Eva Syková

Eva Syková
Eva Syková, 2012
Born	24 July 1944 Rozmital pod Tremsinem, Czech Republic
Residence	Prague
Citizenship	Czech Republic
Nationality	Czech
Fields	Neuroscience
Institutions	Institute of Experimental Medicine, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
Alma mater	Charles University
Notable awards	Elected member of European Academy of Sciences, Jansen-Cilag Foundation Award (2005), Best publication, Czech Medical Society of J.E. Purkyně

Eva Syková (born 1944) is a Czech neuroscientist whose research focused on the origins, mechanisms and maintenance of ionic and volume homeostasis in the CNS and the role of extrasynaptic transmission,^[1][2] spinal cord injury.^[3][4][5] She is currently leading several clinical studies, including a Phase I/II study in patients with spinal cord injury as well as ongoing clinical studies of patients with ALS and ischemic leg injury.^[6] She was director of Institute of Experimental Medicine and the head of the Center for Cell Therapy and Tissue Repair at Charles University in Prague. Eva Sykova is author of 421 publications and co-holder of 7 patents^[7] with an H-index of 50.^[8][9]

References

1. "Professor Eva Sykova - ENI-NET". eni-net.org.
2. Syková E. and Nicholson C. (2008) Diffusion in brain extracellular space. Physiol Rev., 88: 1277-1340.
3. http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.147.1912&rep=rep1&type=pdf
4. http://stary.lf2.cuni.cz/Informace/vr/2008/bonemarrow.pdf
5. http://www.biomed.cas.cz/physiolres/pdf/57%20Suppl%203/57_S121.pdf
6. Sykova E and Jendelova P. "In vivo tracking of stem cells in brain and spinal cord injury.". nih.gov.
7. http://www.vyzkum.cz/FrontMedailonekDetail.aspx?idsekce=662&kod=RADA&idm=726298
8. Web of Science, 23. 9. 2014
9. "Remedic - Regenerative Medicine Home Page". helsinki.fi.