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Oliver Bracko

Title(s)Assistant Professor of Research Physiology and Neuroscience
SchoolKeck School of Medicine of Usc
Address1501 San Pablo St.
Health Sciences Campus
Los Angeles CA 90033
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    1. Toxoplasma gondii impairs CX3CL1/fractalkine shedding from mouse cortical neurons, leading to microglia activation. Microbiol Spectr. 2025 Oct 07; 13(10):e0107425. de Castro LL, Gomes da Rosa B, Peixoto-Rodrigues MC, Revoredo Vicentino AR, Fraga-Junior VdS, Cascabulho CM, Diniz LP, Benjamim CF, Bracko O, Scharfstein J, Adesse D. PMID: 40801546; PMCID: PMC12502563.
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    2. Cerebrovascular p16INK4A expression induces cerebral small vessel disease-related phenotypes. Acta Neuropathol Commun. 2025 Aug 12; 13(1):171. Kawatani K, Aikawa T, Tabrizi Z, Pan Y, Ren Y, Wang N, Kurti A, Nambara T, Ikezu CC, Shue F, Bamkole M, Inoue Y, Parsons TM, Bu G, Song Q, Bracko O, Kanekiyo T. PMID: 40796891; PMCID: PMC12345092.
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    3. One immune cell to bind them all: platelet contribution to neurodegenerative disease. Mol Neurodegener. 2024 Sep 27; 19(1):65. Rodriguez Moore G, Melo-Escobar I, Stegner D, Bracko O. PMID: 39334369; PMCID: PMC11438031.
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    4. Resveratrol Mitigates Cognitive Impairments and Cholinergic Cell Loss in the Medial Septum in a Mouse Model of Gradual Cerebral Hypoperfusion. Antioxidants (Basel). 2024 Aug 14; 13(8). Fagerli E, Jackson CW, Escobar I, Ferrier FJ, Perez Lao EJ, Saul I, Gomez J, Dave KR, Bracko O, Perez-Pinzon MA. PMID: 39199230; PMCID: PMC11351397.
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    5. Revealing inconsistencies between Epworth scores and apnea-hypopnea index when evaluating obstructive sleep apnea severity: a clinical retrospective chart review. Front Neurol. 2024; 15:1387924. Amiri D, Bracko O, Nahouraii R. PMID: 38915794; PMCID: PMC11194370.
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    6. Circumscribing Laser Cuts Attenuate Seizure Propagation in a Mouse Model of Focal Epilepsy. Adv Sci (Weinh). 2024 Aug; 11(29):e2300747. Lieberman S, Rivera DA, Morton R, Hingorani A, Southard TL, Johnson L, Reukauf J, Radwanski RE, Zhao M, Nishimura N, Bracko O, Schwartz TH, Schaffer CB. PMID: 38810146; PMCID: PMC11304327.
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    7. A Brief Overview of Neutrophils in Neurological Diseases. Biomolecules. 2023 04 25; 13(5). Chakraborty S, Tabrizi Z, Bhatt NN, Franciosa SA, Bracko O. PMID: 37238612; PMCID: PMC10216532.
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    8. Vascular oxidative stress causes neutrophil arrest in brain capillaries, leading to decreased cerebral blood flow and contributing to memory impairment in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease. bioRxiv. 2023 Feb 15. Ruiz-Uribe NE, Bracko O, Swallow M, Omurzakov A, Dash S, Uchida H, Xiang D, Haft-Javaherian M, Falkenhain K, Lamont ME, Ali M, Njiru BN, Chang HY, Tan AY, Xiang JZ, Iadecola C, Park L, Sanchez T, Nishimura N, Schaffer CB. PMID: 36824768; PMCID: PMC9949082.
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    9. Editorial: Small and mighty: Brain capillaries in health and disease. Front Mol Neurosci. 2022; 15:1108978. Bracko O, Harraz OF. PMID: 36583082; PMCID: PMC9792964.
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    10. VEGF Paradoxically Reduces Cerebral Blood Flow in Alzheimer's Disease Mice. Neurosci Insights. 2022; 17:26331055221109254. Ali M, Bracko O. PMID: 35873789; PMCID: PMC9298729.
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    11. VEGF signalling causes stalls in brain capillaries and reduces cerebral blood flow in Alzheimer's mice. Brain. 2022 05 24; 145(4):1449-1463. Ali M, Falkenhain K, Njiru BN, Murtaza-Ali M, Ruiz-Uribe NE, Haft-Javaherian M, Catchers S, Nishimura N, Schaffer CB, Bracko O. PMID: 35048960; PMCID: PMC9150081.
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    12. Vascular cognitive impairment and dementia: An early career researcher perspective. Alzheimers Dement (Amst). 2022; 14(1):e12310. Silva NCBS, Bracko O, Nelson AR, de Oliveira FF, Robison LS, Shaaban CE, Hainsworth AH, Price BR. PMID: 35496373; PMCID: PMC9043906.
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    13. Causes and consequences of baseline cerebral blood flow reductions in Alzheimer's disease. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab. 2021 07; 41(7):1501-1516. Bracko O, Cruz Hernández JC, Park L, Nishimura N, Schaffer CB. PMID: 33444096; PMCID: PMC8221770.
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    14. A pilot study investigating the effects of voluntary exercise on capillary stalling and cerebral blood flow in the APP/PS1 mouse model of Alzheimer's disease. PLoS One. 2020; 15(8):e0235691. Falkenhain K, Ruiz-Uribe NE, Haft-Javaherian M, Ali M, Stall Catchers, Michelucci PE, Schaffer CB, Bracko O. PMID: 32857763; PMCID: PMC7455035.
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    15. High fat diet worsens Alzheimer's disease-related behavioral abnormalities and neuropathology in APP/PS1 mice, but not by synergistically decreasing cerebral blood flow. Sci Rep. 2020 06 18; 10(1):9884. Bracko O, Vinarcsik LK, Cruz Hernández JC, Ruiz-Uribe NE, Haft-Javaherian M, Falkenhain K, Ramanauskaite EM, Ali M, Mohapatra A, Swallow MA, Njiru BN, Muse V, Michelucci PE, Nishimura N, Schaffer CB. PMID: 32555372; PMCID: PMC7303150.
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    16. Increasing cerebral blood flow improves cognition into late stages in Alzheimer's disease mice. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab. 2020 07; 40(7):1441-1452. Bracko O, Njiru BN, Swallow M, Ali M, Haft-Javaherian M, Schaffer CB. PMID: 31495298; PMCID: PMC7308509.
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    17. Neutrophil adhesion in brain capillaries reduces cortical blood flow and impairs memory function in Alzheimer's disease mouse models. Nat Neurosci. 2019 03; 22(3):413-420. Cruz Hernández JC, Bracko O, Kersbergen CJ, Muse V, Haft-Javaherian M, Berg M, Park L, Vinarcsik LK, Ivasyk I, Rivera DA, Kang Y, Cortes-Canteli M, Peyrounette M, Doyeux V, Smith A, Zhou J, Otte G, Beverly JD, Davenport E, Davit Y, Lin CP, Strickland S, Iadecola C, Lorthois S, Nishimura N, Schaffer CB. PMID: 30742116; PMCID: PMC6508667.
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    18. Sensorimotor stroke alters hippocampo-thalamic network activity. Sci Rep. 2018 10 25; 8(1):15770. Baumgartner P, El Amki M, Bracko O, Luft AR, Wegener S. PMID: 30361495; PMCID: PMC6202365.
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    19. Impaired prosaposin lysosomal trafficking in frontotemporal lobar degeneration due to progranulin mutations. Nat Commun. 2017 05 25; 8:15277. Zhou X, Sun L, Bracko O, Choi JW, Jia Y, Nana AL, Brady OA, Hernandez JCC, Nishimura N, Seeley WW, Hu F. PMID: 28541286; PMCID: PMC5477518.
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    20. Task-Specific Motor Rehabilitation Therapy After Stroke Improves Performance in a Different Motor Task: Translational Evidence. Transl Stroke Res. 2017 08; 8(4):347-350. El Amki M, Baumgartner P, Bracko O, Luft AR, Wegener S. PMID: 28091936; PMCID: PMC5493722.
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    21. 3-Nitropropionic acid-induced ischemia tolerance in the rat brain is mediated by reduced metabolic activity and cerebral blood flow. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab. 2014 Sep; 34(9):1522-30. Bracko O, Di Pietro V, Lazzarino G, Amorini AM, Tavazzi B, Artmann J, Wong EC, Buxton RB, Weller M, Luft AR, Wegener S. PMID: 24938399; PMCID: PMC4158668.
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    22. Imaging neurite development of adult-born granule cells. Development. 2013 Jul; 140(13):2823-7. Kleine Borgmann FB, Bracko O, Jessberger S. PMID: 23720045.
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    23. Gene expression profiling of neural stem cells and their neuronal progeny reveals IGF2 as a regulator of adult hippocampal neurogenesis. J Neurosci. 2012 Mar 07; 32(10):3376-87. Bracko O, Singer T, Aigner S, Knobloch M, Winner B, Ray J, Clemenson GD, Suh H, Couillard-Despres S, Aigner L, Gage FH, Jessberger S. PMID: 22399759; PMCID: PMC3338187.
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    24. Control of lateral organ development and flowering time by the Arabidopsis thaliana MADS-box Gene AGAMOUS-LIKE6. Plant J. 2010 Jun 01; 62(5):807-16. Koo SC, Bracko O, Park MS, Schwab R, Chun HJ, Park KM, Seo JS, Grbic V, Balasubramanian S, Schmid M, Godard F, Yun DJ, Lee SY, Cho MJ, Weigel D, Kim MC. PMID: 20230491.
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    25. Molecular dissection of the photoreceptor ribbon synapse: physical interaction of Bassoon and RIBEYE is essential for the assembly of the ribbon complex. J Cell Biol. 2005 Feb 28; 168(5):825-36. tom Dieck S, Altrock WD, Kessels MM, Qualmann B, Regus H, Brauner D, Fejtová A, Bracko O, Gundelfinger ED, Brandstätter JH. PMID: 15728193; PMCID: PMC2171818.
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