Journal Articles and Book Chapters

Dogan A, Rao AM, Baskaya MK, Hatcher J, Temiz C, Rao VLR, Dempsey RJ (in press). The contribution of polyamine oxidase to rat brain after trauma. J Neurosurg.

Dogan A, Rao AM, Hatcher J, Rao VLR, Baskaya MK, Dempsey RJ (1999). The effect of MDL 72527, a specific inhibitor of polyamine oxidase, on brain edema, ischemic injury volume and tissue polyamine levels in rats after temporary middle cerebral artery occlusion. J Neurochem 72:765–770.

Mousseau DD, Rao VLR (1999). Western blotting. Neuromethods (ed. Baker G, Boulton AA) 34:167–191.

Dogan A, Baskaya MK, Rao VLR, Rao AM, Dempsey RJ (1998). Intraluminal suture occlusion of middle cerebral artery in spontaneously hypertensive rats. Neurol Res 20:265–270.

Rao VLR, Baskaya MK, Dogan A, Rao AM, Dempsey RJ (1998). Increased ornithine decarboxylase activity and protein level in the cortex following traumatic brain injury in rats. Brain Res 783:163–166.

Rao VLR, Baskaya MK, Dogan A, Rothstein JD, Dempsey RJ (1998). Traumatic brain injury down–regulates glial glutamate transporter (GLT–1 and GLAST) proteins in rat brain. J Neurochem 70:2020–2027.

Rao VLR, Butterworth RF (1998). Neuronal nitric oxide synthase and hepatic encephalopathy. Metab Brain Dis 13:175–189.

Sun D, Murali SG (1998). Stimulation of Na⁺–K⁺–2Cl^– cotransporter in neuronal cells by excitatory neurotransmitter glutamate. Am J Physiol 275:C772–C779.

Sun D, Lytle C, O’Donnell ME (1997). Astroglial–secreted IL–6 regulated Na–K–Cl cotransporter in cerebral microvascular endothelial cells. Am J Physiol 272:C1829–C1835.

Yerby TR, Vibat CRT, Dandan S, Payne JA, O’Donnell ME (1997). Molecular characterization of the Na–K–Cl cotransporter of bovine aortic endothelial cell. Am J Physiol 272:C188–C197.

Abstracts

Dempsey RJ, Rao VLR, Dogan A, Todd KG (1999). Glial glutamate transporter GLT–1 knockout exacerbates ischemic neuronal damage. 52nd Annual Meeting of the Neurosurgical Society of America.

Rao VLR, Dogan A, Bowen K, Todd KG, Rothstein JD, Dempsey RJ (1999). Antisense knockout of glial glutamate transporter GLT–1 exacerbates ischemic neuronal damage. Joint Meeting of the International Society for Neurochemistry and European Society for Neurochemistry.

Dempsey RJ, Rao VLR, Dogan A (1998). Transient focal cerebral ischemia down–regulates the glial glutamate transporter GLT–1 protein expression in rat brain. Abstracts of the 51st Annual Meeting of the Neurosurgical Society of America.

Dogan A, Rao AM, Baskaya MK, Rao VLR, Temiz C, Dempsey RJ (1998). The role of polyamine interconversion pathway on reperfusion injury in rats after transient focal cerebral ischemia. Amer Assoc Neurol Surg Annual Meeting Abstr page 26, poster 1035.

Rao VLR, Audet RM, Butterworth RF (1998). End–to–side portacaval anastomosis results in upregulation of constitutive neuronal nitric oxide synthase activity, protein and gene expression in brain. Can J Gastroenterol 12(Suppl A):S7.

Rao VLR, Dogan A, Dempsey RJ (1998). Neuronal nitric oxide synthase expression is upregulated following traumatic brain injury. Soc Neurosci Abstr 24:290.14.

Rao VLR, Dogan A, Rothstein RJ, Dempsey RJ (1998). Decreased glial glutamate transporter GLT–1 protein levels in rat brain following transient middle cerebral artery occlusion. J Neurochem 70(Suppl):S68.