Publications

Representative Recent Publications

  1. Ryu J, Horkayne I, Plenticova O, Xu, L, Eberhart CG, Troncoso JC and Koliatsos VE: The problem of axonal injury in the brains of veterans with histories of blast exposure. Acta Neuropathol. Commun. 2(1) 153; Nov 25, 2014.
  2. Xu L, Ryu J, Nguyen J, Arena J, Rha E, Vranis P, Hitt D, Marmarou C, Marsh-Armstrong N and Koliatsos VE: Evidence for accelerated tauopathy in the retina of transgenic P301S tau mice exposed to repetitive mild traumatic brain injury. Exp. Neurol. 273:168-176, 2015.
  3. Ziogas NK and Koliatsos VE. Primary traumatic axonopathy in mice subjected to impact acceleration: a reappraisal of pathology and mechanisms with high-resolution anatomical methods. J Neurosci. 2018 Apr 18;38(16):4031-4047.
  4. Koliatsos VE, Alexandris A: Wallerian degeneration as a therapeutic target in traumatic brain injury. Current Opinion in Neurology, 2019; 32(6):786-795.
  5. Welsbie DS, Ziogas NK, Xu L, Kim B-J, Ge Y, Patel AK, Ryu J, Lehar M, Gonzalez S, Zack DJ, Koliatsos VE. Targeted disruption of dual leucine zipper kinase and leucine zipper kinase protects CNS neurons in diffuse traumatic brain injury. Mol Neurodegener. 2019 Nov 27;14(1):44.
  6. Koliatsos VE, Rao V: The behavioral neuroscience of traumatic brain injury. Psychiatr Clin North Am 2020 Jun;43(2):305-330. doi: 10.1016/j.psc.2020.02.009
  7. Alexandris AS, Ryu J, Rajbhandari L, Harlan R, McKenney J, Wang Y, Aja S, Graham D, Venkatesan A, Koliatsos VE. Protective effects of NAMPT and MAPK inhibitors on the Wallerian degeneration of mammalian axons: mechanisms and synergies. Neurobiol Dis 2022 Sep;171:105808. doi: 10.1016/j.nbd.2022.105808.
  8. Alexandris AS, Lee Y, Lehar M, Alam Z, Samineni P, Ryu J, Koliatsos VE. Traumatic axonopathy in spinal tracts after impact acceleration head injury: ultrastructural observations and evidence of SARM1-dependent axonal degeneration. Exp Neurol. Jan;359:114252.doi:10.1016/j.expneurol.2022.114252.
  9. Alexandris AS, Lee Y, Lehar M, Alam Z, McKenney J, Perdomo D, Ryu J, Welsbie DS, Zack DJ, Koliatsos VE.  Traumatic axonal injury in the optic nerve: the selective role of SARM1 in the evolution of distal axonopathy. J. Neurotrauma 2023 Mar 14. doi: 10.1089/neu.2022.0416.
  10. Koliatsos VE, Alexandris A: NAD+, Axonal Maintenance, and Neurological Disease. Antioxid Redox Signal. 2023 Jul 28. doi: 10.1089/ars.2023.0350.
  11. Emily L Dennis, Samantha Vervoordt, Maheen M Adamson, Houshang Amiri, Erin D Bigler, Karen Caeyenberghs, James H Cole, Kristen Dams-O’Connor, Evelyn M Deutscher, Ekaterina Dobryakova, Helen M Genova, Jordan H Grafman, Asta K Håberg, Torgeir Hollstrøm, Andrei Irimia, Vassilis E Koliatsos, Hannah M Lindsey, Abigail Livny, David K Menon, Tricia L Merkley, Abdalla Z Mohamed, Stefania Mondello, Martin M Monti, Virginia FJ Newcome, Mary R Newsome, Jennie Ponsford, Amanda Rabinowitz, Hanne Smevik, Gershon Spitz, Umesh M Vankatesan, Lars T Westlye, Ross Zafonte, Paul M Thompson, Elisabeth A Wilde, Alexander Olsen, Frank G Hillary. Accelerated Aging after Traumatic Brain Injury: an ENIGMA Multi-Cohort Mega-Analysis. Ann Neurol. 2024 Jun 7. doi: 10.1002/ana.26952
  12. Alexandris AS, Rafaels K, Horsmon M, Wozniak S, Belamarich J, Flores P, Frangakis CE, Ryu J, Iacono D, Perl D, Koliatsos VE. Diffuse axonal and vascular pathology in the gyrencephalic brain after high-energy blunt injury: clinicopathological correlations involving the brainstem. 2025 Mar;42(5-6):417-436. doi: 10.1089/neu.2024.0306.
  13. Liu C, Alexandris AS, Gharagozloo M, Garton T, Calabresi P, Koliatsos VE. Temporal progression of axonal degeneration in the visual system in EAE: Insights from high-resolution neuropathological methods. J Neuropathol. Exp. Neurol. In press
  14. Alexandris AS, Yi J, Liu C, Belamarich J, Alam Z, Vats A, Peng A, Welsbie DS, Zack DJ, Koliatsos VE. Recovery of retinal terminal fields after traumatic brain injury: evidence of collateral sprouting and sexual dimorphism. bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2025 Jun 1:2025.05.28.656451.