education and training
- Ph.D. in Psychology, University of Pennsylvania - (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States) 1985
- M.A. in Psychology, University of Pennsylvania - (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States) 1982
- B.A. in Psychology and Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Boulder - (Boulder, Colorado, United States) 1981
selected publications
Academic Articles121
- Grau, J. W., Hudson, K. E., Tarbet, M. M., & Strain, M. M. (2022). Behavioral studies of spinal conditioning: The spinal cord is smarter than you think it is.. Journal of experimental psychology. Animal learning and cognition. 48(4), 435-457.
- Hudson, K. E., & Grau, J. W. (2022). Ionic Plasticity: Common Mechanistic Underpinnings of Pathology in Spinal Cord Injury and the Brain.. Cells. 11(18), 2910-2910.
- Fauss, G., Hudson, K. E., & Grau, J. W. (2022). Role of Descending Serotonergic Fibers in the Development of Pathophysiology after Spinal Cord Injury (SCI): Contribution to Chronic Pain, Spasticity, and Autonomic Dysreflexia.. Biology. 11(2), 234-234.
- Baine, R. E., Johnston, D. T., Strain, M. M., Henwood, M. K., Davis, J. A., Reynolds, J. A., Giles, E. D., & Grau, J. W. (2022). Noxious Stimulation Induces Acute Hemorrhage and Impairs Long-Term Recovery after Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) in Female Rats: Evidence Estrous Cycle May Have a Modulatory Effect.. 3(1), 70-86.
- Strain, M. M., Johnston, D. T., Baine, R. E., Reynolds, J. A., Huang, Y., Henwood, M. K., ... Grau, J. W. (2021). Hemorrhage and Locomotor Deficits Induced by Pain Input after Spinal Cord Injury Are Partially Mediated by Changes in Hemodynamics.. Journal of Neurotrauma. 38(24), 3406-3430.
Books2
- Patterson, M. M., & Grau, J. W. (2011). Spinal Cord Plasticity Alterations in Reflex Function. Springer Science & Business Media.
Chapters3
- Grau, J. W., & Patterson, M. M. (2017). Neural Plasticity of Spinal Reflexes. Reference Module in Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Psychology. Elsevier.
- Allen, C., Grau, J. W., & Meagher, M. W. (2009). The Lower Bounds of Cognition: What Do Spinal Cords Reveal?. The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy and Neuroscience. 129-142. Oxford University Press (OUP).
- Grau, J. W., & Joynes, R. L. (2001). Pavlovian and instrumental conditioning within the spinal cord: Methodological issues. Patterson, M. M., & Grau, J. W. (Eds.), Spinal Cord Plasticity. 13-54. Springer Nature.
Conference Papers10
- Johnston, T., Baine, R., Hudson, K., Lout, E., & Grau, J. W. (2019). BUMETANIDE PROMOTES FUNCTIONAL RECOVERY OF HINDLIMB FUNCTION AND REDUCES HEMORRHAGE AFTER SPINAL CORD INJURY. Journal of Neurotrauma. 36(13), A57-A58.
- Baine, R., Strain, M., Henwood, M., Johnston, D. T., Davis, J., & Grau, J. W. (2019). PAIN INPUT AFTER SPINAL CORD INJURY INCREASES TISSUE LOSS AND IMPAIRS LONG-TERM RECOVERY IN FEMALE RATS. Journal of Neurotrauma. 36(13), A72-A72.
- Fauss, G., Strain, M. M., Huang, Y. J., Reynolds, J. A., Davis, J. A., Henwood, M. K., West, C. R., & Grau, J. W. (2018). NOXIOUS STIMULATION AFTER SPINAL CORD INJURY (SCI) INDUCES A BRAIN-DEPENDENT INCREASE IN HEMORRHAGE. Journal of Neurotrauma. 35(16), A176-A177.
- Davis, J. A., Fauss, G., Strain, M. M., Henwood, M. K., & Grau, J. W. (2018). PAIN INDUCED HEMORRHAGE AFTER SPINAL CORD INJURY IS BLOCKED BY LIDOCAINE APPLIED ROSTRALLY TO INJURY. Journal of Neurotrauma. 35(16), A48-A49.
- Henwood, M. K., Strain, M. M., Reynolds, J. A., Fauss, G., Davis, J. A., & Grau, J. W. (2018). PAIN-INDUCED HEMORRHAGE AFTER SCI DEPENDS ON LESION SEVERITY AND TIME SINCE INJURY. Journal of Neurotrauma. 35(16), A37-A38.
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awards and honors
recent teaching activities
- GENE491 Hnr-research Instructor
- GENE491 Research Instructor
- NRSC340 Psyc Of Learning Instructor
- NRSC485 Directed Studies Instructor
- NRSC485 Hnr-directed Studies Instructor
chaired theses and dissertations
- Turtle, Joel Dylan (2018-01). Acute Pain after Spinal Cord Injury: Impaired Recovery through Inflammation, Cell Death, and Hemorrhage. (Doctoral Dissertation)
- Malamakal, Misty Marie (2017-08). The Relationship Between Blood Pressure, Locomotor Performance, and Hemorrhage After Noxious Input. (Doctoral Dissertation)
- Huang, Yung-Jen (2015-05). Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) Switches How GABA Affects Nociceptive Plasticity. (Doctoral Dissertation)
- Lee, Kuan Hsien (2013-08). Timing in the Absence of Supraspinal Input: Effects of Temporally Regular Stimulation on Spinal Plasticity. (Doctoral Dissertation)
- Strickland, Eric (2013-05). MicroRNA Dysregulation Following Spinal Cord Contusion: Implications for Neural Plasticity and Neuropathic Pain. (Doctoral Dissertation)
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