Juan J. Herrera, PhD
- Assistant Professor, Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging
Education
- 研究生院
- Biology, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX, 1997
- Post Graduate School
- Oncological Science, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, 2002
- Fellowship
- Neurosurgery, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston (now known as McGovern Medical School at UTHealth), 2006
Research Information
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CURRENT GRANT SUPPORT:
Grant Title: The effect of Anti-GFAP antibodies on sensory function in a mid-thoracic spinal contusion rat model.
Co-PI: Juan J. Herrera
Funding Agency: TIRR-Mission Connect
Requested Funds: $60,000
Grant Title: Examining drug efficacy for the treatment of pain after spinal cord injury
PI: Juan J. Herrera
Funding Agency: Lexicon Pharmaceuticals
Requested Funds: $147,674
PAST GRANT SUPPORT:
Grant Title: Targeting EPAC after spinal cord injury to relieve chronic pain, as assessed by fMRI imaging.
Co-PI: Juan J. Herrera
Funding Agency: TIRR-Mission Connect
Requested Funds: $60,000
Grant Title: Role of macrophage infiltration and inflammatory injury to gastrointestinal motility disorders after spinal cord injury.
Co-PI: Juan J. Herrera
Funding Agency: TIRR-Mission Connect
Requested Funds: $40,000
Grant Title: Using hydrophilic carbon clusters to improve gastrointestinal function following spinal cord injury.
PI: Juan J. Herrera
Funding Agency: TIRR – Mission Connect
Requested Funds: $10,000
Grant Title: Promoting Gastrointestinal Vascular Stabilization to Restore Gut Function Following Spinal Cord Injury
PI: Juan J. Herrera, Ph.D.
Department of Defense
Funding Date: 9/26/13 – 3/25/17
Requested Funds: $399,035
Publications
Publication Information
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Refereed Original Articles:
- J. J. Herrera, Kurt Bockhorst, Shakuntala Kondraganti, Laura Stertz, Jao Quevedo, and Ponnada A. Narayana. Acute White Matter Tract Damage after Frontal Mild traumatic Brain Injury. Journal of Neurotrauma, 34 (2), 291-299, 2017.
Presentations:
- “Post-contrast Signal Enhancement in Dentate Nucleus on Unenhanced T1 Weighted MRI in Rodents.” Presented at the International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 2017. Honolulu, HI.
- “Gastrointestinal vascular permeability after spinal cord injury.” Presented at the annual National Neurotrauma Society Symposium, Salt Lake City, UT, 2017.
- “SCI Increases evoked pain as suggested by a novel operant test and peripheral nociceptor hyperexcitability independent of EPAC2 in mice.” Presented at the annual Mission Connect Scientific Symposium, Houston, TX 2017.
- “Reduction of allodynia following SCI using antioxidant nanoparticles.” Presented at the annual Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA, 2018.
- “EPAC1 and EPAC2 Promotes SCI-induced Nociceptor Hyperexcitability That Contributes to Chronic Pain.” Gulf Coast Consortia Translational Pain Research 9th Annual Symposium, Houston, TX, 2019.
INVITED RESEARCH LECTURE
- “Antioxidant Carbon Nanoparticles for the Treatment of Pain after SCI.” Gulf Coast Consortia Translational Pain Research 9th Annual Symposium, Houston, TX, 2019.
Honors and Awards
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