Publications

2022-2023

Herr, S., Prall, A., Shi, R. A perspective on recent findings and future strategies for reactive aldehyde removal in spinal cord injury. Neural Regen Res. doi: 10.4103/1673-5374.369107 2023

Xie, J., Herr, S., Ma, D., Wu, S.,  Zhao, H., Sun, S., Ma, Z., Chan, M., Li, K., Yang, Y., Huang, F., Shi, R., Yuan, C. Acute transcriptomic and epigenetic alterations at T12 after rat T10 spinal cord contusive injury. Molecular Neurobiology. doi: 10.1007/s12035-023-03250-w 2023

Xia, Y., Luo, Q., Huang, C., Shi, L., Jahangir, A., Pan, T., Wei, X., He, J., Liu, W., Shi, R., Geng, Y., Fang, J., Tang, L., Guo, H., Ouyang, P., Chen, Z. Ferric citrate-induced colonic mucosal damage associated with oxidative stress, inflammation responses, apoptosis, and the changes of gut microbial composition. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 249:114364. doi: 10.11016/j.ecoenv.2022.114364. 2023

Suresh, S., Everett, T.H., Shi, R., Duerstock, B. Automatic detection and characterization of autonomic dysreflexia using multi-modal non-invasiv sensing and neural networks. Neurotrauma Reports 3(1):501-510. doi: 10.1089/neur.2022.0041. 2022.

Rogers, E. A., Beauclair, T., Thyen, A., Shi, R. Utilizing novel TBI-on-a-chip device to link physical impacts to neurodegeneration and decipher primary and secondary injury mechanisms. Sci Rep 12(1):11838. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-14937-w. 2022

 

2021-2022

Herr, S., Gardeen, S., Low, P., Shi, R. Targeted delivery of acrolein scavenger hydralazine in spinal cord injury using folate-linker-drug conjugation. Free Radical Biology and Medicine. doi: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2022.04.003. 2022

Herr, S.A., Shi, L., Gianaris, T., Jiao, Y., Sun, S., Race, N., Shapiro, S., Shi, R. Critical role of mitochondrial aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 in acrolein sequestering in rat spinal cord injury. Neural Regen Res. 17(7):1505-1511. doi: 10.4103/1673-5374.330613. 2022.

Shen, X., Ozen, A.C., Sunjar, A. Ilbey, S., Shi, R., Chiew, M., Emir, U. Myelin imaging using 3D dual-echo ultra-short echo time MRI with rosette k-space pattern. doi: 10.1101/2021.09.18.460869  2022.

Han, E., Fernandez, J., Swanberg, C., Shi, R., Bartlett, E. Longitudinal auditory pathophysiology following mild blast-induced trauma.  J Neurophysiol. 126:1172-1189. 2021.

Herr, S., Malek, S., Rochat, M. C., Moore, G. E., Ko, J. C., Shi, R. Evidence of acrolein in synovial fluid of dogs with osteoarthritis as a potential inflammatory biomarker. BioMed Central. doi: 10.1186/s12891-021-04762-z 2021.

Han, H. X., Fernandez, J. M., Swanberg, C., Shi, R., Bartlett, E. Longitudinal auditory pathophysiology following mild blast induced trauma. BioRxiv. DOI: doi: 10.1101/2020.11.06.371591. 2021.

De Rus Jacquet, A., Ambaw, A., Tambe, M., Ma, S., Timmers, M., Grace, M., Wu, Q., Simon, J., McGabe, G., Lila, M., Shi, R., Rochet, J. Neuroprotective mechanisms of red clover and soy isoflavones in Parkinson's disease models. Food and Function. doi: 10.1039/D1FO00007A. 2021.

Eaton, M., Que, Z., Zhang, J., Beck, K., Shi, R., McDermott, J., Ladisch, M., Yang, Y. Multi-electrode array of sensory neurons as an in vitro platform to identify the nociceptive response to pharmaceutical buffer systems of injectable biologics. Pharmaceutical Research. doi: 1007/s11095-021-03075-z 2021.

Race, N. S., Andrews, K. D., Lungwitz, E. A., Vega Alvarez, S. M., Warner, T. R., Acosta, G., Cao, J., Lu, K., Liu, Z., Dietrich, A. D., Majumdar, S., Shekar, A., Truitt, W. A., Shi, R. Psychosocial impairment following mild blast-induced traumatic brain injury in rats. Behavioral Brain Research. doi: 10.1016/j.bbr.2021.113405 2021.

 

2020-2021

Shi, L., Lin, Y., Jiao, Y., Herr, S., Tang, J., Rogers, E., Chen, Z., Shi, R. Acrolein scavenger dimercaprol offers neuroprotection in an animal model of Parkinson's disease: Implication of acrolein and TRPA1. Translational Neurodegeneration, 10(13). doi: 10.1186/s40035-021-00239-0 2021.

Kish, B., Herr, S., Yang, H., Sun, S., Shi, R., Tong, Y. Whole body measurements using near-infrared spectroscopy in a rat spinal cord contusion injury model. The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine. doi: 1080/10790268.2021.1911504 2021.

Uzunalli, G., Herr, S., Dieterly, A. M., Shi, R., Lyle, L. T. Structural disruption of the blood-brain barrier in repetitive primary blast injury. BioMed Central, 18(2). doi: 10.1186/s12987-020-00231-2 2021.

Ren, Z., Qi, Y., Sun, S., Tao, Y., Shi, R. Mesenchymal stem cell-derived exosomes: Hope for spinal cord injury repair. Stem Cells and Development, 29(23). doi: 10.1089/scd.2020.0133 2020.

Nguyen, T. N. H., Nolan, J. K., Cheng, X., Park, H., Wang, Y., Lam, S., Lee, H., Kim, S. J., Shi, R., Chubykin, A. A., Lee, H. Fabrication and ex vivo evaluation of activated carbon-Pt microparticle based glutamate biosensor. Journal of Electoanalytical Chemistry, 866. doi: 10.1016/j.jelechem.2020.114136 2020.

 

2019-2020

Shi, L., Huang, C., Luo, Q., Xia, Y., Liu, W., Zeng, W., Cheng, A., Shi, R., Zhengli, C. Clioquinol improves motor and non-motor deficits in MPTP-induced monkey model of Parkinson’s disease through AKT/mTOR pathway. Aging, 12(10), 9515-9533. doi: 10.18632/aging.103225 2020.

Latorre, A., Kwong, M. T., Garcie-Grajales, J. A., Shi, R., Jerusalem, A., Peña, J. Model calibration using a parallel differential evolution algorithm in computational neuroscience: Simulation of stretch induced nerve deficit. Journal of Computational Science, 39. doi: 10.1016/j.jocs.2019.101053 2019.

Chong, L., Tian, R., Shi, R., Ouyang, Z., Xia, Y. Coupling the Paternò-Büchi (PB) reaction with mass spectrometry to study unsaturated fatty acids in mouse model of multiple sclerosis. Frontiers in Chemistry, 7(807). doi: 10.3389/fchem.2019.00807 2019.

Huang, C., Ma, W., Luo, Q., Shi, L., Xia, Y., Lao, C., Liu, W., Zou, Y., Cheng, A., Shi, R., Chen, Z. Iron overload resulting from the chronic oral administration of ferric citrate induces parkinsonism phenotypes in middle-aged mice. Aging, 11(21), 9846-9861. doi: 10.18632/aging.102433 2019.

Nolan, J. K., Nguyen, T. N. H., Fattah, M., Page, J. C., Shi, R., Lee, H. Ex vivo electrochemical measurement of glutamate release during spinal cord injury. MethodsX, 6, 1894-1900. doi: 10.1016/j.mex.2019.08.008 2019.

Shi, L., Huang, C., Luo, Q., Rogers, E., Xia, Y., Liu, W., Ma, W., Zeng, W., Gong, L., Fang, J., Tang, L., Cheng, A., Shi, R., Chen, Z. The association of iron and the pathologies of Parkinson’s Diseases in MPTP/MPP +- induced neuronal degeneration in non-human primates and in cell culture. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 11(215). doi: 10.3389/fnagi.2019.00215 2019.

Vike, N., Tang, J., Talavage, T., Shi, R., Rispoli, J. Determination of acrolein-associated T1 and T2 relaxation times and noninvasive detection using nuclear magnetic resonance and magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Applied Magnetic Resonance, 50(11), 1291-1303. doi: 1007/s00723-019-01148-2 2019.

Acosta, G., Race, N., Herr, S., Fernandez, J., Tang, J., Rogers, E., Shi, R. Acrolein-mediated alpha-synuclein pathology involvement in the early post-injury pathogenesis of mild blast-induced Parkinsonian neurodegeneration. Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, 98, 140-154. doi: 1016/j.mcn.2019.06.004 2019.

Nguyen, T. N. H., Nolan, J. K., Park, H., Lam, S., Fattah, M., Page, J. C., Joe, H., Jun, M. B. G., Lee, H., Kim, S. J., Shi, R., Lee, H. Facile fabrication of flexible glutamate biosensor using direct writing of platinum nanoparticle-based nanocomposite ink. Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 131,257-266. doi: 10.1016/j.bios.2019.01.051 2019.

Li, J. Weak direct current (DC) electric fields as a therapy for spinal cord injuries: Review and advancement of the oscillating field stimulator (OFS). Neurosurgical Review, 42, 825-834. doi: 1007/s10143-018-01068-y 2019.

 

1989-2019

Chong L, Tian R, Shi R, Ouyang Z, Xia Y. Coupling the Paternò-Büchi (PB) Reaction with Mass Spectrometry to Study Unsaturated Fatty Acids in Mouse Model of Multiple Sclerosis. Front. Chem., 26 November 2019 doi: 10.3389/fchem.2019.00807

Huang C, Ma W, Luo Q, Shi L, Xia Y, Lao C, Liu W, Zou Y, Cheng A, Shi R, Chen Z.  Iron overload resulting from the chronic oral administration of ferric citrate induces parkinsonism phenotypes in middle-aged mice. Aging. 2019 Nov 15; 11(21): 9846–9861. doi: 10.18632/aging.102433

Nolan J; Nguyen T; Fattah M; Page J; Shi R; Lee H.  Ex Vivo Electrochemical Measurement of Glutamate Release during Spinal Cord Injury. MethodsX. 6: 1894-1900, 2019. doi: 10.1016/j.mex.2019.08.008

Shi L, Huang C, Luo Q, Rogers E, Xia Y, Liu W, Ma W, Zeng W, Gong L, Fang J, Tang L, Cheng A, Shi R, Chen Z. The association of iron and the pathologies of Parkinson’s diseases in MPTP/MPP+-induced neuronal degeneration in non-human primates and in cell culture. Front. Aging Neurosci. 30 August 2019. doi: 10.3389/fnagi.2019.00215

Vike N, Tang J, Talavage T, Shi R, Rispoli J. Determination of acrolein-associated T1 and T2 relaxation times and noninvasive detection using nuclear magnetic resonance and magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Appl Magn Reson. 50: 1291–1303, 2019. doi: 10.1007/s00723-019-01148-2

Acosta G, Race N, Herr S, Fernandez J, Tang J, Rogers E, Shi R. Acrolein-mediated alpha-synuclein pathology involvement in the early post-injury pathogenesis of mild blast-induced Parkinsonian neurodegeneration.  Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience. 98: 140-154, 2019. doi: 10.1016/j.mcn.2019.06.004

Nguyen T, Nolan JK, Park H, Lam S, Fattah M, Page J, Joe H, Jun M, Lee H, Kim S, Shi R, Lee H. Facile fabrication of flexible glutamate biosensor using direct writing of platinum nanoparticle-based nanocomposite ink. Biosensors and Bioelectronics. 131: 257-266. 2019. doi: 10.1016/j.bios.2019.01.051

Garcia-Gonzalez, D., Race, N., Voets, N., Jenkins, D., Sotiropoulos, S., Acosta, G., Cruz-Haces, M., Tang, J., Shi, R., & Jérusalem A.. Cognition based bTBI mechanistic criteria; a tool for preventative and therapeutic innovations. Scientific Reports. 8:10273, 2018. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-28271-7

Tully, M., Tang, J., Zheng, L., Acosta, G., Tian, R., Hayward, L., Race, N., Mattson, D., & Shi, R. Systemic Acrolein Elevations in Mice with Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis and Patients with Multiple Sclerosis. Frontiers in Neurology. 9:420, 2018. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2018.00420

Lin, Y., Chen, Z., Tang, J., Cao, P., & Shi, R. Acrolein contributes to the neuropathic pain and neuron damage after ischemic-reperfusion spinal cord injury. Neuroscience. 384:120-130, 2018. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2018.05.029

Tang, F., Guo, C., Ma, X., Zhang, J., Su, Y., Tian, R., Shi, R., Xia, Y., Wang, X., & Ouyang, Z. Rapid In Situ Profiling of Lipid C=C Location Isomers in Tissue Using Ambient Mass Spectrometry with Photochemical Reactions. Analytical chemistry. 90:512-5619, 2018. doi: 10.1021/acs.analchem.7b04675

Ambaw, A., Zheng, L., Tambe, M., Strathearn, K., Acosta, G., Hubers, G., Liu, F., Herr, S., Tang, J., Truong, A., Walls, E., Pond, A., Rochet, J. C., & Shi, R. Acrolein-mediated neuronal cell death and alpha-synuclein aggregation: implications for Parkinson's disease. Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience. 88:70-82, 2018. doi: 10.1016/j.mcn.2018.01.006

Page, J. C., Park, J., Chen, Z., Cao, P., & Shi, R. Parallel evaluation of two potassium channel blockers in restoring conduction in mechanical spinal cord injury in rat. Journal of Neurotrauma. 35:1057-1068, 2018. doi: 10.1089/neu.2017.5297

Xiong, Y., Page, J. C., Narayanan, N., Wang, C., Jia, Z., Yue, F., Shi, X., Jin, W., Hu, K., Deng, M., Shi, R., Shan, T., Yang, G., & Kuang, S. Peripheral Neuropathy and Hindlimb Paralysis in a Mouse Model of Adipocyte-Specific Knockout of Lkb1. EBioMedicine. 24:127-136, 2017. doi: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2017.09.017

Cruz-Haces, M., Tang, J., Acosta, G., Fernandez, J., & Shi, R. Pathological corrleations between traumatic brain injury and chronic neurodegenerative diseases. Translational Neurodegeneration. 6:20, 2017. doi: 10.1186/s40035-017-0088-2

Butler, B, Acosta, G, & Shi, R. Exogenous acrolein intensifies sensory hypersensitivity after spinal cord injury in rat. Journal of Neurological Sciences. 2017.  doi: 10.1016/j.jns.2017.05.039

Tian, R., & Shi, R. Dimercaprol is an acrolein scavenger that mitigates acrolein-mediated PC-12 cells toxicity and reduces acrolein in rat following spinal cord injury. Journal of Neurochemistry. 2017. doi: 10.1111/jnc.14025

Race, N., Lai, J., Shi, R., & Bartlett, E. L. Differences in post-injury auditory system pathophysiology after mild blast and non-blast acute acoustic trauma. Journal of Neurophysiology. 2017. doi: 10.1152/jn.00710.2016

Leung, G., Tully, M., Tang, J., Wu, S., & Shi, R. Elevated axonal membrane permeability and its correlation with motor deficits in an animal model of multiple sclerosis. Translational Neurodegeneration. 6: 5, 2017. doi: 10.1186/s40035-017-0075-7

Sangster, A. M., Zheng, L., Bentley, R. T., Shi, R., & Packer, R. A. Urinary 3-hydroxypropyl mercapturic acid (3-HPMA) concentrations in dogs with acute spinal cord injury due to intervertebral disc herniation. The Veterinary Journal. 219: 12-14, 2017. doi: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2016.11.016

Page, J. C. & Shi, R. Potassium channel blockers restore axonal conduction in CNS trauma and disease. Neural Regeneration Research. 11: 1226-1227, 2016. doi: 10.4103/1673-5374.189172

Cheng, Z., Park, J., Butler, B., Acosta, G., Vega-Alvarez, S., Zheng, L., Tang, J., McCain, R., Zhang, W., Ouyang, Z, Cao, P., & Shi, R. Mitigation of sensory and motor deficits by acrolein scavenger phenelzine in a rat model of spinal cord contusive injury. Journal of Neurochemistry. 138: 328-338, 2016. doi: 10.1111/jnc.13639

Connell, S., Li, J., Durkes, A., Zaroura, M., & Shi, R. Nondermal irritating hyperosmotic nanoemulsions reduce treatment times in a contamination model of wound healing. Wound Repair and Regeneration. 24: 669-678, 2016. doi: 10.1111/wrr.12436

Gianaris, A., Liu, N. K., Wang, X.F., Oakes, E., Brenia, J., Gianaris, T., Ruay, Y., Deng, L. X., Goetz, M., Vega-Alvarez, S., Lu, Q. B., Shi, R., & Xu, X. M. Unilateral microinjection of acrolein into thoracic spinal cord produces acute and chronic injury and functional deficits. Neuroscience. 326: 84-94, 2016. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2016.03.054

Walls, M. K., Race, N., Zheng, L., Vega-Alvarez, S. M., Acosta, G., Park, J., & Shi, R. Structural and biochemical abnormalities in the absence of acute deficits in mild primary blast-induced head trauma. Journal of Neurosurgery. 124: 675-686, 2016. doi: 10.3171/2015.1.JNS141571

Ma, X., Chong, L., Tian, R., Shi, R., Hu, T. Y., Ouyang, Z., & Xia, Y. Identification and quantitation of lipid C=C location isomers: A shotgun lipidomics approach enabled by photochemical reaction. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 113: 2573-2578, 2016. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1523356113

Wang, H., Zhang, Y. P., Cai, J., Shields, L. B., Tucheck, C. A., Shi, R., Li, J., Shields, C. B., & Xu, X. M. A compact blast-induced traumatic brain injury model in mice. Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology. 75: 183-196, 2016. doi: 10.1093/jnen/nlv019

Yan, R., Page, J. C., & Shi, R. Acrolein-mediated conduction loss is partially restored by K+ channel blockers. Journal of Neurophysiology. 115: 701-710, 2016. doi: 10.1152/jn.00467.2015

Park, J., Zheng, L., Acosta, G., Vega-Alvarez, S., Chen, Z., Muratori, B., Cao, P., & Shi, R. Acrolein contributes to TRPA1 up-regulation in peripheral and central sensory hypersensitivity following spinal cord injury. Journal of Neurochemistry. 135: 987-997, 2015. doi: 10.1111/jnc.13352

Song, S., Race, N. S., Kim, A., Zhang, T., Shi, R., & Ziaie, B. A wireless intracranial brain deformation sensing system for blast-induced traumatic brain injury. Scientific Reports. 5: 16959, 2015. doi: 10.1038/srep16959

Chien-Hsun, C., Lin, Z., Tian, R., Shi, R., Cooks, R. G., & Ouyang, Z. Real-time sample analysis using a sampling probe andminiature mass spectrometer. Analytical Chemistry. 87: 8867-8873, 2015. doi: 10.1021/acs.analchem.5b01943

Shi, R., Page, J., & Tully, M. Molecular mechanisms of acrolein-mediated myelin destruction in CNS trauma and disease. Free Radical Research. 49: 888-895. doi 10.3109/10715762.2015.1021696

White-Schenk, D., Shi, R., & Leary, J. F. Interactions of silica nanoparticles with therapeutics for oxidative stress attenuation in neurons.  Proceedings of SPIE, 2015. doi: 10.1117/12.2076048

White-Schenk, D., Shi, R., & Leary, J. F. Nanomedicine strategies for treatment of secondary spinal cord injury. International Journal of Nanomedicine. 10: 923-938, 2014. doi: 10.2147/IJN.S75686

Chen, J. & Shi, R. Current advances in neurotrauma research: diagnosis, neuroprotection, and neurorepair. Neural Regeneration Research. 9: 1093-1095, 2014. doi: 10.4103/1673-5374.135306

Tully, M., Zheng, L. Acosta G., Tian, R., and Shi, R., Acute systemic accumulation of acrolein through inhalation at a concentration relevant to cigarette smoke in mice. Neuroscience Bulletin. 30: 1017-1024, 2014. doi: 10.1007%2Fs12264-014-1480-x

Tully, M., Zheng, L. and Shi, R., Acrolein detection: Potential theranostic utility in multiple sclerosis and spinal cord injury (invited review). Expert review of Neurotherapeutics. 14: 679-685, 2014. doi: 10.1586/14737175.2014.918849

Park, J., Muratori, B., and Shi, R. Acrolein as a novel therapeutic target for motor and sensory deficits in spinal cord injury (invited review). Neural Regeneration Research. 9: 667-683, 2014. doi: 10.4103/1673-5374.131564

Hendricks B. and Shi, R. Mechanisms of neuronal membrane sealing following mechanical trauma. Neuroscience Bulletin. 9: 677-683, 2014. doi: 10.1007/s12264-013-1446-4

Park, J, Zheng, L., Marquis, A., Walls, M., Duerstock, B., Pond, A., Vega Alvarez, S., Wang, H., Ouyang, Z. and Shi, R. Neuroprotective role of hydralazine in rat spinal cord injury-attenuation of acrolein-mediated damage. Journal of Neurochemistry. 129: 339-349, 2014. doi: 10.1111/jnc.12628

Cao P., Zheng Y., Zheng T., Sun C., Lu J., Rickett T. and Shi R. A model of acute compressive spinal cord injury with a minimally invasive balloon in goats. Journal of Neurological Sciences. 337:97-103, 2014. doi: 10.1016/j.jns.2013.11.024

Due M., Park J., Zheng L., Walls M., Allette Y., White F. and Shi R. Acrolein involvement in sensory and behavioral hypersensitivity following spinal cord injury in the rat. J Neurochemistry. 128:776-786, 2014. doi: 10.1111/jnc.12500 *equal contribution.

Chen, C., Lin, Z., Garimella, S., Zheng, L.,; Shi, R., Cooks, R., Ouyang, Z.
Development of a Mass Spectrometry Sampling Probe for Chemical Analysis in Surgical and Endoscopic Procedures. Analytical Chemistry. 85: 11843-11850, 2013. doi: 10.1021/ac4025279

Ochoa, M., Rahimi, R., Ziaie, B. and Shi, R. An impact sensing platform for spinal cord injury experiments. Sensors, 2013 IEEE. doi: 10.1109/ICSENS.2013.6688175

Wang, H., Ren, Y., McLuckey, M., Manicke, N., Park, J., Zheng, L., Shi, R., Cooks, R., Ouyang, Z. Direct Quantitative Analysis of Nicotine Alkaloids from Biofluid Samples using Paper Spray Mass Spectrometry. Analytical Chemistry. 2013, 85, 11540-11544. doi: 10.1021/ac402798m

White-Schenk D, Shi R. and Leary JF. Mesoporous silica nanoparticles for treating spinal cord injury. SPIE BiOS. 2013. International Society for Optics and Photonics. doi: 10.1117/12.2004916

Tully, M. and Shi, R. New insights in the pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis-role of acrolein in neuronal and myelin damage (invited review). Int. J. Mol. Sci. 14: 20037-20047, 2013. doi: 10.3390/ijms141020037

Ouyang, H., Nauman, E., and Shi, R. Contribution of cytoskeletal elements to the axonal mechanical properties. Journal of Biological Engineering. 7: 21, 2013. doi: 10.1186/1754-1611-7-21

Shi, R. Polyethylene glycol repairs membrane damage and enhances functional recovery: a tissue engineering approach to spinal cord injury (invited review). Neuroscience Bulletin. 29: 460-466, 2013. doi: 10.1007/s12264-013-1364-5

Zheng, L., Park, J., Walls, M., Tully, M., Jannasch, A., Cooper, B., and Shi, R. Determination of urine 3-HPMA, a stable acrolein metabolite in rat model of spinal cord injury. J Neurotrauma, 30: 1334-41, 2013. doi: 10.1089/neu.2013.2888

Babbs, C and Shi, R. Subtle Paranodal Injury Slows Impulse Conduction in a Mathematical Model of Myelinated Axons. PLoS ONE 8(7): e67767. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0067767, 2013.

Connell, S., Li, J., and Shi., R. Synergistic Bactericidal Activity between Hyperosmotic Stress and Membrane Disrupting Nanoemulsions. J. Med. Microbil. 62: 69-77, 2013. doi: 10.1099/jmm.0.047811-0

Amoozgar, Z., Rickett, T., Park, J., Tuchek, C., Shi, R* and Yoon Yeo*. Semi-interpenetrating network of polyethylene glycol and photocrosslinkable chitosan as an in-situ forming nerve adhesive. Acta Biomaterialia 8: 1849-58, 2012. doi: 10.1016/j.actbio.2012.01.022 *: co-correspondent authors.

Sun, W., Fu, Y., Shi, Y., Cheng, J., Cao, P., and Shi, R. Paranodal myelin damage following acute stretch in guinea pig spinal cord. J Neurotrauma. 29: 611-9, 2012. doi: 10.1089/neu.2011.2086

Shi, Y., Zhang, D., Huff, T., Wang, X., Shi, R., Xu, X., and Cheng, J. Longitudinal In Vivo CARS Imaging of Demyelination and Remyelination in Injured Spinal Cord. Journal of Biological Optics. 16: 106012, 2011. doi: 10.1117/1.3641988

Shi, R., Rickett, T., and Sun, W. Acrolein-mediated injury in nervous system trauma and diseases (invited review). Molecular nutrition and food research. 55: 1320-1331, 2011. doi: 10.1002/mnfr.201100217

Connell, S., Gao, J., Chen, J., and Shi, R. Novel model to investigate blast injury in the central nervous system. J Neurotrauma. 28: 1229-1236, 2011. doi: 10.1089/neu.2011.1832

Shi, Y., Sun, W., McBride, J., Cheng, J. and Shi, R. Acrolein induces myelin damage in mammalian spinal cord. J. Neurochem. 117: 554-564, 2011. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2011.07226.x

Shi, Y, Huff, T; Sun, W, Shi, R, and Cheng, J. Real-time CARS Imaging Reveals a Calpain-dependent Pathway for Paranodal Myelin Retraction during High-Frequency Stimulation. PLoS ONE. 2011 Mar 3;6(3):e17176. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0017176

Huang, J., Chen, J., Wang, W., Wang, Y., Wang, W., Wei, Y., Shi, R., Kaneko, T., Li, Y. and Wu, S. Expression Pattern of Enkephalinergic Neurons in the Developing Spinal Cord Revealed by Preproenkephalin-Green Fluorescent Protein Transgenic Mouse and Its Colocalization with GABA Immunoreactivity. Cells Tissues Organs. 193: 404-416. 2011. doi: 10.1159/000321403

Wang, H., Manicke, N.E., Yang, Q., Zheng, L., Shi, R., Cooks, R.G. and Ouyang, Z. Direct analysis of biological tissue by paper spray mass spectrometry. Anal Chem. 83: 1197-201, 2011. doi: 10.1021/ac103150a

Rickett, T., Amoozgar, Z., Tuchek, C., Park, J., Yeo, Y. and Riyi Shi. Rapidly Photo-Cross-Linkable Chitosan Hydrogel for Peripheral Neurosurgeries. Biomacromolecules. 12: 57-65, 2011. doi: 10.1021/bm101004r

Shi, R. and Sun W. Potassium channels blockers as effective treatment to restore impulse conduction in injured axons (invited review). Neuroscience Bulletin. 27: 36-44, 2011. doi: 10.1007/s12264-011-1048-y

Leung, G., Sun , W., Brookes, S, Smith, D., Shi, R. Potassium channel blocker, 4-Aminopyridine-3-Methanol, restores axonal conduction in spinal cord of an animal model of multiple sclerosis. Experimental Neurology 227:232-235, 2011. doi: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2010.11.004

Li, J., Kong, X., Gozani, S., Shi, R., and Borgens, B. Current-distance relationship for Peripheral Nerve stimulation localization. Anesth Analg 112: 236-241, 2011. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e3181fca16b

Leung, G., Sun , W., Zheng, L., Brookes, S, Tully, M., and Shi, R. Anti-acrolein treatment improves behavioral outcome and alleviates myelin damage in EAE mouse. Neuroscience. 173: 150-155, 2011. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2010.11.018

Galle, B., Ouyang, H., Shi, R., and Nauman, E. A transversely isotropic constitutive model of excised guinea pig spinal cord white matter. J. Biomechanics. 43: 2839-43. 2010. doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2010.06.014

Ouyang, H., Sun, W., Fu, Y., Li, J., Cheng, J., Nauman, E., and Shi, R. Compression induces acute demyelination and potassium channel exposure in spinal cord. J. Neurotrauma. 27: 1109-20. 2010. doi: 10.1089/neu.2010.1271

Cho, Y., Shi, R., and Borgens, R. Chiotosan produces potent Neuroprotection and physiological recovery following traumatic spinal cord injury. Journal of Experimental Biology. 213, 1513-1520. 2010. doi: 10.1242/jeb.035162

Cho, Y., Shi, R., Ivanisevic, A., and Borgens, R. Functional silica nanoparticle-mediated neuronal membrane sealing following traumatic spinal cord injury. J. Neurosci. Res. 88, 1433-1444. 2010. doi: 10.1002/jnr.22309

Li, L., Cornell, S. and Shi, R. Biomimetic Architectures for Tissue Engineering. Biomimetics, Learning from nature. Artech House Publishers, Boston, USA. doi: 10.5772/8773

Li, L., and Shi, R. Biomimetic materials for engineering of neural tissues: Control of cell adhesion and guiding neural cell outgrowth with peptide-conjugated polymer structures. Biologically Responsive Hybrid Biomaterials. (ed. Jabbari, E., and Khademhosseini, A.), Artech House Publishers, Boston, USA.

  1. Connell, H. Ouyang, and R. Shi, Modeling Blast Induced Neurotruama in Isolated Spinal Cord White Matter. Journal of Medical Systems. 35: 765-770, 2011. doi: 10.1007/s10916-010-9464-5
  2. Rickett, S. Connell,J. Bastijanic, S. Hegde, and R. Shi, "Functional and Mechanical Evaluation of Nerve Stretch Injury," Journal of Medical Systems.35: 787-793, 2011. doi: 10.1007/s10916-010-9468-1

Cho*, Y., Shi*, R., and Borgens, R. Chitosan nanoparticle-based neuronal membrane sealing and neuroprotection following acrolein-induced cell injury. Journal of Biological Engineering. 4:2, 2010. *: equal contribution. doi: 10.1186/1754-1611-4-2

Nehrt, A, Hammann, K., Ouyang, H., and Shi, R. Polyethylene glycol enhances axolemmal resealing following transection in cultured cells and in ex vivo spinal cord. Journal of Neurotrauma. 27: 151-161, 2010. doi: 10.1089/neu.2009.0993

Sun, W., Smith, D., Fu, Y., Cheng, J., Bryn, S., Borgens, R. and Shi, R. "A novel potassium channel blocker, 4-AP-3-MeOH, inhibits fast potassium channels and restores axonal conduction in injured guinea pig spinal cord white matter." Journal of Neurophysiol. 103: 469-478. 2010. doi: 10.1152/jn.00154.2009

Shi, Y, Kim, S., Huff, T., Borgens, R., Park, K., Shi, R., and Cheng, J. Effective repair of traumatically injured spinal cord by block copolymer micelles: A pilot study. Nature Nanotechnology. 5: 80-87, 2010. doi: 10.1038/nnano.2009.303

  1. Connell, H. Ouyang, and R. Shi, Modeling Primary Blast Injury in Isolated Spinal Cord White Matter, In: Shi R, Fu W, Wang Y, Wang H, editors. Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Informatics; 2009 Oct 17-19; Tianjin, China. Piscataway(NJ): IEEE eXpress Conference Publishing; c2009. doi: 10.1109/BMEI.2009.5305363
  2. Rickett, S. Connell,J. Bastijanic, and R. Shi, "Tensile Physiology Measuring Force and Conduction in Peripheral Nerves Undergoing Controlled Stretch ," in BioMedical Engineering and Informatics, 2009. BMEI 2009. International Conference on Biomedical Engineering. doi: 10.1109/BMEI.2009.5305814

Rickett T, Amoozgar Z, Sun W, Yeo Y, Shi R. A photo-crosslinkable chitosan hydrogel for peripheral nerve anastomosis.In: Shi R, Fu W, Wang Y, Wang H, editors. Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Informatics; 2009 Oct 17-19; Tianjin, China. Piscataway(NJ): IEEE eXpress Conference Publishing; c2009. doi: 10.1109/BMEI.2009.5305460

Hamann, K., and Shi, R. Acrolein scavenging: A potential novel mechanism of attenuating oxidative stress following spinal cord injury (invited review). J. Neurochem. 111: 1348-1356. 2009. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2009.06395.x

Fu, Y., Sun, W., Shi, Y. Shi*, R, and Cheng*, J. "Glutamate excitotoxicity inflicts paranodal myelin splitting and retraction." PLoS ONE, 4(8): e6705. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0006705, 2009. *: Co-correspondent author.

Cho, Y., Shi, R., Ivanisevic, A., and Borgens. A mesoporous silica nanosphere-based drug delivery system using electrically condcting polymer. Nanotechnology. 20: 275102. 2009. doi: 10.1088/0957-4484/20/27/275102

Rickett, T., Li, M., Patel, M., Sun, W., Leung, G., and Shi, R. Ethyl-Cyanoacrylate is Acutely Non-Toxic and Provides Sufficient Bond Strength for Anastomosis of Peripheral Nerves. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research: Part A. 90:750-4. 2009. doi: 10.1002/jbm.a.32137

Chen, H., Quick, E., Leung, G., Hamann, K., Fu, Y., Cheng, J and Shi, R. Polyethylene Glycol protects injured neuronal mitochondria. Pathobiology . 76: 117-128, 2009. doi: 10.1159/000209389

Li, J., Rickett, T., and Shi, R. Biomimetic nerve scaffolds with aligned intraluminal microchannels: a sweet approach to tissue engineering. Langmuir. 25: 1813-1817. 2009. doi: 10.1021/la803522f

Ouyang, H., Galle, B., Li, J., Nauman, E., and Shi, R. Critical roles of decompression in functional recovery of ex vivo spinal cord white matter. Journal of Neurosurgery Spine. 10: 161-170. 2009. doi: 10.3171/2008.10.SPI08495

Sun, W., Smith, D., Bryn, S., Borgens, R, and Shi, R. N-(4-pyridyl) methyl carbamate inhibits fast potassium currents in guinea pig dorsal root ganglion cells. Journal of Neurological Sciences. 277: 114-118. 2009. doi: 10.1016/j.jns.2008.10.028

Hamann, K., Durkes, A., Ouyang, H., Uchida K, Pond, A., and Shi, R. Critical Role of acrolein in secondary injury following ex vivo spinal cord trauma. J. Neurochemistry. 107: 712-721. 2008. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2008.05622.x

Cho, Y., Shi, R., Borgens, R and Ivanisevic, A. Repairing the damaged spinal cord and brain with nanomedicine. Small. 4: 1676-1681.2008. doi: 10.1002/smll.200800838

Cho, Y., Shi, R., Borgens, R., and Ivanisevic, A. The Functionalized Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles (MSNs) Based Drug Delivery System to Rescue Acrolein-Mediated Cell Death. Nanomedicine. 3: 507-519. 2008. doi: 10.2217/17435889.3.4.507

Li, M, Rickett, T., and Shi R. Peripheral Nervous System Repair: Current Progress and Future Trends in Axonal Regeneration and Guidance (invited review). Progress in Neuroscience, 5. 2008.

Li, M., McNally, H. and Shi, R. Enhanced neurite alignment on micro-patterned poly-L-Lactic Acid films. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research: Part A. 87: 392-404. 2008. doi: 10.1002/jbm.a.31814

Ouyang, H., Galle, B., Li, J., Nauman, E., and Shi, R. Biomechanics of spinal cord injury: a multimodal investigation using ex vivo guinea pig spinal cord white matter. Journal of Neurotrauma. 25: 19-29. 2008. doi: 10.1089/neu.2007.0340

Hamann, K., Nehrt, G., Ouyang, H., Duerstock, D. and Shi, R. Hydralazine inhibits compression and acrolein-mediated injuries in ex vivo spinal cord. Journal of Neurochemistry. 104: 708-718. 2008. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2007.05002.x

Li, M. and Shi, R. Fabrication of Patterned Multi-walled Poly-L-Lactic Acid Conduits for Nerve Regeneration. Journal Neuroscience Method. 165: 257-264. 2007. doi: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2007.06.006

McBride, J. M., Smith, D. T., Byrn, S. R., Borgens, R. B. and Shi, R. 4-Aminopyridine Derivatives Enhance Impulse Conductionin Guinea Pig Spinal Cord Following Traumatic Injury. Neuroscience. 148: 44-52. 2007. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2007.05.039

Galle, B., Ouyang, H., Shi, R., and Nauman, E. Correlation between tissue-level stress and strains and cellular damage within the guinea pig spinal cord white matter. J. Biomechanics. 40: 3029-3033. 2007. doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2007.03.014

Fu, Y., Wang, H., Huff, T, Shi, R., and Cheng, C. Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Scattering Imaging of Myelin Degradation Reveals a Calcium Dependent Pathway in Lyso-PtdCho Induced Demyelination. J. Neurosci. Res. 85:2870-2881. 2007. doi: 10.1002/jnr.21403

Luo, J., and Shi, R. Polyethylene glycol inhibits apoptotic cell death following traumatic spinal cord injury. Brain Research. 1155: 10-16. 2007. doi: 10.1016/j.brainres.2007.03.091

Ninan, L., Stroshine, R.L., Wilker, J.J. and Shi, R. Adhesive strength and curing rate of marine mussel protein extracts on porcine small intestinal submucosa (SIS). Acta Biomaterialia. 3:687-694. 2007. doi: 10.1016/j.actbio.2007.02.004

Nehrt, A, Rodgers, R, Shapiro, S, Borgens, R, and Shi, R. The Critical role of voltage-dependent calcium channel in axonal repair following mechanical trauma. Neuroscience. 146: 1504-1512. 2007. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2007.02.015

Fu, Y., Wang, H., Shi, R., and Cheng, J. Second Harmonic and Sum Frequency Generation Imaging of Fibrous Astroglial Filaments in ex vivo Spinal Tissues. Biophysical J. 92: 3251-9. 2007. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.106.089011

Liu-Snyder, P., Logan, M.P., Shi, R., Smith D.T., and Borgens, R. B. Neuroprotection from secondary injury by polyethylene glycol requires its intracellular presence. Journal Experimental Biology. 282: 13073-86. 2007. doi: 10.1242/jeb.02756

Fu, Y., Wang, H., Shi, R., and Cheng. J. Noninvasive molecular imaging of intact myelin sheath by coherent anti-stokes raman scattering microscopy. American Biotechnology laboratory. 25: 12-13. 2007.

Li, M. and Shi, R. Stretch induced conduction deficits in Guinea Pig ex-vivo nerve J. Biomechanics. 40: 569-578. 2007. doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2006.02.009

Riyi Shi. Polyethylene glycol repairs membrane damage and enhances functional recovery: a tissue engineering approach to spinal cord injury (invited review). Progress in Neuroscience, 4, 2006.

Ashki, N., Hayes, K. C. and Shi, R. Nitric oxide reversibly impairs axonal conduction in guinea pig spinal cord. J. Neurotrauma. 23: 1779-1793. 2006. doi: 10.1089/neu.2006.23.1779

Davies, A. L., Hayes, K. C. And Shi, R. Recombinant human tnfα induces concentration-dependent reversible alteration in axonal conduction in mammalian spinal cord. J. Neurotrauma. 23: 1261-73. 2006. doi: 10.1089/neu.2006.23.1261

Liu-Snyder, P., Borgens, R. B. And Shi, R. Hydralazine Rescues Pc 12 Cells From Acrolein-Mediated Death. J. Neurosci. Res. 84: 219-227. 2006. doi: 10.1002/jnr.20862

Liu-Snyder, P., Mcnally, H. Shi, R. And Borgens, R. B. Acrolein - Mediated Mechanisms Of Neuronal Death. J. Neurosci. Res. 84: 209-218. 2006. doi: 10.1002/jnr.20863

Li, M. and Shi. R. A device for the electrophysiological recording of peripheral nerves in response to stretch. J. Neurosci. Meth. 154: 102-108. 2006. doi: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2005.12.007

Pryor, J. D. and Shi, R. Electrophysiological changes in isolated spinal cord white matter in response to oxygen deprivation. Spinal Cord. 44: 653-661. 2006. doi: 10.1038/sj.sc.3101901

Fu, Y., Wang, H., Shi, R., and Cheng, J. Characterization of photodamage in coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering microscopy. Optics Express. 14: 3942-3951. 2006 doi: 10.1364/OE.14.003942

Shi, R. and Whitebone, J. Conduction deficits and membrane disruption of spinal cord axons as a function of magnitude and rate of strain. J. Neurophysiol. 95, 3384-3390. 2006. doi: 10.1152/jn.00350.2005

Shi, R And Luo, J. The Role Of Acrolein In Spinal Cord Injury (Invited Review). Applied Neurology: 2: 22-27. 2006.

McBride, J. M., Smith, D. T., Byrn, S. R., Borgens, R. B. and Shi, R. Dose responses of three 4-aminopyridine derivatives following spinal cord trauma. European J. Pharmaceut. Sci. 27: 237-242. 2006 . doi: 10.1016/j.ejps.2005.10.003

Luo, J., Robinson, J.P. and Shi, R. Acrolein-induced cell death in PC 12 cells: role of mitochrondria-medicated oxidative stress. Neurochemistry International. 47:449-457 2005. doi: 10.1016/j.neuint.2005.07.002

Wang, H., Fu, Y., Zickmund, P., Shi, R., Cheng, J., Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Scattering imaging of axonal myelin in live spinal tissues. Biophysical Journal. 89:1-11. 2005.  doi: 10.1529/biophysj.105.061911

Smith, D.T., Shi, R., Borgens, R.B., McBride, J., Jackson, K., and Byrn, S.B., Development of novel 4-aminopyridine derivatives as potential treatments for neurological injury and disease. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 40: 908-917. 2005. doi: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2005.04.017

Logan, M.P., Parker, S., and Shi, R., Glutathione and ascorbic acid enhance recovery of guinea pig spinal cord white matter following ischemia and acrolein exposure. Pathobiology. 72: 171-178. 2005.  doi: 10.1159/000086786

Luo, J., Uchida, K., and Shi, R., Accumulation of acrolein-protein adducts after traumatic spinal cord injury. Neurochemical Research. 30:291-295. 2005. doi: 10.1007/s11064-005-2602-7

Luo, J., and Shi, R., Acrolein induces oxidative stress in brain mitochondria. Neurochemistry International 46:243-252, 2005. doi: 10.1016/j.neuint.2004.09.001

Cole, A., and Shi, R., Prolonged focal application of polyethylene glycol induces conduction block in guinea pig spinal cord white matter. Toxicology in vitro 19:215-220, 2005. doi: 10.1016/j.tiv.2004.10.007

McKenzie, J.L., Shi, R., Webster, T.J., Material design for neural applications using carbon nanofibers. Medical Device Materials II. Proceedings of the Materials and Processes for Medical Devices Conference 2004, 159-164, 2005.

Riyi Shi. Axonal membrane disruption and repair: significance in brain and spinal cord trauma (invited review). Progress in Neuroscience, 3: 146-156, 2004

McKenzie, J.L., Shi, R., Kalkhoran, N.M., Sambito, M.A., Webster, T.J. In vitro analysis of carbon nanofiber and mesoscale porous silicon materials with nanoscale roughness for neural applications. Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, EXS (1), 311-316, 2004.

McKenzie, J.L., Shi, R., Webster, T.J. Increased neurite extension for neurons cultured on carbon nanofiber compacts. Transactions - 7th World Biomaterials Congress, 284, 2004.

McKenzie, J.L., Shi, R., Kalkhoran, N.M., Sambito, M.A., Webster, T.J. Analysis of carbon nanofibers and porous silicon for neural applications. Proceedings of the IASTED International Conference on Biomedical Engineering, 557-560, 2004.

Luo, J., Borgens, R.B., and Shi, R., Polyethylene glycol improves function and reduces oxidative stress in synaptosomes following spinal cord injury. J. Neurotrauma 21:994-1007, 2004. doi: 10.1089/0897715041651097

Coots, A., Shi, R., and Rosen, A.D., Effects of a 0.5 T static magnetic field on conduction in guinea pig spinal cord. J. Neurol. Sci. 222:54-57, 2004. doi: 10.1016/j.jns.2004.04.010

Luo, J., and Shi, R., Diffusive oxidative stress following acute spinal cord injury and the inhibition by polyethylene glycol. Neuroscience Letters 359:167-170, 2004. doi: 10.1016/j.neulet.2004.02.027

Shi, R., The dynamics of axolemmal disruption in guinea pig spinal cord following compression. J. Neurocytology 33:203-211, 2004. doi: 10.1023/B:NEUR.0000030695.76840.19

Luo, J., and Shi, R., Acrolein induces axolemmal disruption, oxidative stress, and mitochondrial impairment in spinal cord tissue. Neurochemistry International 44:475-486, 2004. doi: 10.1016/j.neuint.2003.09.006

McKenzie, J.L., Waid, M.C., Shi, R., and Webster, T.J., Decreased functions of astrocytes on carbon nanofiber materials. Biomaterials 25:1309-1317, 2004. doi: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2003.08.006

McKenzie, J.L., Waid, M.C., Shi, R., Webster, T.J. Cytocompatibility and Material Properties of Poly-carbonate Urethane/ Carbon Nanofiber Composites for Neural Applications, Materials Research Society Symposium - Proceedings, 774: 23-28, 2003.

McKenzie, J.L., Waid, M.C., Shi, R., Webster, J. Cytocompatibility of Carbon Nanofiber Materials for Neural Applications. Materials Research Society Symposium - Proceedings, 774: 17-22, 2003.

Peasley, M.A., and Shi, R., Ischemic insult exacerbates acrolein-induced conduction loss and axonal membrane conduction in guinea pig spinal cord white matter. J. Neurol. Sci. 216:23-32, 2003. doi: 10.1016/S0022-510X(03)00201-6

Jensen, J.M., and Shi, R., Effects of 4-Aminopyridine on stretched mammalian spinal cord: The role of potassium channels in axonal conduction. J. Neurophysiol. 90:2334-2340, 2003. doi: 10.1152/jn.00868.2002

Ninan, L., Monahan, J., Stroshine, R.L., Wilker, J.J. and Shi, R. Adhesive strength of marine mussel extracts on porcine skin. Biomaterials 24: 4091-4099, 2003. doi: 10.1016/S0142-9612(03)00257-6

McNally, H., Kufluoglu, H., Akin, D., Grimmer, J., Walker, J., Shi, R., Borgens, R., and Bashir, R. A chemical sensor using neurons and a 3-D micro-fluidic chip. Materials Research Society Symposium - Proceedings, 741: 247-252, 2002. doi: 10.1557/PROC-741-J11.2

McKenzie, J.L., Cardona, B.E., Shi, R., and Webster, T.J. Cytocompatibility of carbon nanofibers for use as a neural biomaterial, Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings, 3: 2119-2120, 2002. doi: 10.1109/IEMBS.2002.1053197

Luo, J., Borgens, R.B. and Shi, R. Polyethylene glycol immediately repairs neuronal membranes and inhibits free radical production after acute spinal cord injury. J. Neurochem. 83: 421-480, 2002. doi: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.2002.01160.x

Luo, J., Li, N., Robinson, J. P. and Shi, R. Detection of reactive oxygen species by flow cytometry after spinal cord injury. J. Neuroscience Meth. 120: 105-112, 2002. doi: 10.1016/S0165-0270(02)00193-0

Shi, R., Luo, J. and Peasley, M.A. Acrolein inflicts axonal membrane disruption and conduction loss in isolated guinea pig spinal cord. Neuroscience 115: 337-340, 2002. doi: 10.1016/S0306-4522(02)00457-8

Luo, J., Li, N., Robinson, J.P. and Shi, R. The increase of reactive oxygen species and their inhibition in an isolated guinea pig spinal cord compression model. Spinal Cord 40: 656-665, 2002. doi: 10.1038/sj.sc.3101363

Peasley, M.A. and Shi, R. Resistance of isolated mammalian spinal cord white matter to oxygen-glucose deprivation. Am. J. Physiol. 283: C980-C989, 2002. doi: 10.1152/ajpcell.00591.2001

Shi, R. and Pryor J.D. Pathological changes of isolated spinal cord axons in response to mechanical stretch. Neuroscience 110: 765-777, 2002. doi: 10.1016/S0306-4522(01)00596-6

Donaldson, J., Shi, R. and Borgens, R.B. Polyethylene glycol rapidly restores physiological functions in damaged sciatic nerves of the guinea pig. Neurosurgery 50: 147-157, 2002. (Article)

Borgens R.B., Shi, R. and Bohnert, D.M. Behavioral recovery from spinal cord injury following delayed application of polyethylene glycol. J. Exp. Bio. 205: 1-12, 2002. (Article)

Shi, R., Qiao, X., Emerson, N. and Malcom, A. Dimethylsulfoxide enhances CNS neuronal plasma membrane resealing after injury in low temperature or low calcium. J. Neurocytol. 30: 829-839, 2001. doi: 10.1023/A:1019645505848

Shi, R. and Borgens, R.B. Anatomical repair of nerve membranes in crushed mammalian spinal cord with polyethylene glycol. J. Neurocytol. 29:633-643 2000. doi: 10.1023/A:1010879219775

Shi, R., Asano, T., Vining, N.C. and Blight, A.R. Controls of membrane sealing in injured mammalian spinal cord axons. J. Neurophysiol. 84: 1763-1769, 2000. (Article)

Shi, R. and Pryor, J.D. Temperature dependence of membrane sealing in mammalian spinal cord axons. Neuroscience 98: 157-166, 2000. doi: 10.1016/S0306-4522(00)00096-8

Borgens, R.B. and Shi, R. Immediate recovery from spinal cord injury through molecular repair of nerve membranes with polyethylene glycol. FASEB J. 14: 27-35, 2000. (Article)

Shi, R., Blight, A.R. and Borgens, R.B. Functional reconnection of severed mammalian spinal cord axons by a molecular surfactant. J. Neurotrauma 16:727-738, 1999. doi: 10.1089/neu.1999.16.727

Shi, R. and Borgens, R.B. Acute repair of crushed guinea pig spinal cord by polyethylene glycol. J. Neurophysiol. 81:2406-2414, 1999. (Article)

Shi, R., Kelly, T.M. and Blight, A.R. Conduction block in acute and chronic spinal cord injury: different dose response characteristics for reversal by 4-aminopyridine. Exp. Neurol. 148: 495-501, 1997. doi: 10.1006/exnr.1997.6706

Shi, R. and Blight, A.R. The differential effects of low and high concentrations of 4-aminopyridine on axonal conduction in normal and injured spinal cord. Neuroscience 77:553-562, 1997. doi: 10.1016/S0306-4522(96)00477-0

Coetzee, T., Fujita, N., Shi, R., Blight, A., Suzuki, K. and Popko, B. Myelination in the absence of galatocerebroside and sulfatide: Normal structure with abnormal function and regional instability. Cell 86:209-219, 1996. doi: 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)80093-8

Shi, R. and Blight, A.R. Compression injury of mammalian spinal cord in vitro and the dynamics of action potential conduction failure. J. Neurophysiol. 76:1572-1580, 1996. (Article)

Borgens, R.B. and Shi, R. Uncoupling histogenesis from morphogenesis in the vertebrate embryo by collapse of the neural tube potential. Dev. Dyn. 203:456-467, 1995. doi: 10.1002/aja.1002030408

Shi, R. and Borgens, R.B. Three dimensional gradients of voltage during development of the nervous system as invisible coordinates for the establishment of embryonic pattern. Dev. Dyn. 202:101-114, 1995. doi: 10.1002/aja.1002020202

Shi, R. and Borgens, R.B. Embryonic neuroepithelial sodium transport, the resulting physiological potential, and cranial development. Dev. Biol. 165:105-116, 1994. doi: 10.1006/dbio.1994.1238

Metcalf, M.E., Shi, R. and Borgens, R.B. Endogenous ionic currents and voltages in amphibian embryos. J. Exp. Zool. 268:307-322, 1994. doi: 10.1002/jez.1402680407

Borgens, R.B., Shi, R., Mohr, T.J. and Jaeger, C.B. Mammalian cortical astrocytes align themselves in a physiological voltage gradient. Exp. Neurol. 128:41-49, 1994. doi: 10.1006/exnr.1994.1111

Shi, R. and Belardetti, F. Serotonin inhibits the peptide FMRFamide response through a cyclic AMP-independent pathway in Aplysia. J.Neurophysiology 66:1847-1857, 1991. (Article)

Shi, R., Lucas, J.H., Wolf, A., and Gross, G.W. Calcium antagonists fail to protect mammalian spinal neurons after physical injury. J. Neurotrauma 6:261-275, 1989. doi: 10.1089/neu.1989.6.261