Research
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Latest papers
Aberrantly activated Cox-2 and Wnt signaling interact to maintain cancer stem cells in glioblastoma.
Oncotarget · 2017
Epidermal growth factor and erythropoietin infusion accelerate functional recovery in combination with rehabilitation.
Stroke · 2014
Bioengineering neural stem/progenitor cell-coated tubes for spinal cord injury repair.
Cell transplantation · 2008
Latest funding
- $1,530,000
Precision Cellular Reprogramming for Functional Brain Renewal
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
- $948,600
Chase Biotherapeutics: local delivery, global benefits in the central nervous system
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
- $1,028,925
The development and utilization of innovative dual-function electrodes to activate oligodendrocyte precursor cells and promote neural repair.
CIHR · 2025 · Nominated PI
5 publications.
Aberrantly activated Cox-2 and Wnt signaling interact to maintain cancer stem cells in glioblastoma.
Wu M, Guan J, Li C, Gunter S, Nusrat L, Ng S, Dhand K, Morshead C, Kim A, Das S
Epidermal growth factor and erythropoietin infusion accelerate functional recovery in combination with rehabilitation.
Jeffers MS, Hoyles A, Morshead C, Corbett D
Bioengineering neural stem/progenitor cell-coated tubes for spinal cord injury repair.
Zahir T, Nomura H, Guo XD, Kim H, Tator C, Morshead C, Shoichet M
Myelination of congenitally dysmyelinated spinal cord axons by adult neural precursor cells results in formation of nodes of Ranvier and improved axonal conduction.
Eftekharpour E, Karimi-Abdolrezaee S, Wang J, El Beheiry H, Morshead C, Fehlings MG
Support for the immortal strand hypothesis: neural stem cells partition DNA asymmetrically in vitro.
Karpowicz P, Morshead C, Kam A, Jervis E, Ramunas J, Cheng V, van der Kooy D
Precision Cellular Reprogramming for Functional Brain Renewal
Principal investigators: Mclaurin, Joanne
Keywords: Brain Injury; Derisking; Gene Therapy; Manufactoring; Neurodegeneration; Neurotrauma; Translation
Chase Biotherapeutics: local delivery, global benefits in the central nervous system
Principal investigators: Shoichet, Molly S; Fouad, Karim; Kwon, Brian K
Keywords: Affinity Release; Chondroitinase Abc; Glial Scar; Injectable Hydrogel; Local Delivery; Oxime Crosslinking; Spinal Cord Injury; Stroke
The development and utilization of innovative dual-function electrodes to activate oligodendrocyte precursor cells and promote neural repair.
Principal investigators: Morshead, Cindi M
Keywords: Cell Biology; Electrical Stimulation; Electrode Design; Electrode Manufacturing; Neural Regeneration; Oligodendrocyte Precursor; White Matter Injury
Development of a stem cell-based microfluidic co-culture model of implantation to interrogate the regulation of embryo adhesion and placental disorders.
Principal investigators: Siriwardena, Dylan
Keywords: Cell-Cell Communications; Human Embryonic Stem Cells; Implantation; Microfluidics; Placental Disorders; Trophoblast Stem Cells
Defining the neural stem cell lineage: Exploring the identity and function of novel stem cells pools through aging
Principal investigators: Morshead, Cindi
Keywords: primitive neural stem cells; definitive neural stem cells; heterogeneity; neural precursor cells; cell kinetics; differentiation; aging; regeneration
Design and implementation of novel multimodal electrodes for neural precursor activation to promote neural regeneration
Principal investigators: Morshead, Cindi M
Keywords: Cell Biology; Electrode Manufacturing; Material Design; Neural Precursor Activation; Neural Regeneration; Stroke
A pipeline approach for the rational design of neuronal lineage conversion approaches to treat neurological disorders
Principal investigators: Schuurmans, Carol
Investigating the niche-dependent regulation of regionally distinct
Principal investigators: Lakshman, Nishanth
Keywords: Functional Genomics; Glial Scar; Msx1-Creert2;Tdtomato Mice; Neonatal Stroke; Neurogenesis; Spinal Cord Injury
Therapies to Promote Neuroplasticity in Disease
Principal investigators: Gilmore, Kevin J
Keywords: Adeno Associated Viruses (Aavs); Animal Model; Chemogenetics; Neuroplasticity; Stroke
Combination strategies to promote repair and functional recovery following stroke
Principal investigators: Morshead, Cindi M
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Molly Shoichet and Cindi Morshead: 1 shared paper
- Derek van der Kooy and Cindi Morshead: 1 shared paper
- Cindi Morshead and Sunit Das: 1 shared paper
- Cindi Morshead and Dale Corbett: 1 shared paper
- Division of Anatomy
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine
- Department of Molecular Genetics
- Department of Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry
- Department of Surgery
Co-authors at University of Toronto, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Sunit Das
Department of Surgery
1 shared papers, latest 2017
Dale Corbett
Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2014
Molly Shoichet
Department of Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry
1 shared papers, latest 2008
Derek van der Kooy
Department of Molecular Genetics
1 shared papers, latest 2005
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