Research Report: August/September 2010
Department of Neurology and Rehabilitation Medicine
Publications
Gussin HA, Tomlinson ID, Muni NJ, Little DM, Qian H, Rosenthal SJ,Pepperberg DR. GABAC receptor binding of quantum-dot conjugates of variable ligand valency. Bioconjugate Chemistry 2010;21:1455-1464.
Hughes JR. Periodic lateralized epileptiform discharges: do they represent an ictal pattern requiring treatment? Epilepsy & Behavior 2010;18: 162-165.
Shahidi M, Wanek J, Blair NP, Little DM, Wu T. Retinal tissue oxygen tension imaging in rat. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences 2010;51:5766-5770.
Testai FD, Gorelick PB. An unusual cause of vertebral artery dissection: esophagogastroduodenoscopy. Stroke Res Treat 2010; Aug 8.
Whited K, Aiyagari V, Calderon-Arnulphi M, Cursio J, Pandey D, Hillmann M, and Ruland S. Standardized admission and discharge templates to improve documentation of The Joint Commission on accreditation of healthcare organization performance markers. J Neurosci Nurs 2010;42:225-228.
Conference Presentations, Abstracts
Testai FD, Aiyagari V, Hillman M, Amin-Hanjani S, Dawson G, Gorelick PB (September 2010). Soluble endoglin and Vasospasm in Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. Presented at the 8th Annual Neurocritical Care Society Meeting, San Francisco.
Book Chapters
Hughes JR. Great achievers amongst people with epilepsy through the history to the current date. In: Atlas of Epilepsies. Panayiotopoulos, CP (ed). Chapter 211, London, Springer, 2010, 1404-1413.
Invited Presentations
Little D (August 2010). From Chronic to Acute and Civilian to Military – Use of Imaging Biomarkers of Mild Injury to Identify Behavioral Assessment Measures. Invited presentation at the mTBI Diagnostics Workshop, St. Pete FL
Grants Submitted
Investigators: PI: Deborah M. Little PhD; Co-Is: Elizabeth Geary, Marylou Tomyanovich, Rita Shapiro, Mark Ashley, Lisa Krebber.
Title: "Efficacy of Cognitive Rehabilitation in Mild to Moderate TBI with Co-Morbid PTSD and/or Chronic Pain"
Sponsor: Defense Related Medical Research Program; Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program, Department of Defense
Total Cost: $3,700,000
Grants Received
Investigator: PI: Deborah M. Little PhD
Title: "Neuroimaging and Neurophysiology in mild TBI”
Duration: 1/1/2011-12/31/2015
Sponsor: Department of Veterans Affairs
Total Cost: $953,990
Investigator: Elizabeth Hartman, MD
Title: Teva Educational Grant
Program Title: University of Illinois at Chicago Department of Neurology and Rehabilitation Grand Rounds: New therapies for MS - Hopes and challenges (Olaf Stuve, MD/PhD)
Requested Amount: 2,500.00
Investigator: F. Testai, MD
Grant: a travelling award to participate of the Junior Faculty Career Development Symposium.