Publications

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  • T.R. Espinoza, K.A. Hendershot, B. Liu, A. Knezevic, B.B. Jacobs, R.K. Gore, K.M. Guskiewicz, J.J. Bazarian, S.E. Phelps, D.W. Wright, M.C., LaPlaca. A Novel Neuropsychological Tool for Immersive Assessment of Concussion an Correlation with Subclinical Head Impact. Neurotrauma Reports 2(1), 232-244, 2021.
  • M.C. LaPlaca, J.R. Huie, B. Alam, A.D. Bachstetter, H. Bayir, P.F. Bellgowan, D. Cummings, C.E. Dixon, A.R. Ferguson, C. Ferland-Beckham, C.L. Floyd, S.H. Friess, A.S. Galanopoulou, E.D. Hall, N.G. Harris, B.E. Hawkins, R.R. Hicks, L.E. Hulbert, V.E. Johnson, P.A. Kabitzke, A.D. Lafrenaye, V.P. Lemmon, C.W. Lifshitz, J. Lifshitz, D.J. Loane, L. Misquitta, V.C. Nikolian, L.J. NobleHaeusslein, D.H. Smith, C. Taylor-Burds, N. Umoh, O. Vovk, A.M. Williams, M. Young, L.J. Zai, “Preclinical Data Elements for Traumatic Brain Injury Research: Progress and Use Case,” Journal of Neurotrauma 38 (10), 1399-1410, 2021.
  • *M. Alvarado-Velez, J. Lyon, N. Mehta, S.F. Enam, M.C. LaPlaca, R.N. Bellamkonda “Immuno-suppressive hydrogels enhance allogeneic MSC survival after traumatic brain injury,” Biomaterials 266:120419,2021.
  • N. Vernekar and M. C. LaPlaca, “3-D Multi-Electrode Arrays Detect Early Spontaneous Electrophysiological Activity in 3-D Neuronal-Astrocytic Co-Cultures,” Biomedical Engineering Letters pages, vol. 15, p. 1-13 (published online 7/31/2020, https://doi.org/10.1007/s13534-020-00166-5).
  • R. Prado and M. C. LaPlaca, “Neuronal Plasma Membrane Integrity is Transiently Disturbed by Traumatic Loading,” Neuroscience Insights p. 2633105520946090 (published online 7/27/2020, https://doi.org/10.1177/2633105520946090)
  • Bakhtiarydavijani, M. A. Murphy, S. Mun, M. D. Jones, D. J. Bammann, M. C. LaPlaca, M. F. Horstemeyer, and R. K. Prabhu, “Damage biomechanics for neuronal membrane mechanoporation,” Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, vol. 27, no. 6, p. 065004, 2019. doi: 10.1088/1361-651x/ab1efe.
  • K. H. O’Brien, S. K. Schellinger, B. L. Hwang, and M. C. LaPlaca, “A comparison of student and parent knowledge and perceived confidence about brain injury and concussion,” Topics in Language Disorders, 39, no. 3, pp. 313-334, 2019.
  • M. C. LaPlaca, C. Lessing, G. R. Prado, R. Zhou, C. C. Tate, D. Geddes-Klein, D. F. Meaney, and L. Zhang, “Mechanoporation is a potential indicator of tissue strain and subsequent degeneration following experimental traumatic brain injury,” Clinical Biomechanics, vol. 64, pp. 2-13, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2018.05.016
  • R. Hogan, J. H. Phan, M. Alvarado-Velez, M. D. Wang, R. V. Bellamkonda, F. M. Fernandez, and M. C. LaPlaca, “Discovery of Lipidome Alterations Following Traumatic Brain Injury via High-Resolution Metabolomics,” Journal of Proteome Research, vol. 17, no. 6, pp. 2131-2143, 2018. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.8b00068
  • A. Murphy, S. Mun, M. F. Horstemeyer, M. I. Baskes, A. Bakhtiary, M. C. LaPlaca, S. R. Gwaltney, L. N. Williams, and R. K. Prabhu, “Molecular dynamics simulations showing 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-phosphatidylcholine (POPC) membrane mechanoporation damage under different strain paths,” Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, pp. 1-14, 2018.
  • D. S. DeWitt, B. E. Hawkins, C. E. Dixon, P. M. Kochanek, W. Armstead, C. R. Bass, H. M. Bramlett, A. Buki, W. D. Dietrich, A. R. Ferguson, E. D. Hall, R. L. Haynes, S. R. Hinds, M. C. LaPlaca, J. B. Long, D. F. Meaney, S. Mondella, L. J. Nobel-Haeusslein, S. M. Poloyac, D. S. Prough, C. S. Robertson, K. E. Saatman, S. R. Shultz, D. A. Shear, D. H. Smith, A. B. Valadka, P. VandeVord, and L. Zhang, “Pre-Clinical Testing of Therapies for Traumatic Brain Injury,” Journal of Neurotrauma, 35, no. 23, pp. 2737-2754, 2018, doi: 10.1089/neu.2018.5778.