FIU Discovery

Discovery of novel microRNAs and their pathogenic responsive target genes in mild traumatic brain injury.

Synergistic effect of mild traumatic brain injury and alcohol aggravates neuroinflammation, amyloidogenesis, tau pathology, neurodegeneration, and blood-brain barrier alterations: Impact on psychological stress.

Synergistic Inhibition of ERK1/2 and JNK, Not p38, Phosphorylation Ameliorates Neuronal Damages After Traumatic Brain Injury..  MOLECULAR NEUROBIOLOGY.  56:1124-1136.

Angiotensin II Causes Neuronal Damage in Stretch-Injured Neurons: Protective Effects of Losartan, an Angiotensin T₁ Receptor Blocker..  MOLECULAR NEUROBIOLOGY.  55:5901-5912.

Neurodegeneration and Sensorimotor Deficits in the Mouse Model of Traumatic Brain Injury.

Transforming growth factor-beta 1 signaling regulates neuroinflammation and apoptosis in mild traumatic brain injury..  BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND IMMUNITY.  64:244-258.

Traumatic brain injury induced matrix metalloproteinase2 cleaves CXCL12α (stromal cell derived factor 1α) and causes neurodegeneration..  BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND IMMUNITY.  59:190-199.

Correction to: Traumatic brain injury-induced downregulation of Nrf2 activates inflammatory response and apoptotic cell death..  489.

NADPH oxidase-induced activation of transforming growth factor-beta-1 causes neuropathy by suppressing antioxidant signaling pathways in alcohol use disorder..  109136.

Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1-Induced Posttraumatic Brain Injury Neuropathology in the Prefrontal Cortex and Hippocampus Leads to Sensorimotor Function Deficits and Psychological Stress..  ENEURO. ENEURO.0242-ENEU21.2021.

PTEN Blocking Stimulates Corticospinal and Raphespinal Axonal Regeneration and Promotes Functional Recovery After Spinal Cord Injury..  JOURNAL OF NEUROPATHOLOGY AND EXPERIMENTAL NEUROLOGY. 169-181.

Impairment of pericyte-endothelium crosstalk leads to blood-brain barrier dysfunction following traumatic brain injury..  EXPERIMENTAL NEUROLOGY. 260-270.