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Dana M. McTigue is affiliated with The Ohio State University in the United States and conducts research principally in the field of Medicine. Their work spans several subfields, including Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Molecular Biology, Neurology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Epidemiology.

The main research topics covered by McTigue include:

  • Spinal Cord Injury Research
  • Spinal Dysraphism and Malformations
  • Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders
  • Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery
  • Traumatic Brain Injury Research

McTigue has published numerous papers, some of the recent notable works are:

  • Microglia coordinate cellular interactions during spinal cord repair in mice, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Nanotransfection-based vasculogenic cell reprogramming drives functional recovery in a mouse model of ischemic stroke, 2021, Science Advances
  • Meeting Proceedings for SCI 2020: Launching a Decade of Disruption in Spinal Cord Injury Research, 2020, Journal of Neurotrauma
  • Eccentric rehabilitation induces white matter plasticity and sensorimotor recovery in chronic spinal cord injury, 2021, Experimental Neurology
  • System failure: Systemic inflammation following spinal cord injury, 2023, European Journal of Immunology

Their frequent co-authors include Phillip G. Popovich, Anthony N. Alfredo, Richard S. Bruno, Nicole Pukos, and Ceren Yarar-Fisher, indicating active collaboration within the spinal cord injury and neurological research communities.

Publications by McTigue appear repeatedly in specialized scientific journals, notably:

  • Experimental Neurology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Spinal Cord
  • Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials
  • Current Developments in Nutrition

Best Publications

  • Basso Mouse Scale for locomotion detects differences in recovery after spinal cord injury in five common mouse strains.

    D. Michele Basso;Lesley C. Fisher;Aileen J. Anderson;Lyn B. Jakeman

  • Neurotrophin-3 and Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Induce Oligodendrocyte Proliferation and Myelination of Regenerating Axons in the Contused Adult Rat Spinal Cord

    Dana M. McTigue;Philip J. Horner;Bradford T. Stokes;Fred H. Gage

  • The life, death, and replacement of oligodendrocytes in the adult CNS.

    Dana M. McTigue;Richa B. Tripathi

  • Proliferation of NG2-Positive Cells and Altered Oligodendrocyte Numbers in the Contused Rat Spinal Cord

    Dana M. McTigue;Ping Wei;Bradford T. Stokes

  • Bone marrow transplants provide tissue protection and directional guidance for axons after contusive spinal cord injury in rats.

    Daniel P. Ankeny;Dana M. McTigue;Lyn B. Jakeman

  • Selective chemokine mRNA accumulation in the rat spinal cord after contusion injury.

    Dana M. McTigue;Marie Tani;Kimberly Krivacic;Ann Chernosky

  • Microglia coordinate cellular interactions during spinal cord repair in mice

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  • Oligodendrocyte fate after spinal cord injury

    Akshata Almad;F. Rezan Sahinkaya;Dana M. McTigue

  • Oligodendrocytes contribute to motor neuron death in ALS via SOD1-dependent mechanism

    Laura Ferraiuolo;Kathrin Meyer;Thomas W. Sherwood;Jonathan Vick

  • Chronic Oligodendrogenesis and Remyelination after Spinal Cord Injury in Mice and Rats

    Zoe C. Hesp;Evan A. Goldstein;Carlos J. Miranda;Brain K. Kaspar;Brain K. Kaspar

  • Green tea extract prevents obesity in male mice by alleviating gut dysbiosis in association with improved intestinal barrier function that limits endotoxin translocation and adipose inflammation.

    Priyankar Dey;Geoffrey Y. Sasaki;Ping Wei;Jinhui Li

  • Gap junction coupling confers isopotentiality on astrocyte syncytium

    Baofeng Ma;Richard Buckalew;Yixing Du;Conrad M. Kiyoshi

  • Prominent oligodendrocyte genesis along the border of spinal contusion lesions.

    Richa Tripathi;Dana M. McTigue

  • Vagovagal reflex control of digestion: afferent modulation by neural and "endoneurocrine" factors

    R. C. Rogers;D. M. McTigue;G. E. Hermann

  • Proliferating NG2-Cell-Dependent Angiogenesis and Scar Formation Alter Axon Growth and Functional Recovery After Spinal Cord Injury in Mice.

    Zoe C. Hesp;Rim Y. Yoseph;Ryusuke Suzuki;Peter Jukkola

  • The PPAR gamma agonist Pioglitazone improves anatomical and locomotor recovery after rodent spinal cord injury

    Dana M. McTigue;Richa Tripathi;Ping Wei;A. Todd Lash

  • Vagal control of digestion: modulation by central neural and peripheral endocrine factors

    Richard C. Rogers;Dana M. McTigue;Gerlinda E. Hermann

  • Oligodendrocyte Generation Is Differentially Influenced by Toll-Like Receptor (TLR) 2 and TLR4-Mediated Intraspinal Macrophage Activation

    David L. Schonberg;Phillip G. Popovich;Dana M. McTigue

  • Localization of Transforming Growth Factor-β1 and Receptor mRNA after Experimental Spinal Cord Injury

    Dana M. McTigue;Phillip G. Popovich;Todd E. Morgan;Bradford T. Stokes

  • NG2 colocalizes with axons and is expressed by a mixed cell population in spinal cord lesions.

    Dana M. McTigue;Richa Tripathi;Ping Wei

  • Pegylated brain-derived neurotrophic factor shows improved distribution into the spinal cord and stimulates locomotor activity and morphological changes after injury.

    Daniel P. Ankeny;Dana M. McTigue;Zhen Guan;Qiao Yan

Frequent Co-Authors

Phillip G. Popovich
Phillip G. Popovich The Ohio State University
Lyn B. Jakeman
Lyn B. Jakeman National Institutes of Health
Bradford T. Stokes
Bradford T. Stokes The Ohio State University
John C. Gensel
John C. Gensel University of Kentucky
Michael S. Beattie
Michael S. Beattie University of California, San Francisco
Jacqueline C. Bresnahan
Jacqueline C. Bresnahan University of California, San Francisco
Mark H. Tuszynski
Mark H. Tuszynski University of California, San Diego
Lara A. Boyd
Lara A. Boyd University of British Columbia
David W. McComb
David W. McComb The Ohio State University
Pamela J. Shaw
Pamela J. Shaw University of Sheffield

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