Leela Cherian Mathew, Ph.D.

Research Instructor

Undergraduate School
Zoology, University of Kerala, India

Ph.D.
Neuropharmacology, University of Madras India

Thesis: Drug Effects on Spinal Cord Injury: A Pharmacological and Biochemical Study

MS
Medical Pharmacology, University of Madras, India

M.Ed.
Curriculum & Instruction (Health Sciences) University of Houston/Baylor College of Medicine

Postdoctoral Training
Baylor College of Medicine

Awards and Honors
Scientific Award of the Society of Critical Care Medicine, 1998

Primary Neurosurgical Interests
Research: Brain injury and cerebral metabolism; Spinal cord injury

Professional Associations
Society for Critical Care Medicine
Nuerotrauma Society

Contact Information
One Baylor Plaza S 836
Houston, TX 77030
Phone: 713-798-6438
Fax: 713-798-2762

Selected Publications

Cherian L, Hlatky R and Robertson CS: Comparison of Tetrahydrobiopterin and L-arginine on Cerebral Blood flow after Controlled Cortical Impact Injury In Rats. 2004,J Neurotrauma 21:1196-203

Cherian L, Hlatky R and Robertson CS : Nitric Oxide in traumatic brain injury (Review article ) . Brain Pathol. 2004, 14: 195-201

Hlatky R, Lui H, Cherian L, Goodman JC, O'Brien WE, Contant CF, Robertson CS. The role of endothelial nitric oxide synthase in the cerebral hemodynamics after controlled cortical impact injury in mice. J Neurotrauma 2003 ,10: 995-1006.

Cherian L, Robertson CS: L-arginine and Free Radical Scavengers Increase cerebral Blood flow and Brain Tissue Nitric Oxide Concentrations After Controlled Cortical Impact Injury In Rats. J Neurotrauma 2003 Jan -20(1): 77-85

Cherian L, Chacko G, Goodman JC, Robertson CS: Neuroprotective effects of L-arginine administration after cortical impact injury in rats: Dose Response and Time Window. J Pharm &Experi.Ther. 2003,Jan, 304(2): 617-23

Cherian L, Goodman JC, Robertson CS: Brain nitric oxide changes after controlled cortical impact injury in rats. J Neurophysiol 2000 Apr;83(4):2171-8.