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Alexander G. Rabchevsky

Alexander G. Rabchevsky

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Neuroscience

D-Index
49
Citations
8053
World Ranking
6020
National Ranking
2631

Overview

Alexander G. Rabchevsky is affiliated with the University of Kentucky in the United States and is active in research primarily related to medicine, with significant contributions also to biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work spans several subfields including pathology and forensic medicine, molecular biology, neurology, surgery, and clinical biochemistry.

The scientist's research topics focus substantially on spinal cord injury research and mitochondrial function and pathology. Additional areas of study include traumatic brain injury and neurovascular disturbances, metabolism and genetic disorders, pain management and treatment, stroke rehabilitation and recovery, and traumatic brain injury research.

Rabchevsky has contributed to multiple recent papers, including:

  • Recommendations for mitochondria transfer and transplantation nomenclature and characterization, 2025, Nature Metabolism
  • Mitochondria focused neurotherapeutics for spinal cord injury, 2020, Experimental Neurology
  • Needs, priorities, and attitudes of individuals with spinal cord injury toward nerve stimulation devices for bladder and bowel function: a survey, 2020, Spinal Cord
  • Erodible thermogelling hydrogels for localized mitochondrial transplantation to the spinal cord, 2022, Mitochondrion
  • Meeting Proceedings for SCI 2020: Launching a Decade of Disruption in Spinal Cord Injury Research, 2020, Journal of Neurotrauma

The venues where Rabchevsky frequently publishes include:

  • Mitochondrion
  • Journal of Neurotrauma
  • Journal of Neural Engineering
  • Neurotrauma Reports
  • Nature Metabolism

Collaborations are an important part of this scientist's work. Frequent co-authors include Felicia M. Michael, Samir P. Patel, Patrick G. Sullivan, Jennifer N. Dulin, and Matthew Rodreick, with varying degrees of collaboration ranging from three to seven joint works.

Best Publications

  • Experimental modeling of spinal cord injury: characterization of a force-defined injury device.

    Stephen W. Scheff;Alexander G. Rabchevsky;Isabella Fugaccia;John A. Main

  • Mitochondrial permeability transition in CNS trauma: cause or effect of neuronal cell death?

    P.G. Sullivan;A.G. Rabchevsky;P.C. Waldmeier;J.E. Springer

  • Exacerbation of Damage and Altered NF-κB Activation in Mice Lacking Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptors after Traumatic Brain Injury

    Patrick G. Sullivan;Annadora J. Bruce-Keller;Alexander G. Rabchevsky;Sylivia Christakos

  • Grafting of cultured microglial cells into the lesioned spinal cord of adult rats enhances neurite outgrowth.

    A.G. Rabchevsky;W.J. Streit

  • Autonomic dysreflexia after spinal cord injury: Systemic pathophysiology and methods of management.

    Khalid C. Eldahan;Alexander G. Rabchevsky

  • Role of peroxynitrite in secondary oxidative damage after spinal cord injury

    Yiqin Xiong;Alexander G. Rabchevsky;Edward D. Hall

  • Autonomic Consequences of Spinal Cord Injury

    Shaoping Hou;Alexander G Rabchevsky

  • Temporal characterization of mitochondrial bioenergetics after spinal cord injury.

    Patrick G. Sullivan;Sairam Krishnamurthy;Samir P. Patel;Jignesh D. Pandya

  • Rat Models of Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury to Assess Motor Recovery

    Stephen M. Onifer;Alexander G. Rabchevsky;Stephen W. Scheff

  • Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor (bFGF) Enhances Functional Recovery Following Severe Spinal Cord Injury to the Rat

    A.G. Rabchevsky;I. Fugaccia;A.F. Turner;D.A. Blades

  • Autonomic Dysreflexia Causes Chronic Immune Suppression after Spinal Cord Injury

    Yi Zhang;Zhen Guan;Brenda Reader;Todd Shawler

  • Effects of Mitochondrial Transplantation on Bioenergetics, Cellular Incorporation, and Functional Recovery after Spinal Cord Injury.

    Jenna L. Gollihue;Samir P. Patel;Khalid C. Eldahan;David H. Cox

  • Cellular and subcellular oxidative stress parameters following severe spinal cord injury.

    Nishant P. Visavadiya;Samir P. Patel;Jenna L. VanRooyen;Patrick G. Sullivan

  • Cyclosporin A treatment following spinal cord injury to the rat: behavioral effects and stereological assessment of tissue sparing.

    Alexander G. Rabchevsky;Isabella Fugaccia;Patrick G. Sullivan;Stephen W. Scheff

  • Dose-response curve and optimal dosing regimen of cyclosporin A after traumatic brain injury in rats.

    P.G Sullivan;A.G Rabchevsky;R.R Hicks;T.R Gibson

  • Efficacy of methylprednisolone therapy for the injured rat spinal cord.

    Alexander G. Rabchevsky;Isabella Fugaccia;Patrick G. Sullivan;Deborah A. Blades

  • Intrinsic differences in brain and spinal cord mitochondria: Implication for therapeutic interventions.

    Patrick G. Sullivan;Alexander G. Rabchevsky;Jeffery N. Keller;Mark Lovell

  • Genetic manipulation of intraspinal plasticity after spinal cord injury alters the severity of autonomic dysreflexia.

    Adrian A. Cameron;George M. Smith;David C. Randall;David R. Brown

  • A Role for Transforming Growth Factor α as an Inducer of Astrogliosis

    Alexander G. Rabchevsky;Juno M. Weinitz;Muriel Coulpier;Christiane Fages

  • Basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) enhances tissue sparing and functional recovery following moderate spinal cord injury.

    Alexander G. Rabchevsky;Isabella Fugaccia;Anita Fletcher-Turner;Deborah A. Blades

Frequent Co-Authors

Patrick G. Sullivan
Patrick G. Sullivan University of Kentucky
Stephen W. Scheff
Stephen W. Scheff University of Kentucky
Bret N. Smith
Bret N. Smith University of Kentucky
David S.K. Magnuson
David S.K. Magnuson University of Louisville
Joe E. Springer
Joe E. Springer University of Kentucky
Phillip G. Popovich
Phillip G. Popovich The Ohio State University
Mark P. Mattson
Mark P. Mattson Johns Hopkins University
George M. Smith
George M. Smith Temple University
Darlene A. Burke
Darlene A. Burke University of Louisville
Stefan Stamm
Stefan Stamm University of Kentucky

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