INTRODUCTION Elevated serum levels of S100beta, an astrocyte-derived protein, correlate with unfavourable neurological outcomes following cardiac surgery, neurotrauma, and resuscitation. This study evaluated whether pre-/postoperative serum S100beta levels correlate with unfavourable clinical and radiological findings in patients undergoing elective meningioma resection. METHODS In 52 consecu...

Molnar, M. 2015. Hyperglycemia in Experimental Cerebral Ischemia. Digital Comprehensive Summaries of Uppsala Dissertations from the Faculty of Medicine 1089. 86 pp. Uppsala: Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis. ISBN 978-91-554-9216-8. Cerebral ischemia is a life-threatening condition associated with a substantial morbidity and mortality. Hyperglycemia, a common coexisting phenomenon in both stroke a...

Astrocytes are the major glial cell type in central nervous system and vital to support neuronal function network activity. exhibit complex signalling cascades that essential for their normal maintain homeostasis of neural network. Abnormality astrocyte physiology is closely associated with neurological psychiatric diseases, suggesting therapeutic potential these cells. To further understand fu...