Brain Research Institute

Bruce Dobkin, M.D.

Mailing Address:
Academic Office
710 Westwood Plaza
Los Angeles, CA 90095
UNITED STATES

Work Address:
Outpatient Neurology Clinic
300 Medical Plaza

UNITED STATES

Department / Division Affiliations

Professor, Neurology

Director, UCLA Neurological Rehabilitation and Research Program

Co-Director, UCLA Stroke Program

Member, Brain Research Institute, Neuroscience Graduate Program, UCLA Wireless Health Institute

Recovery of function after brain and spinal cord injury Basic science and clinical studies of recovery of walking Functional neuroimaging of cerebral plasticity Sensors for monitoring and measuring outcomes of motor activities

Bio:

Recent Honors:

Honorary Fellow, Royal College of Physicians, London, 2005
Editor-in-Chief, journal Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair, 2006 - present
Irwin Levy Lectureship, Washington University School of Medicine, 2006.
Kenneth Viste Memorial Research Award for contributions to neurorehabilitation research and care, American Society of NeuroRehabilitation, 2006.
International Furst von Donnersmarck Prize for lifetime achievement in neurologic rehabilitation research, Berlin, 2006.
Executive Director; scientific officer for neural repair program, Dr. Miriam and Sheldon G. Adelson Medical Research Foundation, 2006-09.

Publications:

Lammertse D, Tuszynski MH, Steeves JD, Dobkin B, et al. Guidelines for the conduct of clinical trials for spinal cord injury as developed by the ICCP panel: clinical trial design.. Spinal Cord, 45(3):232-42, 2007. ; .

Dobkin B, Apple D, Barbeau H et al. Weight-supported treadmill vs over-ground training for walking after acute incomplete SCI: a multicenter randomized clinical trial. Neurology 66: 484-493, 2006. ; .

Dobkin Bruce H Progressive Staging of Pilot Studies to Improve Phase III Trials for Motor Interventions.. Neurorehabilitation and neural repair. 2009; 23(3): 197-206.

Dong Yun, Holly Langston T, Albistegui-Dubois Richard, Yan Xiaohong, Marehbian Jonathan, Newton Jennifer M, Dobkin Bruce H Compensatory cerebral adaptations before and evolving changes after surgical decompression in cervical spondylotic myelopathy.. Journal of neurosurgery. Spine. 2008; 9(6): 538-51.

Dobkin Bruce H Training and exercise to drive poststroke recovery.. Nature clinical practice. Neurology. 2008; 4(2): 76-85.

Dobkin Bruce H Curiosity and cure: translational research strategies for neural repair-mediated rehabilitation.. Developmental neurobiology. 2007; 67(9): 1133-47.

Dong Yun, Dobkin Bruce H, Cen Steven Y, Wu Allan D, Winstein Carolee J Motor cortex activation during treatment may predict therapeutic gains in paretic hand function after stroke.. Stroke; a journal of cerebral circulation. 2006; 37(6): 1552-5.

Dobkin Bruce H, Curt Armin, Guest James Cellular transplants in China: observational study from the largest human experiment in chronic spinal cord injury.. Neurorehabilitation and neural repair. 2006; 20(1): 5-13.

Dobkin Bruce H Clinical practice. Rehabilitation after stroke.. The New England journal of medicine. 2005; 352(16): 1677-84.

Dobkin Bruce H, Apple David, Barbeau Hugues, Basso Michele, Behrman Andrea, Deforge Dan, Ditunno John, Dudley Gary, Elashoff Robert, Fugate Lisa, Harkema Susan, Saulino Michael, Scott Michael Methods for a randomized trial of weight-supported treadmill training versus conventional training for walking during inpatient rehabilitation after incomplete traumatic spinal cord injury.. Neurorehabilitation and neural repair. 2003; 17(3): 153-67.