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
- Kislik, G, Fox, R, Korotcov, A, Zhou, J, Febo, M, Moghadas, B et al.. Multi-site, in vivo MRI dataset of brain diffusivity measures before and after harmonization, and atrophy measures following controlled cortical impact in male and female adult rats. Front Neurol. 2025;16 :1719618. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2025.1719618. PubMed PMID:41473220 PubMed Central PMC12746846.
- Kislik, G, Fox, R, Korotcov, AV, Zhou, J, Febo, M, Moghadas, B et al.. Improved Injury Detection Through Harmonizing Multi-Site Neuroimaging Data after Experimental TBI: A Translational Outcomes Project in NeuroTrauma (TOP-NT) Consortium Study. bioRxiv. 2025; :. doi: 10.1101/2025.04.15.649026. PubMed PMID:41031008 PubMed Central PMC12478386.
- Puhakka, N, Heiskanen, M, Ndode-Ekane, XE, Ali, I, Santana-Gomez, C, Das Gupta, S et al.. Standardization of preclinical methodologies for discovery and validation of circulating microRNA biomarkers for post-traumatic epileptogenesis - Lessons learned from the EpiBioS4Rx Project 1. Epilepsy Res. 2025;218 :107667. doi: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2025.107667. PubMed PMID:40992209 .
- Kislik, G, Fox, R, Korotcov, AV, Zhou, J, Febo, M, Moghadas, B et al.. Improved injury detection through harmonizing multi-site neuroimaging data after experimental TBI: a Translational Outcomes Project in Neurotrauma consortium study. Front Neurol. 2025;16 :1612598. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2025.1612598. PubMed PMID:40909007 PubMed Central PMC12406496.
- Sharma, A, Cabeen, R, Harris, NG, Wright, DK, Tohka, J, Grohn, O et al.. Bundle-specific tractography approach for identifying white matter microstructural changes following traumatic brain injury in rats: An EpiBioS4Rx study. Imaging Neurosci (Camb). 2025;3 :. doi: 10.1162/imag_a_00471. PubMed PMID:40800940 PubMed Central PMC12319758.