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Adewole, D. O., Struzyna, L. A., Harris, J. P., Nemes, A. D., Burrell, J. C., Petrov, D., Kraft, R. H., Chen, H. I., Serruya, M. D., Wolf, J. A., Cullen, D. K. Development of optically-controlled "living electrodes" with long-projecting axon tracts for a synaptic brain-machine interface , Science Advances, 7(4): 2021,eaay5347


Keating, C. E., Browne, K. D., Cullen, D. K. Dietary manipulation of vulnerability to traumatic brain injury-induced neuronal plasma membrane permeability , Experimental Neurology, 340: 2021,113649


Katiyar, K. S., Struzyna, L. A. (co-first author), Morand, J. P., Burrell, J. C., Clements, B., Laimo, F. A., Browne, K. D., Kohn, J., Ali, Z., Ledebur, H. C., Smith, D. H., Cullen, D. K. Tissue engineered axon tracts serve as living scaffolds to accelerate axonal regeneration and functional recovery following peripheral nerve injury in rats , Frontiers in Biotechnology & Bioengineering , 8: 2020,492


Das, S., Browne, K. D., Laimo, F. A., Maggiore, J. C., Hilman M. C., Kaiser, H., Aguilar, C. A., Ali, Z. S., Mourkioti, F., Cullen, D. K. Pre-innervated tissue engineered muscle promotes a pro-regenerative microenvironment following volumetric muscle loss , Nature Communications Biology , 3(1): 2020,330


Grovola, M. R., Paleologos, N., Wofford, K. L., Harris, J. P., Browne, K. D., Johnson, V. E., Duda, J. E., Wolf, J. A., Cullen, D. K. Mossy cell hypertrophy and synaptic changes in the hilus following mild diffuse brain injury in pigs , J Neuroinflammation, 17(1): 2020,44


Keating, C. E. and Cullen, D. K. Mechanosensation in traumatic brain injury , Neurobiology of Disease, 148: 2021,105210


Maggiore, J. C., Burrell, J. C. (co-first author), Browne, K. D., Katiyar, K. S., Laimo, F. A., Zarina, A. S., Kaplan, H. M., Rosen, J. M., Cullen, D. K. Tissue engineered axon-based “living scaffolds” promote survival of spinal cord motor neurons following peripheral nerve repair , J Tissue Engin & Regen Med , 14(12): 2020,1892-1907


Das, S., Gordián-Vélez, W. (co-first author), Ledebur, H. C., Mourkioti, F., Rompolas, P., Chen, H. I., Serruya, M. D., Cullen, D. K. Innervation: the missing link for biofabricated tissues and organs , npj Regenerative Medicine, 5: 2020,11


Cullen, D. K., Gordián-Vélez, W. J., Struzyna, L. A., Jgamadze, D., Lim, J., Wofford, K. L., Browne, K. D., Chen, H. I. Bundled three-dimensional human axon tracts derived from cerebral organoids , iScience, 21: 2019,57-67


Struzyna, L. A., Browne, K. D., Brodnik, Z. D., Burrell, J. C., Harris, J. P., Chen, H. I., Wolf, J. A., Panzer, K. V., Lim, J., Duda, J. E., España, R. A., Cullen, D. K. Tissue engineered nigrostriatal pathway for treatment of Parkinson’s disease , J Tissue Engin & Regen Med, 12(7): 2018,1702-16