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Robert Vink is affiliated with the University of South Australia in Australia and has contributed extensively to research in the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience. Their work spans several subfields including Neurology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Epidemiology, Molecular Biology, and Endocrine and Autonomic Systems.

Their research covers a variety of topics, with a significant focus on Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances, Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology, and Traumatic Brain Injury Research. Other main topics include Neuroscience of Respiration and Sleep, Neuroendocrine Regulation and Behavior, Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation, and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling.

Robert Vink has co-authored papers with several frequent collaborators, including Roger W. Byard, Frances Corrigan, Renée J. Turner, Marianne Tiemensma, and Michael E. Buckland.

Their publications have appeared in various academic journals, with notable frequent venues including Forensic Science Medicine and Pathology, The Lancet Oncology, Scientific Reports, Acta Neuropathologica, and the International Journal of Molecular Sciences.

Selected recent papers include:

  • Automated deep-learning system for Gleason grading of prostate cancer using biopsies: a diagnostic study (2020, The Lancet Oncology)
  • NK1 antagonists attenuate tau phosphorylation after blast and repeated concussive injury (2021, Scientific Reports)
  • Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE)-features and forensic considerations (2023, Forensic Science Medicine and Pathology)
  • Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in the context of longstanding intimate partner violence (2024, Acta Neuropathologica)
  • Incidence, clinical features, and outcomes of special types in breast cancer in a single institution population (2020, The Breast Journal)

Best Publications

  • The role of excitatory amino acids and NMDA receptors in traumatic brain injury.

    Alan I. Faden;Paul Demediuk;S. Scott Panter;Robert Vink

  • TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY IN THE RAT: CHARACTERIZATION OF A LATERAL FLUID-PERCUSSION MODEL

    T. K. McIntosh;R. Vink;Linda Noble;I. Yamakami

  • Mechanisms of cerebral edema in traumatic brain injury: therapeutic developments.

    James J Donkin;Robert Vink

  • Neurogenic inflammation after traumatic brain injury and its potentiation of classical inflammation.

    Frances Corrigan;Kimberley A. Mander;Anna V. Leonard;Robert Vink

  • Decline in intracellular free Mg2+ is associated with irreversible tissue injury after brain trauma.

    R Vink;T K McIntosh;P Demediuk;M W Weiner

  • Magnesium protects against neurological deficit after brain injury.

    Tracy K. McIntosh;Robert Vink;Iwao Yamakami;Alan I. Faden

  • Traumatic brain injury and Alzheimer's disease: a review.

    Van Den Heuvel C;Thornton E;Vink R

  • The pathobiology of moderate diffuse traumatic brain injury as identified using a new experimental model of injury in rats.

    Ibolja Cernak;Robert Vink;Robert Vink;David N. Zapple;Maria I. Cruz

  • Soluble amyloid precursor protein α reduces neuronal injury and improves functional outcome following diffuse traumatic brain injury in rats

    Emma Thornton;Robert Vink;Peter C. Blumbergs;Corinna Van Den Heuvel

  • Estrogen improves biochemical and neurologic outcome following traumatic brain injury in male rats, but not in females

    Claire S. Emerson;John P. Headrick;Robert Vink

  • Magnesium deficiency exacerbates and pretreatment improves outcome following traumatic brain injury in rats: 31P magnetic resonance spectroscopy and behavioral studies.

    Tracy K. McINTOSH;Alan I. Faden;Iwao Yamakami;Robert Vink

  • Human Adult Dental Pulp Stem Cells Enhance Poststroke Functional Recovery Through Non-Neural Replacement Mechanisms

    Wai Khay Leong;Tanya L. Henshall;Agnes Arthur;Agnes Arthur;Karlea L. Kremer

  • Multifunctional drugs for head injury

    Robert Vink;Alan J. Nimmo

  • Effect of noncompetitive blockade of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors on the neurochemical sequelae of experimental brain injury.

    Tracy K. McIntosh;Robert Vink;Holly Soares;Ronald Hayes

  • Neurogenic inflammation is associated with development of edema and functional deficits following traumatic brain injury in rats

    A.J. Nimmo;I. Cernak;D.L. Heath;X. Hu

  • Effects of the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor blocker MK-801 on neurologic function after experimental brain injury.

    Tracy K. Mcintosh;Robert Vink;Holly Soares;Ronald Hayes

  • Both estrogen and progesterone attenuate edema formation following diffuse traumatic brain injury in rats.

    Christine A. O'Connor;Ibolja Cernak;Robert Vink

  • Substance P is Associated with the Development of Brain Edema and Functional Deficits after Traumatic Brain Injury

    James J Donkin;Alan J Nimmo;Ibolja Cernak;Peter C Blumbergs

  • The potential for animal models to provide insight into mild traumatic brain injury: Translational challenges and strategies.

    Sandy R. Shultz;Stuart J. McDonald;Cole Vonder Haar;Alicia Meconi

  • Effects of traumatic brain injury on cerebral high-energy phosphates and pH: a 31P magnetic resonance spectroscopy study.

    Robert Vink;Tracy K. McIntosh;Michael W. Weiner;Michael W. Weiner;Alan I. Faden

  • Suppression of inflammation in ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke: therapeutic options.

    Timothy J Kleinig;Robert Vink

  • Magnesium in the Central Nervous System

    Robert Vink;Mihai Nechifor

Frequent Co-Authors

Jane L. Mathias
Jane L. Mathias University of Adelaide
Alan R. Harvey
Alan R. Harvey University of Western Australia
Michael W. Weiner
Michael W. Weiner University of California, San Francisco
Jonathan Lifshitz
Jonathan Lifshitz University of Arizona
Colin L. Masters
Colin L. Masters University of Melbourne
Elisabeth A. Wilde
Elisabeth A. Wilde Baylor College of Medicine
Jan M. Provis
Jan M. Provis Australian National University
Fiona Crawford
Fiona Crawford Roskamp Institute
Vassilis E. Koliatsos
Vassilis E. Koliatsos Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Linda Noble
Linda Noble University of California, San Francisco

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