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Fields of interest:

• Stem cell therapy
• Stroke
• Parkinson's disease

Recent publications:

D.C. Hess and C.V. Borlongan:
Stem cells and neurological diseases,
Cell Prolif., Vol. 41 Suppl., (2008), pp. 94-114.

C.V. Borlongan, T. Masuda, T.A. Walker, M. Maki, K. Hara, T. Yasuhara, N. Matsukawa and D.F. Emerich:
Nanotechnology as an adjunct tool for transplanting engineered cells and tissues,
Curr. Mol. Med. , Vol. 7, (2007), pp. 609-618.

T. Yasuhara, K. Hara, M. Maki, N. Matsukawa, H. Fujino, I. Date and C.V. Borlongan:
Lack of exercise, via hindlimb suspension, impedes endogenous neurogenesis,
Neuroscience, Vol. 149, (2007), pp. 182-191.

K. Hara, T. Yasuhara, N. Matsukawa, M. Maki, T. Masuda, G. Yu, L. Xu, L. Tambrallo, N.A. Rodriguez, D.M. Stern, T. Kawase, T. Yamashima, J.J. Buccafusco, D.C. Hess and C.V. Borlongan:
Hippocampal CA1 cell loss in a non-human primate model of transient global ischemia: a pilot study,
Brain Res Bull., Vol. 74., (2007), pp. 164-171.

N. Matsukawa, M. Maki, T. Yasuhara, K. Hara, G. Yu, L. Xu, K.M. Kim, J.C. Morgan, K.D. Sethi and C.V. Borlongan:
Overexpression of D2/D3 receptors increases efficacy of ropinirole in chronically 6-OHDA-lesioned Parkinsonian rats,
Brain Res., Vol. 1160, (2007), pp. 113-123.

Y. Tang, T. Yasuhara, K. Hara, N. Matsukawa, M. Maki, G. Yu, L. Xu, D.C. Hess and C.V. Borlongan:
Transplantation of bone marrow-derived stem cells: a promising therapy for stroke,
Cell Transplant., Vol. 16, (2007), pp. 159-169.

K. Hara, N. Matsukawa, T. Yasuhara, L. Xu, G. Yu, M. Maki, T. Kawase, D.C. Hess, S.U. Kim and C.V. Borlongan:
Transplantation of post-mitotic human neuroteratocarcinoma-overexpressing Nurr1 cells provides therapeutic benefits in experimental stroke: in vitro evidence of expedited neuronal differentiation and GDNF secretion,
J. Neurosci. Res., Vol. 85, (2007), pp. 1240-1251.

T. Yasuhara, N. Matsukawa, K. Hara, G. Yu, L. Xu, M. Maki, S.U. Kim and C.V. Borlongan:
Transplantation of human neural stem cells exerts neuroprotection in a rat model of Parkinson's disease,
J. Neurosci., Vol. 26, (2006), pp. 12497-12511.

T. Yasuhara, N. Matsukawa, G. Yu, L. Xu, R.W. Mays, J. Kovach, R.J. Deans, D.C. Hess, J.E. Carroll and C.V. Borlongan:
Behavioral and histological characterization of intrahippocampal grafts of human bone marrow-derived multipotent progenitor cells in neonatal rats with hypoxic-ischemic injury,
Cell Transplant., Vol. 15, (2006), pp. 231-238.

T. Yasuhara, K. Hara, K.D. Sethi, J.C. Morgan and C.V. Borlongan:
Increased 8-OHdG levels in the urine, serum, and substantia nigra of hemiparkinsonian rats,
Brain Res., Vol. 1133, (2007), pp. 49-52.