Christopher Roberts, MD, PhD

Publications

• One-Year Outcomes After Traumatic Brain Injury and Early Extracranial Surgery in the TRACK-TBI Study.

  (Roberts CJ, Maiga AW, Barber J, Temkin NR, Vala R, Patel MB, Robertson CS, Valadka AB, Yue JK, Markowitz AJ, Manley GT, Nelson LD, Transforming Clinical Research and Knowledge in TBI (TRACK-TBI) Investigators, Duhaime AC, Foreman B, Grandhi R, Keene CD, Krishnamoorthy V, Mac Donald C, McCrea M, Merchant R, Ngwenya LB, Puccio A, Rodgers RB, Schnyer D, Taylor SR, Zafonte R.) JAMA Netw Open. 2025 Oct 01;8(10):e2537271 PMID: 41071547 10/10/2025

• Skin injury: Associations with variables related to perfusion and pressure.

  (Roberts CJ, Popies JA, Razzak AN, Fang X, Falcucci OA, Pearson PJ, Szabo A.) Anaesth Intensive Care. 2024 Nov;52(6):386-396 PMID: 39394874 PMCID: PMC11816658 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85206618501 10/12/2024

• Clinical Outcomes After Traumatic Brain Injury and Exposure to Extracranial Surgery: A TRACK-TBI Study.

  (Roberts CJ, Barber J, Temkin NR, Dong A, Robertson CS, Valadka AB, Yue JK, Markowitz AJ, Manley GT, Nelson LD, Transforming Clinical Research and Knowledge in TBI (TRACK-TBI) Investigators, Badjatia N, Diaz-Arrastia R, Duhaime AC, Feeser VR, Gopinath S, Grandhi R, Jha R, Keene CD, Madden C, McCrea M, Merchant R, Ngwenya LB, Rodgers RB, Schnyer D, Taylor SR, Zafonte R.) JAMA Surg. 2024 Mar 01;159(3):248-259 PMID: 38091011 PMCID: PMC10719833 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85181026868 12/13/2023

• A Case Report of Acute Onset and Rapid Resolution of Atrioventricular Block After Sugammadex: Is the Autonomic System Involved?

  (Abdelrahim MT, Kassels AC, Stark CW, Roberts CJ, Vogt JA, Ebert TJ.) A A Pract. 2023 May 01;17(5):e01683 PMID: 37146215 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85159329579 05/05/2023

• Characterizing the Heart Rate Effects From Administration of Sugammadex to Reverse Neuromuscular Blockade: An Observational Study in Patients.

  (Ebert TJ, Cumming CE, Roberts CJ, Anglin MF, Gandhi S, Anderson CJ, Stekiel TA, Gliniecki R, Dugan SM, Abdelrahim MT, Klinewski VB, Sherman K.) Anesth Analg. 2022 Oct 01;135(4):807-814 PMID: 35759402 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85138446732 06/28/2022

• Anandamide in the dorsal periaqueductal gray inhibits sensory input without a correlation to sympathoexcitation.

  (Roberts CJ, Hopp FA, Hogan QH, Dean C.) Neurobiol Pain. 2022;12:100104 PMID: 36531614 PMCID: PMC9755024 12/20/2022

• Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation with Right Ventricular Assist Device for COVID-19 ARDS.

  (Cain MT, Smith NJ, Barash M, Simpson P, Durham LA 3rd, Makker H, Roberts C, Falcucci O, Wang D, Walker R, Ahmed G, Brown SA, Nanchal RS, Joyce DL.) J Surg Res. 2021 Aug;264:81-89 PMID: 33789179 PMCID: PMC7969863 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85103400526 04/01/2021

• Peripherally restricted cannabinoid type 1 receptor (CB1R) antagonist, AM6545, potentiates stress-induced hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis activation via a non-CB1R mechanism.

  (Roberts CJ, Hillard CJ.) Endocrine. 2021 Apr;72(1):297-300 PMID: 33216305 PMCID: PMC8528513 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85096389716 11/21/2020

• Propofol Sedation Alters Perceptual and Cognitive Functions in Healthy Volunteers as Revealed by Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging.

  (Gross WL, Lauer KK, Liu X, Roberts CJ, Liu S, Gollapudy S, Binder JR, Li SJ, Hudetz AG.) Anesthesiology. 2019 Aug;131(2):254-265 PMID: 31314747 PMCID: PMC6640651 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85077347748 07/18/2019

• Regional entropy of functional imaging signals varies differently in sensory and cognitive systems during propofol-modulated loss and return of behavioral responsiveness.

  (Liu X, Lauer KK, Ward BD, Roberts CJ, Liu S, Gollapudy S, Rohloff R, Gross W, Xu Z, Chen S, Wang L, Yang Z, Li SJ, Binder JR, Hudetz AG.) Brain Imaging Behav. 2019 Apr;13(2):514-525 PMID: 29737490 PMCID: PMC6239968 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85046653018 05/09/2018

• Fine-Grained Parcellation of Brain Connectivity Improves Differentiation of States of Consciousness During Graded Propofol Sedation.

  (Liu X, Lauer KK, Ward BD, Roberts CJ, Liu S, Gollapudy S, Rohloff R, Gross W, Xu Z, Chen G, Binder JR, Li SJ, Hudetz AG.) Brain Connect. 2017 Aug;7(6):373-381 PMID: 28540741 PMCID: PMC5685154 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85027416134 05/26/2017

• Primary sensory neuron-specific interference of TRPV1 signaling by AAV-encoded TRPV1 peptide aptamer attenuates neuropathic pain.

  (Xiang H, Liu Z, Wang F, Xu H, Roberts C, Fischer G, Stucky C, Caron D, Pan B, Hogan Q, Yu H.) Mol Pain. 2017;13:1744806917717040 PMID: 28604222 PMCID: PMC5486490 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85038960017 06/13/2017