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
- Pan, H, Balbirnie, M, Hou, K, Sta Maria, NS, Sahay, S, Denver, P et al.. Liganded magnetic nanoparticles for magnetic resonance imaging of α-synuclein. NPJ Parkinsons Dis. 2025;11 (1):88. doi: 10.1038/s41531-025-00918-z. PubMed PMID:40268938 PubMed Central PMC12019173.
- 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;10 (2):508-520. doi: 10.1002/epi4.70002. PubMed PMID:39976075 PubMed Central PMC12014918.
- 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;42 (9-10):898-912. 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;42 (9-10):877-897. doi: 10.1089/neu.2023.0653. PubMed PMID:39831841 .