Abel Torres Espin, PhD

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Title(s)Assistant Professor, Neurological Surgery
SchoolSchool of Medicine
Address1001 Potrero Avenue, #248
San Francisco CA 94110
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    Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, SpainBSc2007Biology
    Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, SpainPhD2013Neuroscience, spinal cord injury
    University of Alberta, Edmonton, CanadaPostdoctoral2018Neuroscience, spinal cord injury
    University of California San Francisco, San FranciscoPostdoctoral2021Neuroinformatics
    Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, BarcelonaMSc2022Bioinformatics and Biostatistics

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    1. Artificial Intelligence and Data Science for Spinal Cord Injury: Bridging Clinical and Computational Perspectives. Top Spinal Cord Inj Rehabil. 2026; 32(3):1-11. Taran O, Torres-Espín A, Zariffa J, Leister I, Lukas LP, Napoli A, Noonan VK, Balbinot G, Tuci M, Ferguson AR, Rupp R, Jones L, Tansey K, Bourbeau D, Cotton RJ, Brüningk S. PMID: 42583528; PMCID: PMC13460144.
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    2. The Open Data Commons for Traumatic Brain Injury: An Interagency Community Platform for Pre-Clinical Data Management and Sharing. J Neurotrauma. 2026 Aug 08; 8977151261475261. Martone ME, Huie JR, Axtman PJ, Davis AM, Gurkoff GG, Torres-Espin A, Grethe JS, Ferguson AR, PRECISE-TBI Investigators. PMID: 42569911.
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    3. The true costs of data management in the era of data sharing mandates. Brain Inj. 2026 Aug; 40(10):919-926. Torres-Espin A, Nielson JL, Hawkins BE, Mondello S, Martone ME, Nelson DW, Ercole A, Steyerberg EW, Cifu DX, Pugh MJ, Agyemang AA, Dismuke-Greer CE, Menon DK, De Keyser V, Maas AIR, Vassar M, Markowitz AJ, Manley GT, Ferguson AR. PMID: 42438207.
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    4. Acute injury characteristics predict chronic neuropathic pain development after spinal cord injury. Front Neurol. 2026; 17:1814624. Fond KA, Arellano M, Torres-Espin A, Chou A, Bradfield X, Moncivais SL, Huie JR, Hemmerle DD, Keller AV, Singh V, Pascual LU, DiGiorgio AM, Talbott JF, Whetstone WD, Pan JZ, Weinstein PR, Dhall SS, Saigal R, Ferguson AR, Bresnahan JC, Beattie MS, Kyritsis N. PMID: 42383031; PMCID: PMC13314459.
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    5. REACH-BMAS (Body-Map Auto-Segmentation): screening body-map drawings for chronic widespread pain. Pain Med. 2026 Jun 01; 27(6):705-708. de Rinaldis E, Hue TF, Cummings J, Peterson TA, Bailey JF, Lotz JC, Bishara A, REACH Investigators . PMID: 41566574; PMCID: PMC13289790.
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    6. Improving Data Quality in Neurotrauma Data Sharing: The Open Data Commons Minimal Data Standards and a Data Tool for Compliance. J Neurotrauma. 2026 May 19; 8977151261449699. Fond KA, Radabaugh H, Vavrek R, Axtman PJ, Huie JR, Fedor BA, Gensel JC, Fouad K, Grethe JS, Martone ME, Ferguson AR, Torres-Espin A, PRECISE-TBI Investigators†. PMID: 42157403.
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    7. Large language models for automated and audience-tailored labeling of latent classes. JAMIA Open. 2026 Apr; 9(2):ooag058. Gholi Zadeh Kharrat F, Werfelmann R, Ropella GE, Mehling W, Hunt CA, Lotz J, Peterson TA, REACH Investigators . PMID: 42064322; PMCID: PMC13127414.
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    8. Quality of Life and Function from Initial Injury to Follow-up in the First Year after Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury. J Neurotrauma. 2026 Mar 28; 8977151261433823. Hemmerle DD, Wagner L, Hong OS, Duong-Fernandez X, Huie JR, Mendoza E, Torres-Espin A, Keller AV, Hinson HE, Pan JZ, Singh V, Kyritsis N, DiGiorgio AM, Talbott JF, Whetstone WD, Weinstein PR, Kuo YH, Manley GT, Bresnahan JC, Beattie MS, Dhall SS, Pascual LU, Ferguson AR, TRACK-SCI Investigators. PMID: 41902637.
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    9. Answer to the Letter to the Editor of SS SAH, et al. concerning "Association between MRI findings and inflammatory symptoms in non-specific chronic low back pain" by K. Ziegeler, et al. (Eur Spine J [2025]; doi: 10.1007/s00586-025-09492-7). Eur Spine J. 2026 May; 35(5):2974-2975. Ziegeler K, Gensler LS, Link TM, Roach C, Scheffler AW, Fields AJ, Bonnheim N, Torres-Espin A, Lotz JC, Hue T, Wallace M, Fishman S, Zheng P, O'Neill C. PMID: 41359164.
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    10. The effect of baseline spinal magnetic resonance imaging features on restorative neurostimulation efficacy in patients with chronic low back pain. J Spine Surg. 2025 Dec 31; 11(4):861-873. Dziesinski LK, Halvorson RT, Langhorst M, Klemme WR, Berven SH, Lafage V, Schwab F, Lotz JC, Torres-Espin A, Bailey JF. PMID: 41509848; PMCID: PMC12775636.
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    11. Longitudinal pain intensity and interference symptomatology in mild traumatic brain injury: a TRACK-TBI study. Pain. 2026 May 01; 167(5):e86-e98. Gotthardt CJ, Barber JK, Eagle SR, van Essen TA, Nelson LD, Fu AY, Satris GG, Vreeburg RJG, Tracey JX, Etemad LL, Wong JC, Elguindy MM, Belton PJ, Madhok DY, Korley FK, Ferguson AR, Torres-Espin A, Duhaime AC, Halabi C, Huang MC, Tarapore PE, DiGiorgio AM, Valadka AB, Robertson CS, Mukherjee P, Yuh EL, Puccio AM, Okonkwo DO, Giacino JT, McCrea MA, Temkin NR, Manley GT, Yue JK, TRACK-TBI Investigators. PMID: 41734261.
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    12. Funding Distributions, Trends, Gaps, and Policy Implications for Spinal Cord Injury Research: A Systematic Analysis of U.S. Federal Funds. J Neurotrauma. 2025 Nov 05. Gillespie T, Buxton A, Kondiles BR, Leal-Garcia M, Pacheco MR, Tran AV, Vo K, Abu L, Barr J, Barretto TA, Biundo J, Duenwald S, Evans A, Friedman TN, Gadaleta I, Ganesh S, Gottschall B, Green P, Lee G, Liu L, Malik RN, Nava EJ, Sorani C, Tandon V, Thomas H, Thomas K, Barr C, Burkhart I, McCreedy DA, Nowell P, Blackmon H, Rabchevsky AG, Rodreick M, Torres-Espín A, Dulin JN. PMID: 41204714; PMCID: PMC13097131.
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    13. Exploring synthetic controls in rare diseases with a proof of concept in spinal cord injury. BMC Med. 2025 Oct 24; 23(1):581. Lukas LP, Håkansson S, Tuci M, Torres-Espín A, Rupp R, Taran O, Weidner N, Geisler F, Schubert M, Röhrich F, Kalke YB, Abel R, Maier D, Chhabra HS, Liebscher T, EMSCI study group, Kramer JLK, Bolliger M, Curt A, Jutzeler CR, Brüningk SC. PMID: 41137105; PMCID: PMC12551237.
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    14. Association between MRI findings and inflammatory symptoms in non-specific chronic low back pain. Eur Spine J. 2025 Dec; 34(12):5530-5538. Ziegeler K, Gensler LS, Link TM, Roach C, Scheffler AW, Fields AJ, Bonnheim N, Torres-Espin A, Lotz JC, Hue T, Wallace M, Fishman S, Zheng P, O'Neill C. PMID: 41123611; PMCID: PMC12715048.
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    15. Intracranial Pressure as a Dynamic Predictor of Traumatic Brain Injury Outcomes: A Scoping Review. J Neurotrauma. 2026 Jan; 43(1-2):1-12. Kanter JH, Osorio RC, Torres-Espin A, Maliga Davis A, Foreman B, Okonkwo DO, Manley GT, Hinson HE. PMID: 41021258.
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    16. A Summary of Pain Locations and Neuropathic Patterns Extracted Automatically from Patient Self-Reported Sensation Drawings. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2025 09 19; 22(9). Bishara A, de Rinaldis E, Hue TF, Peterson T, Cummings J, Torres-Espin A, Bailey JF, Lotz JC. PMID: 41007599; PMCID: PMC12469790.
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    17. Development and Validation of a Machine Learning-Derived Kinematic Deviation Index for the Evaluation of Forelimb in Rodents. AI Neurosci. 2025 Sep; 1(3):124-135. Torres-Espin A, Bernstein A, Soliman M, Jara JS, Moreno-López Y, Hollis E. PMID: 41675258; PMCID: PMC12889874.
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    18. Retrospective Analysis of Expansile Duraplasty as Surgical Adjunct After Acute Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury. Global Spine J. 2026 Mar; 16(2):1212-1220. Greil ME, Hunt ER, Torres Espin A, Saigal R. PMID: 40906933; PMCID: PMC12411471.
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    19. Modeling trajectories of routine blood tests as dynamic biomarkers for outcome in spinal cord injury. NPJ Digit Med. 2025 Jul 22; 8(1):470. Mussavi Rizi M, Fernández D, Kramer JLK, Saigal R, DiGiorgio AM, Beattie MS, Ferguson AR, Kyritsis N, Torres-Espín A, TRACK-SCI. PMID: 40696002; PMCID: PMC12284016.
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    20. A new characterisation of acute traumatic brain injury: the NIH-NINDS TBI Classification and Nomenclature Initiative. Lancet Neurol. 2025 06; 24(6):512-523. Manley GT, Dams-O'Connor K, Alosco ML, Awwad HO, Bazarian JJ, Bragge P, Corrigan JD, Doperalski A, Ferguson AR, Mac Donald CL, Menon DK, McNett MM, van der Naalt J, Nelson LD, Pisica D, Silverberg ND, Umoh N, Wilson L, Yuh EL, Zetterberg H, Maas AIR, McCrea MA, NIH-NINDS TBI Classification and Nomenclature Initiative. PMID: 40409315.
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    21. Clinical Assessment on Days 1-14 for the Characterization of Traumatic Brain Injury: Recommendations from the 2024 NINDS Traumatic Brain Injury Classification and Nomenclature Initiative Clinical/Symptoms Working Group. J Neurotrauma. 2025 Jul; 42(13-14):1038-1055. Menon DK, Silverberg ND, Ferguson AR, Bayuk TJ, Bhattacharyay S, Brody DL, Cota SA, Ercole A, Figaji A, Gao G, Giza CC, Lecky F, Mannix R, Mikolic A, Moritz KE, Robertson CS, Torres-Espin A, Tsetsou S, Yue JK, Awad HO, Dams-O'Connor K, Doperalski A, Maas AIR, McCrea MA, Umoh N, Manley GT. PMID: 40393504; PMCID: PMC12417841.
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    22. A Community Effort to Develop Common Data Elements for Pre-Clinical Spinal Cord Injury Research. Neurotrauma Rep. 2025; 6(1):391-401. Fedor BA, Torres-Espin A, Vavrek R, Martone ME, Bixby JL, Gensel JC, Lemmon V, Grethe JS, Huie JR, Ferguson AR, Fouad K, Preclinical SCI Common Data Elements (CDE) Workshop Participants . PMID: 40918992; PMCID: PMC12408885.
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    23. 3D motion capture data into a kinematic composite score for assessing musculoskeletal impairments. J Biomech. 2025 06; 186:112725. Archibeck E, Halvorson R, Silvestros P, Torres-Espin A, O'Connell G, Bailey J. PMID: 40324291; PMCID: PMC12445351.
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    24. Sex-based differences in biomechanical function for chronic low back pain and how it relates to pain experience. Eur Spine J. 2025 06; 34(6):2377-2386. Archibeck E, Strigo I, Scheffler A, Torres-Espin A, Khattab K, Silvestros P, Matthew R, Regan C, Hodges P, O'Neill C, Lotz J, REACH Inverstigators, O'Connell G, Bailey J. PMID: 40111489; PMCID: PMC12213978.
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    25. Conditioning Electrical Nerve Stimulation Enhances Functional Rewiring in a Mouse Model of Nerve Transfer to Treat Chronic Spinal Cord Injury. Brain Sci. 2025 Feb 27; 15(3). Jara JS, Soliman MA, Bernstein A, di Grazia P, Ferguson AR, Brown JM, Torres-Espín A, Hollis ER. PMID: 40149773; PMCID: PMC11940277.
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    26. Chronic low back pain causal risk factors identified by Mendelian randomization: a cross-sectional cohort analysis. Spine J. 2025 Jun; 25(6):1154-1166. Zheng P, Scheffler A, Ewing S, Hue TF, Jones Berkeley S, Morshed S, Mehling W, Torres-Espin A, Galivanche A, Lotz J, Peterson T, O'Neill C, REACH Investigators. PMID: 39818276; PMCID: PMC13477212.
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    27. Data reporting quality and semantic interoperability increase with community-based data elements (CoDEs). Analysis of the open data commons for spinal cord injury (ODC-SCI). Exp Neurol. 2025 Mar; 385:115100. Sheoran A, Fond KA, Davis LM, Huie JR, Vavrek R, Axtman PJ, Lemmon V, Bixby JL, Visser U, Gensel JC, Fouad K, Ferguson AR, Grethe JS, Bandrowski A, Martone ME, Torres-Espin A. PMID: 39647573; PMCID: PMC12308985.
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    28. Genetic vulnerability and adverse mental health outcomes following mild traumatic brain injury: a meta-analysis of CENTER-TBI and TRACK-TBI cohorts. EClinicalMedicine. 2024 Dec; 78:102956. Kals M, Wilson L, Levey DF, Parodi L, Steyerberg EW, Richardson S, He F, Sun X, Jain S, Palotie A, Ripatti S, Rosand J, Manley GT, Maas AIR, Stein MB, Menon DK, Genetic Associations In Neurotrauma (GAIN) Consortium (with contribution from the CENTER-TBI and TRA. PMID: 39720422; PMCID: PMC11667043.
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    29. Sexually dimorphic differences in angiogenesis markers are associated with brain aging trajectories in humans. Sci Transl Med. 2024 11 27; 16(775):eadk3118. Torres-Espin A, Radabaugh HL, Treiman S, Fitzsimons SS, Harvey D, Chou A, Lindbergh CA, Casaletto KB, Goldberger L, Staffaroni AM, Maillard P, Miller BL, DeCarli C, Hinman JD, Ferguson AR, Kramer JH, Elahi FM. PMID: 39602511; PMCID: PMC12092094.
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    30. Enhancing data standards to advance translation in spinal cord injury. Exp Neurol. 2025 Feb; 384:115048. Noonan VK, Humphreys S, Biering-Sørensen F, Charlifue S, Chen Y, Guest JD, Jones LAT, French J, Widerström-Noga E, Lemmon VP, Heinemann AW, Schwab JM, Phillips AA, Rizi MM, Kramer JLK, Jutzeler CR, Torres-Espin A. PMID: 39522801.
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    31. No impact of anti-inflammatory medication on inflammation-driven recovery following cervical spinal cord injury in rats. Exp Neurol. 2025 Jan; 383:115039. Cucarian J, Raposo P, Vavrek R, Nguyen A, Nelson B, Monnier P, Torres-Espin A, Fenrich K, Fouad K. PMID: 39481514.
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    32. Clinical profile of patients with acute traumatic brain injury undergoing cranial surgery in the United States: report from the 18-centre TRACK-TBI cohort study. Lancet Reg Health Am. 2024 Nov; 39:100915. Yue JK, Kanter JH, Barber JK, Huang MC, van Essen TA, Elguindy MM, Foreman B, Korley FK, Belton PJ, Pisica D, Lee YM, Kitagawa RS, Vassar MJ, Sun X, Satris GG, Wong JC, Ferguson AR, Huie JR, Wang KKW, Deng H, Wang VY, Bodien YG, Taylor SR, Madhok DY, McCrea MA, Ngwenya LB, DiGiorgio AM, Tarapore PE, Stein MB, Puccio AM, Giacino JT, Diaz-Arrastia R, Lingsma HF, Mukherjee P, Yuh EL, Robertson CS, Menon DK, Maas AIR, Markowitz AJ, Jain S, Okonkwo DO, Temkin NR, Manley GT, TRACK-TBI Investigators. PMID: 39497836; PMCID: PMC11532273.
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    33. An infrastructure for qualified data sharing and team science in late-stage translational spinal cord injury research. Exp Neurol. 2025 Jan; 383:114995. Huie JR, Torres-Espin A, Sacramento J, Keller AV, Joiner WM, North R, Reinkensmeyer DJ, Rosenzweig ES, Koffler J, Tuszynski MH, Sparrey CJ, Nielson JL, Beattie MS, Bresnahan JC, Grethe JS, Ferguson AR. PMID: 39393672; PMCID: PMC12599382.
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    34. The correlation of neurosurgery motor examinations with ISNCSCI motor examinations in patients with spinal cord injury: a multicenter TRACK-SCI study. J Neurosurg Spine. 2025 01 01; 42(1):120-128. Lui A, Bonney PA, Burke J, Kanter JH, Yue JK, Takegami N, Tarapore PE, Huang M, Mummaneni PV, Dhall SS, Hemmerle DD, Ferguson AR, Torres-Espin A, Duong-Fernandez X, Lai N, Saigal R, Pan J, Singh V, Kyritsis N, Talbott JF, Pascual LU, Huie JR, Whetstone WD, Bresnahan JC, Beattie MS, Weinstein PR, Manley GT, O'Banion LA, Kuo YH, Viljoen S, Grandhi R, Shammassian BH, DiGiorgio AM. PMID: 39366011.
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    35. Improving rigor and reproducibility in western blot experiments with the blotRig analysis. Sci Rep. 2024 09 17; 14(1):21644. Omondi C, Chou A, Fond KA, Morioka K, Joseph NR, Sacramento JA, Iorio E, Torres-Espin A, Radabaugh HL, Davis JA, Gumbel JH, Huie JR, Ferguson AR. PMID: 39284854; PMCID: PMC11405887.
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    36. Effect-Size Discrepancies in Literature Versus Raw Datasets from Experimental Spinal Cord Injury Studies: A CLIMBER Meta-Analysis. Neurotrauma Rep. 2024; 5(1):686-698. Iorio EG, Khanteymoori A, Fond KA, Keller AV, Davis LM, Schwab JM, Ferguson AR, Torres-Espin A, Watzlawick R. PMID: 39071986; PMCID: PMC11271150.
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    37. A practical guide to data management and sharing for biomedical laboratory researchers. Exp Neurol. 2024 Aug; 378:114815. Fouad K, Vavrek R, Surles-Zeigler MC, Huie JR, Radabaugh HL, Gurkoff GG, Visser U, Grethe JS, Martone ME, Ferguson AR, Gensel JC, Torres-Espin A. PMID: 38762093.
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    38. Predicting Recovery Following Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty Using a Clustering Algorithm. Arthroplast Today. 2024 Jun; 27:101395. Halvorson RT, Torres-Espin A, Cherches M, Callahan M, Vail TP, Bailey JF. PMID: 39071835; PMCID: PMC11282417.
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    39. ATF3 is a neuron-specific biomarker for spinal cord injury and ischaemic stroke. Clin Transl Med. 2024 04; 14(4):e1650. Pan JZ, Wang Z, Sun W, Pan P, Li W, Sun Y, Chen S, Lin A, Tan W, He L, Greene J, Yao V, An L, Liang R, Li Q, Yu J, Zhang L, Kyritsis N, Fernandez XD, Moncivais S, Mendoza E, Fung P, Wang G, Niu X, Du Q, Xiao Z, Chang Y, Lv P, Huie JR, Torres-Espin A, Ferguson AR, Hemmerle DD, Talbott JF, Weinstein PR, Pascual LU, Singh V, DiGiorgio AM, Saigal R, Whetstone WD, Manley GT, Dhall SS, Bresnahan JC, Maze M, Jiang X, Singhal NS, Beattie MS, Su H, Guan Z. PMID: 38649772; PMCID: PMC11035380.
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    40. Performance of the IMPACT and CRASH prognostic models for traumatic brain injury in a contemporary multicenter cohort: a TRACK-TBI study. J Neurosurg. 2024 08 01; 141(2):417-429. Yue JK, Lee YM, Sun X, van Essen TA, Elguindy MM, Belton PJ, Pisica D, Mikolic A, Deng H, Kanter JH, McCrea MA, Bodien YG, Satris GG, Wong JC, Ambati VS, Grandhi R, Puccio AM, Mukherjee P, Valadka AB, Tarapore PE, Huang MC, DiGiorgio AM, Markowitz AJ, Yuh EL, Okonkwo DO, Steyerberg EW, Lingsma HF, Menon DK, Maas AIR, Jain S, Manley GT, The TRACK-TBI Investigators. PMID: 38489823; PMCID: PMC11010725.
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    41. Predictors of response in PROMIS-global in a chronic low back pain specialty clinic: STarTBack and chronic overlapping pain conditions. J Back Musculoskelet Rehabil. 2024; 37(4):909-920. Zheng P, Ewing S, Tang A, Black D, Hue T, Lotz J, Peterson T, Torres-Espin A, O'Neill C. PMID: 38427463; PMCID: PMC11307069.
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    42. Data-driven distillation and precision prognosis in traumatic brain injury with interpretable machine learning. Sci Rep. 2023 12 01; 13(1):21200. Tritt A, Yue JK, Ferguson AR, Torres Espin A, Nelson LD, Yuh EL, Markowitz AJ, Manley GT, Bouchard KE, TRACK-TBI Investigators. PMID: 38040784; PMCID: PMC10692236.
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    43. Thresholding approaches for estimating paraspinal muscle fat infiltration using T1- and T2-weighted MRI: Comparative analysis using water-fat MRI. JOR Spine. 2024 Mar; 7(1):e1301. Ornowski J, Dziesinski L, Hess M, Krug R, Fortin M, Torres-Espin A, Majumdar S, Pedoia V, Bonnheim NB, Bailey JF. PMID: 38222819; PMCID: PMC10782057.
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    44. Chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans prevent immune cell phenotypic conversion and inflammation resolution via TLR4 in rodent models of spinal cord injury. Nat Commun. 2022 05 25; 13(1):2933. Francos-Quijorna I, Sánchez-Petidier M, Burnside ER, Badea SR, Torres-Espin A, Marshall L, de Winter F, Verhaagen J, Moreno-Manzano V, Bradbury EJ. PMID: 35614038; PMCID: PMC9133109.
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    45. Unsupervised Machine Learning on Motion Capture Data Uncovers Movement Strategies in Low Back Pain. Front Bioeng Biotechnol. 2022; 10:868684. Keller AV, Torres-Espin A, Peterson TA, Booker J, O'Neill C, Lotz JC, Bailey JF, Ferguson AR, Matthew RP. PMID: 35497350; PMCID: PMC9047543.
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    46. Expert-augmented automated machine learning optimizes hemodynamic predictors of spinal cord injury outcome. PLoS One. 2022; 17(4):e0265254. Chou A, Torres-Espin A, Kyritsis N, Huie JR, Khatry S, Funk J, Hay J, Lofgreen A, Shah R, McCann C, Pascual LU, Amorim E, Weinstein PR, Manley GT, Dhall SS, Pan JZ, Bresnahan JC, Beattie MS, Whetstone WD, Ferguson AR, TRACK-SCI Investigators. PMID: 35390006; PMCID: PMC8989303.
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    47. Empowering Data Sharing and Analytics through the Open Data Commons for Traumatic Brain Injury Research. Neurotrauma Rep. 2022; 3(1):139-157. Chou A, Torres-Espín A, Huie JR, Krukowski K, Lee S, Nolan A, Guglielmetti C, Hawkins BE, Chaumeil MM, Manley GT, Beattie MS, Bresnahan JC, Martone ME, Grethe JS, Rosi S, Ferguson AR. PMID: 35403104; PMCID: PMC8985540.
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    48. Decision tree-based machine learning analysis of intraoperative vasopressor use to optimize neurological improvement in acute spinal cord injury. Neurosurg Focus. 2022 04; 52(4):E9. Agarwal N, Aabedi AA, Torres-Espin A, Chou A, Wozny TA, Mummaneni PV, Burke JF, Ferguson AR, Kyritsis N, Dhall SS, Weinstein PR, Duong-Fernandez X, Pan J, Singh V, Hemmerle DD, Talbott JF, Whetstone WD, Bresnahan JC, Manley GT, Beattie MS, DiGiorgio AM. PMID: 35364586.
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    49. Using hierarchical unsupervised learning to integrate and reduce multi-level and multi-paraspinal muscle MRI data in relation to low back pain. Eur Spine J. 2022 08; 31(8):2046-2056. Torres-Espin A, Keller A, Johnson GTA, Fields AJ, Krug R, Ferguson AR, Hargens AR, O'Neill CW, Lotz JC, Bailey JF. PMID: 35333958; PMCID: PMC9338899.
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    50. Appendicular Fracture and Polytrauma Correlate with Outcome of Spinal Cord Injury: A Transforming Research and Clinical Knowledge in Spinal Cord Injury Study. J Neurotrauma. 2022 08; 39(15-16):1030-1038. Miclau TA, Torres-Espin A, Morshed S, Morioka K, Huie JR, El Naga AN, Chou A, Pascual L, Duong-Fernandez X, Kuo YH, Weinstein P, Dhall SS, Bresnahan JC, Beattie MS, Digiorgio A, Ferguson AR, Transforming Research and Clinical Knowledge in Spinal Cord Injury (TRACK-SCI) Investigators. PMID: 35255740; PMCID: PMC9536347.
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    51. Mixture Model Framework for Traumatic Brain Injury Prognosis Using Heterogeneous Clinical and Outcome Data. IEEE J Biomed Health Inform. 2022 03; 26(3):1285-1296. Kaplan AD, Cheng Q, Mohan KA, Nelson LD, Jain S, Levin H, Torres-Espin A, Chou A, Huie JR, Ferguson AR, McCrea M, Giacino J, Sundaram S, Markowitz AJ, Manley GT. PMID: 34310331; PMCID: PMC8789941.
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    52. Topological network analysis of patient similarity for precision management of acute blood pressure in spinal cord injury. Elife. 2021 11 16; 10. Torres-Espín A, Haefeli J, Ehsanian R, Torres D, Almeida CA, Huie JR, Chou A, Morozov D, Sanderson N, Dirlikov B, Suen CG, Nielson JL, Kyritsis N, Hemmerle DD, Talbott JF, Manley GT, Dhall SS, Whetstone WD, Bresnahan JC, Beattie MS, McKenna SL, Pan JZ, Ferguson AR, TRACK-SCI Investigators. PMID: 34783309; PMCID: PMC8639149.
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    53. FAIR Data Reuse in Traumatic Brain Injury: Exploring Inflammation and Age as Moderators of Recovery in the TRACK-TBI Pilot. Front Neurol. 2021; 12:768735. Huie JR, Chou A, Torres-Espin A, Nielson JL, Yuh EL, Gardner RC, Diaz-Arrastia R, Manley GT, Ferguson AR, TRACK-TBI Investigators. PMID: 34803899; PMCID: PMC8595404.
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    54. Quantifying the kinematic features of dexterous finger movements in nonhuman primates with markerless tracking. Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2021 11; 2021:6110-6115. North R, Wurr R, Macon R, Mannion C, Hyde J, Torres-Espin A, Rosenzweig ES, Ferguson AR, Tuszynski MH, Beattie MS, Bresnahan JC, Joiner WM. PMID: 34892511.
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    55. Promoting FAIR Data Through Community-driven Agile Design: the Open Data Commons for Spinal Cord Injury (odc-sci.org). Neuroinformatics. 2022 01; 20(1):203-219. Torres-Espín A, Almeida CA, Chou A, Huie JR, Chiu M, Vavrek R, Sacramento J, Orr MB, Gensel JC, Grethe JS, Martone ME, Fouad K, Ferguson AR, STREET-FAIR Workshop Participants. PMID: 34347243; PMCID: PMC9537193.
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    56. Beyond the lesion site: minocycline augments inflammation and anxiety-like behavior following SCI in rats through action on the gut microbiota. J Neuroinflammation. 2021 Jun 26; 18(1):144. Schmidt EKA, Raposo PJF, Torres-Espin A, Fenrich KK, Fouad K. PMID: 34174901; PMCID: PMC8234629.
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    57. Excavating FAIR Data: the Case of the Multicenter Animal Spinal Cord Injury Study (MASCIS), Blood Pressure, and Neuro-Recovery. Neuroinformatics. 2022 01; 20(1):39-52. Almeida CA, Torres-Espin A, Huie JR, Sun D, Noble-Haeusslein LJ, Young W, Beattie MS, Bresnahan JC, Nielson JL, Ferguson AR. PMID: 33651310; PMCID: PMC9015816.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 11     Fields:    Translation:Animals
    58. Diagnostic blood RNA profiles for human acute spinal cord injury. J Exp Med. 2021 03 01; 218(3). Kyritsis N, Torres-Espín A, Schupp PG, Huie JR, Chou A, Duong-Fernandez X, Thomas LH, Tsolinas RE, Hemmerle DD, Pascual LU, Singh V, Pan JZ, Talbott JF, Whetstone WD, Burke JF, DiGiorgio AM, Weinstein PR, Manley GT, Dhall SS, Ferguson AR, Oldham MC, Bresnahan JC, Beattie MS. PMID: 33512429; PMCID: PMC7852457.
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    59. Automation of training and testing motor and related tasks in pre-clinical behavioural and rehabilitative neuroscience. Exp Neurol. 2021 06; 340:113647. Mah KM, Torres-Espín A, Hallworth BW, Bixby JL, Lemmon VP, Fouad K, Fenrich KK. PMID: 33600814; PMCID: PMC10443427.
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    60. Cisplatin-induced peripheral neuropathy is associated with neuronal senescence-like response. Neuro Oncol. 2021 01 30; 23(1):88-99. Calls A, Torres-Espin A, Navarro X, Yuste VJ, Udina E, Bruna J. PMID: 32597980; PMCID: PMC7850121.
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    61. Reproducible analysis of disease space via principal components using the novel R package syndRomics. Elife. 2021 01 14; 10. Torres-Espín A, Chou A, Huie JR, Kyritsis N, Upadhyayula PS, Ferguson AR. PMID: 33443012; PMCID: PMC7857733.
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    62. Self-directed rehabilitation training intensity thresholds for efficient recovery of skilled forelimb function in rats with cervical spinal cord injury. Exp Neurol. 2021 05; 339:113543. Fenrich KK, Hallworth BW, Vavrek R, Raposo PJF, Misiaszek JE, Bennett DJ, Fouad K, Torres-Espin A. PMID: 33290776.
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    63. Injury volume extracted from MRI predicts neurologic outcome in acute spinal cord injury: A prospective TRACK-SCI pilot study. J Clin Neurosci. 2020 Dec; 82(Pt B):231-236. Mummaneni N, Burke JF, DiGiorgio AM, Thomas LH, Duong-Fernandez X, Harris M, Pascual LU, Ferguson AR, Russell Huie J, Pan JZ, Hemmerle DD, Singh V, Torres-Espin A, Omondi C, Kyritsis N, Weinstein PR, Whetstone WD, Manley GT, Bresnahan JC, Beattie MS, Cohen-Adad J, Dhall SS, Talbott JF. PMID: 33248950.
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    64. Transforming Research and Clinical Knowledge in Spinal Cord Injury (TRACK-SCI): an overview of initial enrollment and demographics. Neurosurg Focus. 2020 05 01; 48(5):E6. Tsolinas RE, Burke JF, DiGiorgio AM, Thomas LH, Duong-Fernandez X, Harris MH, Yue JK, Winkler EA, Suen CG, Pascual LU, Ferguson AR, Huie JR, Pan JZ, Hemmerle DD, Singh V, Torres-Espin A, Omondi C, Kyritsis N, Haefeli J, Weinstein PR, de Almeida Neto CA, Kuo YH, Taggard D, Talbott JF, Whetstone WD, Manley GT, Bresnahan JC, Beattie MS, Dhall SS. PMID: 32357323.
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    65. Fecal transplant prevents gut dysbiosis and anxiety-like behaviour after spinal cord injury in rats. PLoS One. 2020; 15(1):e0226128. Schmidt EKA, Torres-Espin A, Raposo PJF, Madsen KL, Kigerl KA, Popovich PG, Fenrich KK, Fouad K. PMID: 31940312; PMCID: PMC6961833.
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    66. FAIR SCI Ahead: The Evolution of the Open Data Commons for Pre-Clinical Spinal Cord Injury Research. J Neurotrauma. 2020 03 15; 37(6):831-838. Fouad K, Bixby JL, Callahan A, Grethe JS, Jakeman LB, Lemmon VP, Magnuson DSK, Martone ME, Nielson JL, Schwab JM, Taylor-Burds C, Tetzlaff W, Torres-Espin A, Ferguson AR, FAIR-SCI Ahead Workshop Participants. PMID: 31608767; PMCID: PMC7071068.
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    67. Single-session cortical electrical stimulation enhances the efficacy of rehabilitative motor training after spinal cord injury in rats. Exp Neurol. 2020 02; 324:113136. Batty NJ, Torres-Espín A, Vavrek R, Raposo P, Fouad K. PMID: 31786212.
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    68. Disorders of the Nervous System, Motor Systems. Mechanisms of Behavioral Changes After Spinal Cord Injury. 2019. View Publication.
    69. Rehabilitative Training in Animal Models of Spinal Cord Injury. J Neurotrauma. 2018 08 15; 35(16):1970-1985. Torres-Espín A, Beaudry E, Fenrich K, Fouad K. PMID: 30074874.
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    70. Eliciting inflammation enables successful rehabilitative training in chronic spinal cord injury. Brain. 2018 07 01; 141(7):1946-1962. Torres-Espín A, Forero J, Fenrich KK, Lucas-Osma AM, Krajacic A, Schmidt E, Vavrek R, Raposo P, Bennett DJ, Popovich PG, Fouad K. PMID: 29860396; PMCID: PMC6022560.
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    71. Following Spinal Cord Injury Transected Reticulospinal Tract Axons Develop New Collateral Inputs to Spinal Interneurons in Parallel with Locomotor Recovery. Neural Plast. 2017; 2017:1932875. May Z, Fenrich KK, Dahlby J, Batty NJ, Torres-Espín A, Fouad K. PMID: 29138697; PMCID: PMC5613456.
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    72. A motorized pellet dispenser to deliver high intensity training of the single pellet reaching and grasping task in rats. Behav Brain Res. 2018 01 15; 336:67-76. Torres-Espín A, Forero J, Schmidt EKA, Fouad K, Fenrich KK. PMID: 28847445.
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    73. Cyclosporine-immunosuppression does not affect survival of transplanted skin-derived precursor Schwann cells in the injured rat spinal cord. Neurosci Lett. 2017 Sep 29; 658:67-72. May Z, Torres-Espín A, Lucas-Osma AM, Batty NJ, Raposo P, Fenrich KK, Stykel MG, Führmann T, Shoichet M, Biernaskie J, Fouad K. PMID: 28843345.
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    74. Effects of the Post-Spinal Cord Injury Microenvironment on the Differentiation Capacity of Human Neural Stem Cells Derived from Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells. Cell Transplant. 2016 10; 25(10):1833-1852. López-Serrano C, Torres-Espín A, Hernández J, Alvarez-Palomo AB, Requena J, Gasull X, Edel MJ, Navarro X. PMID: 27075820.
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    75. Beneficial effects of IL-37 after spinal cord injury in mice. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2016 Feb 02; 113(5):1411-6. Coll-Miró M, Francos-Quijorna I, Santos-Nogueira E, Torres-Espin A, Bufler P, Dinarello CA, López-Vales R. PMID: 26787859; PMCID: PMC4747716.
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    76. Single pellet grasping following cervical spinal cord injury in adult rat using an automated full-time training robot. Behav Brain Res. 2016 Feb 15; 299:59-71. Fenrich KK, May Z, Torres-Espín A, Forero J, Bennett DJ, Fouad K. PMID: 26611563; PMCID: PMC5155446.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 14     Fields:    Translation:Animals
    77. Increased migration of olfactory ensheathing cells secreting the Nogo receptor ectodomain over inhibitory substrates and lesioned spinal cord. Cell Mol Life Sci. 2015 Jul; 72(14):2719-37. Reginensi D, Carulla P, Nocentini S, Seira O, Serra-Picamal X, Torres-Espín A, Matamoros-Angles A, Gavín R, Moreno-Flores MT, Wandosell F, Samitier J, Trepat X, Navarro X, del Río JA. PMID: 25708702; PMCID: PMC11113838.
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    78. Immunosuppression of allogenic mesenchymal stem cells transplantation after spinal cord injury improves graft survival and beneficial outcomes. J Neurotrauma. 2015 Mar 15; 32(6):367-80. Torres-Espín A, Redondo-Castro E, Hernandez J, Navarro X. PMID: 25203134; PMCID: PMC4361361.
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    79. Activity dependent therapies modulate the spinal changes that motoneurons suffer after a peripheral nerve injury. Exp Neurol. 2015 Jan; 263:293-305. Arbat-Plana A, Torres-Espín A, Navarro X, Udina E. PMID: 25448160.
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    80. Dithiocarb (N,N-diethyldithiocarbamate, DEDTC) decreases levels of biogenic monoamines in the adult mouse brain. Neuropathol Appl Neurobiol. 2014 Oct; 40(6):747-58. Redondo-Castro E, Romero R, Torres-Espín A, Utrera J, Duque D, Junyent F, Auladell C. PMID: 24033405.
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    81. Neurite-J: an image-J plug-in for axonal growth analysis in organotypic cultures. J Neurosci Methods. 2014 Oct 30; 236:26-39. Torres-Espín A, Santos D, González-Pérez F, del Valle J, Navarro X. PMID: 25124852.
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    82. Bone marrow mesenchymal stromal cells and olfactory ensheathing cells transplantation after spinal cord injury--a morphological and functional comparison in rats. Eur J Neurosci. 2014 May; 39(10):1704-17. Torres-Espín A, Redondo-Castro E, Hernández J, Navarro X. PMID: 24635194.
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    83. Gene expression changes in the injured spinal cord following transplantation of mesenchymal stem cells or olfactory ensheathing cells. PLoS One. 2013; 8(10):e76141. Torres-Espín A, Hernández J, Navarro X. PMID: 24146830; PMCID: PMC3795752.
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    84. Neuroprotection and axonal regeneration after lumbar ventral root avulsion by re-implantation and mesenchymal stem cells transplant combined therapy. Neurotherapeutics. 2013 Apr; 10(2):354-68. Torres-Espín A, Corona-Quintanilla DL, Forés J, Allodi I, González F, Udina E, Navarro X. PMID: 23440700; PMCID: PMC3625381.
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    85. Quantitative assessment of locomotion and interlimb coordination in rats after different spinal cord injuries. J Neurosci Methods. 2013 Mar 15; 213(2):165-78. Redondo-Castro E, Torres-Espín A, García-Alías G, Navarro X. PMID: 23291085.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 14     Fields:    Translation:Animals
    86. Adult stem cell transplants for spinal cord injury repair: current state in preclinical research. Curr Stem Cell Res Ther. 2011 Sep; 6(3):273-87. Hernández J, Torres-Espín A, Navarro X. PMID: 21476980.
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    87. Functional involvement of the lumbar spinal cord after contusion to T8 spinal segment of the rat. Restor Neurol Neurosci. 2010; 28(6):781-92. García-Alías G, Torres-Espín A, Vallejo C, Navarro X. PMID: 21209493.
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