Main areas of research:

Stroke

Interests/keywords:

Growth factors, epo, g-csf, stem cell

Current title/position:

Associate Professor

Publications:

1. Solaroglu I, Okutan O, Beskonakli E. The ATA and its surgical importance: A newly described ligament lying between the dural sac and the ligamentum flavum at the L5 level. Spine, in press.

2. Solaroglu I, Zhang JH. The MicroRNAs: small size, big value. Surg Neurol, in press.
3. Solaroglu I, Cahill J, Tsubokawa T, Beskonakli E, Zhang JH. Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor protects the brain against experimental stroke via inhibition of apoptosis and inflammation. Neurol Res, 31(2):167-72, 2009.
4. Solaroglu I, Zhang JH. The neurosurgical role of epigenome. Surg Neurol, 71(2):159-60, 2009.
5. Guerra-Crespo M, Gleason D, Sistos A, Toosky T, Solaroglu I, Zhang JH, Bryant PJ, Fallon JH. Transforming Growth Factor-alpha Induces Neurogenesis and Behavioral Improvement in a Chronic Stroke Model. Neuroscience, 160(2):470-83, 2009.
6. Solaroglu I, Zhang JH. Commentary on “N-acetylcysteine prevents vasospasm after subarachnoid hemorrhage”. Surg Neurol, 2009 Aug 6. [Epub ahead of print]
7. Cahill J, Solaroglu I, Zhang JH. Apoptotic markers in vasospasm after an experimental subarachnoid haemorrhage. Acta Neurochir Suppl (Wien), (104);11-17, 2008.
8. Solaroglu I, Okutan O, Karakus M, Saygili B, Beskonakli E. Dysphagia due to diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis of cervical spine. Turk Neurosurg, 18(4):409-11, 2008.
9. Solaroglu I, Jadhav V, Zhang JH. Neuroprotective effect of Granulocyte-Colony Stimulating Factor. Front Biosci, 12:712-24, 2007
10. Tsubokawa T, Jadhav V, Solaroglu I, Zhang JH. Lecithinized Superoxide Dismutase Improves Outcomes and Attenuates Focal Cerebral Ischemic Injury via Antiapoptotic Mechanisms in Rats. Stroke, 38(3):1057-62, 2007
11. Okutan O, Solaroglu I, Beskonakli E, Taskin Y. Recombinant human erythropoietin decreases myeloperoxidase and caspase-3 activity and improves early functional results after spinal cord injury in rats. J Clin Neurosci, 14(4):364-8, 2007
12. Jadhav V, Solaroglu I, Zhang JH. Neuroprotection against Surgically-induced Brain Injury. Surg Neurol, 67(1):15-20, 2007
13. Gok HB, Solaroglu I, Okutan O, Cimen B, Kaptanoglu E, Palaoglu S. Metoprolol treatment decreases tissue myeloperoxidase activity after spinal cord injury in rats. J Clin Neurosci, 14(2):138-42, 2007
14. Solaroglu I, Cahill J, Jadhav V, Zhang JH. A novel neuroprotectant Granulocyte-Colony Stimulating Factor. Stroke, 37(4):1123-8, 2006
15. Solaroglu I, Tsubokawa T, Cahill J, Zhang JH. Anti-apoptotic effect of Granulocyte-Colony Stimulating Factor after focal cerebral ischemia in the rat. Neuroscience, 143 (4):965-74, 2006
16. Solaroglu I, Cahill J, Jadhav V, Zhang JH. Response to Letter by Schabitz et al. Stroke, 37(7): 1655, 2006
17. Tsubokawa T, Solaroglu I, Yatsushige H, Cahill J, Yata K, Zhang JH. Cathepsin and Calpain Inhibitor E64d Attenuates Matrix Metalloprotease-9 Activity after Focal Cerebral Ischemia in Rats. Stroke, 37(7):1888-94, 2006
18. Cahill J, Calvert JW, Solaroglu I, Zhang JH. Vasospasm and p53 induced apoptosis in an experimental model of subarachnoid haemorrhage. Stroke, 37(7):1868-74, 2006
19. Tsubokawa T, Yamaguchi-Okada M, Calvert JW, Solaroglu I, Shimamura N, Yata K, Zhang JH. Neurovascular and Neuronal Protection by E64d after focal cerebral ischemia in rats. J Neurosci Res, 84(4):832-40, 2006
20. Shimamura N, Matchett G, Solaroglu I, Tsubokawa T, Ohkuma H, Zhang JH. Inhibition of integrin alpha v beta 3 reduces blood-brain-barrier breakdown in focal ischemia in rats. J Neurosci Res, 84(8):1837-47, 2006
21. Tun K, Savas A, Sargon MF, Solaroglu I, Kanpolat Y. The histopathological and electron-microscopic examination of the stereotactic pulsed radiofrequency and conventional radiofrequency thermocoagulation lesions in rat brain. Neurol Res, 28(8):841-4, 2006
22. Okutan O, Solaroglu I, Kaptanoglu E, Beskonakli E. Intracranial metastasis of the lung adenocarcinoma mimicking colloid cyst of the third ventricle: a case report. J Clin Neurosci, 13(4):487-9, 2006
23. Solaroglu I, Kaptanoglu E, Okutan O, Beskonakli E. Unilateral proptosis due to ectopic lacrimal gland of the orbit: A case report. J Neurosurg, 103(3 Suppl):289-91, 2005