Grant Alan Robinson
Associate Professor Emeritus in Neurosurgery
My research interests are in central and peripheral nervous system regeneration.
Current Appointments & Affiliations
- Associate Professor Emeritus in Neurosurgery, Neurosurgery, Neurosurgery 2018
Contact Information
- 200 Trent Dr., 1554 Blue Zone, Durham, NC 27705
- DUMC 3271, Durham, NC 27710
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grant.robinson@duke.edu
- Background
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Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., Medical College of Pennsylvania 1985
- 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
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Academic 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
- 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
- Madison, RD, and Robinson, GA. "λRNA internal standards quantify sensitivity and amplification efficiency of mammalian gene expression profiling." Biotechniques 25, no. 3 (October 12, 1998): 504-514.
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Book Sections
- Massing, MW, Robinson, GA, Marx, CE, Alzate, O, and Madison, RD. "Applications of proteomics to nerve regeneration research." In Neuroproteomics, 289-313. January 1, 2009.
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