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Overview

Theo Hagg is affiliated with East Tennessee State University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the fields of neuroscience and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their research spans several subfields, including neurology, molecular biology, developmental neuroscience, social psychology, and behavioral neuroscience.

Their scientific work covers diverse topics such as neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms, S100 proteins and annexins, neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms, neuroendocrine regulation and behavior, stress responses and cortisol, cell adhesion molecules research, and olfactory and sensory function studies.

Theo Hagg frequently collaborates with several researchers including Cuihong Jia, Chiharu Lovins, Matthew P. Keasey, W. Drew Gill, and Hannah M. Malone.

Their recent papers include the following:

  • Female-specific neuroprotection after ischemic stroke by vitronectin-focal adhesion kinase inhibition, 2022, Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism
  • Blood Vitronectin Induces Detrimental Brain Interleukin-6 and Correlates With Outcomes After Stroke Only in Female Mice, 2020, Stroke
  • PDIA3 inhibits mitochondrial respiratory function in brain endothelial cells and C. elegans through STAT3 signaling and decreases survival after OGD, 2021, Cell Communication and Signaling
  • Inhibition of focal adhesion kinase increases adult olfactory stem cell self-renewal and neuroregeneration through ciliary neurotrophic factor, 2020, Stem Cell Research
  • Female-specific role of ciliary neurotrophic factor in the medial amygdala in promoting stress responses, 2022, Neurobiology of Stress

Theo Hagg's work is often published in venues such as Stroke, Cell Communication and Signaling, Neurobiology of Stress, Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism, and Stem Cell Research. Among these, the most frequent publication venues include Stroke, Cell Communication and Signaling, and Neurobiology of Stress.

Best Publications

  • Degenerative and spontaneous regenerative processes after spinal cord injury.

    Theo Hagg;Martin Oudega

  • Dopaminergic nigrostriatal projections regulate neural precursor proliferation in the adult mouse subventricular zone.

    Sarah A. Baker;K. Adam Baker;Theo Hagg

  • Delayed treatment with nerve growth factor reverses the apparent loss of cholinergic neurons after acute brain damage.

    Theo Hagg;Marston Manthorpe;H.Lee Vahlsing;Silvio Varon

  • Molecular regulation of adult CNS neurogenesis: an integrated view.

    Theo Hagg

  • Ciliary neurotrophic factor prevents neuronal degeneration and promotes low affinity NGF receptor expression in the adult rat CNS.

    Theo Hagg;Diana Quon;Jeffrey Higaki;Silvio Varon

  • Nerve growth factor (NGF) reverses axotomy-induced decreases in choline acetyltransferase, NGF receptor and size of medial septum cholinergic neurons

    Hagg T;Fass-Holmes B;Vahlsing Hl;Manthorpe M

  • Immunolocalization of ciliary neuronotrophic factor in adult rat sciatic nerve.

    Mario Rende;David Muir;Erkki Ruoslahti;Theo Hagg

  • Survival of Cholinergic Forebrain Neurons in Developing p75NGFR-Deficient Mice

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  • Endogenous and exogenous ciliary neurotrophic factor enhances forebrain neurogenesis in adult mice

    J G Emsley;T Hagg;T Hagg

  • Nerve Growth Factor Promotes Regeneration of Sensory Axons into Adult Rat Spinal Cord

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  • Ciliary Neurotrophic Factor Mediates Dopamine D2 Receptor-Induced CNS Neurogenesis in Adult Mice

    Peng Yang;Sheila A. Arnold;Agata Habas;Michal Hetman

  • The ADAMs family: Coordinators of nervous system development, plasticity and repair

    Peng Yang;K. Adam Baker;Theo Hagg

  • Laminin-like antigen in rat CNS neurons: Distribution and changes upon brain injury and nerve growth factor treatment

    Theo Hagg;David Muir;Eva Engvall;Silvio Varon

  • Nerve growth factor infusion into the denervated adult rat hippocampal formation promotes its cholinergic reinnervation

    T Hagg;HL Vahlsing;M Manthorpe;S Varon

  • Induction of neurogenesis in the adult rat subventricular zone and neostriatum following dopamine D3 receptor stimulation

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  • The etiopathogenesis of Parkinson disease and suggestions for future research. Part II.

    Irene Litvan;Marie Francoise Chesselet;Thomas Gasser;Donato A. Di Monte

  • Neurotrophins promote regeneration of sensory axons in the adult rat spinal cord

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  • The localization of nerve growth factor-like immunoreactivity in the adult rat basal forebrain and hippocampal formation.

    J. M. Conner;D. Muir;S. Varon;T. Hagg

  • Griffonia simplicifolia isolectin B4 identifies a specific subpopulation of angiogenic blood vessels following contusive spinal cord injury in the adult mouse.

    Richard L. Benton;Melissa A. Maddie;Danielle R. Minnillo;Theo Hagg

  • α6β1 integrin directs migration of neuronal precursors in adult mouse forebrain

    J.G Emsley;T Hagg;T Hagg

  • Rescuing vasculature with intravenous angiopoietin-1 and αvβ3 integrin peptide is protective after spinal cord injury

    Shu Han;Sheila A. Arnold;Srinivas D. Sithu;Edward T. Mahoney

  • Neurotrophins reduce degeneration of injured ascending sensory and corticospinal motor axons in adult rat spinal cord.

    Faisal T. Sayer;Martin Oudega;Theo Hagg

  • Laminins of the adult mammalian CNS; laminin-α2 (merosin M-) chain immunoreactivity is associated with neuronal processes

    Theo Hagg;Carlos Portera-Cailliau;Mathias Jucker;Eva Engvall

  • Naloxone prevents microglia-induced degeneration of dopaminergic substantia nigra neurons in adult rats.

    X Lu;G Bing;T Hagg

  • From Neurotransmitters to Neurotrophic Factors to Neurogenesis

    Theo Hagg

  • A disintegrin and metalloprotease 21 (ADAM21) is associated with neurogenesis and axonal growth in developing and adult rodent CNS.

    Peng Yang;K. Adam Baker;Theo Hagg

  • A Positive Feedback Loop between Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3β and Protein Phosphatase 1 after Stimulation of NR2B NMDA Receptors in Forebrain Neurons

    Erzsebet Szatmari;Agata Habas;Peng Yang;Jing-Juan Zheng

  • Endogenous CNTF mediates stroke-induced adult CNS neurogenesis in mice.

    Seong Su Kang;Matthew P. Keasey;Sheila A. Arnold;Rollie Reid

  • Laminin-α2 chain-like antigens in CNS dendritic spines

    Min Tian;Theo Hagg;Natalie Denisova;Beat Knusel

Frequent Co-Authors

Scott R. Whittemore
Scott R. Whittemore University of Louisville
Michal Hetman
Michal Hetman University of Louisville
Etienne C. Hirsch
Etienne C. Hirsch Sorbonne University
Oscar Arias-Carrión
Oscar Arias-Carrión Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitación
Wolfram Tetzlaff
Wolfram Tetzlaff University of British Columbia
Marie-Françoise Chesselet
Marie-Françoise Chesselet University of California, Los Angeles
Glenda M. Halliday
Glenda M. Halliday University of Sydney
Richard E. Brown
Richard E. Brown Dalhousie University
Irene Litvan
Irene Litvan University of California, San Diego
Mark Hallett
Mark Hallett National Institutes of Health

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