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Peter Vajkoczy is affiliated with Charité - University Medicine Berlin in Germany. Their research spans a broad range of topics within medicine, focusing particularly on neurology and surgery.

The main fields of study covered in Vajkoczy's work include medicine, with key subfields of neurology, surgery, epidemiology, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, and genetics. Their research is notably concentrated on specific topics such as glioma diagnosis and treatment, traumatic brain injury and neurovascular disturbances, intracranial aneurysms including their treatment and complications, meningioma and schwannoma management, spine and intervertebral disc pathology, brain metastases and treatment, and advanced neuroimaging techniques and applications.

Among their frequent co-authors are Julia Onken, Thomas Picht, Nils Hecht, Güliz Acker, and Lars Wessels, reflecting considerable collaborative activity in their research projects.

Vajkoczy has published numerous papers in various scientific venues. Notable recent publications include:

  • "The genomic and transcriptional landscape of primary central nervous system lymphoma," 2022, Nature Communications
  • "Effectiveness of Lumbar Cerebrospinal Fluid Drain Among Patients With Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage," 2023, JAMA Neurology
  • "The Genetic Basis of Moyamoya Disease," 2021, Translational Stroke Research
  • "Fluid balance and outcome in critically ill patients with traumatic brain injury (CENTER-TBI and OzENTER-TBI): a prospective, multicentre, comparative effectiveness study," 2021, The Lancet Neurology
  • "Spreading depolarizations in ischaemia after subarachnoid haemorrhage, a diagnostic phase III study," 2021, Brain

The venues where Vajkoczy has most frequently published include Brain and Spine, Neuro-Oncology, Acta Neurochirurgica, Die Wirbelsäule, and the Journal of Neurosurgery. These reflect a consistent focus on neurosurgical and neurological research.

Best Publications

  • Traumatic brain injury: integrated approaches to improve prevention, clinical care, and research

    Andrew I R Maas;David K Menon;P David Adelson;Nada Andelic

  • Angiopoietin-2 sensitizes endothelial cells to TNF-alpha and has a crucial role in the induction of inflammation.

    Ulrike Fiedler;Yvonne Reiss;Marion Scharpfenecker;Verena Grunow

  • The movers and shapers in immune privilege of the CNS

    Britta Engelhardt;Peter Vajkoczy;Roy O Weller

  • Clazosentan, an endothelin receptor antagonist, in patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage undergoing surgical clipping: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase 3 trial (CONSCIOUS-2)

    R Loch Macdonald;Randall T Higashida;Emanuela Keller;Stephan A Mayer

  • Combined inhibition of VEGF and PDGF signaling enforces tumor vessel regression by interfering with pericyte-mediated endothelial cell survival mechanisms

    Ralf Erber;Andreas Thurnher;Alice D. Katsen;Gesine Groth

  • SU6668 Is a Potent Antiangiogenic and Antitumor Agent That Induces Regression of Established Tumors

    A. Douglas Laird;Peter Vajkoczy;Laura K. Shawver;Andreas Thurnher

  • Cortical spreading ischaemia is a novel process involved in ischaemic damage in patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage

    Jens P. Dreier;Sebastian Major;Andrew Manning;Johannes Woitzik

  • Lomustine-temozolomide combination therapy versus standard temozolomide therapy in patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma with methylated MGMT promoter (CeTeG/NOA-09): a randomised, open-label, phase 3 trial

    Ulrich Herrlinger;Theophilos Tzaridis;Frederic Mack;Joachim Peter Steinbach

  • Cerebral vasospasm following subarachnoid hemorrhage: time for a new world of thought.

    Ryszard M. Pluta;Jacob Hansen-Schwartz;Jens Dreier;Peter Vajkoczy

  • Case-mix, care pathways, and outcomes in patients with traumatic brain injury in CENTER-TBI: a European prospective, multicentre, longitudinal, cohort study

    Ewout W. Steyerberg;Ewout W. Steyerberg;Eveline Wiegers;Charlie Sewalt;Andras Buki

  • The unruptured intracranial aneurysm treatment score: A multidisciplinary consensus

    Nima Etminan;Robert D. Brown;Kerim Beseoglu;Seppo Juvela

  • High-Mobility Group Box 1 Activates Integrin-Dependent Homing of Endothelial Progenitor Cells

    Emmanouil Chavakis;Andreas Hain;Maria Vinci;Guillaume Carmona

  • Cathepsin L is required for endothelial progenitor cell-induced neovascularization.

    Carmen Urbich;Christopher Heeschen;Alexandra Aicher;Ken-ichiro Sasaki

  • α4-integrin-VCAM-1 binding mediates G protein–independent capture of encephalitogenic T cell blasts to CNS white matter microvessels

    Peter Vajkoczy;Melanie Laschinger;Britta Engelhardt

  • Clazosentan (AXV-034343), a selective endothelin A receptor antagonist, in the prevention of cerebral vasospasm following severe aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage: results of a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicenter phase IIa study.

    Peter Vajkoczy;Bernhard Meyer;Stefan Weidauer;Andreas Raabe

  • Inflammatory cytokines in subarachnoid haemorrhage: association with abnormal blood flow velocities in basal cerebral arteries.

    K Fassbender;B Hodapp;S Rossol;T Bertsch

  • Intraoperative control of extracranial-intracranial bypass patency by near-infrared indocyanine green videoangiography.

    Johannes Woitzik;Peter Horn;Peter Vajkoczy;Peter Schmiedek

  • Inositol-requiring enzyme 1α is a key regulator of angiogenesis and invasion in malignant glioma

    Gregor Auf;Gregor Auf;Gregor Auf;Arnaud Jabouille;Arnaud Jabouille;Sylvaine Guérit;Sylvaine Guérit;Raphaël Pineau

  • Effects of hypervolemia and hypertension on regional cerebral blood flow, intracranial pressure, and brain tissue oxygenation after subarachnoid hemorrhage.

    Elke Muench;Peter Horn;Christian Bauhuf;Harry Roth

  • MGMT promoter methylation is a strong prognostic biomarker for benefit from dose-intensified temozolomide rechallenge in progressive glioblastoma: the DIRECTOR trial

    Michael Weller;Ghazaleh Tabatabai;Bärbel Kästner;Joerg Felsberg

Frequent Co-Authors

Jens P. Dreier
Jens P. Dreier Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Axel Ullrich
Axel Ullrich Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry
Andreas Raabe
Andreas Raabe University of Bern
M.D. Menger
M.D. Menger Saarland University
Wolfgang Wick
Wolfgang Wick German Cancer Research Center
Aarno Palotie
Aarno Palotie University of Helsinki
Helmuth Steinmetz
Helmuth Steinmetz Goethe University Frankfurt
Ewout W. Steyerberg
Ewout W. Steyerberg Leiden University Medical Center
Britta Engelhardt
Britta Engelhardt University of Bern
Stephan A. Mayer
Stephan A. Mayer New York Medical College

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