Papapostolou Apostolos NEUROLOGIST

PhD ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL (2013) <GENETIC FACTORS IN THE PATHOGENESIS OF STROKE>

• HELLENIC NEUROLOGICAL SOCIETY

• HELLENIC CLINICAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY SOCIETY

• 2023-TODAY: ‘ΜΙΤΕΡΑ HOSPITAL’ ELECTROMYOGRAPHY LABORATORY.

• 2010-2020: HEAD OF NEUROLOGY OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT OF THE HELLENIC POLICE.

• 2009 -2010: NEUROLOGY DEPARTMENT (ΤΥΠΕΤ HOSPITAL-ATHENS).

• 2006-2009: NEUROLOGY-ELECTROMYOGRAPHY DEPARTMENT, METROPOLITAN HOSPITAL.

• 2002-2005: NEUROLOGY RESIDENCY AT EGINITIO HOSPITAL, ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL.

• 2001-2002: NEUROLOGY RESIDENCY AT NEUROLOGY CLINIC OF TRIPOLI HOSPITAL.

• 2000-2001: PHYCHIATRY AND INTERNAL MEDICINE RESIDENCY AT <ΔΡΟΜΟΚΑΙΤΕΙΟ> HOSPITAL- ATHEN AND <ΠΑΝΑΡΚΑΔΙΚΟ> HOSPITAL OF TRIPOLI

Clinical Interest:

• GENERAL NEUROLOGY

• ELECTROMYOGRAPHY

Research Interest: 

• PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM

• Effects of electroacupuncture on carpal tunnel syndrome: a clinical, electrophysiological and ultrasonographical pilot studyAikaterini Maria Ntoutsouli, George Georgoudis, Apostolos Papapostolou, Miltiades Karavis, Dimos David Petrou, Athina Vadalouca , Kassiani Theodoraki   

  Acupunct Med 2025 Aug;43(4):198-207.doi: 10.1177/09645284251363989. Epub 2025 Aug 4.    

• Non-Pharmacological Interventions on Pain in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Papadopoulou M, Papapostolou A, Dimakopoulos R, Salakou S, Koropouli E, Fanouraki S, Bakola E, Moschovos C, Tsivgoulis G.Healthcare (Basel). 2024 Apr 1;12(7):770. doi: 10.3390/healthcare12070770.

• Autonomic dysfunction entwined with post-COVID but absent in non-post-COVID patients: a neurophysiological and neurosonology study.

Papadopoulou M, Bakola E, Papapostolou A, Stefanou MI, Andreadou E, Zouvelou V, Stefanatou M, Gaga M, Michopoulos I, Tsivgoulis G.Ther Adv Neurol Disord. 2023 Jun 15;16:17562864231180711. doi: 10.1177/17562864231180711. eCollection 2023.

• Autonomic dysfunction in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: A neurophysiological and neurosonology study.

Marianna Papadopoulou, Eleni Bakola, Apostolos Papapostolou, Maria Ioanna Stefanou, Christos Moschovos, Stavroula Salakou, Panagiotis Zis, Vasiliki Zouvelou, Vasilios K Kimiskidis, Elisabeth Chroni, Georgios Tsivgoulis.J Neuroimaging 2022 Mar 28. 

• Autonomic dysfunction in long-COVID syndrome: a neurophysiological and neurosonology study.

Papadopoulou M, Bakola E, Papapostolou A, Stefanou MI, Gaga M, Zouvelou V, Michopoulos I, Tsivgoulis G.J Neurol. 2022 Sep;269(9):4611-4612. doi: 10.1007/s00415-022-11172-1. Epub 2022 May.

• Neurophysiological and ultrasonographic comparative study of autonomous nervous system in patients suffering from fibromyalgia and generalized anxiety disorder.

Marianna Papadopoulou, Apostolos Papapostolou, Eleni Bakola, Vasilios G Masdrakis, Christos Moschovos, Elisabeth Chroni, Georgios Tsivgoulis, Ioannis Michopoulos. Neurol Sci 2022 Apr;43(4):2813-2821.

• Are ALOX5AP gene SNPs a risk or protective factor for stroke?

Apostolis Papapostolou, Kostas Spengos, Irene Fylaktou, Myrto Poulou, Ilias Gountas,      Sophia Kitsiou-Tzeli, Emmanuel Kanavakis, Maria Tzetis.

Gene 2013.

• Impaired interhemispheric inhibition in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

Karandreas N, Papadopoulou M, Kokotis P, Papapostolou A, Tsivgoulis G, Zambelis T. Amyotroph Lateral Scler. 2007 Apr;8(2):112-8.

• Bilateral drop foot due to thoracic disc herniation.

Papapostolou A, Tsivgoulis G, Papadopoulou M, Karandreas N, Zambelis T, Spengos K. Eur J Neurol. 2007 Feb;14(2).

• Intraoperative radial nerve injury during coronary artery surgery–report of two cases.

Papadopoulou M, Spengos K, Papapostolou A, Tsivgoulis G, Karandreas N. J Brachial Plex Peripher Nerve Inj. 2006 Dec 5;1:7.

• Thyroid function in patients with Alzheimer disease: implications on response to anticholinesterase treatment.

Kapaki E, Paraskevas GP, Mantzou E, Papapostolou A, Alevizaki M, Vassilopoulos D.

Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord. 2006 Oct-Dec;20(4):242-7.