Raul Reyes, Jr., BS, MS

Publications:
Reyes R Jr, Wu Y, Lai Q, Mrizek M, Berger J, Jimenez DF, Barone CM, Ding Y. Early inflammatory response in rat brain after peripheral thermal injury. Neurosci Lett. 2006 16:407(1):11-5.

Ding YH, Mrizek M, Lai Q, Wu Y, Reyes R Jr, Li Jie, Davis WW, Ding Y. Exercise Preconditioning Reduces Brain Damage and Inhibits TNF-a Receptor Expression after Hypoxia/Reoxygenation: An In Vivo and In Vitro Study. Curr Neurovasc Res. 3:263-271

Raul Reyes Jr, Shane Sprague, Yimin Wu, David F. Jimenez, Constance M. Barone, Yuchuan Ding. Role of Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) in Blood Brain Barrier (BBB) Dysfunction and Extracellular Matrix (ECM) Degradation in Thermally Injured Rats. 2007 AANS annual meeting.

Siddharth U. Shetgeri, Raul Reyes, Jr., David F. Jimenez, Yimin Wu, Shane Sprague, Constance M. Barone, Yuchuan Ding, MD. Causal Role of Matrix Metalloproteinase (MMP)-9 and Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF)-alpha in Brain Damage after Peripheral Thermal Injury. 52nd Annual Meeting of Plastic Surgery Research Council.

Raul Reyes Jr. David F. Jimenez, Constance M. Barone, William Davis, Shane Sprague, Yimin Wu, Yuchuan Ding. Role of Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) in Blood Brain Barrier (BBB) Dysfunction and Extracellular Matrix (ECM) Degradation in Thermally Injured Rats 2006 Medical Student Research Day at UTHSCSA and award for 4th place.

Kathryn Swann, BA

Publications:
Kathryn Swann, Jamie Berger, Shane M. Sprague, Yimin Wu, Qin Lai, David F. Jimenez, Constance M. Barone, Yuchuan Ding. Peripheral Thermal Injury Causes Blood Brain Barrier Dysfunction and Matrix Metalloproteinase (MMP) Expression in Rat. Brain Research (In Press)

Kathryn Swann, Jamie Berger, Shane M. Sprague, Yimin Wu, David F. Jimenez, Constance M. Barone, Yuchuan Ding. Peripheral Thermal Injury Causes Blood Brain Barrier Dysfunction and Matrix Metalloproteinase (MMP) Expression in Rat. 2007 AANS annual meeting.

Swann K, Berger J, Sprague SM, Wu Y, Davis WW, Jimenez DF, Barone CM, Ding Y. Peripheral Thermal Injury Causes Blood Brain Barrier Dysfunction Associated with Expression of Matrix Metalloproteinase (MMP) in Rat. 2006 Medical Student Research Day at UTHSCSA.

Kathryn Swann, Yuchuan Ding, David F. Jimenez, Yimin Wu, William Davis, Constance M. Barone. Peripheral Thermal Injury Causes Blood Brain Barrier (BBB) Dysfunction in a Rat Model. 52nd Annual Meeting of Plastic Surgery Research Council.

Katherine Hayes, BS

Publications:
Katherine Hayes, Aaron Carranza, Shane Sprague, David Jimenez, Yuchuan Ding. Forced Exercise Procedure Effectively Induces Neuroprotection. 2007 International Stroke Conference.

Brian Cox, Seema Mahale, Katherine Hayes, Aaron Carranza, Yimin Wu, Shane Sprague, David Jimenez, Yuchuan Ding. The Role of Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) in Exercise-Preconditioning-Induced Neuroprotection in Stroke. 2007 International Stroke Conference.

Brian Cox, Seema Mahale, Katherine Hayes, Aaron Carranza, Yimin Wu, Shane Sprague, Duff Davis, David Jimenez, Yuchuan Ding. Exercise-induced Neuroprotection after Stroke from Downregulation of Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 and Activation of Extracellular Signal-Regulated Kinase 1/2. 2006 Medical Student Research Day at UTHSCSA.

Katherine Hayes, Will Davis, Shane Sprague, Aaron Carranza, David Jimenez, Yuchuan Ding Forced Exercise Effectively Induces Neuroprotection. 2006 Medical Student Research Day at UTHSCSA.

Brian Cox, MEng

Publications:
Brian Cox, Seema Mahale, Katherine Hayes, Aaron Carranza, Yimin Wu, Shane Sprague, David Jimenez, Yuchuan Ding. The Role of Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) in Exercise-Preconditioning-Induced Neuroprotection in Stroke. 2007 International Stroke Conference.

Brian Cox, Duff Davis, David Jimenez, Yuchuan Ding. Activation of Extracellular Signal-Regulated Kinase 1 and 2 (ERK 1/2) in Exercise-Preconditioning Improves Reperfusion after Stroke in Rodent Model. 2007 International Stroke Conference.

Seema Mahale, Brain Cox, Katherin Hayes, Aaron Carranza, William Davis, David Jimenez, Yuchuan Ding. Exercise Preconditioning Ameliorates Blood Brain Barrier Dysfunction in Stroke by Enhancing Basal Lamina. 2007 International Stroke Conference.

Brian Cox, Seema Mahale, Katherine Hayes, Aaron Carranza, Yimin Wu, Shane Sprague, Duff Davis, David Jimenez, Yuchuan Ding. Exercise-induced Neuroprotection after Stroke from Downregulation of Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 and Activation of Extracellular Signal-Regulated Kinase 1/2. 2006 Medical Student Research Day at UTHSCSA and award for 3rd place.

Seema Mahale, BS

Publications:
William Davis, Seema Mahale, Aaron Carranza, David Jimenez, Yuchuan Ding. Exercise Preconditioning Ameliorates Blood Brain Barrier Dysfunction in Stroke by Enhancing Basal Lamina. Neurological Research. Jun, 2007 (in publication).


Seema Mahale, Brain Cox, Katherin Hayes, Aaron Carranza, William Davis, David Jimenez, Yuchuan Ding. Exercise Preconditioning Ameliorates Blood Brain Barrier Dysfunction in Stroke by Enhancing Basal Lamina. 2007 International Stroke Conference.

Brian Cox, Seema Mahale, Katherine Hayes, Aaron Carranza, Yimin Wu, Shane Sprague, David Jimenez, Yuchuan Ding. The Role of Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) in Exercise-Preconditioning-Induced Neuroprotection in Stroke. 2007 International Stroke Conference.

Seema Mahale, Brian Cox, Katherine Hayes, Aaron Carranza, Yimin Wu, Shane Sprague, David Jimenez, Yuchuan Ding. The Role of Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) in Exercise-Preconditioning-Induced Neuroprotection in Stroke. 2006 Medical Student Research Day at UTHSCSA.

Tarak Patel, M.D.

Publications:
Tarak H. Patel, David F. Jimenez, Yimin Wu, Howard Wang, Constance M. Barone, Yuchuan Ding. Blood Brain Barrier Dysfunction Resulting from Expression of Tissue Plasminogen Activator & Urokinase Plasminogen Activator Following Peripheral Thermal Injury Burns. Journal of Burns (conditionally accepted).

Tarak H. Patel, David F. Jimenez, Yimin Wu, Howard Wang, Constance M. Barone, Yuchuan Ding. Anti-Tumor Necrosis Factor-A (TNF-a) Inhibits Blood Brain Barrier Dysfunction Resulting from Expression of Tissue Plasminogen Activator Following Peripheral Thermal Injury. 2007 AANS annual meeting.

Gentry Savage, M.D.

Publications:
Gentry Savage, MD; David F. Jimenez, MD; Constance M. Barone, MD; Yuchuan Ding, MD PhD. Cerebral Inflammatory Response to Peripheral Thermal Injury. 2006 CNS annual meeting.

Siddharth Shetgeri, M.S.

Publications:
Siddharth U Shetgeri; David F. Jimenez, Yimin Wu, Yuchuan Ding. Causal Role of Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF)-alpha in Brain Damage Caused by Peripheral Thermal Injury in Rat. 2007 AANS annual meeting.

Siddharth U. Shetgeri, Raul Reyes, Jr., David F. Jimenez, Yimin Wu, Shane Sprague, Constance M. Barone, Yuchuan Ding, MD. Causal Role of Matrix Metalloproteinase (MMP)-9 and Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF)-alpha in Brain Damage after Peripheral Thermal Injury. 52nd Annual Meeting of Plastic Surgery Research Council.

Aaron M. Carranza

Publications:
William Davis, Seema Mahale, Aaron Carranza, David Jimenez, Yuchuan Ding. Exercise Preconditioning Ameliorates Blood Brain Barrier Dysfunction in Stroke by Enhancing Basal Lamina. Neurological Research. Jun, 2007 (in publication).

Brian Cox, Seema Mahale, Katherine Hayes, Aaron Carranza, Yimin Wu, Shane Sprague, David Jimenez, Yuchuan Ding. The Role of Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) in Exercise-Preconditioning-Induced Neuroprotection in Stroke. 2007 International Stroke Conference.

Brian Cox, Seema Mahale, Katherine Hayes, Aaron Carranza, Yimin Wu, Shane Sprague, Duff Davis, David Jimenez, Yuchuan Ding. Exercise-induced Neuroprotection after Stroke from Downregulation of Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 and Activation of Extracellular Signal-Regulated Kinase 1/2. 2006 Medical Student Research Day at UTHSCSA.