Selected recent publications:

• Kinsella Jr. CR, Bykowski MR, Lin AY, Cray JJ, Durham EL, Smith DM, Decesare GE, Mooney MP, Cooper GM, Losee JE. BMP-2-mediated regeneration of large-scale cranial defects in the canine: An examination of different carriers. Plast Reconstr Surg [Internet]. 2011;127(5):1865-73.
• Cray Jr J, Cooper GM, Mooney MP, Siegel MI. Timing of ectocranial suture activity in gorilla gorilla as related to cranial volume and dental eruption. J Anat [Internet]. 2011;218(5):471-9.
• Cray J, Mooney MP, Siegel MI. Cranial suture biology of the aleutian island inhabitants. Anat Rec [Internet]. 2011;294(4):676-82.
• Cray Jr. J, Burrows AM, Vecchione L, Caccamese JF, Losee JE, Moursi AM, Siegel MI, Cooper GM, Mooney MP. Blocking bone morphogenetic protein function using in vivo noggin therapy does not rescue premature suture fusion in rabbits with delayed-onset craniosynostosis. Plast Reconstr Surg [Internet]. 2011;127(3):1163-72.
• Kinsella Jr. CR, Cray JJ, Durham EL, Burrows AM, Vecchione L, Smith DM, Mooney MP, Cooper GM, Losee JE. Recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2-induced craniosynostosis and growth restriction in the immature skeleton. Plast Reconstr Surg [Internet]. 2011;127(3):1173-81.
• Smith TD, Rossie JB, Cooper GM, Schmieg RM, Bonar CJ, Mooney MP, Siegel MI. Comparative microcomputed tomography and histological study of maxillary pneumatization in four species of new world monkeys: The perinatal period. Am J Phys Anthropol [Internet]. 2011;144(3):392-410.
• Decesare GE, Cooper GM, Smith DM, Cray JJ, Durham EL, Kinsella CR, Mooney MP, Losee JE. Novel animal model of calvarial defect in an infected unfavorable wound: Reconstruction with rhBMP-2. Plast Reconstr Surg [Internet]. 2011;127(2):588-94.
• Cooper GM, Durham EL, Cray JJ, Bykowski MR, Decesare GE, Smalley MA, Mooney MP, Campbell PG, Losee JE. Direct comparison of progenitor cells derived from adipose, muscle, and bone marrow from wild-type or craniosynostotic rabbits. Plast Reconstr Surg [Internet]. 2011;127(1):88-97.
• Cray Jr. J, Cooper GM, Mooney MP, Siegel MI. Brief communication: Ectocranial suture closure in pongo: Pattern and phylogeny. Am J Phys Anthropol [Internet]. 2010;143(3):473-7.
• Cray Jr. J, Mooney MP, Siegel MI. Timing of ectocranial suture activity in pan troglodytes as related to cranial volume and dental eruption. Anat Rec [Internet]. 2010;293(8):1289-96.
• Cooper GM, Mooney MP, Gosain AK, Campbell PG, Losee JE, Huard J. Testing the critical size in calvarial bone defects: Revisiting the concept of a critical-size defect. Plast Reconstr Surg [Internet]. 2010;125(6):1685-92.
• Cray J, Burrows AM, Vecchione L, Lensie E, Decesare GE, Campbell A, Finegold DN, Losee JE, Siegel MI, Cooper GM, Mooney MP. Effects of flutamide therapy on craniofacial growth and development in a model of craniosynostosis. J Craniofac Surg [Internet]. 2010;21(3):711-8.
• Cooper GM, Lensie EL, Cray JJ, Decesare GE, Smalley MA, Losee JE, Mooney MP. BMP-4 response in wild-type and craniosynostotic rabbit bone cells. Plast Reconstr Surg [Internet]. 2010;125(5):1403-11.
• Smith TD, Rossie JB, Cooper GM, Carmody KA, Schmieg RM, Bonar CJ, Mooney MP, Siegel MI. The maxillary sinus in three genera of new world monkeys: Factors that constrain secondary pneumatization. Anat Rec [Internet]. 2010;293(1):91-107.
• Vecchione L, Miller J, Byron C, Cooper GM, Barbano T, Cray J, Losee JE, Hamrick MW, Sciote JJ, Mooney MP. Age-related changes in craniofacial morphology in GDF-8 (myostatin)-deficient mice. Anat Rec [Internet]. 2010;293(1):32-41.

Contact Information:

Dr. Mark Mooney
Phone: (412) 648-8833
Email:mpm4@pitt.edu