Research
Brain Trauma: plasticity, blood flow & metabolism, neurogenesis, PET, MRI
Appointments
- Associate Professor, Neurosurgery
- Member, Brain Research Institute
- Cell & Developmental Biology GPB Home Area
- Neuroscience GPB Home Area
Biography
Dr. Neil Harris has worked within the fields of hydrocephalus, stroke and traumatic brain injury. The major theme of his current research at UCLA is understanding the potential for plasticity and function after trauma utilizing both light microscopy cell biology techniques as well as in vivo neuroimaging methodologies.
Dr. Harris holds an RO1 award to examine axonal plasticity and functional recovery after traumatic brain injury.
Publications
- Smith, G, Santana-Gomez, C, Staba, RJ, Harris, NG. Unbiased Population-Based Statistics to Obtain Pathologic Burden of Injury after Experimental TBI. bioRxiv. 2025; :. doi: 10.1101/2025.04.03.647083. PubMed PMID:40236158 PubMed Central PMC11996580.
- Jafari, N, He, L, Khalil, CB, Yeh, HJ, Harris, NG, Stern, JM et al.. Intrinsic brain network stability during kainic acid-induced epileptogenesis. Epilepsia Open. 2025; :. doi: 10.1002/epi4.70002. PubMed PMID:39976075 .
- Radabaugh, HL, Harris, NG, Wanner, IB, Burns, MP, McCabe, JT, Korotcov, AV et al.. Translational Outcomes Project in Neurotrauma (TOP-NT) Pre-Clinical Consortium Study: A Synopsis. J Neurotrauma. 2025; :. doi: 10.1089/neu.2023.0654. PubMed PMID:39841551 .
- Wanner, IB, McCabe, JT, Huie, JR, Harris, NG, Paydar, A, McMann-Chapman, C et al.. Prospective Harmonization, Common Data Elements, and Sharing Strategies for Multicenter Pre-Clinical Traumatic Brain Injury Research in the Translational Outcomes Project in Neurotrauma Consortium. J Neurotrauma. 2025; :. doi: 10.1089/neu.2023.0653. PubMed PMID:39831841 .
- Heiskanen, M, Ndode-Ekane, XE, Ali, I, Santana-Gomez, C, Puhakka, N, Gupta, SD et al.. Plasma microRNAs as prognostic biomarkers for development of severe epilepsy after experimental traumatic brain injury-EpiBioS4Rx Project 1 study. Epilepsia. 2025;66 (3):870-885. doi: 10.1111/epi.18219. PubMed PMID:39661396 PubMed Central PMC11908664.