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Cindi M. Morshead

Cindi M. Morshead

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
47
Citations
13270
World Ranking
18570
National Ranking
648

Overview

Cindi M. Morshead is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada. Their research lies at the intersection of neuroscience, medicine, and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work encompasses several specialized subfields including cellular and molecular neuroscience, developmental neuroscience, molecular biology, neurology, and genetics.

The primary topics of their research include neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms, neuroscience and neural engineering, mesenchymal stem cell research, neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms, nerve injury and regeneration, spinal cord injury research, and planarian biology and electrostimulation.

The scientist has contributed to multiple papers published in various journals. Recent notable publications include:

  • The leading edge: Emerging neuroprotective and neuroregenerative cell-based therapies for spinal cord injury, 2020, Stem Cells Translational Medicine
  • Assessment of cognitive and neural recovery in survivors of pediatric brain tumors in a pilot clinical trial using metformin, 2020, Nature Medicine
  • Regulating Endogenous Neural Stem Cell Activation to Promote Spinal Cord Injury Repair, 2022, Cells
  • Injectable hydrogel enables local and sustained co-delivery to the brain: Two clinically approved biomolecules, cyclosporine and erythropoietin, accelerate functional recovery in rat model of stroke, 2020, Biomaterials
  • Electric Field Application In Vivo Regulates Neural Precursor Cell Behavior in the Adult Mammalian Forebrain, 2020, eNeuro

Morshead frequently publishes in venues such as The FASEB Journal, Biomaterials, Stem Cells Translational Medicine, Brain Research, and eNeuro.

Collaboration is a significant aspect of their research, with frequent co-authors including Emily Gilbert, Jessica Livingston, Ricky Siu, Stephanie N. Iwasa, and Hani E. Naguib. These collaborations have contributed to sustained research output across various neuroscience-related domains.

Best Publications

  • Neural stem cells in the adult mammalian forebrain: a relatively quiescent subpopulation of subependymal cells

    Cindi M. Morshead;Brent A. Reynolds;Constance G. Craig;Michael W. McBurney

  • In vivo growth factor expansion of endogenous subependymal neural precursor cell populations in the adult mouse brain

    CG Craig;V Tropepe;CM Morshead;BA Reynolds

  • Is there a neural stem cell in the mammalian forebrain

    Samuel Weiss;Brent A. Reynolds;Angelo L. Vescovi;Cindi Morshead

  • Delayed Transplantation of Adult Neural Precursor Cells Promotes Remyelination and Functional Neurological Recovery after Spinal Cord Injury

    Soheila Karimi-Abdolrezaee;Eftekhar Eftekharpour;Jian Wang;Cindi M Morshead

  • Adult Mammalian Forebrain Ependymal and Subependymal Cells Demonstrate Proliferative Potential, but only Subependymal Cells Have Neural Stem Cell Characteristics

    Bernard J. Chiasson;Vincent Tropepe;Cindi M. Morshead;Derek van der Kooy

  • Transforming growth factor-alpha null and senescent mice show decreased neural progenitor cell proliferation in the forebrain subependyma.

    Vincent Tropepe;Constance G. Craig;Cindi M. Morshead;Derek van der Kooy

  • Spatially controlled simultaneous patterning of multiple growth factors in three-dimensional hydrogels

    Ryan G. Wylie;Shoeb Ahsan;Yukie Aizawa;Karen L. Maxwell

  • Activated Neural Stem Cells Contribute to Stroke-Induced Neurogenesis and Neuroblast Migration toward the Infarct Boundary in Adult Rats:

    Ruilan Zhang;Zhenggang Zhang;Lei Wang;Ying Wang

  • Postmitotic death is the fate of constitutively proliferating cells in the subependymal layer of the adult mouse brain

    CM Morshead;D van der Kooy

  • Hematopoietic competence is a rare property of neural stem cells that may depend on genetic and epigenetic alterations

    Cindi M. Morshead;Patricia Benveniste;Norman N. Iscove;Derek van der Kooy

  • In vivo clonal analyses reveal the properties of endogenous neural stem cell proliferation in the adult mammalian forebrain

    C.M. Morshead;C.G. Craig;D. van der Kooy

  • The ablation of glial fibrillary acidic protein-positive cells from the adult central nervous system results in the loss of forebrain neural stem cells but not retinal stem cells

    Cindi M. Morshead;A. Denize Garcia;Michael V. Sofroniew;Derek Van Der Kooy

  • Growth factor-stimulated generation of new cortical tissue and functional recovery after stroke damage to the motor cortex of rats

    Bryan Kolb;Cindi Morshead;Claudia Gonzalez;Mina Kim

  • Adult Neural Stem Cells from the Subventricular Zone Give Rise to Reactive Astrocytes in the Cortex after Stroke.

    Maryam Faiz;Nadia Sachewsky;Sergio Gascón;K.W. Annie Bang

  • Distinct Populations of Forebrain Neural Stem and Progenitor Cells Can Be Isolated Using Side-Population Analysis

    Mina Kim;Cindi M. Morshead

  • Support for the immortal strand hypothesis neural stem cells partition DNA asymmetrically in vitro

    Phillip Karpowicz;Cindi Morshead;Angela Kam;Eric Jervis

  • A Hyaluronan-Based Injectable Hydrogel Improves the Survival and Integration of Stem Cell Progeny following Transplantation

    Brian G. Ballios;Michael J. Cooke;Laura Donaldson;Brenda L.K. Coles

  • Don't Look: Growing Clonal Versus Nonclonal Neural Stem Cell Colonies

    Brenda L.K. Coles-Takabe;Ian Brain;Kelly A. Purpura;Phillip Karpowicz

  • Hydrogel delivery of erythropoietin to the brain for endogenous stem cell stimulation after stroke injury.

    Yuanfei Wang;Michael J. Cooke;Cindi M. Morshead;Molly S. Shoichet

  • Injectable hydrogel promotes early survival of induced pluripotent stem cell-derived oligodendrocytes and attenuates longterm teratoma formation in a spinal cord injury model.

    T. Führmann;R.Y. Tam;B. Ballarin;B. Coles

Frequent Co-Authors

Molly S. Shoichet
Molly S. Shoichet University of Toronto
Derek van der Kooy
Derek van der Kooy University of Toronto
Charles H. Tator
Charles H. Tator Toronto Western Hospital
Andras Nagy
Andras Nagy Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute
Michael G. Fehlings
Michael G. Fehlings University of Toronto
Samuel Weiss
Samuel Weiss University of Calgary
Dale Corbett
Dale Corbett University of Ottawa
Freda D. Miller
Freda D. Miller University of British Columbia
Hani E. Naguib
Hani E. Naguib University of Toronto
Bradley J. MacIntosh
Bradley J. MacIntosh Sunnybrook Health Science Centre

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