Expertise

Keywords: spinal cord injury, neural regeneration research

Dr. Xu’s research has focused on neuroprotection, axonal regeneration, and recovery of function of traumatic spinal cord and brain injuries.

We are particularly interested in promoting regeneration and/or reorganization of long descending supraspinal axons such as those from the corticospinal tract (CST), the rubrospinal (RST) and the descending propriospinal tract (dPST).

Research:

  1. Glucocorticoid receptor, inflammation, and cell death
  2. Phospholipase A2 as a novel target for neuroprotection
  3. Schwann cell transplantation
  4. Corticospinal regeneration
  5. Traumatic brain injury

Expertise:

  • Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Research
Past Affiliations

Director, Center for Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Research, Centers and Institutes, Indiana University School of Medicine

Scientific Director, Stark Neurosciences Research Institute, Centers and Institutes, Indiana University School of Medicine

Professor, Stark Neurosciences Research Institute, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, School of Medicine (past)

Adjunct Faculty, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, School of Medicine (past)

Professor, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, School of Medicine (past)

Research Chair, Department of Neurological Surgery, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, School of Medicine (past)

Scientific Director, Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Research Group, Stark Neurosciences Research Institute, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, School of Medicine (past)

Communities
Neurological Surgery, Neuroscience
Degrees
PhD, Ohio State University, Anatomy and Neurobiology, 1990
MS, Shanghai Second Medical University, China, Medicine, 1985
BS, Shanghai Second Medical University, China, Medicine, 1975