Fernando Gomez-Pinilla * UCLA Profiles

Gomez-Pinilla Fernando

Title(s)	Member, CTSI
School	CTSI
Phone	310-206-9693
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Other Positions


Title(s)	Professor, Integrative Biology and Physiology
Title(s)	Professor, Neurosurgery

Title(s)	Professor, Surgery

Title(s)	Member, Brain Research Institute

Title(s)	Member, Molecular Cellular & Integrative Physiology GPB Home Area

Title(s)	Member, Neuroscience GPB Home Area

Research

Research Activities and Funding

Cell-specific novel genomic biomarkers of TBI pathology
NIH/NINDS R21NS103088May 15, 2017 - Apr 30, 2019
Role: Co-Principal Investigator

Insulin signaling, dopamine sensitization and cocaine cue-induced relapse
NIH/NIDA R21DA037689Mar 1, 2014 - Feb 28, 2016
Role: Co-Principal Investigator

Broadly Neuroprotective Drug for TBI
NIH/NINDS RC1NS068473Sep 30, 2009 - Aug 31, 2011
Role: Principal Investigator

Neurotrophins Support Spinal Cord Learning and Rehabilitation
NIH/NINDS R01NS056413Jan 1, 2009 - Dec 31, 2014
Role: Principal Investigator

Activity-Induced Recovery Following Brain Trauma
NIH/NINDS R01NS045804Apr 1, 2005 - Jan 31, 2009
Role: Principal Investigator

Restoration of Homeostasis After Brain Trauma
NIH/NINDS R01NS050465Dec 1, 2004 - Mar 31, 2020
Role: Principal Investigator

NEUROTROPHIN REGULATION IN THE SPINAL CORD
NIH/NINDS R01NS039522Jul 1, 2000 - Jun 30, 2006
Role: Principal Investigator

PHYSICAL ACTIVITY INDUCES NEUROTROPHIC FACTORS
NIH/NINDS R01NS038978Apr 1, 2000 - Mar 31, 2005
Role: Principal Investigator

GLIAL ACTIVATION BY FGF AND PROTEOGLYCANS IN AGING
NIH/NIA R03AG015230Sep 30, 1997 - Aug 31, 2000
Role: Principal Investigator

Bibliographic

Publications

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Zhang G, Byun HR, Ying Z, Blencowe M, Zhao Y, Hong J, Shu L, Chella Krishnan K, Gomez-Pinilla F, Yang X. Differential metabolic and multi-tissue transcriptomic responses to fructose consumption among genetically diverse mice. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis. 2020 Jan 01; 1866(1):165569. PMID: 31669422.

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Serra FT, Carvalho AD, Araujo BHS, Torres LB, Cardoso FDS, Henrique JS, Placencia EVD, Lent R, Gomez-Pinilla F, Arida RM, Gomes da Silva S. Early exercise induces long-lasting morphological changes in cortical and hippocampal neurons throughout of a sedentary period of rats. Sci Rep. 2019 Sep 23; 9(1):13684. PMID: 31548605.

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Rege SD, Royes L, Tsai B, Zhang G, Yang X, Gomez-Pinilla F. Brain Trauma Disrupts Hepatic Lipid Metabolism: Blame It on Fructose? Mol Nutr Food Res. 2019 08; 63(15):e1801054. PMID: 31087499.

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Krishna G, Ying Z, Gomez-Pinilla F. Blueberry Supplementation Mitigates Altered Brain Plasticity and Behavior after Traumatic Brain Injury in Rats. Mol Nutr Food Res. 2019 08; 63(15):e1801055. PMID: 31115168.

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Royes LFF, Gomez-Pinilla F. Making sense of gut feelings in the traumatic brain injury pathogenesis. Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2019 07; 102:345-361. PMID: 31102601.

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Hall JM, Gomez-Pinilla F, Savage LM. Nerve Growth Factor Is Responsible for Exercise-Induced Recovery of Septohippocampal Cholinergic Structure and Function. Front Neurosci. 2018; 12:773. PMID: 30443202.

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Ying Z, Byun HR, Meng Q, Noble E, Zhang G, Yang X, Gomez-Pinilla F. Biglycan gene connects metabolic dysfunction with brain disorder. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis. 2018 12; 1864(12):3679-3687. PMID: 30291886.

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Arneson D, Zhang G, Ying Z, Zhuang Y, Byun HR, Ahn IS, Gomez-Pinilla F, Yang X. Single cell molecular alterations reveal target cells and pathways of concussive brain injury. Nat Commun. 2018 09 25; 9(1):3894. PMID: 30254269.

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Gomez-Pinilla F, Yang X. System biology approach intersecting diet and cell metabolism with pathogenesis of brain disorders. Prog Neurobiol. 2018 10; 169:76-90. PMID: 30059718.

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Jiménez-Maldonado A, Ying Z, Byun HR, Gomez-Pinilla F. Short-term fructose ingestion affects the brain independently from establishment of metabolic syndrome. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis. 2018 Jan; 1864(1):24-33. PMID: 29017895.

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Victorino AB, Serra FT, Piñero PP, de Almeida AA, Lopim GM, Matias Junior I, Machado HR, Lent R, Cabral FR, Gomez-Pinilla F, Arida RM, Gomes da Silva S. Aerobic exercise in adolescence results in an increase of neuronal and non-neuronal cells and in mTOR overexpression in the cerebral cortex of rats. Neuroscience. 2017 Oct 11; 361:108-115. PMID: 28802917.

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Fernandes J, Arida RM, Gomez-Pinilla F. Physical exercise as an epigenetic modulator of brain plasticity and cognition. Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2017 Sep; 80:443-456. PMID: 28666827.

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Hakimian J, Minasyan A, Zhe-Ying L, Loureiro M, Beltrand A, Johnston C, Vorperian A, Romaneschi N, Atallah W, Gomez-Pinilla F, Walwyn W. Specific behavioral and cellular adaptations induced by chronic morphine are reduced by dietary omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids. PLoS One. 2017; 12(4):e0175090. PMID: 28380057.

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Krishna G, Agrawal R, Zhuang Y, Ying Z, Paydar A, Harris NG, Royes LFF, Gomez-Pinilla F. 7,8-Dihydroxyflavone facilitates the action exercise to restore plasticity and functionality: Implications for early brain trauma recovery. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis. 2017 06; 1863(6):1204-1213. PMID: 28315455.

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Meng Q, Zhuang Y, Ying Z, Agrawal R, Yang X, Gomez-Pinilla F. Traumatic Brain Injury Induces Genome-Wide Transcriptomic, Methylomic, and Network Perturbations in Brain and Blood Predicting Neurological Disorders. EBioMedicine. 2017 Feb; 16:184-194. PMID: 28174132.

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Carlin JL, Grissom N, Ying Z, Gomez-Pinilla F, Reyes TM. Voluntary exercise blocks Western diet-induced gene expression of the chemokines CXCL10 and CCL2 in the prefrontal cortex. Brain Behav Immun. 2016 Nov; 58:82-90. PMID: 27492632.

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Krityakiarana W, Zhao PM, Nguyen K, Gomez-Pinilla F, Kotchabhakdi N, de Vellis J, Espinosa-Jeffrey A. Erratum to: Proof-of Concept that an Acute Trophic Factors Intervention After Spinal Cord Injury Provides an Adequate Niche for Neuroprotection, Recruitment of Nestin-Expressing Progenitors and Regeneration. Neurochem Res. 2016 Jul; 41(7):1844. PMID: 27180188.

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Meng Q, Ying Z, Noble E, Zhao Y, Agrawal R, Mikhail A, Zhuang Y, Tyagi E, Zhang Q, Lee JH, Morselli M, Orozco L, Guo W, Kilts TM, Zhu J, Zhang B, Pellegrini M, Xiao X, Young MF, Gomez-Pinilla F, Yang X. Systems Nutrigenomics Reveals Brain Gene Networks Linking Metabolic and Brain Disorders. EBioMedicine. 2016 May; 7:157-66. PMID: 27322469.

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Krityakiarana W, Zhao PM, Nguyen K, Gomez-Pinilla F, Kotchabhakdi N, de Vellis J, Espinosa-Jeffrey A. Proof-of Concept that an Acute Trophic Factors Intervention After Spinal Cord Injury Provides an Adequate Niche for Neuroprotection, Recruitment of Nestin-Expressing Progenitors and Regeneration. Neurochem Res. 2016 Feb; 41(1-2):431-49. PMID: 26883642.

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Yoon H, Kleven A, Paulsen A, Kleppe L, Wu J, Ying Z, Gomez-Pinilla F, Scarisbrick IA. Interplay between exercise and dietary fat modulates myelinogenesis in the central nervous system. Biochim Biophys Acta. 2016 04; 1862(4):545-555. PMID: 26826016.

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Agrawal R, Noble E, Vergnes L, Ying Z, Reue K, Gomez-Pinilla F. Dietary fructose aggravates the pathobiology of traumatic brain injury by influencing energy homeostasis and plasticity. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab. 2016 05; 36(5):941-53. PMID: 26661172.

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Cisternas P, Salazar P, Serrano FG, Montecinos-Oliva C, Arredondo SB, Varela-Nallar L, Barja S, Vio CP, Gomez-Pinilla F, Inestrosa NC. Fructose consumption reduces hippocampal synaptic plasticity underlying cognitive performance. Biochim Biophys Acta. 2015 Nov; 1852(11):2379-90. PMID: 26300486.

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Agrawal R, Noble E, Tyagi E, Zhuang Y, Ying Z, Gomez-Pinilla F. Flavonoid derivative 7,8-DHF attenuates TBI pathology via TrkB activation. Biochim Biophys Acta. 2015 May; 1852(5):862-72. PMID: 25661191.

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Wu A, Noble EE, Tyagi E, Ying Z, Zhuang Y, Gomez-Pinilla F. Curcumin boosts DHA in the brain: Implications for the prevention of anxiety disorders. Biochim Biophys Acta. 2015 May; 1852(5):951-61. PMID: 25550171.

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Tyagi E, Zhuang Y, Agrawal R, Ying Z, Gomez-Pinilla F. Interactive actions of Bdnf methylation and cell metabolism for building neural resilience under the influence of diet. Neurobiol Dis. 2015 Jan; 73:307-18. PMID: 25283985.

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Agrawal R, Zhuang Y, Cummings BP, Stanhope KL, Graham JL, Havel PJ, Gomez-Pinilla F. Deterioration of plasticity and metabolic homeostasis in the brain of the UCD-T2DM rat model of naturally occurring type-2 diabetes. Biochim Biophys Acta. 2014 Sep; 1842(9):1313-23. PMID: 24840661.

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Tyagi E, Agrawal R, Ying Z, Gomez-Pinilla F. TBI and sex: crucial role of progesterone protecting the brain in an omega-3 deficient condition. Exp Neurol. 2014 Mar; 253:41-51. PMID: 24361060.

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Agrawal R, Tyagi E, Vergnes L, Reue K, Gomez-Pinilla F. Coupling energy homeostasis with a mechanism to support plasticity in brain trauma. Biochim Biophys Acta. 2014 Apr; 1842(4):535-46. PMID: 24345766.

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Gomez-Pinilla F, Tyagi E. Diet and cognition: interplay between cell metabolism and neuronal plasticity. Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care. 2013 Nov; 16(6):726-33. PMID: 24071781.

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Wu A, Ying Z, Gomez-Pinilla F. Dietary strategy to repair plasma membrane after brain trauma: implications for plasticity and cognition. Neurorehabil Neural Repair. 2014 Jan; 28(1):75-84. PMID: 23911971.

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Tyagi E, Agrawal R, Zhuang Y, Abad C, Waschek JA, Gomez-Pinilla F. Vulnerability imposed by diet and brain trauma for anxiety-like phenotype: implications for post-traumatic stress disorders. PLoS One. 2013; 8(3):e57945. PMID: 23483949.

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Baruch K, Ron-Harel N, Gal H, Deczkowska A, Shifrut E, Ndifon W, Mirlas-Neisberg N, Cardon M, Vaknin I, Cahalon L, Berkutzki T, Mattson MP, Gomez-Pinilla F, Friedman N, Schwartz M. CNS-specific immunity at the choroid plexus shifts toward destructive Th2 inflammation in brain aging. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013 Feb 05; 110(6):2264-9. PMID: 23335631.

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Gomez-Pinilla F, Hillman C. The influence of exercise on cognitive abilities. Compr Physiol. 2013 Jan; 3(1):403-28. PMID: 23720292.

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Ying Z, Feng C, Agrawal R, Zhuang Y, Gomez-Pinilla F. Dietary omega-3 deficiency from gestation increases spinal cord vulnerability to traumatic brain injury-induced damage. PLoS One. 2012; 7(12):e52998. PMID: 23300842.

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Joseph MS, Ying Z, Zhuang Y, Zhong H, Wu A, Bhatia HS, Cruz R, Tillakaratne NJ, Roy RR, Edgerton VR, Gomez-Pinilla F. Effects of diet and/or exercise in enhancing spinal cord sensorimotor learning. PLoS One. 2012; 7(7):e41288. PMID: 22911773.

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Holly LT, Blaskiewicz D, Wu A, Feng C, Ying Z, Gomez-Pinilla F. Dietary therapy to promote neuroprotection in chronic spinal cord injury. J Neurosurg Spine. 2012 Aug; 17(2):134-40. PMID: 22735048.

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Sharma S, Zhuang Y, Gomez-Pinilla F. High-fat diet transition reduces brain DHA levels associated with altered brain plasticity and behaviour. Sci Rep. 2012; 2:431. PMID: 22666534.

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Agrawal R, Gomez-Pinilla F. 'Metabolic syndrome' in the brain: deficiency in omega-3 fatty acid exacerbates dysfunctions in insulin receptor signalling and cognition. J Physiol. 2012 May 15; 590(10):2485-99. PMID: 22473784.

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Gomez-Pinilla F, Ying Z, Zhuang Y. Brain and spinal cord interaction: protective effects of exercise prior to spinal cord injury. PLoS One. 2012; 7(2):e32298. PMID: 22384207.

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Ying Z, Covalin A, Judy J, Gomez-Pinilla F. Hypothalamic stimulation enhances hippocampal BDNF plasticity in proportion to metabolic rate. Brain Stimul. 2012 Oct; 5(4):642-6. PMID: 22441161.

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Gomez-Pinilla F, Nguyen TT. Natural mood foods: the actions of polyphenols against psychiatric and cognitive disorders. Nutr Neurosci. 2012 May; 15(3):127-33. PMID: 22334236.

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Bhatia HS, Agrawal R, Sharma S, Huo YX, Ying Z, Gomez-Pinilla F. Omega-3 fatty acid deficiency during brain maturation reduces neuronal and behavioral plasticity in adulthood. PLoS One. 2011; 6(12):e28451. PMID: 22163304.

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Wu A, Ying Z, Gomez-Pinilla F. The salutary effects of DHA dietary supplementation on cognition, neuroplasticity, and membrane homeostasis after brain trauma. J Neurotrauma. 2011 Oct; 28(10):2113-22. PMID: 21851229.

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Gomez-Pinilla F, Gomez AG. The influence of dietary factors in central nervous system plasticity and injury recovery. PM R. 2011 Jun; 3(6 Suppl 1):S111-6. PMID: 21703566.

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Gomez-Pinilla F, Ying Z, Agoncillo T, Frostig R. The influence of naturalistic experience on plasticity markers in somatosensory cortex and hippocampus: effects of whisker use. Brain Res. 2011 May 04; 1388:39-47. PMID: 21385568.

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Wu A, Ying Z, Schubert D, Gomez-Pinilla F. Brain and spinal cord interaction: a dietary curcumin derivative counteracts locomotor and cognitive deficits after brain trauma. Neurorehabil Neural Repair. 2011 May; 25(4):332-42. PMID: 21343524.

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Gomez-Pinilla F. The combined effects of exercise and foods in preventing neurological and cognitive disorders. Prev Med. 2011 Jun; 52 Suppl 1:S75-80. PMID: 21281667.

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Gomez-Pinilla F. Collaborative effects of diet and exercise on cognitive enhancement. Nutr Health. 2011; 20(3-4):165-9. PMID: 22141190.

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Gomez-Pinilla F, Zhuang Y, Feng J, Ying Z, Fan G. Exercise impacts brain-derived neurotrophic factor plasticity by engaging mechanisms of epigenetic regulation. Eur J Neurosci. 2011 Feb; 33(3):383-90. PMID: 21198979.

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Sharma S, Ying Z, Gomez-Pinilla F. A pyrazole curcumin derivative restores membrane homeostasis disrupted after brain trauma. Exp Neurol. 2010 Nov; 226(1):191-9. PMID: 20816821.

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Gomez-Pinilla F, Ying Z. Differential effects of exercise and dietary docosahexaenoic acid on molecular systems associated with control of allostasis in the hypothalamus and hippocampus. Neuroscience. 2010 Jun 16; 168(1):130-7. PMID: 20303394.

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Gomez-Pinilla F. Vitamin E protects against oxidative damage and learning disability after mild traumatic brain injury in rats. Neurorehabil Neural Repair. 2010 Mar-Apr; 24(3):290-8. PMID: 19841436.

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Griesbach GS, Hovda DA, Gomez-Pinilla F. Exercise-induced improvement in cognitive performance after traumatic brain injury in rats is dependent on BDNF activation. Brain Res. 2009 Sep 08; 1288:105-15. PMID: 19555673.

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Chytrova G, Ying Z, Gomez-Pinilla F. Exercise contributes to the effects of DHA dietary supplementation by acting on membrane-related synaptic systems. Brain Res. 2010 Jun 23; 1341:32-40. PMID: 19446534.

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Griesbach GS, Sutton RL, Hovda DA, Ying Z, Gomez-Pinilla F. Controlled contusion injury alters molecular systems associated with cognitive performance. J Neurosci Res. 2009 Feb 15; 87(3):795-805. PMID: 18831070.

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Szabo Z, Ying Z, Radak Z, Gomez-Pinilla F. Voluntary exercise may engage proteasome function to benefit the brain after trauma. Brain Res. 2010 Jun 23; 1341:25-31. PMID: 19368831.

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Gomez-Pinilla F, Vaynman S, Ying Z. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor functions as a metabotrophin to mediate the effects of exercise on cognition. Eur J Neurosci. 2008 Dec; 28(11):2278-87. PMID: 19046371.

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Hu S, Ying Z, Gomez-Pinilla F, Frautschy SA. Exercise can increase small heat shock proteins (sHSP) and pre- and post-synaptic proteins in the hippocampus. Brain Res. 2009 Jan 16; 1249:191-201. PMID: 19014914.

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Gomez-Pinilla F, Kostenkova K. The influence of diet and physical activity on brain repair and neurosurgical outcome. Surg Neurol. 2008 Oct; 70(4):333-5; discussion 335-6. PMID: 18793906.

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Chytrova G, Ying Z, Gomez-Pinilla F. Exercise normalizes levels of MAG and Nogo-A growth inhibitors after brain trauma. Eur J Neurosci. 2008 Jan; 27(1):1-11. PMID: 18093178.

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Wu A, Ying Z, Gomez-Pinilla F. Omega-3 fatty acids supplementation restores mechanisms that maintain brain homeostasis in traumatic brain injury. J Neurotrauma. 2007 Oct; 24(10):1587-95. PMID: 17970622.

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Gómez-Pinilla F, Huie JR, Ying Z, Ferguson AR, Crown ED, Baumbauer KM, Edgerton VR, Grau JW. BDNF and learning: Evidence that instrumental training promotes learning within the spinal cord by up-regulating BDNF expression. Neuroscience. 2007 Sep 21; 148(4):893-906. PMID: 17719180.

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Ghiani CA, Ying Z, de Vellis J, Gomez-Pinilla F. Exercise decreases myelin-associated glycoprotein expression in the spinal cord and positively modulates neuronal growth. Glia. 2007 Jul; 55(9):966-75. PMID: 17497667.

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Gomez-Pinilla F. The influences of diet and exercise on mental health through hormesis. Ageing Res Rev. 2008 Jan; 7(1):49-62. PMID: 17604236.

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Vaynman S, Gomez-Pinilla F. Revenge of the "sit": how lifestyle impacts neuronal and cognitive health through molecular systems that interface energy metabolism with neuronal plasticity. J Neurosci Res. 2006 Sep; 84(4):699-715. PMID: 16862541.

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Ding Q, Vaynman S, Souda P, Whitelegge JP, Gomez-Pinilla F. Exercise affects energy metabolism and neural plasticity-related proteins in the hippocampus as revealed by proteomic analysis. Eur J Neurosci. 2006 Sep; 24(5):1265-76. PMID: 16987214.

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Guzman-Marin R, Ying Z, Suntsova N, Methippara M, Bashir T, Szymusiak R, Gomez-Pinilla F, McGinty D. Suppression of hippocampal plasticity-related gene expression by sleep deprivation in rats. J Physiol. 2006 Sep 15; 575(Pt 3):807-19. PMID: 16825295.

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Ben Simon GJ, Hovda DA, Harris NG, Gomez-Pinilla F, Goldberg RA. Traumatic brain injury induced neuroprotection of retinal ganglion cells to optic nerve crush. J Neurotrauma. 2006 Jul; 23(7):1072-82. PMID: 16866620.

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Wu A, Ying Z, Gomez-Pinilla F. Oxidative stress modulates Sir2alpha in rat hippocampus and cerebral cortex. Eur J Neurosci. 2006 May; 23(10):2573-80. PMID: 16817860.

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Dishman RK, Berthoud HR, Booth FW, Cotman CW, Edgerton VR, Fleshner MR, Gandevia SC, Gomez-Pinilla F, Greenwood BN, Hillman CH, Kramer AF, Levin BE, Moran TH, Russo-Neustadt AA, Salamone JD, Van Hoomissen JD, Wade CE, York DA, Zigmond MJ. Neurobiology of exercise. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2006 Mar; 14(3):345-56. PMID: 16648603.

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Vaynman SS, Ying Z, Yin D, Gomez-Pinilla F. Exercise differentially regulates synaptic proteins associated to the function of BDNF. Brain Res. 2006 Jan 27; 1070(1):124-30. PMID: 16413508.

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Wu A, Ying Z, Gomez-Pinilla F. Dietary curcumin counteracts the outcome of traumatic brain injury on oxidative stress, synaptic plasticity, and cognition. Exp Neurol. 2006 Feb; 197(2):309-17. PMID: 16364299.

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Vaynman S, Gomez-Pinilla F. License to run: exercise impacts functional plasticity in the intact and injured central nervous system by using neurotrophins. Neurorehabil Neural Repair. 2005 Dec; 19(4):283-95. PMID: 16263961.

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Woerly S, Awosika O, Zhao P, Agbo C, Gomez-Pinilla F, de Vellis J, Espinosa-Jeffrey A. Expression of heat shock protein (HSP)-25 and HSP-32 in the rat spinal cord reconstructed with Neurogel. Neurochem Res. 2005 Jun-Jul; 30(6-7):721-35. PMID: 16187209.

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Gómez-Pinilla F, Ying Z, Roy RR, Hodgson J, Edgerton VR. Afferent input modulates neurotrophins and synaptic plasticity in the spinal cord. J Neurophysiol. 2004 Dec; 92(6):3423-32. PMID: 15548637.

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Vaynman S, Ying Z, Gomez-Pinilla F. Hippocampal BDNF mediates the efficacy of exercise on synaptic plasticity and cognition. Eur J Neurosci. 2004 Nov; 20(10):2580-90. PMID: 15548201.

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Wu A, Ying Z, Gomez-Pinilla F. Dietary omega-3 fatty acids normalize BDNF levels, reduce oxidative damage, and counteract learning disability after traumatic brain injury in rats. J Neurotrauma. 2004 Oct; 21(10):1457-67. PMID: 15672635.

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Griesbach GS, Gomez-Pinilla F, Hovda DA. The upregulation of plasticity-related proteins following TBI is disrupted with acute voluntary exercise. Brain Res. 2004 Aug 06; 1016(2):154-62. PMID: 15246851.

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Wu A, Ying Z, Gomez-Pinilla F. The interplay between oxidative stress and brain-derived neurotrophic factor modulates the outcome of a saturated fat diet on synaptic plasticity and cognition. Eur J Neurosci. 2004 Apr; 19(7):1699-707. PMID: 15078544.

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Gómez-Pinilla F, Ying Z, Roy RR, Molteni R, Edgerton VR. Voluntary exercise induces a BDNF-mediated mechanism that promotes neuroplasticity. J Neurophysiol. 2002 Nov; 88(5):2187-95. PMID: 12424260.

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Griesbach GS, Hovda DA, Molteni R, Gomez-Pinilla F. Alterations in BDNF and synapsin I within the occipital cortex and hippocampus after mild traumatic brain injury in the developing rat: reflections of injury-induced neuroplasticity. J Neurotrauma. 2002 Jul; 19(7):803-14. PMID: 12184851.

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Gómez-Pinilla F, Dao L, Choi J, Ryba EA. Diazepam induces FGF-2 mRNA in the hippocampus and striatum. Brain Res Bull. 2000 Oct; 53(3):283-9. PMID: 11113582.

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