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Ismene Dontas
Researcher at National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Publications - 152
Citations - 3057
Ismene Dontas is an academic researcher from National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Cardiopulmonary resuscitation. The author has an hindex of 25, co-authored 139 publications receiving 2665 citations. Previous affiliations of Ismene Dontas include Academy of Athens & Athens State University.
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The laboratory rat as an animal model for osteoporosis research.
TL;DR: The ovariectomized rat is presented and its advantages as an appropriate model for the research of osteoporosis to provide information about the most relevant age and bone site selection according to the goals of each experimental protocol.
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Useful animal models for the research of osteoarthritis
Kalliopi Lampropoulou-Adamidou,Pavlos Lelovas,Eleftherios V. Karadimas,Chrysoula G. Liakou,Ioannis K. Triantafillopoulos,Ismene Dontas,Nikolaos Papaioannou +6 more
TL;DR: There is no single animal model that is ideal for studying degenerative OA, and an attempt is made to clarify the most appropriate use of each model.
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Pharmacological aspects and potential new clinical applications of ketamine: reevaluation of an old drug.
TL;DR: Reevaluation, though, of analgesic properties of ketamine resulted in new interest regarding its use in perioperative and chronic pain management and recent studies in the effects of the substance on intracranial pressure and cerebral blood flow led to revising the recommendation against itsUse in brain injury.
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Medial necrosis and acute alterations in aortic distensibility following removal of the vasa vasorum of canine ascending aorta
Christodoulos Stefanadis,Panagiotis E. Karayannacos,Harisios Boudoulas,Costas Stratos,Charalambos Vlachopoulos,Ismene Dontas,Pavlos Toutouzas +6 more
TL;DR: Vasa vasorum removal led to an acute decrease in the distensibility of the ascending aorta, and lack of blood supply to the outer part of the aortic wall is most likely to have accounted for these findings.
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Type 2 diabetes mellitus and fracture risk.
TL;DR: Optimal strategies to reduce skeletal fragility in type 2 diabetic patients are yet to be determined, although more data are needed.