatzoglou C., Economou N.-T., Gourgoulianis K.I. (2020)
      Background: Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) is a disorder with high prevalence among adults and is an independent risk factor for various diseases, especially those affecting the central nervous system (CNS). ...
    • Apolipoprotein E4 and meningeal lymphatics in Alzheimer disease: a conceptual framework 

      Mentis A.-F.A., Dardiotis E., Chrousos G.P. (2021)
      The potential existence and roles of the meningeal lymphatic system in normal and pathological brain function have been a long-standing enigma. Recent evidence suggests that meningeal lymphatic vessels are present in both ...
    • Association between Helicobacter pylori infection and Guillain-Barré Syndrome: A meta-analysis 

      Dardiotis E., Sokratous M., Tsouris Z., Siokas V., Mentis A.-F.A., Aloizou A.-M., Michalopoulou A., Bogdanos D.P., Xiromerisiou G., Deretzi G., Kountouras J., Hadjigeorgiou G.M. (2020)
      Background: Helicobacter pylori (H pylori) is a Gram-negative bacterium, considered to trigger autoimmune gastrointestinal disorders. This pathogen has also been linked to the autoimmune sequelae in extra-gastrointestinal ...
    • Baseline neurofilament levels in cerebrospinal fluid do not correlate with long-term prognosis in multiple sclerosis 

      Aloizou A.-M., Liampas I., Provatas A., Brotis A., Siokas V., Bakritzis C., Liakos P., Tsouris Z., Dardiotis E. (2022)
      Background: Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is the most common autoimmune disease of the central nervous system. Up to this day, no single accurate prognostic biomarker has been established in this disease. Neurofilaments are ...
    • Complications Associated with Surgery for Thoracic Disc Herniation: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis 

      Brotis A.G., Tasiou A., Paterakis K., Tzerefos C., Fountas K.N. (2019)
      Background: A systematic review and network meta-analysis (Prospero ID CRD42018106936) were performed. Objective: The selection of the appropriate surgical approach for the management of thoracic disc herniation (TDH) is ...
    • Effect of anoxia and hypoglycaemia on the expression of neuronal cell markers in the rat retina and hippocampus: Development of a rat ex vivo ischemia model 

      Vasilaki, A. (2007)
      Neuronal ischemia leads to neuronal cells death due to glucose and oxygen deprivation. The goal of this study was the development of a rat ex vivo ischemia model for the deferential identification of anoxic and hypoglycaemic ...
    • Exploiting morphology and texture of 3D tumor models in DTI for differentiating glioblastoma multiforme from solitary metastasis 

      Vamvakas A., Tsougos I., Arikidis N., Kapsalaki E., Fountas K., Fezoulidis I., Costaridou L. (2018)
      Ambiguous imaging appearance of Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM) and solitary Metastasis (MET) is a challenge to conventional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) based diagnosis, leading to exploitation of advanced MRI techniques, ...
    • Identification of a prospective early motor progression cluster of Parkinson's disease: Data from the PPMI study 

      Vavougios G.D., Doskas T., Kormas C., Krogfelt K.A., Zarogiannis S.G., Stefanis L. (2018)
      Aim: The aim of our study is to phenotype PD motor progression, and to detect whether serum, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), neuroimaging biomarkers and neuropsychological measures characterize PD motor progression phenotypes. ...
    • Incidence of mild cognitive impairment in the elderly population in Greece: results from the HELIAD study 

      Vlachos G.S., Kosmidis M.H., Yannakoulia M., Dardiotis E., Hadjigeorgiou G., Tzoulaki I., Georgiou A.N., Sakka P., Anastasiou C.A., Stefanis L., Scarmeas N. (2021)
      Background: There are no published data on Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) incidence in people over 65 years of age in Greece, relevant literature is scarce for Southern Europe, and reported rates worldwide show great ...
    • International Guillain-Barré Syndrome Outcome Study: protocol of a prospective observational cohort study on clinical and biological predictors of disease course and outcome in Guillain-Barré syndrome 

      Jacobs B.C., van den Berg B., Verboon C., Chavada G., Cornblath D.R., Gorson K.C., Harbo T., Hartung H.-P., Hughes R.A.C., Kusunoki S., van Doorn P.A., Willison H.J., the IGOS Consortium, Jacobs B.C., Hughes R.A.C., Cornblath D.R., Gorson K.C., Hartung H.P., Kusunoki S., van Doorn P.A., Willison H.J., van Woerkom M., van den Berg B., Verboon C., Roodbol J., Jacobs B.C., Reisin R.C., Reddel S.W., Islam Z., Islam B., Mohammad Q.D., van den Bergh P., Feasby T.E., Wang Y.Z., Harbo T., Péréon Y., Hartung H.P., Lehmann H.C., Dardiotis E., Nobile-Orazio E., Kusunoki S., Shahrizaila N., Jacobs B.C., van den Berg B., Verboon C., Bateman K., Illa I., Querol L.A., Hsieh S.T., Willison H.J., Chavada G., Davidson A., Gorson K.C., Addington J.M., Ajroud-Driss S., Andersen H., Antonini G., Attarian S., Badrising U., Barroso F.A., Benedetti L., Beronio A., Bianco M., Binda D., Briani C., Bürmann J., Bella I.R., Bertorini T.E., Bhavaraju-Sanka R., Brannagan T.H., Busby M., Butterworth S., Campagnolo M., Casasnovas C., Cavaletti G., Chao C.S., Chen S., Chetty S., Claeys K.G., Cohen J.A., Conti M.E., Cosgrove J.S., Dalakas M.C., Dimachkie M.M., Dillmann U., Domínguez González C., Doppler K., Dornonville de la Cour C., Echaniz-Laguna A., Eftimov F., Faber C.G., Fazio R., Fokke C., Fujioka T., Fulgenzi E.A., Galassi G., Garcia T., Garnero M., Garssen M.P.J., Gijsbers C.J., Gilchrist J.M., Gilhuis H.J., Goldstein J.M., Goyal N., Granit V., Grapperon A., Gutiérrez Gutiérrez G., Gutmann L., Hadden R.D.M., Holbech J.V., Holt J.K.L., Homedes Pedret C., Htut M., Jellema K., Jericó Pascual I., Kaida K., Karafiath S., Katzberg H.D., Kiers L., Kieseier B.C., Kimpinski K., Kleyweg R.P., Kokubun N., Kolb N.A., Kuitwaard K., Kuwabara S., Kwan J.Y., Ladha S.S., Landschoff Lassen L., Lawson V., Ledingham D., Léon Cejas L., Luciano C.A., Lucy S.T., Lunn M.P.T., Magot A., Manji H., Marchesoni C., Marfia G.A.M., Márquez Infante C., Martinez Hernandez E., Mataluni G., Mattiazi M., McDermott C.J., Meekins G.D., Miller J., Monges M.S., Montero M.C.J., Morís de la Tassa G., Nascimbene C., Neumann C., Nowak R.J., Orizaola Balaguer P., Osei-Bonsu M., Pan E.B.L., Pardo Fernandez J., Pasnoor M., Pulley M.T., Rajabally Y.A., Rinaldi S., Ritter C., Roberts R.C., Rojas-Marcos I., Rudnicki S.A., Sachs G.M., Samijn J.P.A., Santoro L., Saperstein D.S., Savransky A., Schneider H., Schenone A., Sedano Tous M.J., Sekiguchi Y., Sheikh K.A., Silvestri N.J., Sindrup S.H., Sommer C.L., Stein B., Stino A.M., Spyropoulos A., Srinivasan J., Suzuki H., Taylor S.W., Tankisi H., Tigner D., Twydell P.T., Valzania F., van Damme P., van der Kooi A.J., van Dijk G.W., van der Ree T., van Koningsveld R., Varrato J.D., Vermeij F.H., Verschuuren J.J.G.M., Visser L.H., Vytopil M.V., Waheed W., Wilken M., Wilkerson C., Wirtz P.W., Yamagishi Y., Yiu E.M., Zhou L., Zivkovic S. (2017)
      Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is an acute polyradiculoneuropathy with a highly variable clinical presentation, course, and outcome. The factors that determine the clinical variation of GBS are poorly understood which ...
    • Management of Descending Thoracic Aortic Diseases: Similarities and Differences Among Cardiovascular Guidelines 

      Spanos K., Nana P., Behrendt C.-A., Kouvelos G., Panuccio G., Heidemann F., Matsagkas M., Debus E.S., Giannoukas A., Kölbel T. (2021)
      Cardiovascular societies have developed recommendations regarding the management of thoracic aortic diseases. While improvements in treatment have been observed during the past decade in regard to patient selection, thoracic ...
    • Pneumococcal serotype identification by capsular sequence typing (Cst): A modified novel approach for serotyping directly in clinical samples 

      Marmaras N., Xirogianni A., Papandreou A., Petinaki E., Papaevangelou V., Tsolia M., Tzanakaki G. (2021)
      As almost 60–70% of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease (IPD) is identified by nonculture methods in Greece, serotyping is of high importance for the better monitoring of pneumococcal serotypes due to the availability of conjugate ...
    • Primary Sjögren’s syndrome (pSS)-related cerebellar ataxia: a systematic review and meta-analysis 

      Liampas A., Nteveros A., Parperis K., Akil M., Dardiotis E., Andreadou E., Hadjivassiliou M., Zis P. (2022)
      Background: Primary Sjögren’s syndrome (pSS) is a chronic autoimmune disorder characterized by lymphocytic infiltrates of the exocrine glands, particularly the salivary and lacrimal glands, resulting in oral and ocular ...
    • A probable role of copper in the comorbidity in Wilson's and Creutzfeldt-Jakob's Diseases: A case report 

      Koutsouraki E., Michmizos D., Patsi O., Tzartos J., Spilioti M., Arnaoutoglou M., Tsolaki M. (2020)
      Background: To the best of our knowledgedd, there is currently no case in the literature reporting the comorbidity of Wilson's and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), linked through copper. Case presentation: A 44-year-old ...
    • Quantification of normal CSF flow through the aqueduct using PC-Cine MRI at 3T 

      Kapsalaki, E.; Svolos, P.; Tsougos, I.; Theodorou, K.; Fezoulidis, I.; Fountas, K. N. (2012)
      Quantification of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) flow through the cerebral aqueduct is of paramount importance in patients with hydrocephalus. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the normal CSF flow measurements at three ...
    • Quantitative proteomics of cerebrospinal fluid using tandem mass tags in dogs with recurrent epileptic seizures 

      Baka R., Eckersall D., Horvatic A., Gelemanovic A., Mrljak V., McLaughlin M., Athanasiou L.V., Papaioannou N., Stylianaki I., Hanh H.Q., Chadwick C.C., Polizopoulou Z. (2021)
      This prospective study included four dog groups (group A: healthy dogs, groups B: dogs with idiopathic epilepsy under antiepileptic medication (AEM), C: idiopathic epilepsy dogs without AEM administration, D: dogs with ...
    • Regulatory B and T lymphocytes in multiple sclerosis: friends or foes? 

      Vasileiadis G.K., Dardiotis E., Mavropoulos A., Tsouris Z., Tsimourtou V., Bogdanos D.P., Sakkas L.I., Hadjigeorgiou G.M. (2018)
      Current clinical experience with immunomodulatory agents and monoclonal antibodies in principle has established the benefit of depleting lymphocytic populations in relapsing–remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS). B and T ...
    • Role of endoscopic third ventriculostomy in treatment of selected patients with normal pressure hydrocephalus 

      Fountas, K. N.; Kapsalaki, E. Z.; Paterakis, K. N.; Lee, G. P.; Hadjigeorgiou, G. M. (2012)
      Objective: The purpose of our study was to evaluate the results of endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV) in the management of patients with idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (INPH). Methods: Our prospective study ...
    • Serotonin and personality: How does serotonin relate to impulsivity and aggression? 

      Avagianou, P. A.; Piperakis, S. M.; Zafiropoulou, M. (2007)
      The present article investigated the relationship between serotonin (5-HT) and personality. In particular, we examined the effect that serotonin has on impulsivity and aggression. Different neurotransmitters seem to affect ...
    • Tuberculous disseminated lymphadenopathy in an immunocompetent non-HIV patient: A case report 

      Gerogianni, I.; Papala, M.; Kostikas, K.; Ioannou, M.; Karadonta, A. V.; Gourgoulianis, K. (2009)
      Introduction. In cases of patients with disseminated lymphadenopathy, the differential diagnosis has to include both benign and malignant causes, including sarcoidosis, metastatic disease, lymphoma and, although rarely ...