World's Best Scientists 2026 revealed!

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
47
Citations
11701
World Ranking
6335
National Ranking
2758

Overview

Barbara S. Bregman is affiliated with Georgetown University Medical Center in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on fields connected to medicine, with a specialization in rehabilitation, pharmacology, psychiatry and mental health, cognitive neuroscience, and neurology.

The main topics of their work include stroke rehabilitation and recovery, musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation, cerebral palsy and movement disorders, motor control and adaptation, and botulinum toxin and related neurological disorders.

Barbara S. Bregman has contributed to multiple publications with research published mainly in the following venues:

  • Journal of Clinical and Translational Science
  • Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair
  • Journal of Neurophysiology
  • Frontiers in Neuroscience

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by Barbara S. Bregman include:

  • "Interpreting the CPASS Trial: Do Not Shift Motor Therapy to the Subacute Phase" (2022), Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair
  • "A trade-off between kinematic and dynamic control of bimanual reaching in virtual reality" (2022), Journal of Neurophysiology
  • "Responsiveness to exoskeleton loading during bimanual reaching is associated with corticospinal tract integrity in stroke" (2024), Frontiers in Neuroscience
  • "67553 Exoskeleton dynamics alter upper-limb coordination in a virtual reality reaching task" (2021), Journal of Clinical and Translational Science
  • "314 Exoskeletons increase paretic limb use in stroke survivors during a bimanual virtual reality reaching task" (2022), Journal of Clinical and Translational Science

The researcher frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • Alexander Brunfeldt
  • Peter S. Lum
  • Alexander W. Dromerick
  • Matthew A. Edwardson
  • Kathaleen Brady

Barbara S. Bregman's work spans a multidisciplinary approach integrating rehabilitation sciences with neurological and pharmacological perspectives, contributing to advancements in clinical and translational understanding of motor control, stroke recovery, and use of assistive technologies such as exoskeletons in therapy contexts.

Best Publications

  • Recovery from spinal cord injury mediated by antibodies to neurite growth inhibitors

    Barbara S. Bregman;Ellen Kunkel-Bagden;Lisa Schnell;Hai Ning Dai

  • Spinal axon regeneration induced by elevation of cyclic AMP.

    Jin Qiu;Dongming Cai;Haining Dai;Marietta McAtee

  • Transplantation of in vitro‐expanded fetal neural progenitor cells results in neurogenesis and functional recovery after spinal cord contusion injury in adult rats

    Y. Ogawa;K. Sawamoto;K. Sawamoto;T. Miyata;S. Miyao

  • Neuronal cyclic AMP controls the developmental loss in ability of axons to regenerate.

    Dongming Cai;Jin Qiu;Zixuan Cao;Marietta McAtee

  • Neurotrophic factors increase axonal growth after spinal cord injury and transplantation in the adult rat

    Barbara S. Bregman;Marietta McAtee;Hai Ning Dai;Penelope L. Kuhn

  • Ephrin-B2 and EphB2 Regulation of Astrocyte-Meningeal Fibroblast Interactions in Response to Spinal Cord Lesions in Adult Rats

    Liza Q. Bundesen;Tracy Aber Scheel;Barbara S. Bregman;Lawrence F. Kromer

  • Axonal regeneration and functional recovery after complete spinal cord transection in rats by delayed treatment with transplants and neurotrophins.

    Jean V. Coumans;Ted Tai-Sen Lin;Hai Ning Dai;Linda MacArthur

  • The phosphodiesterase inhibitor rolipram delivered after a spinal cord lesion promotes axonal regeneration and functional recovery.

    Elena Nikulina;J. Lille Tidwell;Hai Ning Dai;Barbara S. Bregman

  • Intraspinal transplantation of embryonic spinal cord tissue in neonatal and adult rats.

    P. J. Reier;B. S. Bregman;J. R. Wujek

  • Methods to Assess the Development and Recovery of Locomotor Function after Spinal Cord Injury in Rats

    Ellen Kunkel-Bagden;Hai-Ning Dai;Barbara S. Bregman

  • Recovery of Function after Spinal Cord Injury: Mechanisms Underlying Transplant-Mediated Recovery of Function Differ after Spinal Cord Injury in Newborn and Adult Rats

    Barbara S. Bregman;Ellen Kunkel-Bagden;Paul J. Reier;Hai Ning Dai

  • Neural tissue transplants rescue axotomized rubrospinal cells from retrograde death

    Barbara S. Bregman;Paul J. Reier

  • Transplants and neurotrophic factors increase regeneration and recovery of function after spinal cord injury.

    Barbara S Bregman;Jean-Valery Coumans;Hai Ning Dai;Penelope L Kuhn

  • Differences in cytokine gene expression profile between acute and secondary injury in adult rat spinal cord.

    Masaya Nakamura;Richard A Houghtling;Linda MacArthur;Barbara M Bayer

  • Development of serotonin immunoreactivity in the rat spinal cord and its plasticity after neonatal spinal cord lesions.

    Barbara S. Bregman

  • Transplants and neurotrophic factors prevent atrophy of mature CNS neurons after spinal cord injury.

    B.S. Bregman;E. Broude;M. McAtee;M.S. Kelley

  • Spinal cord transplants permit the growth of serotonergic axons across the site of neonatal spinal cord transection

    Barbara S. Bregman

  • c-Jun Expression in Adult Rat Dorsal Root Ganglion Neurons: Differential Response after Central or Peripheral Axotomy ☆

    E. Broude;M. McAtee;M.S. Kelley;B.S. Bregman

  • Extension of the critical period for developmental plasticity of the corticospinal pathway.

    Barbara S. Bregman;Ellen Kunkel-Bagden;Marietta McAtee;Andrea O'Neill

  • Remodeling of synaptic structures in the motor cortex following spinal cord injury

    Byung G. Kim;Hai-Ning Dai;Marietta McAtee;Stefano Vicini

  • Recovery of function after spinal cord hemisection in newborn and adult rats: differential effects on reflex and locomotor function.

    Ellen Kunkel-Bagden;Hai-Ning Dai;Barbara S. Bregman

Frequent Co-Authors

Joshua G. Corbin
Joshua G. Corbin Children’s National Health System
Alex L. Kolodkin
Alex L. Kolodkin Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Stefano Vicini
Stefano Vicini Georgetown University Medical Center
Lisa Schnell
Lisa Schnell University of Zurich
Gord Fishell
Gord Fishell Harvard Medical School
Tarik F. Haydar
Tarik F. Haydar Boston University
Martin E. Schwab
Martin E. Schwab University of Zurich
Paul N. Hoffman
Paul N. Hoffman Johns Hopkins University
Paul J. Reier
Paul J. Reier University of Florida
Phillip G. Popovich
Phillip G. Popovich The Ohio State University

If you think any of the details on this page are incorrect, let us know.

Report an issue

We appreciate your kind effort to assist us to improve this page, it would be helpful providing us with as much detail as possible in the text box below:

Best Scientists Citing Barbara S. Bregman

Trending Scientists