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Overview

Patrick M. Wood is affiliated with the University of Miami in the United States. Their primary research focus lies within the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a concentration in several subfields including Developmental Biology, Social Psychology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Oncology, and Genetics.

Their work encompasses a diverse range of topics mainly related to Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior, Primate Behavior and Ecology, and Animal Behavior and Reproduction. Additional topics of study include Human-Animal Interaction Studies, Infant Health and Development, Cancer Research and Treatments, and Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics.

Patrick M. Wood has contributed to multiple research publications, including the following recent papers:

  • Self-care tooling innovation in a disabled kea (Nestor notabilis), 2021, Scientific Reports
  • How do soundboard-trained dogs respond to human button presses? An investigation into word comprehension, 2024, PLoS ONE
  • Kea (Nestor notabilis) fail a loose-string connectivity task, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • Are parrots naive realists? Kea behave as if the real and virtual worlds are continuous, 2021, Biology Letters
  • Abstract 1632: An orthotopic model for luciferase-labeled human lung epithelial carcinoma with response to standard of care treatment, 2022, Cancer Research

The venues where Patrick's work is frequently published include:

  • Scientific Reports
  • Cancer Research
  • PLoS ONE
  • Biology Letters
  • Regular and Young Investigator Award Abstracts

Collaboration is a notable aspect of Patrick's research activity. Frequent coauthors include Amalia P. M. Bastos, Alex H. Taylor, Chassidy Hall, Ashley Evenson, and Zachary N. Houghton.

Best Publications

  • Schwann Cell But Not Olfactory Ensheathing Glia Transplants Improve Hindlimb Locomotor Performance in the Moderately Contused Adult Rat Thoracic Spinal Cord

    Toshihiro Takami;Martin Oudega;Margaret L. Bates;Patrick M. Wood

  • Evidence that sensory axons are mitogenic for Schwann cells

    Patrick M. Wood;Richard P. Bunge

  • Differentiation of axon-related Schwann cells in vitro. I. Ascorbic acid regulates basal lamina assembly and myelin formation

    C F Eldridge;M B Bunge;R P Bunge;P M Wood

  • Separation of functional Schwann cells and neurons from normal peripheral nerve tissue

    Patrick M. Wood

  • Transplantation of Schwann cells and/or olfactory ensheathing glia into the contused spinal cord: Survival, migration, axon association, and functional recovery.

    Damien Daniel Pearse;Andre R. Sanchez;Francisco C. Pereira;Christian M. Andrade

  • Functional recovery in traumatic spinal cord injury after transplantation of multineurotrophin-expressing glial-restricted precursor cells.

    Qilin Cao;Xiao Ming Xu;William H. DeVries;Gaby U. Enzmann

  • Comparison of nerve cell and nerve cell plus Schwann cell cultures, with particular emphasis on basal lamina and collagen formation.

    Mary Bartlett Bunge;Ann K. Williams;Patrick M. Wood;Jouni Uitto

  • Safety of Autologous Human Schwann Cell Transplantation in Subacute Thoracic Spinal Cord Injury.

    Kim D. Anderson;James D. Guest;W. Dalton Dietrich;Mary Bartlett Bunge

  • Transplantation of oligodendrocytes and Schwann cells into the spinal cord of the myelin-deficient rat.

    I. D. Duncan;J. P. Hammang;K. F. Jackson;P. M. Wood

  • Neuron-schwann cell interaction in basal lamina formation

    Mary Bartlett Bunge;Ann K. Williams;Patrick M. Wood

  • INHIBITION OF SCHWANN CELL MYELINATION IN VITRO BY ANTIBODY TO THE L1 ADHESION MOLECULE

    Patrick M. Wood;Melitta Schachner;Richard P. Bunge

  • Improved method for harvesting human Schwann cells from mature peripheral nerve and expansion in vitro

    Gizelda T.B. Casella;Richard P. Bunge;Patrick M. Wood

  • Perineurium originates from fibroblasts: demonstration in vitro with a retroviral marker.

    Mary Bartlett Bunge;Patrick M. Wood;Laura B. Tynan;Margaret L. Bates

  • Transplantation of rat Schwann cells grown in tissue culture into the mouse spinal cord.

    I.D. Duncan;A.J. Aguayo;R.P. Bunge;P.M. Wood

  • GDNF-enhanced axonal regeneration and myelination following spinal cord injury is mediated by primary effects on neurons.

    Liqun Zhang;Zhengwen Ma;George M. Smith;Xuejun Wen

  • New vascular tissue rapidly replaces neural parenchyma and vessels destroyed by a contusion injury to the rat spinal cord.

    Gizelda T.B. Casella;Alexander Marcillo;Mary Bartlett Bunge;Patrick M. Wood

  • Ruffling membrane, stress fiber, cell spreading and proliferation abnormalities in human Schwannoma cells

    Patricia D. Pelton;Larry S. Sherman;Tilat A. Rizvi;Mark A. Marchionni

  • Labeled Schwann cell transplantation: cell loss, host Schwann cell replacement, and strategies to enhance survival.

    Caitlin E. Hill;Lawrence D.F. Moon;Patrick M. Wood;Mary Bartlett Bunge

  • Two tetrodotoxin-resistant sodium channels in human dorsal root ganglion neurons

    S. D. Dib-Hajj;S. D. Dib-Hajj;L. Tyrrell;L. Tyrrell;Theodore Cummins;Theodore Cummins;J. A. Black;J. A. Black

  • The origin of remyelinating cells in the adult central nervous system: The role of the mature oligodendrocyte

    Patrick M. Wood;Richard P. Bunge

Frequent Co-Authors

Mary Bartlett Bunge
Mary Bartlett Bunge University of Miami
Richard P. Bunge
Richard P. Bunge Washington University in St. Louis
Christine K. Thomas
Christine K. Thomas University of Miami
Damien D. Pearse
Damien D. Pearse University of Miami
Stephen G. Waxman
Stephen G. Waxman Yale University
Xiao Ming Xu
Xiao Ming Xu Indiana University
Nancy Ratner
Nancy Ratner Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Scott R. Whittemore
Scott R. Whittemore University of Louisville
Sulayman D. Dib-Hajj
Sulayman D. Dib-Hajj Yale University
Melitta Schachner
Melitta Schachner Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

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