Associate Professor
Department of Neurological Surgery &
The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis;
Neuroscience Graduate Program Faculty;
Cellular Physiology & Molecular Biophysics Graduate Program Faculty;
Distinguished Faculty of the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience & Aging
University of Miami - Miller School of Medicine
Publications 2009
Neuroprotective effects of bone morphogenetic protein 7 (BMP7) treatment after spinal cord injury. Neurosci Lett. 2009 Nov 20;465(3):226-9.
Alterations in blood-brain barrier permeability to large and small molecules and leukocyte accumulation after traumatic brain injury: effects of post-traumatic hypothermia. J Neurotrauma. 2009 Jul;26(7):1123-34.
The pannexin 1 channel activates the inflammasome in neurons and astrocytes. J Biol Chem. 2009 Jul 3;284(27):18143-51.
Therapeutic neutralization of the NLRP1 inflammasome reduces the innate immune response and improves histopathology after traumatic brain injury. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab. 2009 Jul;29(7):1251-61.
Inhibition of the inflammasome complex reduces the inflammatory response after thromboembolic stroke in mice. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab. 2009 Mar;29(3):534-44.