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Publications

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Most cited papers:

Bradbury EJ, Moon LDF, Popat RJ, King VR, Bennett GS, Patel PN, Priestley JV, Fawcett JW, McMahon SB (2002) Chondroitinase ABC promotes axon regeneration and functional recovery following spinal cord injury.  Nature 416:636-40.

Moon LDF, Asher RA, Rhodes KE, Fawcett JW (2001) Regeneration of CNS axons back to their target following treatment of adult rat brain with chondroitinase ABC. Nature Neuroscience 4:465-466.

Thuret S, Moon LDF and Gage FH (2006) Therapeutic strategies for SCI. Nature Reviews Neuroscience 7:628-643.

Other peer-reviewed papers and abstracts (chronologically):

Hutson TH, Buchser WJ, Bixby JL, Lemmon VP and Moon LDF (2011) Optimization of a 96-well electroporation assay for postnatal rat CNS neurons suitable for cost-effective medium-throughput screening of genes that promote neurite outgrowth. Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience. 4:1-11.

Soleman S, Yip, P, Duricki D and Moon LDF (2011) Delayed treatment with Chondroitinase ABC promotes sensorimotor recovery and plasticity after stroke in aged rats. Brain. In press.

Hutson TH, Verhaagen J, Yanez-Munoz RJ and Moon LDF (2011) Corticospinal tract transduction: a comparison of seven adeno-associated viral vector serotypes and a non-integrating lentiviral vector. Gene Therapy - Advance online publication.

Thomas KE and Moon LDF (2011) Will stem cell therapies be safe and effective for treating spinal cord injuries? British Medical Bulletin - Advance online publication.

Soleman S, Yip P, Leasure JL and Moon LDF (2010) Sustained sensorimotor deficit after cerebral ischemia (stroke) in aged rats. Experimental Neurology 222 13–24.

Duricki DA, Hutson TH, Soleman S, Gonzalez-Carter D, Petruska JC, Shine HD, Chen Q, Gage FH, Cash D, Moon LDF (2010) Recovery of aged rats treated 24 hours after stroke by intramuscular NT3 gene therapy. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts. 353.1.

Moon LDF(*), Hutson TH (*), van Kesteren R, Iffland K, Torres-Muñoz J, Petito C, Bowen C, Aimone JB, Buchser W, Lemmon VP, Bixby JL, Smit AB, Gage FH and Bunge MB (2010) Identification of molecules that promote re-growth of injured nerve fibers by laser microdissection of in vivo regenerating spinal neurons. Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation's International meeting, Phoenix, USA.

Soleman S, Yip P, Duricki D, Leasure JL and Moon LDF (2009) Delayed treatment with chondroitinase ABC improves forelimb deficits produced by endothelin-1 induced cerebral ischemia (stroke) in aged rats. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 739.10.

Hutson TH, Buchser W, Lemmon VP, Bixby JL, McMahon SB and Moon LDF(2009) Enhancing neurite outgrowth: Use of 96-well electroporation to screen regeneration associated genes. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts

Thacker MA, Clark AK, Bishop T, Grist J, Yip PK, Moon LDF, Thompson SWN, Marchand F and McMahon SB (2009) CCL2 is a key mediator of microglia activation in neuropathic pain states. European Journal of Pain 13: 263-272.

Moon LDF and King A (2009) Animal models of disease and injury: a new in vivo based module for 2nd year students at King's College London. British Pharmacological Society Abstracts P072.

Moon LDF (2008) What is it like to use rats in neurobiological research? The Biochemist October 2008 pp30-31.

Petruska JC, Moon LDF, Lee Y, Bunge MB, Mendell L. Changes in NGF- and pain-related genes during collateral sprouting revealed by microarray analysis. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 2006.

Moon LDF, Madani R, Vassalli, J-D., Bunge MB (2006) Neuronal overexpression of tissue-type plasminogen activator does not enhance sensory axon regeneration or locomotor recovery following dorsal hemisection of adult mouse thoracic spinal cord. Journal of Neuroscience Research 84:1245-1254.

Thuret et al., Corrigendum

Moon LDF, Leasure JL, Gage FH and Bunge MB (2006) Motor enrichment sustains hindlimb movement recovered after spinal cord injury and glial transplantation. Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience 24:147-161.

Hill CE, Moon LDF, Wood PW, Bunge MBB (2006) Labeled Schwann cell transplantation: Cell loss, host Schwann cell replacement, and strategies to enhance survival. Glia 53:338-343.

Hurtado A, Moon LDF, Maquet V, Blits B, Jerome R, Oudega M (2006) Poly (D,L-lactic acid) macroporous guidance scaffolds seeded with Schwann cells genetically modified to secrete a bi-functional neurotrophin implanted in the completely transected adult rat thoracic spinal cord.  Biomaterials 27:430-42.

Moon LDF & Bunge MB (2005) From animal models to humans: strategies for promoting CNS axon regeneration and recovery of limb function after spinal cord injury. Journal of Neurological Physical Therapy 29:55-69.

Oudega M, Moon LDF, Leme R. (2005) Schwann cells for spinal cord repair. Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research 38:825-835.

Aimone JB, Leasure JL, Perreau VM, Thallmair M, The Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation Research Consortium.  (2004).  Spatial and temporal gene expression profiling of the contused rat spinal cord.  Experimental Neurology 189:204-21.

Moon LDF, Asher RA, Fawcett JW (2003) Limited increase in sprouting of severed CNS axons following treatment of adult rat brain with hyaluronidase. Journal of Neuroscience Research 71:23-37.

Rhodes KE, Moon LDF, Fawcett JW  (2003) Inhibiting cell proliferation during formation of the glial scar:  effects on axon regeneration in the CNS. Neuroscience 120:41-56.

Moon LDF, Asher RA, Rhodes KE, Fawcett JW (2002) Relationship between sprouting axons, proteoglycans and glial cells following unilateral nigrostriatal axotomy in the adult rat. Neuroscience 109:101-117.

Moon LDF, Fawcett JW (2001) Reduction in CNS scar formation without concomitant increase in axon regeneration following treatment of adult rat brain with a combination of antibodies to transforming growth factors b1 and b2.  European Journal of Neuroscience 14:1667-1677.

Asher RA, Morgenstern DA, Moon LDF, Fawcett JW (2001) Chondroitin sulphate proteoglycans: inhibitory components of the glial scar. Progress in Brain Research 132:611-619

Moon LDF, Brecknell JE, Franklin RJ, Dunnett SB, Fawcett J.W. (2000) Robust regeneration of CNS axons through a track depleted of CNS glia. Experimental Neurology 161:49-66.

 

Suggested reading

Moon et al., 2001

Thuret et al., 2006

Bradbury et al., 2002