Scholars

Associate Professor

Positions:

Associate Professor, Neuroscience and Experimental Therapeutics, School of Medicine

Research Areas:

Spinal cord--Wounds and injuries--Treatment, Spinal cord--Wounds and injuries--Psychological aspects, Spinal cord--Wounds and injuries--Research

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michellehook@tamu.edu

1 979 436 0568

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ORCID

0000-0002-8709-936X

UN Sustainable Development Goals:

Research Areas:

Spinal cord--Wounds and injuries--Treatment, Spinal cord--Wounds and injuries--Psychological aspects, Spinal cord--Wounds and injuries--Research

overview

The primary focus of my current research is examining the effects of morphine on recovery of function after spinal cord injury. This research includes examination of the potential for addiction after SCI as well as the behavioral and molecular changes associated with administration of morphine in a rodent model of spinal cord injury.

education and training

Ph.D. in Physiology, University of New England - (Armidale, New South Wales, Australia) 1998

selected publications

Academic Articles64

Rau, J., Weise, L., Moore, R., Terminel, M., Brakel, K., Cunningham, R., ... Hook, M. A. (2023). Intrathecal minocycline does not block the adverse effects of repeated, intravenous morphine administration on recovery of function after SCI.. Exp Neurol. 359, 114255-114255.
Rau, J., Hemphill, A., Araguz, K., Cunningham, R., Stefanov, A., Weise, L., & Hook, M. A. (2022). Adverse Effects of Repeated, Intravenous Morphine on Recovery after Spinal Cord Injury in Young, Male Rats Are Blocked by a Kappa Opioid Receptor Antagonist.. J Neurotrauma. 39(23-24), 1741-1755.
Terminel, M. N., Bassil, C., Rau, J., Trevino, A., Ruiz, C., Alaniz, R., & Hook, M. A. (2022). Morphine-induced changes in the function of microglia and macrophages after acute spinal cord injury.. BMC Neurosci. 23(1), 58.
Stampas, A., Hook, M., Korupolu, R., Jethani, L., Kaner, M. T., Pemberton, E., Li, S., & Francisco, G. E. (2022). Evidence of treating spasticity before it develops: a systematic review of spasticity outcomes in acute spinal cord injury interventional trials.. Ther Adv Neurol Disord. 15, 17562864211070657-175628642110706.
Metzger, C. E., Rau, J., Stefanov, A., Joseph, R. M., Allaway, H., Allen, M. R., & Hook, M. A. (2022). Inflammaging and Bone Loss in a Rat Model of Spinal Cord Injury.. J Neurotrauma.

Chapters3

Hau, J., Schapiro, S., & Hook, M. (2013). Animal Models of Spinal Cord Injury. Handbook of Laboratory Animal Science, Volume III, Third Edition. 1-42. Taylor & Francis.
Hook, M. A. (2013). Handbook of Laboratory Animal Science, Volume III. Hau, J., & Schapiro, S. J. (Eds.), Handbook of Laboratory Animal Science, Volume III, Third Edition: Animal Models. 1-42. CRC Press.
Hook, M. A. (2004). The Evolution of Lateralized Motor Functions. Comparative Vertebrate Cognition. 325-370. Springer Nature.