Dr. Bragin’s research areas include:
- Circulation and metabolism of the brain after traumatic brain injury, stroke, and other cerebrovascular and
metabolic diseases. - The role of cerebral microvascular shunting in the development of hyperemia, brain edema, tissue ischemia
and blood-brain barrier degradation during intracranial hypertension after severe cerebral insults. - The potential of hemodynamics modulation with drag-reducing molecules for treating acute and
chronic cerebral microvascular disorders and ischemia, including stroke, traumatic injury, diabetic
encephalopathy and other neurodegenerative diseases. - Non-invasive transcranial direct current, pulsed electromagnetic field and low-level light brain modulation
for recovery after acute brain injuries
ISSUED U.S. PATENTS (UNM-AFFILIATED)
9,763,975 Novel Hemorheologic Approach for the Treatment of Brain Ischemia by Drag Reducing Polymers, issued September 19, 2017
10,792,304 Novel Hemorheologic Approach for Reduction/Prevention of Cancer Metastasis Formation, Issued October 6, 2020