Neurology

George B. Richerson, MD, PhD

Portrait

Mailing Address

Office: 2151-A1 RCP
Iowa City, IA 52242
Phone: +1 319 356 4296
Email: george-richerson@uiowa.edu

Web: Richerson Laboratory Website

Education

BS, Aerospace Engineering, Iowa State University, 1980
MD, Medicine, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, 1987
PhD, Physiology and Biophysics, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, 1987
Internship, Waterbury Hospital Health Center, 1988
Post-Doc, Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology, Yale University, 1990
Residency, Neurology, Yale-New Haven Hospital, 1991

Appointments

Primary: Neurology
Secondary: Physiology & Biophysics

Center and Program Affiliations

  • Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Neuroscience
  • Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Molecular and Cellular Biology

Research Interests

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

Publications

  • Hodges, M, Best, S, Richerson, G. Altered ventilatory and thermoregulatory control in male and female adult Pet-1 null mice. Respir Physiol Neurobiol 177(2):133-40, 2011. [PubMed]
  • Ray, R, Corcoran, A, Brust, R, Kim, J, Richerson, G, Nattie, E, Dymecki, S. Impaired respiratory and body temperature control upon acute serotonergic neuron inhibition. Science 333(6042):637-42, 2011. [PubMed]
  • Bravata, D, Concato, J, Fried, T, Ranjbar, N, Sadarangani, T, McClain, V, Struve, F, Zygmunt, L, Knight, H, Lo, A, Richerson, G, Gorman, M, Williams, L, Brass, L, Agostini, J, Mohsenin, V, Roux, F, Yaggi, H. Continuous positive airway pressure: evaluation of a novel therapy for patients with acute ischemic stroke. Sleep 34(9):1271-7, 2011. [PubMed]
  • Ransom, C, Wu, Y, Richerson, G. Postdepolarization potentiation of GABAA receptors: a novel mechanism regulating tonic conductance in hippocampal neurons. J Neurosci 30(22):7672-84, 2010. [PubMed]
  • Hodges, M, Richerson, G. Medullary serotonin neurons and their roles in central respiratory chemoreception. Respir Physiol Neurobiol 173(3):256-63, 2010. [PubMed]
  • Hodges, M, Richerson, G. The role of medullary serotonin (5-HT) neurons in respiratory control: contributions to eupneic ventilation, CO2 chemoreception, and thermoregulation. J Appl Physiol 108(5):1425-32, 2010. [PubMed]
  • Corcoran, A, Richerson, G, Harris, M. Modulation of respiratory activity by hypocretin-1 (orexin A) in situ and in vitro. Adv Exp Med Biol 669:109-13, 2010. [PubMed]
  • Bravata, D, Concato, J, Fried, T, Ranjbar, N, Sadarangani, T, McClain, V, Struve, F, Zygmunt, L, Knight, H, Lo, A, Richerson, G, Gorman, M, Williams, L, Brass, L, Agostini, J, Mohsenin, V, Roux, F, Yaggi, H. Auto-titrating continuous positive airway pressure for patients with acute transient ischemic attack: a randomized feasibility trial. Stroke 41(7):1464-70, 2010. [PubMed]
  • Richerson, G. Respiratory plasticity in sleep apnoea: should it be harnessed or restrained? J Physiol 588(Pt 1):3-4, 2010. [PubMed]
  • Hodges, M, Wehner, M, Aungst, J, Smith, J, Richerson, G. Transgenic mice lacking serotonin neurons have severe apnea and high mortality during development. J Neurosci 29(33):10341-9, 2009. [PubMed]