Posts by Cenk Ayata, MD
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Elastase Model Is Well Suited for Testing Prevention, Treatment of Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
Massachusetts General Hospital researchers have shown that murine genetic background and sex affect certain outcomes of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage.
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Mechanism Identified Whereby Vagus Nerve Stimulation Relieves Migraine Pain
New data explain why noninvasive vagus nerve stimulation has a beneficial effect on migraine as well as epilepsy and depression.
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Vagus Nerve Stimulation Inhibits Intracranial Aneurysm Rupture in Mouse Model
Noninvasive vagus nerve stimulation might have a role in preventing intracranial aneurysms, preventing aneurysm growth in patients with known unruptured aneurysms and improving outcomes after rupture.
Biography
Dr. Ayata is a Neurologist with subspecialty fellowship training in Vascular and Critical Care Neurology. Besides his clinical practice, Dr. Ayata is engaged in clinical as well as translational laboratory research in stroke, migraine, and subarachnoid hemorrhage, as well as other brain injury states. His laboratory focuses on bringing novel therapeutic and prophylactic interventions to clinical trials, and ultimately to clinical practice in these highly common and debilitating neurological diseases.
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