Geoffrey G Murphy

Geoffrey G. Murphy
David F Bohr Legacy Professor of Physiology
Associate Director
Neuroscience Graduate Program
Research Professor
Michigan Neuroscience Institute and Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Medical School
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Geoffrey G Murphy
Geoffrey G. Murphy
Research Professor
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  • Qualifications

    • Ph.D., Neuroscience
      University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, United States
      1992 - 1998

    Center Memberships

    • Center Member
      Weil Institute for Critical Care Research
    • Center Member
      Eisenberg Family Depression Center

    Recent Publications

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    • Journal Article
      Acarbose improves cognitive function in a mouse model of normal aging but not Alzheimer's disease.
      Moore SJ, Murphy GG. bioRxiv, 2026 May 1; DOI:10.64898/2026.04.28.721469
      PMID: PMC13142531
    • Journal Article
      Multi-parametric longitudinal imaging of cerebral biomarkers in a rodent model of Alzheimer's disease
      Zhai T, Zhang W, Ma C, Ni L, Paulus YM, Su EJ, Murphy GG, Lawrence DA, Wang X. Photoacoustics, 2026 Apr 1; 48: DOI:10.1016/j.pacs.2026.100808
    • Journal Article
      Dual endomembrane recycling pathways function in parallel to support synapse maintenance and plasticity
      Chavis GD, Rivero-Ríos P, Uygun T, Tsukahara T, Hayami T, Lee GY, Lee M, Pace C, Czesak FN, Hilde KL, Li F, Iwase S, Murphy GG, Morrow JD, Akil H, Weisman LS, Sutton MA. Neuroscience, 2025 Dec 15; 591: 205 - 221. DOI:10.1016/j.neuroscience.2025.11.009
      PMID: 41238049
    • Journal Article
      Individual Variation in Intrinsic Neuronal Properties of Nucleus Accumbens Core and Shell Medium Spiny Neurons in Male Rats Prone to Sign-or Goal-Track
      María-Ríos CE, Murphy GG, Morrow JD. Eneuro, 2025 Dec 1; 12 (12): DOI:10.1523/ENEURO.0203-25.2025
      PMID: 41326204
    • Proceeding / Abstract / Poster
      Deletion of Plxna2 Impaired Neuronal Network Synchrony in Mouse Hippocampal Slices
      Vollmar G, Chang W-C, Zhao X, Giger, Ph.D. R, Murphy G. 2025 Nov 15;
    • Journal Article
      Immersion-Based Clearing and Autofluorescence Quenching in Myocardial Tissue
      Sturgess VE, Korovesis NK, Uceda DE, Citalan-Madrid A, Vu EV, Stangis K, Van den Bergh F, Essajee SI, Jacobovitz B, Sands GB, Lawrence DA, Tune JD, Beard DA, Murphy GG, Figueroa CA. Microcirculation, 2025 Nov 1; 32 (8): DOI:10.1111/micc.70034
      PMID: 41194377
    • Proceeding / Abstract / Poster
      Memory deficiency in Plxna2 knockout mice is associated with reduced excitability and over-inhibition of granule cells in the dentate gyrus
      Chang W-C, Stangis K, Parent R, Vollmar G, Zhao X, Giger, Ph.D. R, Murphy G. 2025 Nov 15;
    • Journal Article
      The Impact of Overexpression of the Mouse Ortholog of CACNA1C on Behavior and Cortical Dynamics
      Parent R, Lin RL, Ouillette L, Glass E, Burns H, Uhler MD, Case SL, Thibault O, Murphy GG. Biological Psychiatry Global Open Science, 2025 Sep 1; 5 (5): DOI:10.1016/j.bpsgos.2025.100537

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