Divine Nwafor MD PhD

PubMed

• Paracrine Smooth Muscle-to-Endothelial Signaling via TNF Elevates Blood Pressure in Obesity.
  Maniselvan Kuppusamy, Matteo Ottolini, Yen-Lin Chen, Zdravka Daneva, Jie Li
  Circulation Research. 2025-08-29
• Multidisciplinary management of cervical disc herniation in pregnancy: illustrative case.
  Divine C Nwafor, David Asuzu, Abhishek S Bhutada, Thomas Pajewski, Kristin Atkins
  Journal of Neurosurgery. Case Lessons. 2025-08-25
• Spreading depolarisation (SD): a potential underlying mechanism in functional neurological disorder (FND).
  Divine Chibuzor Nwafor, Cesarina Thohan, Chaitali Harge, C William Shuttleworth, Andrew P Carlson
  BMJ Case Reports. 2025-07-31

Journal Articles

• Neuroendocrine and Neuroimmune Mechanisms Regulating the Blood-Brain Barrier  
  Divine C. Nwafor, Allison L. Brichacek, Sreeparna Chakraborty, Catheryne A. Gambill, Stanley A. Benkovic, and Candice M. Brown, Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Neuroscience, 3/2020

Abstracts/Posters

• Changes in Brain Leukocyte Populations Instigate Alterations in Cognitive and Sensorimotor Behaviors of Septic Male Mice. American Physician-Scientist Association
  Nwafor, D.C., * Jun, S., Povroznik, J.M., Engler-Chiurazzi, E.B., Chakraborty, S., Brown, C.M., . American Physician-Scientist Association, Chicago, 4/2018
• Experimental sepsis impairs locomotor and thermal nociceptive behaviors in male mice
  Nwafor, D.C., * Jun, S., Povroznik, J.M., Engler-Chiurazzi, E.B., Brown, C.M, Southeast Regional IDeA Conference, 10/2017
• Community Health Assessment of Three Eastern Panhandle Towns Longitudinal Community Scholars Program.
  Nwafor, D.C., * Doyle G.A., Saldana C.S., Hal Wanger Conference, Morgantown, 9/20/2017
• Leukocyte Induced Alterations in Behavior and Sensory Modalities in Septic Mice
  Nwafor, D.C., * Wang, W., Jun, S., Brown, C.M., WVU E. Van liere Conference, Morgantowm, 3/2017
• Blocking input from flight sensory motor centers modulates antennal lobe olfactory processing
  Nwafor, D.C., * Bradley, S.P., Daly, K.C., Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE symposium), Morgantown, 7/2014
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Lectures

• Tissue-Nonspecific Alkaline Phosphatase (TNAP) Plays a Pivotal Role in Maintaining Brain Microvascular Endothelial Cell (BMEC) Barrier Integrity in a Model of Acute Sy... 
  2021 APSA Northeast Regional Conference - 1/9/2021
• Sex Differences in Sepsis-Induced Exacerbation of Cognitive and Vascular Dysfunction in a Transgenic Mouse Model of Alzheimer’s disease 
  2020 Neuroscience Retreat - 11/30/2020
• Brain Endothelial Tissue-Nonspecific Alkaline Phosphatase (TNAP) Plays a Pivotal Role in Maintaining Barrier Integrity 
  Virtual Presentation - 7/1/2020
• Polymicrobial Infection Exacerbates Neuroinflammation and Worsens Alzheimer’s Associated Memory Loss in a Female Alzheimer’s Disease Transgenic Mice Mode 
  Los Angeles, CA - 7/15/2019
• Memory Loss is Exacerbated in Septic Female Alzheimer’s Disease Transgenic Mice 
  Morgantown, WV - 3/21/2019
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