Eva Syková (born 1944) is a

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neuroscientist whose research focused on the origins, mechanisms and maintenance of ionic and volume homeostasis in the

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and the role of extrasynaptic transmission, spinal cord injury. 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 amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and ischemic leg injury. She was director of

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and the head of the Center for Cell Therapy and Tissue Repair at Charles University in Prague. Syková is author of 421 publications and co-holder of 7 patents with an

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of 50.

Publications

* ''Ion-selective microelectrodes and their use in excitable tissues'', 1980 * ''Ionic and volume in the microenvironment of nerve and receptor cells'', 1992

References

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