John R. Hoffman is a Professor of Biology, public speaker and a scientist examining the recovery of the nervous system after injury. Since 2006 he has written several unpublished manuscripts and he is currently working on the first Nathaniel Smythe novel and short story collection. He spends his spare time with his family and running.

Papers

*2009  Hoffman,J.R. “Applying a Cost-Benefit Analysis to Undergraduate Research at a Small Comprehensive University” Council On Research Quarterly, 30(1):20-24.

*2006 Blustein, J.E., McLaughlin, M., Hoffman, J.R. “Exercise Effects Stress Induced Analgesia and Spatial Learning in Rats” Physiology & Behavior, 89:582-586. Abstract

*2006 Shif, O., Gillette, K., Damkaoutis, C.M., Carrano, C., Robbins, S.J., Hoffman, J.R. “Effects of Ginkgo biloba administered after spatial learning on water maze and radial arm maze performance in young adult rats.” Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, 84:17-25. Abstract

*2004 Hoffman, J.R., Donato, A, Robbins, S.J. “Gingko biloba promotes short-term retention of spatial memory in rats.” Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior, 77:533-539. Abstract

*2003 Hoffman, J.R., Greenberg, J.H., Furuya, D., Craik, R.L., Fanelli, P., Breslow, S., Sheehan, S., Ketschek, A, Damkaoutis, C., Reivich, M., Hand, P. “Rats recovering from unilateral barrel cortex ischemia are capable of completing a whisker-dependent task using only their affected whiskers. Brain Research, 965(1-2):91-99. Abstract

*2001 Young, C.,  Miller, E., , D.M. Nicklous, J.R. Hoffman. Nerve Growth Factor and neurotrophin-3 affect functional recovery following peripheral nerve injury differently.  Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience, 18:167-175. Abstract

*2001 Watanabe, S., J.R. Hoffman, R.L. Craik, P.J. Hand, M. Reivich, J.H. Greenberg. A new model of localized ischemia in the rat somatosensory cortex. Stroke, 32(11):2615-2623. Full-text article

2000 Hoffman, J.R. “Beaver College Histology Course WebPages” http://gargoyle.arcadia.edu/biology/histology.htm

*1999 Swallow, R.K., M.R. Leiser, B.E. Fink, D. Nicklous, C. Sauer, J.R. Hoffman. Functional recovery from a sciatic nerve crush is not enhanced by treatment with testosterone. Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience, 15:297-303. Abstract

*1999  Rabacchi, S.A., B. Kruk, J. Hamilton, C. Carney, J.R. Hoffman, S.L. Meyer, J.E. Springer, D.H. Baird. “BDNF and NT4/5 promote survival and neurite outgrowth from pontocerebellar mossy fiber neurons.” Journal of Neurobiology, 40(2):254-269. Abstract

*1999  Hoffman, J.R., K.S. O’Shea. Thrombospondin expression in nerve regeneration: I. Sciatic nerve crush, transection, or long-term denervation. Brain Research Bulletin 48(4):413-20. Full-text Article

*1999  Hoffman, J.R., K.S. O’Shea. Thrombospondin expression in nerve regeneration: II. Optic nerve crush in the mouse and goldfish. Brain Research Bulletin 48(4):421-7. Full-text Article

1997 Hoffman, J.R. “Histology: the basics.” Custom Academic Publishing Co.
ISBN: 0-604-16421-1

*1996 Hoffman, J.R., L.J. Boyne, P. Levitt, I. Fischer. “Short exposure to methylazoxymethanol (MAM) causes a long-term inhibition of axonal outgrowth from cultured embryonic rat hippocampal neurons.” Journal of Neuroscience Research 46:349-359. Abstract

*1994  Hoffman, J.R.,  V.M. Dixit, K.S. O’Shea. “The expression of thrombospondin in different adult vertebrate nervous tissues.” Journal of Comparative Neurology, 340:126-139. Full-text Article

1994    Hoffman, J.R. “Review guide to Histology: a photographic atlas.” Medical College of Pennsylvania. 263 pages.

*1992  Toyofouku, T., J.R. Hoffman, R. Zak, B.M. Carlson. “Expression of alpha-cardiac and alpha-skeletal actin mRNAs in relation to innervation in regenerating and non-regenerating rat skeletal muscle.” Developmental Dynamics, 193:332-339. Abstract

1992    Hoffman, J.R. “A role for thrombospondin in peripheral and central nervous system regeneration.”  Rackham Graduate School, University of Michigan. (Doctoral dissertation).

*1990  Phillips, G.D., J.R. Hoffman, D.R. Knighton. Migration of myogenic cells in the rat extensor digitorum longus muscle studied with split autograft model. Cell and Tissue Research, 262:81-88. Full-text Article

*= peer reviewed journals.
Arcadia University Students in bold.