Published Works

Brandon J. Bond, B.A.; Tobias A. Mattei M.D., John W. Hafner, Jr., M.D., Martin J. Morris, Ph.D., Jennifer Travis, B.S.M.E; Greg Hannah, B.S.M.E., Jim Webster, B.S.M.E., and Julian J. Lin, M.D. have had “Definition and Measurement of Rider Intrinsic Physical Attributes Influencing All-Terrain Vehicle Safety” accepted by Neurosurgical Focus.

Malla RR, Gopinath S, Gondi CS, Alapati K, Dinh DH, and Tsung AJ, Rao JS: uPAR and cathepsin B downregulation induces apoptosis by targeting calcineurin A to BAD via Bci-2 in glioma. J Neuro-oncology Oct 2, 2011 [Epub ahead of print]

Ponnala S, Chetty C, Veeravalli KK, Dinh DH, Klopfenstein JD, Rao JS: MMP-9 silencing regulates hTERT expression via β1 integrin-mediated FAK signaling and induces senescence in glioma xenograft cells. Cell Signal. Dec; 23(12):2065-2075, 2011

Bhoopathi P, Gondi CS, Gujrati M, Dinh DH, Lakka SS: SPARC mediates Src-induced disruption of actin cytoskeleton via inactivation of small GTPases Rho-Rac-Cdc42. Cell Signal. Dec; 23(12):1978-1987, 2011

Kotipatruni R, Dasari VR, Veeravalli KK, Dinh DH, Fassett D, Rao JS: p53- and Bax-mediated apoptosis in injured rat spinal cord. Neurochem Res Nov; 36(11):2063-2074, 2011

Gogineni VR, Nalla AK, Gupta R, Dinh DH, Klopfenstein JD, Rao JS: Chk2-mediated G2/M cell cycle arrest maintains radiation resistance in malignant meningioma cells. Cancer Lett Sept 6, 2011

Velpula KK, Dasari VR, Tsung AJ, Dinh DH, Rao J: Transcriptional repression of Mad-Max complex by human umbilical cord blood stem cells downregulates ERK in glioblastoma. Stem Cells Dev Sept 20, 2011

Veeravalli KK, Ponnala S, Chetty C, Tsung AJ, Gujrati M, Rao JS: Integrin α9β1-mediated cell migration in glioblastoma via SSAT and Kir4.2 potassium channel pathway. Cell Signal Sept  2011

Gopinath S, Alapati K, Malla RR, Gondi CS, Mohanam S, Dinh DH, Rao J: Mechanism of p27 upregulation induced by downregulation of cathepsin B and uPAR in glioma. Mol Oncol Oct; 5(5):426-427, 2011

Asunthkar S, Nalla AK, Gondi CS, Dinh DH, Gujrati M, Mohanam S, Rao JS: Neuro Oncol Oct; 13(10): 1059-1073, 2011

Neils DM, Singanallur PS, Wang H, Tracy PT, Klopfenstein J, Dinh D, Elwood P, Fassett D, McCall T, Lin J, Tsung AJ have had “Recurrence free chronic subdural hematomas: A retrospective analysis of the instillation of TPa in addition to twist drill or burr hole drainage in the treatment of chronic subdural hematoma” accepted by World Neurosurgery and will be published within 3 to 4 weeks on line via Science Direct. This will be the first paper from the INI in World Neurosurgery.

John Pula, M.D. will now be a neuro-opthalmic literature reviewer monthly for the journal Neuro-opthalmology. This is an important step in increasing the awareness of our department of neurology and our residency program. 

Dario Scocco, John Pula, and Jorge Kattah published “ Contralateral axial lateropulsion and ocular tilt reaction in a cerebello-laeral medullary-spinal stroke in Journal of Neurology, the Journal of the European Neurological Society  July, 2011.  

 Pula JH, Brock K, Kattah JC. Published in  J Neuroophthalmol. 2011 May 13. “Clinical Course of Patients With Ophthalmoplegia Caused by Radiographically Detectable Brainstem Demyelination Occurring as a Clinically Isolated Demyelinating Syndrome”.  Dr. Pula published in the same issue of the journal  " Retinal Nerve Fibre Layer and Macular Thinning in Spinocerebellar Ataxia and Cerebellar Multisystem Atrophy."  Dr. Pula and Dr. Kattah were the featured authors at the U of I Medical Library this month.

 Sosnoff JJ, Boes MK, Sandroff BM, Socie MJ, Pula JH & Motl RW. Published “ Walking and thinking in persons with multiple sclerosis who vary in disability” Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.

Rammos S, Neils DM, Fraser K, Klopfenstein J have had “Anterior communicating artery aneurysm rupture after intravenous thrombolysis for acute middle cerebral artery thromboembolism”   accepted by Neurosurgery, 2011

John Pula and Jorge Kattah had their article, “Clinical Course of Patients With Ophthalmoplegia Caused by Radiographically Detectable Brainstem Demyelination Occurring as a Clinically Isolated Demyelinating Syndrome” published ahead of print in the Journal of Neuro-ophthalmology for May, 2011

John Pula co-authored a poster “Walking, Standing, and Thinking in MS” at the Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers Annual Meeting In Montreal June 2,2011.

Cerebellar Glioblastoma: A retrospective review of 21 patients in a single institution, by Tsung AJ, Prabhu SS, Lei X, Chern JJ, Bekele NB, Shonka NA has been accepted for publication by the Journal of Neuro-oncology.

Reuben Mari Valenzuela MD, Dilini Reyhart MD, Kimberly Cooley RN, Sara Dhanani MD, Dennis Garwacki MD, & Gregory Blume MD: Correlation  between relapses in multiple sclerosis and ambient air quality in Central Illinois. 1^st place – poster and oral/platform

David Neils, MD, Pradeep S Singanallar, Hapuing Wang, Ph.D., Julian Lin, MD, Patrick Tracy, MD, Andrew Tsung, MD: Recurrence free chronic subdural hematomas: A retrospective analysis of the instillation of tPA in addition to twist drill or burr hole drainage in the treatment of chronic subdural hematomas. 2^nd place – oral/platform

Deborah Boland MD, Deepak Nair, DO, Arun Talkad, MD, Jan Jahnel RN, CNRN, C. McNeil, Ryan Chao, BA, Zachary Rynearson BS. Jason Douglas, BS, Felix Haung BSE, Soumya Rangarajan BS, MPP, David Wang DO: Hyper-Active stroke paging system increases thrombolytic usage. 3^rd place – poster

David Wang, Deepak Nair, and Arun Talkad published “Acute Decompressive Hemi craniotomy to Control High Intracranial Pressure in Patients with Malignant MCA Ischemic Strokes” in Current Treatment Options in Cardiovascular Medicine(2011) 13:225-232  March 1, 2011.

David X. Wang, DO, FAHA, and Arun v. Talkad, MD, published the article, "Treatment of Intracerebral Hemorrhage: What We Know?" in the January, 2009 Neurology and Neuroscience Report.

Lori Augspurger, BSN, RN, CNRN, along with Stylianos Rammos, MD; Jeffrey Klopfenstein, MD; Huan Wang, MD, Anne Wagenbach, APN, JUennifer Poston, RN and Giuseppe Lanzino, MD, published the article, "Conversion of External Ventricular Drains to Ventriculoperitoneal Shunts After Aneurismal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: Effect of Site and Protein/Red Blood Cell Counts on Shunt Infection and Malfunction" in the Journal of Neurosurgery December 2008.

David Z. Wang, DO, FAHA, has been invited by the American Heart Association as one of the authors to write the next edition of the Guidelines for the Early Management of Patients with Acute Ischemic Stroke. The publication target date for this paper is May, 2010.

Fassett DR, Harrop JS, Vaccaro AR: Evidence on magnetic resonance imaging of Brown-Sequard spinal cord injury suffered indirectly from a gunshot wound. Case Report. Journal of Neurosurgery Spine 8:286-287, 2008.

Fassett DR, Brockmeyer DL, Apfelbaum RI: Odontiod Fractures in Children and Adults. In: Spine Trama: Adult and Pediatric. Editors: Kim DH, Ludwig SC, Vaccaro AR, Chang JC (Eds), Elsevier, Philadelphia, PA, July 2008.

Dasari VR, Veeravalli KK, Saving KL, Gujrati M, Fassett DR, Klopfenstein JD, Dinh DH, Rao JS: Neuroprotection by cord blood stem cells against glutamate-induced apoptosis is mediated by Akt pathway. Neurobiology of Disease 32:486-498, 2008.

Fassett DR, Harrop K: Klippel-Feil Cervical Segmentation Anomalies. In: Cervical Spine Surgery. Albert T, Lim M, Lee J (Eds), Theime Medical, New York, February 2008.

Kim LJ, Klopfenstein JD, Spetzler RF: Clip reconstruction and sling wrapping of fusiform.

Rammos SK, Klopfenstein J, Augspurger L, Wang H, Poston J, Wagenbach A, Lanzino G. Conversion of External ventricular drains to venticuloperitoneal shunt after aneurismal subarachnoid hemorrhage: effects of site and protein/red blood cell count on shunt infection and malfunction. Journal of Neurosurgery 109: 1001-1004, 2008.

Rammos SK, Lanzino G: [Response to Editorial of Sandberg DI, Heros RC:] Influence of protein, red blood cell count, and surgical site on shunt performance following aneurismal subarachnoid hemorrhage. Journal of Neurosurgery 109:998-1000, 2008.

Gondi CS, Dinh DH, Gujrati M, Rao JS. Simultaneous down regulation of uPAR and MMP-9 induces overexperssion of the FADD-associated protein RIP and activates caspase 9-medicated apoptosis in gliomas. International Journal of Oncology. 33(4): 783-90, 2008.

Gogineni VR, Kargiotis, Klopfenstein JD, Gujrati M, Dinh DH, Rao JS: RN Ai-mediated downregulation of radiation-induced MMP-9 leads to apoptosis via activation of ERK and Akt in IOMM-Lee cells. International Journal of Oncology 34:209-218, 2009.