Title and Contact Information
Associate Neurologist
Appointments: (617) 726-8459
Fax Number: (617) 724-1480
Affiliations and Profiles
Clinical Interests
- Stroke
- Head Injury
- Spinal Cord Injury
- Other Neurological Diseases
Clinical Background
| 1974 |
MD Degree
|
Harvard Medical School |
| 1978 |
Residency
|
University of California San Francisco Medical Center
Neurology |
| 1979 |
Board Certification
|
Neurology |
| 1980 |
Fellowship
|
Massachusetts General Hospital
Stroke Fellow |
| 1984 |
Fellowship
|
McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA
Neuropharmacology |
Articles
Feuerstein
GZ, Zaleska
MM, Krams
M, Wang
X, Day
M, Rutkowski
JL, Finklestein
SP, Pangalos
MN, Poole
M, Stiles
GL, Ruffolo
RR, Walsh
FL
Missing steps in the STAIR case: a Translational Medicine perspective on the development of NXY-059 for treatment of acute ischemic stroke.
J Cereb Blood Flow Metab.
2007
Jun
20;
():
Ren
J, Sietsma
D, Qiu
S, Moessler
H, Finklestein
SP
Cerebrolysin enhances functional recovery following focal cerebral infarction in rats.
Restor Neurol Neurosci.
2007
;
25
(1):
25-31
Cramer
SC, Koroshetz
WJ, Finklestein
SP
The case for modality-specific outcome measures in clinical trials of stroke recovery-promoting agents.
Stroke.
2007
Apr
;
38
(4):
1393-5
Romero
JR, Babikian
VL, Katz
DI, Finklestein
SP
Neuroprotection and stroke rehabilitation: modulation and enhancement of recovery.
Behav Neurol.
2006
;
17
(1):
17-24
Berry
D, Ren
J, Kwan
CP, Sietsma
DK, Sasisekharan
R, Finklestein
SP
Dimeric fibroblast growth factor-2 enhances functional recovery after focal cerebral ischemia.
Restor Neurol Neurosci.
2005
;
23
(3-4):
251-6
Ren
JM, Finklestein
SP
Growth factor treatment of stroke.
Curr Drug Targets CNS Neurol Disord.
2005
Apr
;
4
(2):
121-5
Kong
KY, Ren
J, Kraus
M, Finklestein
SP, Brown
RH
Human umbilical cord blood cells differentiate into muscle in sjl muscular dystrophy mice.
Stem Cells.
2004
;
22
(6):
981-93
Wada
K, Sugimori
H, Bhide
PG, Moskowitz
MA, Finklestein
SP
Effect of basic fibroblast growth factor treatment on brain progenitor cells after permanent focal ischemia in rats.
Stroke.
2003
Nov
;
34
(11):
2722-8
Cairns
K, Finklestein
SP
Growth factors and stem cells as treatments for stroke recovery.
Phys Med Rehabil Clin N Am.
2003
Feb
;
14
(1 Suppl):
S135-42
Dijkhuizen
RM, Singhal
AB, Mandeville
JB, Wu
O, Halpern
EF, Finklestein
SP, Rosen
BR, Lo
EH
Correlation between brain reorganization, ischemic damage, and neurologic status after transient focal cerebral ischemia in rats: a functional magnetic resonance imaging study.
J Neurosci.
2003
Jan
15;
23
(2):
510-7
Schaechter
JD, Kraft
E, Hilliard
TS, Dijkhuizen
RM, Benner
T, Finklestein
SP, Rosen
BR, Cramer
SC
Motor recovery and cortical reorganization after constraint-induced movement therapy in stroke patients: a preliminary study.
Neurorehabil Neural Repair.
2002
Dec
;
16
(4):
326-38
Cramer
SC, Weisskoff
RM, Schaechter
JD, Nelles
G, Foley
M, Finklestein
SP, Rosen
BR
Motor cortex activation is related to force of squeezing.
Hum Brain Mapp.
2002
Aug
;
16
(4):
197-205
Dijkhuizen
RM, Ren
J, Mandeville
JB, Wu
O, Ozdag
FM, Moskowitz
MA, Rosen
BR, Finklestein
SP
Functional magnetic resonance imaging of reorganization in rat brain after stroke.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A.
2001
Oct
23;
98
(22):
12766-71
Cramer
SC, Nelles
G, Schaechter
JD, Kaplan
JD, Finklestein
SP, Rosen
BR
A functional MRI study of three motor tasks in the evaluation of stroke recovery.
Neurorehabil Neural Repair.
2001
;
15
(1):
1-8
Ay
I, Sugimori
H, Finklestein
SP
Intravenous basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) decreases DNA fragmentation and prevents downregulation of Bcl-2 expression in the ischemic brain following middle cerebral artery occlusion in rats.
Brain Res Mol Brain Res.
2001
Feb
19;
87
(1):
71-80
Sugimori
H, Speller
H, Finklestein
SP
Intravenous basic fibroblast growth factor produces a persistent reduction in infarct volume following permanent focal ischemia in rats.
Neurosci Lett.
2001
Mar
2;
300
(1):
13-6
Cramer
SC, Moore
CI, Finklestein
SP, Rosen
BR
A pilot study of somatotopic mapping after cortical infarct.
Stroke.
2000
Mar
;
31
(3):
668-71
Ren
J, Kaplan
PL, Charette
MF, Speller
H, Finklestein
SP
Time window of intracisternal osteogenic protein-1 in enhancing functional recovery after stroke.
Neuropharmacology.
2000
Mar
3;
39
(5):
860-5
Upton-Rice
MN, Cudkowicz
ME, Warren
L, Mathew
RK, Ren
JM, Finklestein
SP, Brown
RH
Basic fibroblast growth factor does not prolong survival in a transgenic model of familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Ann Neurol.
1999
Dec
;
46
(6):
934
Kawamata
T, Ren
J, Cha
JH, Finklestein
SP
Intracisternal antisense oligonucleotide to growth associated protein-43 blocks the recovery-promoting effects of basic fibroblast growth factor after focal stroke.
Exp Neurol.
1999
Jul
;
158
(1):
89-96