Hilton

Brett J. Hilton, Assistant Professor

Principal Investigator, International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries (ICORD)
Blusson Spinal Cord Centre
818 W 10 Avenue, Vancouver BC, V5Z1M9

Full Member, Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health

German Centre for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE, Postdoc)
University of British Columbia (PhD in Zoology)
University of British Columbia (BSc in Cell Biology & Genetics)

E-mail: bhilton@icord.org
Website: www.hiltonlab.ca
R e s e a r c h   I n t e r e s t
We seek to identify the processes that prevent damaged neurons from regenerating following brain or spinal cord injury. To do this, we use a multidisciplinary strategy combining cellular, molecular, and bioinformatic approaches together with tissue clearing and 3D imaging analyses.  We are also interested in identifying the cells and circuits that are most critical for mediating functional improvements after spinal cord injury.
S e l e c t e d   P u b l i c a t i o n s
  1. B.J. Hilton, A. Husch, B. Schaffran, M. Schelski, T.C. Lin, C. Imig, B.H. Cooper, N. Brose, F. Bradke (2022). An active vesicle priming machinery suppresses axon regeneration upon adult CNS injury. Neuron 110 (1), 51-69.
  2. Stern*, B.J. Hilton*, E. Burnside, S. Dupraz, E. Handley, J. Gonyer, C. Brakebusch, F. Bradke (2021). RhoA drives actin compaction to restrict axon regeneration and astrocyte reactivity following CNS injury. Neuron 109 (21), 3437-3456. *Co-First Author.
  3. B.J. Hilton, O. Blanquie, A. Tedeschi, F. Bradke (2019). High resolution 3D imaging and analysis of axon regeneration in unsectioned spinal cord with or without tissue clearing. Nature Protocols 14, 1235-1260.
  4. B.J. Hilton, F. Bradke (2017). Can injured adult CNS axons regenerate by recapitulating development? Development 144(19), 3417-3429.
  5. B.J. Hilton, E. Anenberg, T.C. Harrison, J.D. Boyd, T.H. Murphy, W. Tetzlaff (2016). Re-Establishment of Cortical Motor Output Maps and Spontaneous Functional Recovery via Spared Dorsolaterally Projecting Corticospinal Neurons after Dorsal Column Spinal Cord Injury in Adult Mice. Journal of Neuroscience, 36(14): 4080-92.
  6. G. Geoffroy*, B.J. Hilton*, W. Tetzlaff, B. Zheng (2016). Evidence for an Age-Dependent Decline in Axon Regeneration in the Adult Mammalian Central Nervous System. Cell Reports, 15(2): 238-246. *Co-First Author.
Further publications can be found here.