Geoffrey G Murphy
David F Bohr Collegiate Professor of Physiology
Associate Director
Neuroscience Graduate Program
Research Professor
Michigan Neuroscience Institute
Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology
[email protected]

Available to mentor
Geoffrey G Murphy
Research Professor
  • Qualifications
  • Center Memberships
  • Recent Publications
    • Qualifications
    • Ph.D.
      University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, 1998
    Center Memberships
    • Center Member
      Center for Integrative Research in Critical Care
    • Center Member
      Eisenberg Family Depression Center
    Recent Publications See All Publications
    • Journal Article
      Biomarker evidence of early vision and rod energy-linked pathophysiology benefits from very low dose DMSO in 5xFAD mice.
      Berkowitz BA, Paruchuri A, Stanek J, Abdul-Nabi M, Podolsky RH, Bustos AH, Childers KL, Murphy GG, Stangis K, Roberts R. Acta Neuropathol Commun, 2024 May 31; 12 (1): 85 DOI:10.1186/s40478-024-01799-8
      PMID: 38822433
    • Preprint
      Cognitive behavioral phenotyping of DSCAM heterozygosity as a model for autism spectrum disorder.
      Neff RC, Stangis KA, Beniwal U, Hergenreder T, Ye B, Murphy GG. 2024 Jun 3; DOI:10.1101/2024.06.03.597158
      PMID: 38895491
    • Journal Article
      Deriving early single-rosette brain organoids from human pluripotent stem cells.
      Tidball AM, Niu W, Ma Q, Takla TN, Walker JC, Margolis JL, Mojica-Perez SP, Sudyk R, Deng L, Moore SJ, Chopra R, Shakkottai VG, Murphy GG, Yuan Y, Isom LL, Li JZ, Parent JM. Stem Cell Reports, 2023 Dec 12; 18 (12): 2498 - 2514. DOI:10.1016/j.stemcr.2023.10.020
      PMID: 37995702
    • Journal Article
      Long term high‐fat feeding induces cognitive impairment, alterations in microglial morphology, and spatial transcriptomic changes
      Elzinga SE, Noureldein M, Guo K, Jang DG, Hayes JM, Henn RE, Webber‐Davis I, Mendelson FE, Parent R, Rigan DM, Glass E, Turfah A, Zhao L, Murphy GG, Hur J, Feldman EL. Alzheimer's & Dementia, 2023 Dec; 19 (S13): DOI:10.1002/alz.077022
    • Journal Article
      Long-term high-fat feeding: Connecting metabolism, cognitive impairment, and altered microglial morphology
      Elzinga S, Noureldein M, Guo K, Jang D-G, Hayes J, Henn R, Webber-Davis I, Mendelson F, Parent R, Rigan D, Allouch A, Turfah A, Zhao L, Murphy G, Hur J, Feldman EL. Journal of the Neurological Sciences, 2023 Dec; 455: 121055 DOI:10.1016/j.jns.2023.121055
    • Journal Article
      High emotional reactivity is associated with activation of a molecularly distinct hippocampal-amygdala circuit modulated by the glucocorticoid receptor.
      Wei Q, Kumar V, Moore S, Li F, Murphy GG, Watson SJ, Akil H. Neurobiol Stress, 2023 Nov; 27: 100581 DOI:10.1016/j.ynstr.2023.100581
      PMID: 37928820
    • Journal Article
      Subregional Differences in Medium Spiny Neuron Intrinsic Excitability Properties between Nucleus Accumbens Core and Shell in Male Rats.
      Maria-Rios CE, Murphy GG, Morrow JD. eNeuro, 2023 May; 10 (5): DOI:10.1523/ENEURO.0432-22.2023
      PMID: 37156609
    • Journal Article
      Age-related deficits in neuronal physiology and cognitive function are recapitulated in young mice overexpressing the L-type calcium channel, CaV 1.3.
      Moore SJ, Cazares VA, Temme SJ, Murphy GG. Aging Cell, 2023 Mar; 22 (3): e13781 DOI:10.1111/acel.13781
      PMID: 36703244