PUBLICATIONS

Recent  Reviews

Grau, J. W., & Huang, Y. J. (2018). Metaplasticity within the spinal cord: Evidence brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), tumor necrosis factor (TNF), and alterations in GABA function (ionic plasticity) modulate pain and the capacity to learn. Neurobiol Learn Mem. doi:10.1016/j.nlm.2018.04.007. ​Download

Grau, J. W., Huang, Y. J., Turtle, J. D., Strain, M. M., Miranda, R. C., Garraway, S. M., & Hook, M. A. (2017). When Pain Hurts: Nociceptive Stimulation Induces a State of Maladaptive Plasticity and Impairs Recovery after Spinal Cord Injury. J Neurotrauma, 34(10), 1873-1890. doi:10.1089/neu.2016.4626​. ​Download

Grau, J. W. (2014). Learning from the spinal cord: how the study of spinal cord plasticity informs our view of learning. Neurobiol Learn Mem, 108, 155-171. doi:10.1016/j.nlm.2013.08.003. Download​​

Recent Publications

Turtle, J. D., Strain, M. M., Reynolds, J. A., Huang, Y. J., Lee, K. H., Henwood, M. K., . . . Grau, J. W. (2018). Pain Input After Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) Undermines Long-Term Recovery and Engages Signal Pathways That Promote Cell Death. Front Syst Neurosci, 12, 27. doi:10.3389/fnsys.2018.00027. Download

Huang, Y. J., & Grau, J. W. (2018). Ionic plasticity and pain: The loss of descending serotonergic fibers after spinal cord injury transforms how GABA affects pain. Exp Neurol, 306, 105-116. doi:10.1016/j.expneurol.2018.05.002. Download

​Baumbauer, K. M., Turtle, J. D., & Grau, J. W. (2017). Fixed spaced stimulation restores adaptive plasticity within the spinal cord: Identifying the eliciting conditions. Physiol Behav, 174, 1-9. doi:10.1016/j.physbeh.2017.02.028​. Download

Huang, Y. J., Lee, K. H., & Grau, J. W. (2017). Complete spinal cord injury (SCI) transforms how brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) affects nociceptive sensitization. Exp Neurol, 288, 38-50. doi:10.1016/j.expneurol.2016.11.001. Download

Turtle, J. D., Strain, M. M., Aceves, M., Huang, Y. J., Reynolds, J. A., Hook, M. A., & Grau, J. W. (2017). Pain Input Impairs Recovery after Spinal Cord Injury: Treatment with Lidocaine. J Neurotrauma, 34(6), 1200-1208. doi:10.1089/neu.2016.4778. Download​

Huang, Y. J., Lee, K. H., Murphy, L., Garraway, S. M., & Grau, J. W. (2016). Acute spinal cord injury (SCI) transforms how GABA affects nociceptive sensitization. Exp Neurol, 285(Pt A), 82-95. doi:10.1016/j.expneurol.2016.09.005. Download

Hansen, C. N., Faw, T. D., White, S., Buford, J. A., Grau, J. W., & Basso, D. M. (2016). Sparing of Descending Axons Rescues Interneuron Plasticity in the Lumbar Cord to Allow Adaptive Learning After Thoracic Spinal Cord Injury. Front Neural Circuits, 10, 11. doi:10.3389/fncir.2016.00011. Download