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Dennis Alan Turner

Professor of Neurosurgery
Neurosurgery
Box 3807 Med Ctr, Durham, NC 27710
4510 Stead Bldg, Durham, NC 27710

Research Interests


Clinical trials in Parkinson disease, Alzheimer disease, translational research in Parkinson disease, tremor, stroke, and preclinical studies on Alzheimer's disease models, stroke, metabolism, and cerebral blood flow.

Selected Grants


Accurate, low-cost, trackerless neuronavigation for transcranial magnetic stimulation

ResearchAdvisor · Awarded by National Institute of Mental Health · 2022 - 2027

Hypoperfusion, Hemodynamic Control Domains and Neurovascular Dysregulation in AD brain pathology

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institute on Aging · 2023 - 2027

An Integrated Biomarker Approach to Personalized, Adaptive Deep Brain Stimulation in Parkinson Disease

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke · 2023 - 2027

Characterizing Evoked Potentials of Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson's Disease

FellowshipConsultant · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2023 - 2026

Deep Brain Stimulation Evoked Potentials (SRA2)

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Boston Scientific Corporation · 2021 - 2026

Extracranial Brain Stimulation Reduces Metabolic Insufficiency Through Enhanced Cerebral Blood Flow in CVN-AD Alzheimer's Model

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institute on Aging · 2022 - 2026

Targeted neuromodulation to enhance recovery of the aged brain after ischemic stroke

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2022 - 2025

NINDS Research Education Programs for Residents and Fellows in Neurosurgery

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke · 2009 - 2025

Temporal Patterns of Deep Brain Stimulation

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2004 - 2024

Scalar Closed-Loop STN/GPi DBS Based on Evoked and Spontaneous Potentials

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2017 - 2023

High resolution awake cortical recordings to analyze the role of spreading depolarizations during dynamic stroke evolution

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2021

Hippocampal Neurovascular Plasticity in CVN-AD Mouse: Fornix-Septal Stimulation

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2016 - 2019

IPA - Francesca Galeffi

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center · 2018 - 2018

Basic predoctoral training in neuroscience

Inst. Training Prgm or CMETraining Faculty · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1992 - 2018

Recording Evoked Potentials for Closed-Loop DBS

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2012 - 2017

Mechanisms of Parkinsonian Impulsivity in Human Subthalamic Nucleus

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2014 - 2017

Training in Fundamental &Translational Neuroscience

Inst. Training Prgm or CMETraining Faculty · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2005 - 2016

Neuronal Fatigue in Aging Hippocampus during Sustained Metabolic Demand

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2010 - 2014

Realistic Human Perception of Spatio-Temporal Thalamic Microstimulation

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2010 - 2013

Lifespan Metabolic Neuroprotection during Hypoglycemia

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2004 - 2010

Lifespan Neuronal/Flial Metabolism During Hypoglycemia

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2002 - 2005

Psychophysical Studies of Cochlear Efferent Function

ResearchConsultant · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1992 - 2004

Neuronal and post lesion plasticity in aging hippocampus

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1995 - 2000

Neuronal And Post-Lesion Plasticity In Aging Hippocampus

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1995 - 1999

Neuronal And Post Lesion Plasticity In Aging Hippocampus

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1995 - 1999