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Cameron T. Trueblood, Fateme Khodadadi-Mericle, Zhifeng Qi, Silvia Fernandes, Theresa Connors, Micaela L. O’Reilly, John D. Houle, Veronica J. Tom, Shaoping Hou. Transplanting Neural Progenitor Cells Improves Neural Regulation But Not Hormonal Reliance of Cardiovascular Function Following Spinal Cord Injury. eneuro. 2025 September. doi: 10.1523/ENEURO.0030-25.2025.

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Marissa Cusimano, Veronica J. Tom, John D. Houle, Shaoping Hou. Passive Hindlimb Cycling Enhances Tolerance of Cardiac Electrical Conduction in Rats with Spinal Cord Injuries. Journal of Neurotrauma. 2025 April. doi: 10.1089/neu.2025.0021.

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Micaela L. O'Reilly, Mariah J. Wulf, Theresa M. Connors, Ying Jin, Frank Bearoff, Julien Bouyer, Sandhya Kortagere, John R. Bethea, Veronica J. Tom. Microglial IKKβ Alters Central and Peripheral Immune Activity at Distinct Time Points After Spinal Cord Injury. Glia. 2025 August. doi: 10.1002/glia.70030.

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Sreejita Arnab, Payam Fathi, Erin Jones, Aravind Meyyappan, Kayla L Nguyen, Valerie Bracchi-Ricard, Shruti Gupta, Roman Fischer, Veronica J. Tom, John R. Bethea. Hippocampal CA3 Nex/Neurod6+ neuron-specific TNFR2 alleviates chronic neuropathic pain by sex-dependently engaging opioid and endocannabinoid pathways. 2025 November. DOI: 10.1101/2025.11.24.690195.

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Singh S, Yao L, Dougherty KJ. Lumbar spinal Shox2 interneurons receive monosynaptic excitatory input from the lateral paragigantocellular nucleus in mouse. iScience. 2026 Feb 20;29(2):114567. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2025.114567. eCollection 2026 Feb 20. PubMed PMID: 41585491; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC12824919.

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O'Reilly ML, Wulf MJ, Connors TM, Jin Y, Bearoff F, Hai N, Bouyer J, Kortagere S, Zhong Y, Bethea JR, Tom VJ. NF-κB inhibition attenuates sympathetic hyperreflexia and concomitant development of autonomic dysreflexia and immune dysfunction after spinal cord injury. Commun Biol. 2025 May 22;8(1):787. doi: 10.1038/s42003-025-08237-y. PubMed PMID: 40404889; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC12098895.

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O'Reilly ML, Wulf MJ, Connors TM, Jin Y, Bearoff F, Bouyer J, Kortagere S, Bethea JR, Tom VJ. Microglial IKKβ Alters Central and Peripheral Immune Activity at Distinct Time Points After Spinal Cord Injury. Glia. 2025 Aug;73(8):1746-1766. doi: 10.1002/glia.70030. Epub 2025 May 10. PubMed PMID: 40346894; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC12185979.

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Singh S, Shevtsova NA, Yao L, Rybak IA, Dougherty KJ. Properties of rhythmogenic currents in spinal Shox2 interneurons across postnatal development. J Physiol. 2025 May;603(10):3201-3221. doi: 10.1113/JP287752. Epub 2025 May 11. PubMed PMID: 40349326; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC13240596.

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Cusimano M, Tom VJ, Houle JD, Hou S. Passive Hindlimb Cycling Enhances Tolerance of Cardiac Electrical Conduction in Rats with Spinal Cord Injuries. J Neurotrauma. 2025 Dec;42(23-24):2242-2253. doi: 10.1089/neu.2025.0021. Epub 2025 Apr 14. PubMed PMID: 40227565; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC13203987.

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Stachowski NJ, Wheel JH, Singh S, Atoche SJ, Yao L, Garcia-Ramirez DL, Giszter SF, Dougherty KJ. Activity of spinal RORβ neurons is related to functional improvements following combination treatment after complete SCI. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2025 Apr 15;122(15):e2406333122. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2406333122. Epub 2025 Apr 8. PubMed PMID: 40198697; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC12012501.

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Tetyana Martynyuk, Jerome Ricard, Valerie Bracchi-Ricard, Samuel Price, Jenna McGrath, Kimberly Dougherty, Veronica Tom, John R. Bethea. Mitigating sTNF/TNFR1 activation on VGluT2+ spinal cord interneurons improves immune function after mid-thoracic spinal cord injury. 2024 July. DOI: 10.1101/2024.07.09.602690.

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West CW, Garcia-Ramirez DL, Dougherty KJ. Postnatal maturation of serotonergic modulation of spinal RORβ interneurons in the medial deep dorsal horn. bioRxiv. 2024 Nov 17;. doi: 10.1101/2024.11.15.623295. PubMed PMID: 39605347; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC11601448.

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Martynyuk T, Ricard J, Bracchi-Ricard V, Price S, McGrath JR, Dougherty KJ, Tom V, Bethea JR. Mitigating sTNF/TNFR1 activation on VGluT2 + spinal cord interneurons improves immune function after mid-thoracic spinal cord injury. Brain Behav Immun. 2025 Jan;123:633-643. doi: 10.1016/j.bbi.2024.10.021. Epub 2024 Oct 15. PubMed PMID: 39414179.

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Singh S, Yao L, Shevtsova NA, Rybak IA, Dougherty KJ. Properties of rhythmogenic currents in spinal Shox2 interneurons across postnatal development. bioRxiv. 2024 Sep 26;. doi: 10.1101/2024.09.26.612677. PubMed PMID: 39386611; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC11463365.

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Garcia-Ramirez DL, McGrath JR, Ha NT, Wheel JH, Atoche SJ, Yao L, Stachowski NJ, Giszter SF, Dougherty KJ. Covert actions of epidural stimulation on spinal locomotor circuits. bioRxiv. 2024 Jun 21;. doi: 10.1101/2024.06.18.599598. PubMed PMID: 38948733; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC11213016.

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Singh S, Weinberger J, O'Reilly M, Borisyuk A. Addressing the Needs of Preclinical Student Researchers in the SCI Community to Advance Communication and Education. eNeuro. 2023 May;10(5). doi: 10.1523/ENEURO.0040-23.2023. Print 2023 May. PubMed PMID: 37142434; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10162357.

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Wulf MJ, Tom VJ. Consequences of spinal cord injury on the sympathetic nervous system. Front Cell Neurosci. 2023;17:999253. doi: 10.3389/fncel.2023.999253. eCollection 2023. Review. PubMed PMID: 36925966; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10011113.

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Hall A, Fortino T, Spruance V, Niceforo A, Harrop JS, Phelps PE, Priest CA, Zholudeva LV, Lane MA. Cell transplantation to repair the injured spinal cord. Int Rev Neurobiol. 2022;166:79-158. doi: 10.1016/bs.irn.2022.09.008. Epub 2022 Nov 9. PubMed PMID: 36424097; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10008620.

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Garcia-Ramirez DL, Singh S, McGrath JR, Ha NT, Dougherty KJ. Identification of adult spinal Shox2 neuronal subpopulations based on unbiased computational clustering of electrophysiological properties. Front Neural Circuits. 2022;16:957084. doi: 10.3389/fncir.2022.957084. eCollection 2022. PubMed PMID: 35991345; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9385948.

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Osei-Owusu P, Collyer E, Dahlen SA, Adams RE, Tom VJ. Maladaptation of renal hemodynamics contributes to kidney dysfunction resulting from thoracic spinal cord injury in mice. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 2022 Aug 1;323(2):F120-F140. doi: 10.1152/ajprenal.00072.2022. Epub 2022 Jun 6. PubMed PMID: 35658716; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9306783.

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Islam A, Tom VJ. The use of viral vectors to promote repair after spinal cord injury. Exp Neurol. 2022 Aug;354:114102. doi: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2022.114102. Epub 2022 May 2. Review. PubMed PMID: 35513025; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9707338.

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Jeffries MA, Tom VJ. Peripheral Immune Dysfunction: A Problem of Central Importance after Spinal Cord Injury. Biology (Basel). 2021 Sep 17;10(9). doi: 10.3390/biology10090928. Review. PubMed PMID: 34571804; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8470244.

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O'Reilly ML, Mironets E, Shapiro TM, Crowther K, Collyer E, Bethea JR, Tom VJ. Pharmacological Inhibition of Soluble Tumor Necrosis Factor-Alpha Two Weeks after High Thoracic Spinal Cord Injury Does Not Affect Sympathetic Hyperreflexia. J Neurotrauma. 2021 Aug 1;38(15):2186-2191. doi: 10.1089/neu.2020.7504. Epub 2021 Feb 1. PubMed PMID: 33397170; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8309421.

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Qiao Y, Brodnik ZD, Zhao S, Trueblood CT, Li Z, Tom VJ, España RA, Hou S. Spinal Dopaminergic Mechanisms Regulating the Micturition Reflex in Male Rats with Complete Spinal Cord Injury. J Neurotrauma. 2021 Mar 15;38(6):803-817. doi: 10.1089/neu.2020.7284. Epub 2021 Jan 21. PubMed PMID: 33297828; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8098773.

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Di Wu, Ying Jin, Tatiana M. Shapiro, Abhishek Hinduja, Peter W. Baas, Veronica J. Tom. Chronic neuronal activation increases dynamic microtubules to enhance functional axon regeneration after dorsal root crush injury. Nature Communications. 2020 November. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-19914-3.

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Eugene Mironets, Roman Fischer, Valerie Bracchi-Ricard, Tatiana M. Saltos, Thomas S. Truglio, Micaela L. O'Reilly, Kathryn A. Swanson, John R. Bethea, Veronica J. Tom. Attenuating Neurogenic Sympathetic Hyperreflexia Robustly Improves Antibacterial Immunity After Chronic Spinal Cord Injury. The Journal of Neuroscience. 2020 January; 40(2):478--492. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2417-19.2019.

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Shaoping Hou, Tatiana M. Saltos, Eugene Mironets, Cameron T. Trueblood, Theresa M. Connors, Veronica J. Tom. Grafting Embryonic Raphe Neurons Reestablishes Serotonergic Regulation of Sympathetic Activity to Improve Cardiovascular Function after Spinal Cord Injury. The Journal of Neuroscience. 2020 February; 40(6):1248--1264. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1654-19.2019.

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Wu D, Jin Y, Shapiro TM, Hinduja A, Baas PW, Tom VJ. Chronic neuronal activation increases dynamic microtubules to enhance functional axon regeneration after dorsal root crush injury. Nat Commun. 2020 Nov 30;11(1):6131. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-19914-3. PubMed PMID: 33257677; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7705672.

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O'Reilly ML, Tom VJ. Neuroimmune System as a Driving Force for Plasticity Following CNS Injury. Front Cell Neurosci. 2020;14:187. doi: 10.3389/fncel.2020.00187. eCollection 2020. Review. PubMed PMID: 32792908; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7390932.

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Hou S, Saltos TM, Mironets E, Trueblood CT, Connors TM, Tom VJ. Grafting Embryonic Raphe Neurons Reestablishes Serotonergic Regulation of Sympathetic Activity to Improve Cardiovascular Function after Spinal Cord Injury. J Neurosci. 2020 Feb 5;40(6):1248-1264. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1654-19.2019. Epub 2020 Jan 2. PubMed PMID: 31896670; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7002146.

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Andrew J. Matamoros, Veronica J. Tom, Di Wu, Yash Rao, David J. Sharp, Peter W. Baas. Knockdown of Fidgetin Improves Regeneration of Injured Axons by a Microtubule-Based Mechanism. The Journal of Neuroscience. 2019 March; 39(11):2011--2024. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1888-18.2018.

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Mironets E, Fischer R, Bracchi-Ricard V, Saltos TM, Truglio TS, O'Reilly ML, Swanson KA, Bethea JR, Tom VJ. Attenuating Neurogenic Sympathetic Hyperreflexia Robustly Improves Antibacterial Immunity After Chronic Spinal Cord Injury. J Neurosci. 2020 Jan 8;40(2):478-492. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2417-19.2019. Epub 2019 Nov 21. PubMed PMID: 31754014; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6948947.

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Matamoros AJ, Tom VJ, Wu D, Rao Y, Sharp DJ, Baas PW. Knockdown of Fidgetin Improves Regeneration of Injured Axons by a Microtubule-Based Mechanism. J Neurosci. 2019 Mar 13;39(11):2011-2024. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1888-18.2018. Epub 2019 Jan 15. PubMed PMID: 30647150; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6507085.

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Trueblood CT, Iredia IW, Collyer ES, Tom VJ, Hou S. Development of Cardiovascular Dysfunction in a Rat Spinal Cord Crush Model and Responses to Serotonergic Interventions. J Neurotrauma. 2019 May 1;36(9):1478-1486. doi: 10.1089/neu.2018.5962. Epub 2019 Jan 8. PubMed PMID: 30362884; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6482904.

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Ahn J, Saltos TM, Tom VJ, Hou S. Transsynaptic tracing to dissect supraspinal serotonergic input regulating the bladder reflex in rats. Neurourol Urodyn. 2018 Nov;37(8):2487-2494. doi: 10.1002/nau.23762. Epub 2018 Jul 12. PubMed PMID: 29999191; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6211582.

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Mironets E, Osei-Owusu P, Bracchi-Ricard V, Fischer R, Owens EA, Ricard J, Wu D, Saltos T, Collyer E, Hou S, Bethea JR, Tom VJ. Soluble TNFα Signaling within the Spinal Cord Contributes to the Development of Autonomic Dysreflexia and Ensuing Vascular and Immune Dysfunction after Spinal Cord Injury. J Neurosci. 2018 Apr 25;38(17):4146-4162. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2376-17.2018. Epub 2018 Apr 2. PubMed PMID: 29610439; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5963850.

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Hou S, Saltos TM, Iredia IW, Tom VJ. Surgical techniques influence local environment of injured spinal cord and cause various grafted cell survival and integration. J Neurosci Methods. 2018 Jan 1;293:144-150. doi: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2017.09.014. Epub 2017 Sep 22. PubMed PMID: 28947264; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6206499.

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Wu D, Klaw MC, Connors T, Kholodilov N, Burke RE, Côté MP, Tom VJ. Combining Constitutively Active Rheb Expression and Chondroitinase Promotes Functional Axonal Regeneration after Cervical Spinal Cord Injury. Mol Ther. 2017 Dec 6;25(12):2715-2726. doi: 10.1016/j.ymthe.2017.08.011. Epub 2017 Aug 19. PubMed PMID: 28967557; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5768590.

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Wang Z, Nong J, Shultz RB, Zhang Z, Kim T, Tom VJ, Ponnappan RK, Zhong Y. Local delivery of minocycline from metal ion-assisted self-assembled complexes promotes neuroprotection and functional recovery after spinal cord injury. Biomaterials. 2017 Jan;112:62-71. doi: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2016.10.002. Epub 2016 Oct 5. PubMed PMID: 27744221; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5120994.

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Wu D, Klaw MC, Kholodilov N, Burke RE, Detloff MR, Côté MP, Tom VJ. Expressing Constitutively Active Rheb in Adult Dorsal Root Ganglion Neurons Enhances the Integration of Sensory Axons that Regenerate Across a Chondroitinase-Treated Dorsal Root Entry Zone Following Dorsal Root Crush. Front Mol Neurosci. 2016;9:49. doi: 10.3389/fnmol.2016.00049. eCollection 2016. PubMed PMID: 27458339; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4932115.

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Goldberg JL, Guido W, Agi Workshop Participants. Report on the National Eye Institute Audacious Goals Initiative: Regenerating the Optic Nerve. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2016 Mar;57(3):1271-5. doi: 10.1167/iovs.15-18500. Review. PubMed PMID: 26990163; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5110235.

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Mironets E, Wu D, Tom VJ. Manipulating extrinsic and intrinsic obstacles to axonal regeneration after spinal cord injury. Neural Regen Res. 2016 Feb;11(2):224-5. doi: 10.4103/1673-5374.177719. PubMed PMID: 27073365; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4810976.

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Partida E, Mironets E, Hou S, Tom VJ. Cardiovascular dysfunction following spinal cord injury. Neural Regen Res. 2016 Feb;11(2):189-94. doi: 10.4103/1673-5374.177707. Review. PubMed PMID: 27073353; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4810964.

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Ollivier-Lanvin, K., Fischer, I., Tom, V., Houlé, J.D., Lemay, M.A.. Either brain-derived neurotrophic factor or neurotrophin-3 only neurotrophin-producing grafts promote locomotor recovery in untrained spinalized cats. Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair. 2015; 29(1):90-100. doi: 10.1177/1545968314532834.

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Xu, C., Klaw, M.C., Lemay, M.A., Baas, P.W., Tom, V.J.. Pharmacologically inhibiting kinesin-5 activity with monastrol promotes axonal regeneration following spinal cord injury. Experimental Neurology. 2015; 263:172-176. doi: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2014.10.013.

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Hou S, Carson DM, Wu D, Klaw MC, Houlé JD, Tom VJ. Dopamine is produced in the rat spinal cord and regulates micturition reflex after spinal cord injury. Exp Neurol. 2016 Nov;285(Pt B):136-146. doi: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2015.12.001. Epub 2015 Dec 2. PubMed PMID: 26655672; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4889553.

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Wu D, Klaw MC, Connors T, Kholodilov N, Burke RE, Tom VJ. Expressing Constitutively Active Rheb in Adult Neurons after a Complete Spinal Cord Injury Enhances Axonal Regeneration beyond a Chondroitinase-Treated Glial Scar. J Neurosci. 2015 Aug 5;35(31):11068-80. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0719-15.2015. PubMed PMID: 26245968; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4524976.

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Xu C, Klaw MC, Lemay MA, Baas PW, Tom VJ. Pharmacologically inhibiting kinesin-5 activity with monastrol promotes axonal regeneration following spinal cord injury. Exp Neurol. 2015 Jan;263:172-6. doi: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2014.10.013. Epub 2014 Oct 24. PubMed PMID: 25447935; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4262583.

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Ollivier-Lanvin K, Fischer I, Tom V, Houlé JD, Lemay MA. Either brain-derived neurotrophic factor or neurotrophin-3 only neurotrophin-producing grafts promote locomotor recovery in untrained spinalized cats. Neurorehabil Neural Repair. 2015 Jan;29(1):90-100. doi: 10.1177/1545968314532834. Epub 2014 May 6. PubMed PMID: 24803493; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4223019.

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Klaw, M.C., Xu, C., Tom, V.J.. Intraspinal aav injections immediately rostral to a thoracic spinal cord injury site efficiently transduces neurons in spinal cord and brain. Molecular Therapy - Nucleic Acids. 2013; 2. doi: 10.1038/mtna.2013.34.