Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Ph.D., Medical College of Pennsylvania 1985
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  Duke Appointment History

  • Associate Professor in Neurosurgery, Neurosurgery, Neurosurgery 2013 - 2018
  • Consulting Associate in the Department of Surgery, Neurosurgery, Neurosurgery 2010 - 2013
  • Consulting Associate in the Department of Surgery, Surgery, Clinical Science Departments 2009 - 2010
  • Associate Professor in Surgery, Surgery, Surgical Sciences, Surgery 2009
  • Assistant Professor in Surgery, Surgery, Surgical Sciences, Surgery 2006 - 2008
  • Assistant Research Professor in Surgery, Surgery, Surgical Sciences, Surgery 1998 - 2006
  • Instructor, Temporary in the Department of Surgery, Surgery, Clinical Science Departments 2000
• Research
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  Selected Grants

  • IPA - Grant Robinson awarded by Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center 2018
  • Low-Voltage Nerve Electrophoresis In Vivo: Role in Peripheral Nerve Regeneration awarded by National Institutes of Health 2010 - 2015
  • IPA - Grant Robinson awarded by Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center 2012 - 2014
  • IPA - Grant Robinson awarded by Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center 2010 - 2012
  • IPA Agreement - Grant Robinson awarded by Veterans Administration Medical Center 2008 - 2010
  • Enhancing Motor Neuron Regeneration Accuracy awarded by National Institutes of Health 2008 - 2010
  • IPA Agreement - Grant Robinson awarded by Veterans Administration Medical Center 2006 - 2008
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Journal Articles

    • Robinson, GA, and Madison, RD. "The title and data of Robinson and Madison (2016) are valid." Journal of neuroscience research 95, no. 3 (March 2017): 867-868.  Full Text
    • Robinson, GA, and Madison, RD. "Polyethylene glycol fusion repair prevents reinnervation accuracy in rat peripheral nerve." Journal of neuroscience research 94, no. 7 (July 2016): 636-644.  Full Text
    • Madison, RD, and Robinson, GA. "Accuracy of regenerating motor neurons: influence of diffusion in denervated nerve." Neuroscience 273 (July 2014): 128-140.  Full Text
    • Madison, RD, Robinson, GA, Krarup, C, Moldovan, M, Li, Q, and Wilson, WA. "In vitro electrophoresis and in vivo electrophysiology of peripheral nerve using DC field stimulation." Journal of Neuroscience Methods 225 (March 2014): 90-96.  Full Text
    • Madison, RD, McGee, C, Rawson, R, and Robinson, GA. "Extracellular vesicles from a muscle cell line (C2C12) enhance cell survival and neurite outgrowth of a motor neuron cell line (NSC-34)." Journal of Extracellular Vesicles 3 (January 2014).  Full Text
    • Robinson, GA, and Madison, RD. "Polysialic acid expression is not necessary for motor neuron target selectivity." Muscle Nerve 47, no. 3 (March 2013): 364-371.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Robinson, GA, and Madison, RD. "Motor neuron target selectivity and survival after prolonged axotomy." Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience 31, no. 4 (January 2013): 451-460.  Full Text
    • Madison, RD, Sofroniew, MV, and Robinson, GA. "Schwann cell influence on motor neuron regeneration accuracy." Neuroscience 163, no. 1 (September 29, 2009): 213-221.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Robinson, GA, and Madison, RD. "Influence of terminal nerve branch size on motor neuron regeneration accuracy." Exp Neurol 215, no. 2 (February 2009): 228-235.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Uschold, T, Robinson, GA, and Madison, RD. "Motor neuron regeneration accuracy: balancing trophic influences between pathways and end-organs." Exp Neurol 205, no. 1 (May 2007): 250-256.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Madison, RD, Robinson, GA, and Chadaram, SR. "The specificity of motor neurone regeneration (preferential reinnervation)." Acta Physiol (Oxf) 189, no. 2 (February 2007): 201-206. (Review)  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Robinson, GA, and Madison, RD. "Developmentally regulated changes in femoral nerve regeneration in the mouse and rat." Exp Neurol 197, no. 2 (February 2006): 341-346.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Robinson, GA, and Madison, RD. "Manipulations of the mouse femoral nerve influence the accuracy of pathway reinnervation by motor neurons." Exp Neurol 192, no. 1 (March 2005): 39-45.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Robinson, GA, and Madison, RD. "Motor neurons can preferentially reinnervate cutaneous pathways." Exp Neurol 190, no. 2 (December 2004): 407-413.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Robinson, GA, and Madison, RD. "Axotomized mouse retinal ganglion cells containing melanopsin show enhanced survival, but not enhanced axon regrowth into a peripheral nerve graft." Vision Res 44, no. 23 (October 2004): 2667-2674.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Robinson, GA, and Madison, RD. "Preferential motor reinnervation in the mouse: comparison of femoral nerve repair using a fibrin sealant or suture." Muscle Nerve 28, no. 2 (August 2003): 227-231.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Robinson, GA, and Madison, RD. "Survival of adult rat retinal ganglion cells with regrown axons in peripheral nerve grafts: a comparison of graft attachment with suture of fibrin glue." J Neurosurg 93, no. 2 (August 2000): 275-278.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Madison, RD, Zomorodi, A, and Robinson, GA. "Netrin-1 and peripheral nerve regeneration in the adult rat." Experimental Neurology 161, no. 2 (February 2000): 563-570.  Full Text
    • Madison, RD, and Robinson, GA. "lambda RNA internal standards quantify sensitivity and amplification efficiency of mammalian gene expression profiling." Biotechniques 25, no. 3 (September 1998): 504-passim.  Full Text
    • Madison, RD, and Robinson, GA. "λRNA internal standards quantify sensitivity and amplification efficiency of mammalian gene expression profiling." BioTechniques 25, no. 3 (1998): 504-514.
    • Robinson, GA. "Changes in the expression of transcription factors ATF-2 and Fra-2 after axotomy and during regeneration in rat retinal ganglion cells." Brain Research. Molecular Brain Research 41, no. 1-2 (September 1996): 57-64.  Full Text
    • Robinson, GA. "Axotomy-induced regulation of c-Jun expression in regenerating rat retinal ganglion cells." Brain Research. Molecular Brain Research 30, no. 1 (May 1995): 61-69.  Full Text
    • Robinson, GA. "Immediate early gene expression in axotomized and regenerating retinal ganglion cells of the adult rat." Brain Research. Molecular Brain Research 24, no. 1-4 (July 1994): 43-54.  Full Text
    • Garland, SJ, Enoka, RM, Serrano, LP, and Robinson, GA. "Behavior of motor units in human biceps brachii during a submaximal fatiguing contraction." Journal of Applied Physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985) 76, no. 6 (June 1994): 2411-2419.  Full Text
    • Spielmann, JM, Laouris, Y, Nordstrom, MA, Robinson, GA, Reinking, RM, and Stuart, DG. "Adaptation of cat motoneurons to sustained and intermittent extracellular activation." The Journal of Physiology 464 (May 1993): 75-120.  Full Text
    • Robinson, GA, Enoka, RM, and Stuart, DG. "Immobilization-induced changes in motor unit force and fatigability in the cat." Muscle & Nerve 14, no. 6 (June 1991): 563-573.  Full Text
    • Enoka, RM, Robinson, GA, and Kossev, AR. "Task and fatigue effects on low-threshold motor units in human hand muscle." Journal of Neurophysiology 62, no. 6 (December 1989): 1344-1359.  Full Text
    • Enoka, RM, Robinson, GA, and Kossev, AR. "A stable, selective electrode for recording single motor-unit potentials in humans." Experimental Neurology 99, no. 3 (March 1988): 761-764.  Full Text
    • Robinson, GA, and Goldberger, ME. "The development and recovery of motor function in spinal cats. II. Pharmacological enhancement of recovery." Experimental Brain Research 62, no. 2 (January 1986): 387-400.  Full Text
    • Robinson, GA, and Goldberger, ME. "The development and recovery of motor function in spinal cats. I. The infant lesion effect." Experimental Brain Research 62, no. 2 (January 1986): 373-386.  Full Text
    • Robinson, GA, and Goldberger, ME. "Interfering with inhibition may improve motor function." Brain Research 346, no. 2 (November 1985): 400-403.  Full Text
    • Robinson, GA, and Fried, B. "Histochemical observations on melanin in the intestinal ceca of Amblosoma suwaense (Trematoda: Brachylaimidae) metacercariae." The Journal of Parasitology 66, no. 6 (December 1980): 954-null.  Full Text

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