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Faye S. Silverstein is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience, with a specific focus on Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Emergency Medicine, Biomedical Engineering, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

The scientist has contributed to several main research topics, including neonatal and fetal brain pathology, cardiac arrest and resuscitation, mechanical circulatory support devices, cardiac ischemia and reperfusion, neonatal and maternal infections, neonatal respiratory health research, and the neuroscience of respiration and sleep.

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Faye S. Silverstein include:

  • Electrographic Seizures and Brain Injury in Children Requiring Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation, 2020, published in Pediatric Neurology
  • Azithromycin reduces inflammation-amplified hypoxic-ischemic brain injury in neonatal rats, 2021, published in Pediatric Research
  • Comparing Neuroprotective Drug Efficacy in Rodent Neonatal Brain Injury Models, 2025, published in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

The scientist has published multiple works in several journals, with frequent appearances in Pediatric Neurology, Pediatric Research, and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory).

Faye S. Silverstein has worked with a range of co-authors, including Julie Sturza, John Barks, Yiqing Liu, Robin J. Cook, and Stephanie Rau, with whom they have multiple collaborations.

Best Publications

  • Neurotoxicity of N-methyl-D-aspartate is markedly enhanced in developing rat central nervous system.

    John W. McDonald;Faye S. Silverstein;Michael V. Johnston

  • Therapeutic Hypothermia after Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest in Children

    Frank W. Moler;Faye S. Silverstein;Richard Holubkov;Beth S. Slomine

  • Cerebral Hypoxia-Ischemia Stimulates Cytokine Gene Expression in Perinatal Rats

    Jerzy Szaflarski;Douglas Burtrum;Faye S. Silverstein

  • MK-801 protects the neonatal brain from hypoxic-ischemic damage

    John W. McDonald;Faye Sarah Silverstein;Michael V. Johnston

  • Contemporary Profile of Seizures in Neonates: A Prospective Cohort Study.

    Hannah C. Glass;Renée A. Shellhaas;Courtney J. Wusthoff;Taeun Chang

  • Evidence for transient perinatal glutamatergic innervation of globus pallidus

    Timothy Greenamyre;John B. Penney;Anne B. Young;Christopher Hudson

  • Magnesium reduces N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA)-mediated brain injury in perinatal rats.

    John W. McDonald;Faye Sarah Silverstein;Michael V. Johnston

  • Perinatal hypoxia-ischemia disrupts striatal high-affinity [3H]glutamate uptake into synaptosomes.

    Faye S. Silverstein;Karen Buchanan;Michael V. Johnston

  • Cytokines and perinatal brain injury.

    Faye S. Silverstein;John D. E. Barks;Pamela Hagan;Xiao Hong Liu

  • Hypoxic-Ischemic Brain Injury Induces an Acute Microglial Reaction in Perinatal Rats

    Judith A Ivacko;Rong Sun;Faye S Silverstein

  • Neonatal hypoxic-ischemic injury increases forebrain subventricular zone neurogenesis in the mouse.

    Jennifer M. Plane;Ruowen Liu;Tsu Wei Wang;Faye S. Silverstein

  • Topiramate Extends the Therapeutic Window for Hypothermia-Mediated Neuroprotection After Stroke in Neonatal Rats

    Yi Qing Liu;John D. Barks;G. Xu;Faye S. Silverstein

  • Hypoxic-ischemic injury stimulates subventricular zone proliferation and neurogenesis in the neonatal rat.

    Jennifer Ong;Jennifer M Plane;Jack M Parent;Faye S Silverstein

  • Mice deficient in interleukin-1 converting enzyme are resistant to neonatal hypoxic-ischemic brain damage

    Xiao Hong Liu;Deborah Kwon;Gerald P. Schielke;Gerald P. Schielke;Guo Yuan Yang

  • Hypoxic-Ischemic Injury Induces Macrophage Inflammatory Protein-1α Expression in Immature Rat Brain

    Rita M. Cowell;Haiyan Xu;John M. Galasso;Faye S. Silverstein

  • Hypoxic-ischemic injury results in acute disruption of myelin gene expression and death of oligodendroglial precursors in neonatal mice.

    Robert P. Skoff;Denise A. Bessert;John D.E. Barks;Dekun Song

  • Neonatal seizures: multicenter variability in current treatment practices.

    Agnes I. Bartha;Jessica Shen;Karol H. Katz;Rebecca E. Mischel

  • Off-Label Use of Antiepileptic Drugs for the Treatment of Neonatal Seizures

    Faye S. Silverstein;Donna M. Ferriero

  • Hypoxic-Ischemic Oligodendroglial Injury in Neonatal Rat Brain

    Yiqing Liu;Faye S Silverstein;Robert Skoff;John D E Barks

  • Role of Glutamate Receptor-Mediated Excitotoxicity in Bilirubin-Induced Brain Injury in the Gunn Rat Model

    John W. McDonald;Steven M. Shapiro;Faye S. Silverstein;Michael V. Johnston

Frequent Co-Authors

John W. McDonald
John W. McDonald Johns Hopkins University
Jerzy P. Szaflarski
Jerzy P. Szaflarski University of Alabama at Birmingham
Donna M. Ferriero
Donna M. Ferriero University of California, San Francisco
Jack M. Parent
Jack M. Parent University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Robert P. Skoff
Robert P. Skoff Wayne State University
Renée A. Shellhaas
Renée A. Shellhaas Washington University in St. Louis
John B. Penney
John B. Penney University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Anne B. Young
Anne B. Young Harvard University
Terrie E. Inder
Terrie E. Inder Brigham and Women's Hospital
Beverly L. Davidson
Beverly L. Davidson Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

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