Larry Benowitz, Ph.D.

Professor of Surgery and Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School
Director, Laboratories for Neuroscience Research in Neurosurgery F.M. Kirby
Neurobiology Center, Children's Hospital
Harvard University

Lecture Title: "Rewiring the Injured CNS"

READING LIST:

• Reaching the brain: Advances in optic nerve regeneration
• Contribution of Macrophages to Enhanced Regenerative Capacity of Dorsal Root Ganglia Sensory Neurons by Conditioning Injury
• Mobile zinc increases rapidly in the retina after optic nerve injury and regulates ganglion cell survival and optic nerve regeneration

Benowitz readings for RUNN course (in order of relevance to lecture)

1. de Lima S, Koriyama Y, Kurimoto T, Oliveira JT, Yin Y, Li Y, et al. Full-length axon regeneration in the adult mouse optic nerve and partial recovery of simple visual behaviors. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2012;109:9149-54. PubMed PMID: 22615390
   
   
2. van den Brand R, Heutschi J, Barraud Q, DiGiovanna J, Bartholdi K, Huerlimann M, et al. Restoring voluntary control of locomotion after paralyzing spinal cord injury. Science. 2012;336:1182-5. PubMed PMID: 22654062
   
   
3. Lu P, Wang Y, Graham L, McHale K, Gao M, Wu D, et al. Long-distance growth and connectivity of neural stem cells after severe spinal cord injury. Cell. 2012;150:1264-73. PubMed PMID: 22980985
   
   
4. Overman JJ, Clarkson AN, Wanner IB, Overman WT, Eckstein I, Maguire JL, et al. A role for ephrin-A5 in axonal sprouting, recovery, and activity-dependent plasticity after stroke. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2012;109:E2230-9. PubMed PMID: 22837401
   
   
5. Zai L, Ferrari C, Dice C, Subbaiah S, Havton LA, Coppola G, et al. Inosine augments the effects of a Nogo receptor blocker and of environmental enrichment to restore skilled forelimb use after stroke. J Neurosci. 2011;31:5977-88. PubMed PMID: 21508223