John W. McDonald

Research interests

Publications

• Robust CNS regeneration after complete spinal cord transection using aligned poly-l-lactic acid microfibers

  Biomaterials · 2011 · 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2011.05.006

• Electrical stimulation of the medullary pyramid promotes proliferation and differentiation of oligodendrocyte progenitor cells in the corticospinal tract of the adult rat

  Neuroscience Letters · 2010 · 10.1016/j.neulet.2010.05.043

• Demyelination and Remyelination after Spinal Cord Injury

  Journal of Neurotrauma · 2006 · 10.1089/neu.2006.23.345

• Controlled release of neurotrophin-3 from fibrin gels for spinal cord injury

  Journal of Controlled Release · 2004 · 10.1016/j.jconrel.2004.05.003

• Spinal-cord injury

  The Lancet · 2002 · https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(02)07603-1

• Late recovery following spinal cord injury

  Journal of Neurosurgery Spine · 2002 · 10.3171/spi.2002.97.2.0252

• Embryonic stem cells differentiate into oligodendrocytes and myelinate in culture and after spinal cord transplantation

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2000 · 10.1073/pnas.97.11.6126

• Transplanted embryonic stem cells survive, differentiate and promote recovery in injured rat spinal cord

  Nature Medicine · 1999 · https://doi.org/10.1038/70986

• Oligodendrocytes from forebrain are highly vulnerable to AMPA/kainate receptor-mediated excitotoxicity

  Nature Medicine · 1998 · 10.1038/nm0398-291

• Neuronal and Glial Apoptosis after Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury

  Journal of Neuroscience · 1997 · https://doi.org/10.1523/jneurosci.17-14-05395.1997

• Birth interval and family effects on postneonatal mortality in Brazil

  Demography · 1993 · 10.2307/2061861

• Altered excitatory and inhibitory amino acid receptor binding in hippocampus of patients with temporal lobe epilepsy

  Annals of Neurology · 1991 · 10.1002/ana.410290513

• Differential ontogenic development of three receptors comprising the NMDA receptor/channel complex in the rat hippocampus

  Experimental Neurology · 1990 · 10.1016/0014-4886(90)90035-q

• Physiological and pathophysiological roles of excitatory amino acids during central nervous system development

  Brain Research Reviews · 1990 · https://doi.org/10.1016/0165-0173(90)90011-c

• Magnesium reduces N- (NMDA)-mediated brain injury in perinatal rats

  Neuroscience Letters · 1990 · 10.1016/0304-3940(90)90569-u

• Neurotoxicity ofN-methyl-d-aspartate is markedly enhanced in developing rat central nervous system

  Brain Research · 1988 · 10.1016/0006-8993(88)90306-x

• MK-801 protects the neonatal brain from hypoxic-ischemic damage

  European Journal of Pharmacology · 1987 · 10.1016/0014-2999(87)90295-0

• Demographic Determinants of Infant and Early Child Mortality: A Comparative Analysis

  Population Studies · 1985 · 10.1080/0032472031000141576

• Socio-economic factors in Infant and child mortality: A cross-national comparison

  Population Studies · 1984 · 10.1080/00324728.1984.10410286

• NOT ‘INDIFFERENCE TO PAIN’ BUT VARIETIES OF HEREDITARY SENSORY AND AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY

  Brain · 1983 · 10.1093/brain/106.2.373

• Child-Spacing Effects on Infant and Early Child Mortality

  Population Index · 1983 · 10.2307/2737284

• Syntheses and characterization of ammonium and tetraalkylammonium thiomolybdates and thiotungstates

  Inorganica Chimica Acta · 1983 · 10.1016/s0020-1693(00)81720-x

• Synthesis of molybdenum(IV) and molybdenum(V) complexes using oxo abstraction by phosphines. Mechanistic implications

  Inorganic Chemistry · 1976 · 10.1021/ic50165a008

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