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Publications

  1. Levine JM, Levine GJ, Porter BP, Topp K, Noble-Haeusslein LJ. Naturally occurring disk herniation in dogs: an opportunity for pre-clinical spinal cord injury research. J Neurotrauma 2011; 28:675-688.
  2. Young BD, Levine JM, Porter BF, Chen-Allen AV, Rossmeisl JH, Platt SR, Kent M, Schatzberg SJ. Magnetic resonance imaging features of intracranial astrocytomas and oligodendrogliomas in dogs. Vet Radiology Ultrasound 2011; 52: 132-141.
  3. Stoica G, Levine JM, Wolff J, Murphy K. Canine astrocytic tumors - a comparative review. Vet Pathol 2011; 48:266-275.
  4. Cooper JJ, Young BD, Hoffman AG, Bratton G, Hicks DG, Tidwell A, Levine JM. Intracranial magnetic resonance imaging artifacts and pseudolesions in dogs and cats.  Vet Radiol Ultrasound 2010; 51:587-595.
  5. Levine JM, Scrivani PV, Divers TJ, Furr M, Mayhew IJ, Reed S, Levine GJ, Foreman JH, Boudreau C, Tennent-Brown B, Cohen ND. Multicenter case-control study of signalment, diagnostic features, and outcome associated with cervical vertebral malformation-malarticulation in horses. J Am Vet Med Assoc 2010; 237:812-822.
  6. Levine JM. Intervertebral Disk Herniation. Canadian Vet 2010; Jul/Aug: 16-18.
  7. Levine GJ, Levine JM*, Witsberger TH, Kerwin SC, Russell KE, Sucholdoski J, Steiner JM, Fosgate GT. Cerebrospinal fluid myelin basic protein as a prognostic biomarker in dogs with thoracolumbar intervertebral disk herniation. J Vet Intern Med 2010; 24:890-896.
  8. Hettlich BF, Fosgate GT, Levine JM, Young BY, Kerwin SC, Walker MA, Griffin JF, Maierl J. Accuracy of conventional radiography and computed tomography in predicting implant position in relation to the vertebral canal in dogs. Vet Surg 2010; 39:680-687.
  9. Dewey CW, Cerda-Gonzalez S, Fletcher DJ, Harb-Hauser MF, Levine JM, Badgley BL, Olby NJ, Shelton GD. Mycophenolate mofetil treatment in dogs with serologically diagnosed acquired myasthenia gravis: 27 cases (1999-2008). J Am Vet Med Assoc 2010; 236: 664-668.
  10. Barber RB, Li Q, Diniz PPVP, Porter BF, Breitschwedt EB, Claiborne MK, Birkenheur AJ, Levine JM, Levine GJ, Chandler K, Greer K, Kenny P, Nghiem PP, Wei S, Greene CE, Kent M, Platt SR, Schatzberg SJ. Evaluation of brain tissue and/or cerebrospinal fluid with broadly reactive PCR for Ehrlichia, Anaplasma, spotted fever group Rickettsia, Bartonella, and Borrelia species in canine neurological diseases (109 cases). J Vet Intern Med 2010; 24:372-378.
  11. Cooper JJ, Levine JM*, Young BD, Hicks DG, Hoffman A, Bratton GR. Imaging diagnosis: MRI pseudolesion associated with the petrous temporal bone. Vet Radiol Ultrasound 2010; 51:39-41.
  12. Snyder K, Saunders AB, Levine JM, Clubb FJ. Arrhythmias and elevated troponin I in a dog with steroid-responsive meningitis-arteritis. J Am Anim Hosp Assoc 2010; 46:61-65.
  13. Dewey CW, Cerda-Gonzalez S, Levine JM, Badgley BL, Ducote JM, Silver GM, Cooper JJ, Packer RA, Lavely JA. Pregabalin as an adjunct to phenobarbital, potassium bromide, or a combination of phenobarbital and potassium bromide for treatment of dogs with suspected idiopathic epilepsy. J Am Vet Med Assoc 2009; 235:1442-1449.
  14. Schatzberg SJ, Li Q, Porter BF, Claiborne MK, Levine JM, Levine GJ, Israel SK, Young BD, Kiupel M, Greene C, Ruone S, Anderson L, Tong S. Broadly Reactive Pan-Paramyxovirus RT PCR for the Detection of Canine Distemper Virus in a Case of Canine Meningoencephalitis of Unknown Etiology. J Vet Diag Invest 2009;21:844-849
  15. Levine JM, Fosgate GT, Chen AV, Rushing R, Nghiem PP, Platt SR, Bagley RS, Kent M, Hicks DG, Young BD, Schatzberg SJ. Magnetic resonance imaging findings associated with neurologic impairment in dogs with acute thoracic and lumbar intervertebral disk herniation. J Vet Intern Med 2009;23:1220-1226.
  16. Witsberger TH, Levine JM*, Kerwin SC, Slater M, Levine GJ. Cerebrospinal fluid analysis and neurologic outcome at discharge after surgical treatment of thoracolumbar disc herniation. Vet Surg 2009;38:E49 (Abstract).
  17. Levine JM, Fosgate GT. Editorial: Medical record-derived functional assessments of spinal cord injury.  J Small Anim Pract 2009;50:507-508.
  18. Young BD, Levine JM, Fosgate GT, de Lahunta A, Flegel T, Matiasek K, Miller A, Silver G, Sharp NJH, Greer K, Schatzberg SJ. Magnetic resonance imaging characteristics of necrotizing meningoencephalitis in Pugs. J Vet Intern Med 2009;23:527-535
  19. Stoica G, Lungu G, Martini-Stoica H, Waghela S, Levine JM, Smith III, R. Identification of cancer stem cells in dog glioblastoma. Vet Pathol 2009;46:391-406
  20. Griffin JF, Levine JM*, Kerwin SC. Thoracolumbar intervertebral disk disease part I: pathophysiology Comp Cont Educ Pract Vet 2009; March:E1-E13
  21. Griffin JF, Levine JM*, Kerwin SC, Cole RC. Canine Thoracolumbar intervertebral disk  disease part  II: diagnosis, prognosis and treatment Comp Cont Educ Pract Vet 2009; March:E1-E14
  22. Israel SK, Levine JM*, Kerwin SC, Levine GJ, Fosgate GT. The relative sensitivity of computed tomography and myelography for identification of thoracolumbar disk herniation in dogs. Vet Radiol Ultrasound 2009; 50:247-252
  23. Griffin JF, Young BD, Levine JM. Imaging Diagnosis: chronic distemper meningoencephalitis in a dog. Vet Radiol Ultrasound 2009; 50:182-184
  24. Levine GJ, Levine JM*, Budke C, Slater M, Kerwin SC, Au J, Vinayak A, Hettlich BF, Slater MR. Inter-observer variability associated with 2 spinal cord injury scales for dogs.  Prev Vet Med 2009; 89:121-127
  25. Eagleston JS, Diaz J, Kent M, Levine JM, Platt SR, Sharp NJH, Schatzberg SJ. Cervical vertebral malformation-malarticulation in the bernese mountain dog: clinical and magnetic resonance imaging features. J Small Anim Pract 2009; 50:186-193
  26. Alonsio F, Levine JM, Edwards J. Immunohistochemical features of a feline spinal cord gemistocytic astrocytoma J Vet Diagn Invest 2008; 20: 836-838
  27. Levine JM, Ngheim, PP, Levine GJ, Cohen ND. Gender, breed, and age distribution in horses with the diagnosis of cervical vertebral compressive myelopathy. J Am Vet Med Assoc 2008; 233:1453-1458
  28. Budke CM, Levine JM, Kerwin SC, Levine GJ, Hettlich BF, Slater MR.  Evaluation of a questionnaire for obtaining owner-perceived, weighted quality-of-life assessments for dogs with spinal cord injury. J Am Vet Med Assoc 2008; 233:925-930.
  29. Levine JM, Budke CM, Levine GJ, Kerwin SC, Hettlich BF, Slater MR. Owner-perceived, weighted quality-of-life assessments in dogs with spinal cord injury. J Am Vet Med Assoc 2008; 233: 931-935.
  30. Bergman RL, Levine JM, Coates JR, Bahr A, Hettlich BF, Kerwin SC. Use of cervical  spinal locking  plates in combination with ring allografts for a one level fusion in dogs  with cervical spondylotic myelopathy. Vet Surg 2008; 37: 530-536.
  31. Griffin JF, Levine JM*, Levine GJ, Fosgate GT. Meningomyelitis in dogs: a retrospective  review of 28 cases (1999-2007). J Small Anim Pract 2008; 49:509-517.
  32. Levine JM, Fosgate GT, Porter B, Schatzberg SJ, Greer K. Epidemiology of necrotizing meningoencephalitis in Pug dogs. J Vet Intern Med 2008; 22: 961-968.
  33. Dewey CW, Cerda-Gonzales S, Levine JM, Badgley BL, Ducote JM, Silver GM, Cooper JJ. Pregabalin for refractory idiopathic epilepsy in dogs. J Vet Intern Med 2008; 22: 765. (Abstract)
  34. Dewey CW, Harb-Hauser MF, Cerda-Gonzales S, Levine JM, Badgley BL, Olby NJ, Kent M, Birnbaum N, Shelton GD. Mycophenolate mofetil therapy for acquired myasthenia gravis in dogs: a comparative retrospective study (1999-2007). J Vet Intern Med 2008; 22: 721. (Absract)
  35. Baltzer WI, McMichael MA, Hosgood G, Kerwin SC, Levine JM, Steiner JM, Ruaux  CG. Randomized, blinded, placebo-controlled clinical trial of N-acetylcysteine in dogs with spinal cord trauma from acute intervertebral disc disease. Spine 2008; 33: 1397-1402.
  36. Levine JM, Levine GJ, Hoffman AG, Bratton GR. Comparative neuroanatomy of the ox and horse: brain and associated vessels Equine Comp Cont Educ Pract Vet 2008; 3: 153-164.
  37. Levine JM, Levine GJ, Boozer L, Schatzberg SJ, Platt SR, Kent M, Kerwin SC, Fosgate GT. Adverse effects and outcome associated with dexamethasone administration in dogs with acute thoracolumbar disk herniation: 161 cases (2000-2006). J Am Vet Med Assoc 2008; 232: 411-418.
  38. Levine JM, Levine GJ, Hoffman AG, Mez J, Bratton GR. Comparative neuroanatomy of the ox and horse: the vertebral column and peripheral nerves. Equine Comp Cont Educ Pract Vet 2007; 2: 279-292.
  39. Levine JM, Adam E, MacKay RJ, Walker MA, Frederick JD, Cohen ND. Confirmed  and  Presumptive Cervical Vertebral Compressive Myelopathy in Older Horses: a  Retrospective Study (1992-2004) J Vet Intern Med 2007; 21:812-819
  40. Levine JM, Levine GJ, Johnson, SI, Kerwin SC, Hettlich BF, Fosgate GT. Evaluation of   medical management for presumptive thoracolumbar disk herniation. Vet Surg 2007; 36: 482-491
  41. Levine JM, Levine GJ, Johnson SI, Kerwin SC, Hettlich BF, Fosgate GT. Evaluation of  medical management for presumptive cervical disk herniation. Vet Surg 2007; 36: 492-499
  42. Baltzer WI, Calise DV, Levine JM, Shelton GD, Edwards JF, Steiner JM. Dystrophin-deficient muscular dystrophy in a weimaraner. J Am Anim Hosp Assoc 2007; 43:227-232
  43. Griffin JF, Levine JM*, Kerwin SC. Thoracolumbar intervertebral disk disease. Compendium Standards of Care: Emergency and Critical Care Medicine 2007; 9.4:1-8.
  44. Levine GJ, Bissett WT, Cole RC, Janke J, Nunes JE, Porter B, Levine JM. Imaging Diagnosis - bacterial diskospondylitis in a goat. Vet Radiol Ultrasound 2006;47:585-588.
  45. Levine JM, Levine GJ, Hettlich BF, Kerwin SC, Fosgate GT. Association between various physical factors and acute thoracolumbar intervertebral disk extrusion or protrusion in Dachshunds. J Am Vet Med Assoc, 2006; 229: 370-375.
  46. Levine GJ, Levine JM*, Walker MA, Pool RR, Fosgate GT. Evaluation of the association between spondylosis deformans and clinical signs of intervertebral disk disease in dogs: 172 cases (1999-2000). J Am Vet Med Assoc, 2006; 228: 96-100.
  47. Levine JM, Ruaux CG, Bergman RL, Coates JR, Steiner JM, Williams DA. Matrix metalloproteinase-9 activity in the cerebrospinal fluid and serum of dogs with acute spinal cord trauma from intervertebral disk disease. Am J Vet Res, 2006; 67: 283-287.
  48. Levine JM, Bergman RL, Coates JR, Shelton GD. Acquired myasthenia gravis in a dog with hypothyroidism and meningitis. J Am Anim Hosp Assoc, 2005; 41: 247-251.
  49. Packer RA, Bergman, RL, Coates JR, Essman SC, Weis K, Levine JM, OBrien DP, Johnson GC. Intracranial subarachnoid hemorrhage following lumbar myelography. J  Vet Intern Med, 2005; 19: 222 (Abstract).
  50. Thompson CA, Russell K, Levine JM, Weeks B. What's your diagnosis - cerebrospinal fluid from a dog with neurologic collapse. Vet Clin Path, 2003; 32: 143-146.
  51. Levine JM, Fitch RB. The use of an orthosis in a dog with traumatic sciatic neuropathy. J Small Anim Pract, 2003; 44: 236-238.
  52. Levine JM, Hillman RB, Erb HN, deLahunta A. The influence of age on the patellar reflex response in the dog.  J Vet Intern Med, 2002; 16: 244-246.

Books and Electronic Products:

Levine JM, Levine GJ. Small Animal Neurology: An Interactive Course in Clinical Examination and Diagnosis. Texas A&M University Press, College Station, TX. 2007. Translated into Japanese with edition due 2010

Book Chapters:

  1. Levine JM. Vertebral Column Trauma. In: Tilley LP and Smith FWK. Blackwell's Five-minute Veterinary Consult: Canine and Feline 5th ed. Wiley-Blackwell 2010 (Submitted)
  2. Levine JM, Levine GJ. Neurologic Disorders. In: Tveten and Willard. Small Animal Clinical Diagnosis by Laboratory Methods (Submitted)
  3. Kerwin SC, Levine JM, Hicks DG. Thoracolumbar Spine. In: Tobias K and Johnston S. Small Animal Surgical Practice. Elsevier (In Press)
  4. Levine JM. Ataxia. In: Platt SR and Garosi L. A Colour Handbook of Animal Neurological Emergencies. Manson Publishing Ltd 2009 In Press
  5. Levine JM, Levine GJ. Seizures. In: Mazzeferro E. The 5-Minute Emergency Veterinary Consult. WB Saunders 2008 In Press
  6. Levine JM. Brachial Plexus Injury. In: Mazzeferro E. The 5-Minute Emergency Veterinary Consult. WB Saunders 2008 In Press
  7. Coates JR, Levine JM. The Neurological Examination. In: August JR. Consultations in Feline Internal Medicine 5th ed., WB Saunders, 2005.

National Presentations:
American Animal Hospital Association, Long Beach, CA March 19 2010
The neurological examination
Maintenance anti-convulsive drugs
Intervertebral disk herniation
Neurology cases

North American Veterinary Conference, Orlando, FL, January 19th 2010
The non-ambulatory dog
Vertebral column MRI
Canine disk herniation
New anti-convulsive drugs
Image guided neurosurgery
Novel treatments for spinal cord injury

Southwest Veterinary Symposium, San Antonio, TX, Sept 27, 2009
The neurological examination
The non-ambulatory dog
Canine disk herniation
Maintenance anti-convulsive drugs
Vertebral column MRI
Neurology cases

American College of Vet Internal Medicine Forum, Montreal, June 2-6, 2009
Vertebral column MRI
Matrix metalloproteinases: therapeutic target in dogs with spinal cord injury