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George Richerson, MD, PhD

Professor and DEO/Roy J Carver Chair in Neuroscience

Introduction

Sudden death in epilepsy (SUDEP) and infants (SIDS), GABA mechanisms in epilepsy, Non-motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease, Control of breathing, Sleep, Serotonin, Brainstem mechanisms

Current Positions

  • Professor of Neurology
  • Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
  • Professor of Neurosurgery
  • Specialty: Breathing Control Disorders
  • The Roy J. Carver Chair in Neuroscience
  • Chairman, Department of Neurology
  • Director: Clinical Neuroscientist Training Program in Neurology

Education

  • BS in Aerospace Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States
  • MD in Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States
  • PhD in Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States
  • Post Graduate in Aerospace Engineer, NASA Langley Air Force Base, Hampton, Virginia, United States
  • Summer Research Fellowship, Marine Biology Laboratories, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States
  • Doctoral Training in Department go Physiology & Biophysics, University Of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States
  • Research training in Section of Cellular & Molecular Neurobiology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
  • Clinical Training in Emergency Room Physician, VAMC, West Haven, Connecticut, United States
  • Resident in Neurology Chief Resident, Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
  • Internship, Waterbury Hospital Health Center, Waterbury, Connecticut, United States

Graduate Program Affiliations

Center, Program and Institute Affiliations

Research Interests

  • Research Interests

Licenses & Certifications

  • Diplomate, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
  • Physician's and Surgeon's License, Iowa Board of Medicine, Iowa
  • Iowa Board of Medicine

Selected Publications

  • Guo, D. F., Lin, Z., Wu, Y., Searby, C., Thedens, D. R., Richerson, G. B., Usachev, Y. M., Grobe, J. L., Sheffield, V. C. & Rahmouni, K. (2019). The BBSome in POMC and AgRP Neurons Is Necessary for Body Weight Regulation and Sorting of Metabolic Receptors. Diabetes 68 (8) 1591-1603. DOI: 10.2337/db18-1088. PMID: 31127052. PMCID: PMC6692817.
  • Wu, Y., Proch, K. L., Teran, F. A., Lechtenberg, R. J., Kothari, H. & Richerson, G. B. (2019). Chemosensitivity of Phox2b-expressing retrotrapezoid neurons is mediated in part by input from 5-HT neurons. The Journal of physiology 597 (10) 2741-2766. DOI: 10.1113/JP277052. PMID: 30866045. PMCID: PMC6826216.
  • Teran, F. A., Kim, Y., Crotts, M. S., Bravo, E., Emaus, K. J. & Richerson, G. B. (2019). Time of Day and a Ketogenic Diet Influence Susceptibility to SUDEP in Scn1aR1407X/+ Mice. Frontiers in neurology 10 278. DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2019.00278. PMID: 30984098. PMCID: PMC6449461.
  • Vilella, L., Lacuey, N., Hampson, J. P., Rani MRS, Loparo, K., Sainju, R. K., Friedman, D., Nei, M., Strohl, K., Allen, L., Scott, C., Gehlbach, B. K., Zonjy, B., Hupp, N. J., Zaremba, A., Shafiabadi, N., Zhao, X., Reick-Mitrisin, V., Schuele, S., Ogren, J., Harper, R. M., Diehl, B., Bateman, L. M., Devinsky, O., Richerson, G. B., Tanner, A., Tatsuoka, C. & Lhatoo, S. D. (2019). Incidence, Recurrence, and Risk Factors for Peri-ictal Central Apnea and Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy. Frontiers in neurology 10 166. DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2019.00166. PMID: 30890997. PMCID: PMC6413671.
  • Sainju, R. K., Dragon, D. N., Winnike, H. B., Nashelsky, M. B., Granner, M. A., Gehlbach, B. K. & Richerson, G. B. (2019). Ventilatory response to CO2 in patients with epilepsy. Epilepsia 60 (3) 508-517. DOI: 10.1111/epi.14660. PMID: 30756391. PMCID: PMC6401234.
  • Vilella, L., Lacuey, N., Hampson, J. P., Rani MRS, Sainju, R. K., Friedman, D., Nei, M., Strohl, K., Scott, C., Gehlbach, B. K., Zonjy, B., Hupp, N. J., Zaremba, A., Shafiabadi, N., Zhao, X., Reick-Mitrisin, V., Schuele, S., Ogren, J., Harper, R. M., Diehl, B., Bateman, L., Devinsky, O., Richerson, G. B., Ryvlin, P. & Lhatoo, S. D. (2019). Postconvulsive central apnea as a biomarker for sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP). Neurology 92 (3) e171-e182. DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000006785. PMID: 30568003. PMCID: PMC6340388.
  • Wu, Y. B., Proch, K., Teran, F., Lechtenberg, R., Kothari, H. & Richerson, G. B. (2019). Input from serotonin neurons contributes to chemosensitivity of Phox2b expressing retrotrapezoid neurons. Physiology 597 (10) 2741-2766. PMID: [PMID: 30866045.
  • Donner, E. J., Stanton, T. F. & Richerson, G. B. (2018). Summary of the PAME 2018 Meeting. Epilepsy currents 18 (6) 398-399. DOI: 10.5698/1535-7597.18.6.398. PMID: 30568561. PMCID: PMC6278740.
  • Chae, W. S., Sugiyama, D., Richerson, G. B., Brennan, T. J., Kang, S. & Choi, S. (2018). Effect of Thoracic Epidural Anesthesia in a Rat Model of Phrenic Motor Inhibition after Upper Abdominal Surgery. Anesthesiology 129 (4) 791-807. PMID: 29952817. DOI: 10.1097/ALN.0000000000002331.
  • Gehlbach, B. K., Sainju, R. K., Tadlock, D. K., Dragon, D. N., Granner, M. A. & Richerson, G. B. (2018). Tolerability of a comprehensive cardiorespiratory monitoring protocol in an epilepsy monitoring unit. Epilepsy & behavior : E&B 85 173-176. DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2018.06.006. PMID: 29981497. PMCID: PMC6214684.