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  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

S. Thomas Carmichael is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their primary research fields are Neuroscience and Medicine, with a particular focus on Neurology, Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Developmental Neuroscience.

The main topics of their research include:

  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Neurological Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
  • Neurological Disorders and Treatments
  • Nerve injury and regeneration
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies

Carmichael has published extensively, with a number of recent papers highlighting areas of brain repair, neurodegeneration, and cellular therapies. Selected publications include:

  • Encouraging an excitable brain state: mechanisms of brain repair in stroke, 2020, Nature reviews. Neuroscience
  • Glia in neurodegeneration: Drivers of disease or along for the ride?, 2020, Neurobiology of Disease
  • Click by Click Microporous Annealed Particle (MAP) Scaffolds, 2020, Advanced Healthcare Materials
  • Patient-derived glial enriched progenitors repair functional deficits due to white matter stroke and vascular dementia in rodents, 2021, Science Translational Medicine
  • A toolbox of astrocyte-specific, serotype-independent adeno-associated viral vectors using microRNA targeting sequences, 2023, Nature Communications

The scientist frequently publishes in venues including bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Stroke, Translational Stroke Research, Nature Communications, and GeroScience.

Collaborations have been established with several frequent co-authors, such as:

  • Riki Kawaguchi
  • Tatiana Segura
  • Amy J. Gleichman
  • Mary T. Joy
  • Irene L. Llorente

Carmichael has been recognized as a Member of the Association of American Physicians.

Best Publications

  • Agreed definitions and a shared vision for new standards in stroke recovery research: The Stroke Recovery and Rehabilitation Roundtable taskforce:

    Julie Bernhardt;Kathryn S Hayward;Kathryn S Hayward;Gert Kwakkel;Gert Kwakkel;Nick S Ward

  • Reducing excessive GABA-mediated tonic inhibition promotes functional recovery after stroke

    Andrew N. Clarkson;Ben S. Huang;Sarah E. MacIsaac;Istvan Mody

  • Rodent models of focal stroke: size, mechanism, and purpose.

    S. Thomas Carmichael

  • Cellular and molecular mechanisms of neural repair after stroke: making waves.

    S. Thomas Carmichael

  • Getting neurorehabilitation right: what can be learned from animal models?

    John W. Krakauer;S. Thomas Carmichael;Dale Corbett;George F. Wittenberg

  • A critical role of erythropoietin receptor in neurogenesis and post-stroke recovery.

    Peter T. Tsai;John J. Ohab;Nathalie Kertesz;Matthias Groszer

  • Plasticity of Cortical Projections after Stroke

    S. Thomas Carmichael

  • Growth-associated gene expression after stroke: evidence for a growth-promoting region in peri-infarct cortex.

    S. Thomas Carmichael;Ivonne Archibeque;Linslee Luke;Tim Nolan

  • Synchronous Neuronal Activity Is a Signal for Axonal Sprouting after Cortical Lesions in the Adult

    S. Thomas Carmichael;Marie-Françoise Chesselet

  • New Patterns of Intracortical Projections after Focal Cortical Stroke

    S. Thomas Carmichael;Ling Wei;Carl M. Rovainen;Thomas A. Woolsey

  • CCR5 Is a Therapeutic Target for Recovery after Stroke and Traumatic Brain Injury

    Mary T. Joy;Einor Ben Assayag;Einor Ben Assayag;Dalia Shabashov-Stone;Sigal Liraz-Zaltsman;Sigal Liraz-Zaltsman;Sigal Liraz-Zaltsman

  • An age-related sprouting transcriptome provides molecular control of axonal sprouting after stroke

    Songlin Li;Justine J Overman;Diana Katsman;Serguei V Kozlov

  • AMPA Receptor-Induced Local Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Signaling Mediates Motor Recovery after Stroke

    Andrew N. Clarkson;Justine J. Overman;Sheng Zhong;Rudolf Mueller

  • Networks related to the orbital and medial prefrontal cortex; a substrate for emotional behavior?

    Price Jl;Carmichael St;Drevets Wc

  • Dual-function injectable angiogenic biomaterial for the repair of brain tissue following stroke.

    Lina R. Nih;Shiva Gojgini;S. Thomas Carmichael;Tatiana Segura;Tatiana Segura

  • Pten Deletion in Adult Neural Stem/Progenitor Cells Enhances Constitutive Neurogenesis

    Caroline Gregorian;Jonathan Nakashima;Janel Le Belle;John Ohab

  • N-acetylcysteine targets 5 lipoxygenase-derived, toxic lipids and can synergize with prostaglandin E2 to inhibit ferroptosis and improve outcomes following hemorrhagic stroke in mice.

    Saravanan S. Karuppagounder;Lauren Alin;Yingxin Chen;David Brand

  • Promoting axonal rewiring to improve outcome after stroke

    Larry I. Benowitz;S. Thomas Carmichael

  • Brain Excitability in Stroke: The Yin and Yang of Stroke Progression

    S. Thomas Carmichael

  • A role for ephrin-A5 in axonal sprouting, recovery, and activity-dependent plasticity after stroke.

    Justine J. Overman;Andrew N. Clarkson;Ina B. Wanner;William T. Overman

Frequent Co-Authors

Dale Corbett
Dale Corbett University of Ottawa
Nick S. Ward
Nick S. Ward University College London
John W. Krakauer
John W. Krakauer Johns Hopkins University
Julie Bernhardt
Julie Bernhardt Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health
Peyman Golshani
Peyman Golshani University of California, Los Angeles
Larry I. Benowitz
Larry I. Benowitz Harvard Medical School
Daniel H. Geschwind
Daniel H. Geschwind University of California, Los Angeles
Alcino J. Silva
Alcino J. Silva University of California, Los Angeles
Lara A. Boyd
Lara A. Boyd University of British Columbia
Theresa A. Jones
Theresa A. Jones The University of Texas at Austin

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