2009 Publications

1. Georgios Manousakis, M.D., Matthew B. Jensen, M.D., Marcus R. Chacon, M.D., Justin A. Sattin, M.D., and Ross L. Levine, M.D.  The Interface between Stroke and Infectious Disease: Infectious Diseases Leading to Stroke and Infections Complicating Stroke.  Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports.  Volume 9 (2009) pp. 28-34
2. Carl E. Stafstrom, M.D., Ph.D.  To Depolarize or Hyperpolarize?  At the Axon Initial Segment, E-Gaba Sets the Stage.  Epilepsy Currents, Volume 9, No.1 (January/February) 2009, pp. 28-29
3. T.W. Ho, M. Backonja, J. Ma, H. Leibensperger, S. Froman, M. Polydefkis.  Efficient Assessment of Neuropathic Pain Drugs in Patients with Small Fiber Sensory Neuropathies.  Pain, Volume 141 (2009), pp. 19-24
4. Carl E. Stafstrom, M.D., Ph.D., Jeffrey C. Ockuly, B.S., Lauren Murphee, Ph.D., Matthew T. Valley, M.S., Avtar Roopra, Ph.D., and Thomas P. Sutula, M.D., Ph.D.  Anticonvulsant and Antiepileptic Actions of 2-Deoxy-D-Glucose in Epilepsy Models.  Annals of Neurology, Volume 65 (2009), pp. 435-448.
5. Mathew B. Jensen, Marcus R. Chacon, Justin A. Sattin, Ross L. Levine, and Raghu Venuganti.  Potential Biomarkers for the Diagnosis of Stroke.  Expert Reviews in Cardiovascular Therapy, Volume 7, issue 4 (2009), pp. 389-393.
6. Michael D. Carrithers, Gouri Chatterjee, Lisette M. Carrithers, Roosevelt Offoha, Uzoma Iheagwara, Christoph Rahner, Morven Graham, and Stephen G. Waxman.  Regulation of Podosome Formation in Macrophages by a Splice Variant of the Sodium Channel SCN8A.  J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 284, Issue 12 (March 20, 2009), pp. 8114-8126.
7. L. Velisek and C. E. Stafstrom.  Effects of Aging on Seizures and Epilepsy.  Encyclopedia of Basic Epilepsy Research.  Ed. Philip Schwartzkroin.  Elsevier, 2009.  Vol. 1, pp. 37-40.
8. C. E. Stafstrom.  “Cognitive Consequences of Seizures Early in Life: Insights from the Kainic Acid Model.”  Encyclopedia of Basic Epilepsy Research.  Ed. Philip Schwartzkroin.  Elsevier, 2009.  Vol. 1, pp.155-159.
9. C. E. Stafstrom.  “Animal Models of the Ketogenic Diet and Other Dietary Therapies.”  Encyclopedia of Basic Epilepsy Research.  Ed. Philip Schwartzkroin.  Elsevier, 2009.  Vol. 2, pp.677-681.
10. C. E. Stafstrom and L. Velisek.  “Animal Models of Catastophic Epilepsies of Childhood.”  Encyclopedia of Basic Epilepsy Research.  Ed. Philip Schwartzkroin.  Elsevier, 2009.  Vol. 2, pp. 1034-1038.
11. Carl E. Stafstrom.  Infantile Spasms: A Critical Review of Emerging Animal Models.  Epilepsy Currents, vol. 9, no. 3 (May/June 2009), pp. 75-81.
12. V. Skljarevski, M.Ossanna, H. Liu-Seifert, Q. Zhang, A Chappell, S. Iyengar, M.Detke, and M. Backonja.  A double-blind, randomized trial of duloxetine versus placebo in the management of chronic lower back pain.  European Journal of Neurology, volume (2009), pp.
13. Carl E. Stafstrom.  “Chapter 11: The Epilepsies.”  Clinical Pediatric Neurology.  3rd edition.  David RB, Bodensteiner JB, Mandelbaum DE, and Olson BJ (eds.) New York: Demos Medical Publishers, 2009.  pp. 151-188
14. Michael I. Weintraub, MD, David N. Hermann, MD, A. Gordon Smith, MD, Misha M. Backonja, MD, Steven P. Cole, PhD.  Pulsed Electromagnetic Fields to Reduce Diabetic Neuropathic Pain and Stimulate Neuronal Repair: A Randomized Controlled Trial.  Arch Phys Med Rehabil.  Volume 90 (7), July 2009, pp. 1102-1109.
15. Paul J. Hagerman, MD, PhD, and Carl E. Stafstrom, MD, PhD.  Origins of Epilepsy in Fragile X Syndrome.  Epilepsy Currents.  Volume 9, No. 4 (July/August) 2009, pp. 108-112.
16. David Hsu, MD, PhD, and Murielle Hsu.  Zwanzig-Mori projection operators and EEG dynamics: deriving a simple equation of motion.  PMC Biophysics. Vol. 2, no. 6 (July 2009).
17. Carl E. Stafstrom, M.D., Ph.D.  “Chapter 47: Other Antiepileptic Drugs.”  Wheless JW, Willmore LK, Brunback RA (eds.), Advanced Therapy in Epilepsy, Shelton, CT: People’s Medical Publishing House, 2009, pp.361-369
18. Stafstrom, CE.  Severe Epilepsy Syndromes of Early Childhood: The Link between Genetics and Pathophysiology with a Focus on SCN1A Mutations.  J Child Neurol.  2009; 24:15S-23S
19. Edgar Samaniego, MD; Scott Hetzel, MS; Supriya Thirunarayanan, MD; Beverly Aagaard-Kienitz, MD; Aluilla S. Turk, DO; Ross Levine, MD.  Outcome of Symptomatic Intracranial Atherosclerotic Disease.  Stroke.  2009;40:2983-2987
20. Peden, C.S., Manfredsson F.P., Reimsnider S.K., Poirier A.E., Burger, C., Muzyczka, N., Mandel R.J. (2009).  Striatal Readministration of rAAV Vectors Reveals an Immune Response Against AAV2 Capsids That Can Be Circumvented.  Mol Ther. 17:524-37
21. David Walk, MD, Nalini Sehgal, MD, Tobias Moeller-Bertram, MD, Robert R. Edwards, PhD, Ajay Wasan, MD, Mark Wallace, MD, Gordon Irving, MD, Charles Argoff, MD, and Misha Backonja, MD.  Quantitative Sensory Testing and Mapping: A Review of Nonautomated Quantitative Methods for Examination of the Patient With Neuropathic Pain.  Clin J Pain.  2009; 25: 632-640
22. Miroslav-Misha Backonja, MD, David Walk, MD, Robert R. Edwards, PhD, Nalini Sehgal, MD, Toby Moeller-Bertram, MD, Ajay Wasan, MD, Gordon Irving, MD, Charles Argoff, MD, and Mark Wallace, MD.  Quantitative Sensory Testing in Measurement of Neuropathic Pain Phenomena and Other Sensory Abnormalities.  Clin J Pain.  2009; 25: 641-647
23. John S. Rumsdell, PhD, and Carl E. Stafstrom, MD, PhD.  Rat Kainic Acid Model Provides Unexpected Insight into an Emerging Epilepsy Syndrome in Sea Lions.  Epilepsy Currents, Vol. 9, No. 5 (September/October) 2009, pp. 142-143
24. Michael C. Rowbotham, W. Rachel Duan, James Thomas, Wolfram Nothaf, and Misha Backonja.  A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial evaluating the efficacy and safety of ABT-594 in patients with diabetic peripheral neuropathic pain.  PAIN (2009), doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2009.06.013
25. Joseph T. Hanlon, Misha Backonja, Debra Weiner, and Charles Argoff.  Editorial: Evolving Pharmacological Management of Persistent Pain in Older Persons.  Pain Medicine.  Vol. 10, No. 6 (2009), pp. 959-961
26. Maija L. Haanpää, MD, PhD, Misha-Miroslav Backonja, MD, PhD, Michael I. Bennett, MB, ChB, Didier Bouhassira, MD, PhD, Giorgio Cruccu, MD, PhD, Per T. Hansson, MD, DMSc, DDS, Troels Staehelin Jensen, MD, PhD, Timo Kauppila, MD, PhD, Andrew S. C. Rice, MB, BS, MD, FRCA, FFPMRCA,l, Blair H. Smith, MB, ChD, MD, Rolf-Detlef Treede, Ralf Baron.  Assesment of Neuropathic Pain in Primary Care The Journal of American Medicine. (2009) 122, S13-S21