Gene Gurkoff • UC Davis Profiles

Gene G Gurkoff

Title(s)	Associate Professor, Neurological Surgery
School	School of Medicine
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Research

Research Activities and Funding

PRECISE-TBI: PRE-Clinical Interagency reSearch resourcE-TBI
VA/BLRD I50BX005878Oct 1, 2021 - Sep 30, 2026
Role: Co-Director of the Field TBI Core
Description: The major goal of this program award is to start an Interagency Resource Center Supporting Preclinical TBI Research. The program is made up of six cores including: Administrative, Preclinical Models, Common Data Elements, Informatics, Blast and Field TBI.

Restoring functional connectivity following TBI
NIH/NINDS R01NS084026Feb 15, 2014 - Jan 31, 2019
Role: Principal Investigator

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Publications

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The Rehabilitation Potential of Neurostimulation for Mild Traumatic Brain Injury in Animal and Human Studies. Brain Sci. 2023 Sep 30; 13(10). McNerney MW, Gurkoff GG, Beard C, Berryhill ME. PMID: 37891771; PMCID: PMC10605899.

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Novel image analysis tool for rapid screening of cell morphology in preclinical animal models of disease. Heliyon. 2023 Feb; 9(2):e13449. Guignet M, Schmuck M, Harvey DJ, Nguyen D, Bruun D, Echeverri A, Gurkoff G, Lein PJ. PMID: 36873154; PMCID: PMC9975095.

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Identification of Demographic and Clinical Prognostic Factors in Traumatic Intraventricular Hemorrhage. Neurocrit Care. 2023 02; 38(1):149-157. Scurfield AK, Wilson MD, Gurkoff G, Martin R, Shahlaie K. PMID: 36050537; PMCID: PMC9957945.

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Cri Critical Care Neu Neurology
Translation:Humans
Moderate and severe TBI in children and adolescents: The effects of age, sex, and injury severity on patient outcome 6 months after injury. Front Neurol. 2022; 13:741717. Kennedy L, Nuno M, Gurkoff GG, Nosova K, Zwienenberg M. PMID: 35989939; PMCID: PMC9382186.

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Sustained ICP Elevation Is a Driver of Spatial Memory Deficits After Intraventricular Hemorrhage and Leads to Activation of Distinct Microglial Signaling Pathways. Transl Stroke Res. 2023 08; 14(4):572-588. Puglisi CH, Ander BP, Peterson C, Keiter JA, Hull H, Hawk CW, Kalistratova VS, Izadi A, Gurkoff GG, Sharp FR, Waldau B. PMID: 35821378; PMCID: PMC9834439.

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Bra Brain Vas Vascular Diseases
Translation:Animals Cells
Combined Inhibition of Fyn and c-Src Protects Hippocampal Neurons and Improves Spatial Memory via ROCK after Traumatic Brain Injury. J Neurotrauma. 2022 04; 39(7-8):520-529. Ye Z, Izadi A, Gurkoff GG, Rickerl K, Sharp FR, Ander BP, Bauer SZ, Lui A, Lyeth BG, Liu D. PMID: 35109711; PMCID: PMC8978569.

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Neu Neurology Tra Traumatology
Translation:Animals Cells
Transcriptional Pathology Evolves over Time in Rat Hippocampus after Lateral Fluid Percussion Traumatic Brain Injury. Neurotrauma Rep. 2021; 2(1):512-525. Catta-Preta R, Zdilar I, Jenner B, Doisy ET, Tercovich K, Nord AS, Gurkoff GG. PMID: 34909768; PMCID: PMC8667199.

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Sex-specific acute and chronic neurotoxicity of acute diisopropylfluorophosphate (DFP)-intoxication in juvenile Sprague-Dawley rats. Curr Res Toxicol. 2021; 2:341-356. González EA, Calsbeek JJ, Tsai YH, Tang MY, Andrew P, Vu J, Berg EL, Saito NH, Harvey DJ, Supasai S, Gurkoff GG, Silverman JL, Lein PJ. PMID: 34622217; PMCID: PMC8484742.

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Early Intervention via Stimulation of the Medial Septal Nucleus Improves Cognition and Alters Markers of Epileptogenesis in Pilocarpine-Induced Epilepsy. Front Neurol. 2021; 12:708957. Izadi A, Schedlbauer A, Ondek K, Disse G, Ekstrom AD, Cowen SL, Shahlaie K, Gurkoff GG. PMID: 34557145; PMCID: PMC8452867.

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Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage survivors show long-term deficits in spatial reference memory in a pilot study of a virtual water maze paradigm. Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2021 08; 207:106788. Sanchez B, Delemos CD, Sandhu KS, Peterson C, Cord BJ, Gurkoff GG, Waldau B. PMID: 34230004.

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Neu Neurology Neu Neurosurgery
Translation:Humans
Recovery of Theta Frequency Oscillations in Rats Following Lateral Fluid Percussion Corresponds With a Mild Cognitive Phenotype. Front Neurol. 2020; 11:600171. Ondek K, Pevzner A, Tercovich K, Schedlbauer AM, Izadi A, Ekstrom AD, Cowen SL, Shahlaie K, Gurkoff GG. PMID: 33343499; PMCID: PMC7746872.

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An implantable helmet for studying repeat TBI. MethodsX. 2020; 7:101142. Ondek K, Lucero S, Zwienenberg M, Gurkoff G. PMID: 33318954; PMCID: PMC7726661.

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Mechanical injury and blood are drivers of spatial memory deficits after rapid intraventricular hemorrhage. Neurobiol Dis. 2020 11; 145:105084. Kamal K, Keiter JA, Binyamin TR, de la Cruz Dapula JN, Vergara AR, Hawk CW, Izadi A, Lyeth B, Gurkoff GG, Sharp FR, Waldau B. PMID: 32941979; PMCID: PMC8478407.

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Neu Neurology
Translation:Animals
A new model of repeat mTBI in adolescent rats. Exp Neurol. 2020 09; 331:113360. Ondek K, Brevnova O, Jimenez-Ornelas C, Vergara A, Zwienenberg M, Gurkoff G. PMID: 32442552.

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Neu Neurology
Translation:Animals
From adagio to allegretto: The changing tempo of theta frequencies in epilepsy and its relation to interneuron function. Neurobiol Dis. 2019 09; 129:169-181. Moxon KA, Shahlaie K, Girgis F, Saez I, Kennedy J, Gurkoff GG. PMID: 30798003.

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Neu Neurology
Translation:Humans Animals Cells
Medial septal stimulation increases seizure threshold and improves cognition in epileptic rats. Brain Stimul. 2019 May - Jun; 12(3):735-742. Izadi A, Pevzner A, Lee DJ, Ekstrom AD, Shahlaie K, Gurkoff GG. PMID: 30733144.

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Bra Brain
Translation:Animals
Clinically indicated electrical stimulation strategies to treat patients with medically refractory epilepsy. Epilepsia Open. 2018 Dec; 3(Suppl Suppl 2):198-209. Izadi A, Ondek K, Schedlbauer A, Keselman I, Shahlaie K, Gurkoff G. PMID: 30564779; PMCID: PMC6293066.

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Neu Neurology
A pilot study of subthalamic theta frequency deep brain stimulation for cognitive dysfunction in Parkinson's disease. Brain Stimul. 2018 Mar - Apr; 11(2):456-458. Scangos KW, Carter CS, Gurkoff G, Zhang L, Shahlaie K. PMID: 29203130.

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Bra Brain
Stimulation of the medial septum improves performance in spatial learning following pilocarpine-induced status epilepticus. Epilepsy Res. 2017 02; 130:53-63. Lee DJ, Izadi A, Melnik M, Seidl S, Echeverri A, Shahlaie K, Gurkoff GG. PMID: 28152425.

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Bra Brain Neu Neurology
Translation:Animals
Making Waves in the Brain: What Are Oscillations, and Why Modulating Them Makes Sense for Brain Injury. Front Syst Neurosci. 2016; 10:30. Pevzner A, Izadi A, Lee DJ, Shahlaie K, Gurkoff GG. PMID: 27092062; PMCID: PMC4823270.

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Memory Disruption Following Traumatic Brain Injury. . 2016 Jan 1; 283-320. Berman BR, Lyeth LB, Shahlaie SK, Gurkoff GG. .

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Impairments in precision, rather than spatial strategy, characterize performance on the virtual Morris Water Maze: A case study. Neuropsychologia. 2016 Jan 08; 80:90-101. Kolarik BS, Shahlaie K, Hassan A, Borders AA, Kaufman KC, Gurkoff G, Yonelinas AP, Ekstrom AD. PMID: 26593960; PMCID: PMC4698252.

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Neu Neurology Psy Psychology
Translation:Humans
Septohippocampal Neuromodulation Improves Cognition after Traumatic Brain Injury. J Neurotrauma. 2015 Nov 15; 32(22):1822-32. Lee DJ, Gurkoff GG, Izadi A, Seidl SE, Echeverri A, Melnik M, Berman RF, Ekstrom AD, Muizelaar JP, Lyeth BG, Shahlaie K. PMID: 26096267; PMCID: PMC4702430.

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Neu Neurology Tra Traumatology
Translation:Animals
Intracerebroventricular opiate infusion for refractory head and facial pain. World J Clin Cases. 2014 Aug 16; 2(8):351-6. Lee DJ, Gurkoff GG, Goodarzi A, Muizelaar JP, Boggan JE, Shahlaie K. PMID: 25133146; PMCID: PMC4133425.

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Voltage-gated calcium channel antagonists and traumatic brain injury. Pharmaceuticals (Basel). 2013 Jun 26; 6(7):788-812. Gurkoff G, Shahlaie K, Lyeth B, Berman R. PMID: 24276315; PMCID: PMC3816709.

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A comparative study of human and rat hippocampal low-frequency oscillations during spatial navigation. Hippocampus. 2013 Aug; 23(8):656-661. Watrous AJ, Lee DJ, Izadi A, Gurkoff GG, Shahlaie K, Ekstrom AD. PMID: 23520039; PMCID: PMC4068262.

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Bra Brain
Translation:Humans Animals
NAAG peptidase inhibitor improves motor function and reduces cognitive dysfunction in a model of TBI with secondary hypoxia. Brain Res. 2013 Jun 17; 1515:98-107. Gurkoff GG, Feng JF, Van KC, Izadi A, Ghiasvand R, Shahlaie K, Song M, Lowe DA, Zhou J, Lyeth BG. PMID: 23562458; PMCID: PMC3672358.

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Bra Brain
Translation:Animals
Evaluation of metric, topological, and temporal ordering memory tasks after lateral fluid percussion injury. J Neurotrauma. 2013 Feb 15; 30(4):292-300. Gurkoff GG, Gahan JD, Ghiasvand RT, Hunsaker MR, Van K, Feng JF, Shahlaie K, Berman RF, Lyeth BG, Folkerts MM. PMID: 23140483.

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Neu Neurology Tra Traumatology
Translation:Animals
Medial septal nucleus theta frequency deep brain stimulation improves spatial working memory after traumatic brain injury. J Neurotrauma. 2013 Jan 15; 30(2):131-9. Lee DJ, Gurkoff GG, Izadi A, Berman RF, Ekstrom AD, Muizelaar JP, Lyeth BG, Shahlaie K. PMID: 23016534.

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Neu Neurology Tra Traumatology
Translation:Animals
Neuroprotective effects of SNX-185 in an in vitro model of TBI with a second insult. Restor Neurol Neurosci. 2013; 31(2):141-53. Shahlaie K, Gurkoff GG, Lyeth BG, Muizelaar JP, Berman RF. PMID: 23247061.

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Neu Neurology
Translation:Animals Cells
NAAG peptidase inhibitor reduces cellular damage in a model of TBI with secondary hypoxia. Brain Res. 2012 Aug 21; 1469:144-52. Feng JF, Gurkoff GG, Van KC, Song M, Lowe DA, Zhou J, Lyeth BG. PMID: 22750589; PMCID: PMC3424068.

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Bra Brain
Translation:Animals Cells
In vitro mechanical strain trauma alters neuronal calcium responses: Implications for posttraumatic epilepsy. Epilepsia. 2012 Jun; 53 Suppl 1:53-60. Gurkoff GG, Shahlaie K, Lyeth BG. PMID: 22612809.

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Bra Brain Neu Neurology
Translation:Animals Cells
Post-traumatic hypoxia exacerbates neuronal cell death in the hippocampus. J Neurotrauma. 2012 Apr 10; 29(6):1167-79. Feng JF, Zhao X, Gurkoff GG, Van KC, Shahlaie K, Lyeth BG. PMID: 22191636; PMCID: PMC3325587.

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Neu Neurology Tra Traumatology
Translation:Animals Cells
Post-injury administration of NAAG peptidase inhibitor prodrug, PGI-02776, in experimental TBI. Brain Res. 2011 Jun 13; 1395:62-73. Feng JF, Van KC, Gurkoff GG, Kopriva C, Olszewski RT, Song M, Sun S, Xu M, Neale JH, Yuen PW, Lowe DA, Zhou J, Lyeth BG. PMID: 21565332; PMCID: PMC3105192.

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Bra Brain
Translation:Animals
Pharmacological enhancement of glutamate transport reduces excitotoxicity in vitro. Restor Neurol Neurosci. 2011; 29(5):331-46. Beller JA, Gurkoff GG, Berman RF, Lyeth BG. PMID: 21846950.

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Neu Neurology
Translation:Animals Cells
Neuroprotective effects of selective N-type VGCC blockade on stretch-injury-induced calcium dynamics in cortical neurons. J Neurotrauma. 2010 Jan; 27(1):175-87. Shahlaie K, Lyeth BG, Gurkoff GG, Muizelaar JP, Berman RF. PMID: 19772476; PMCID: PMC2824229.

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Neu Neurology Tra Traumatology
Translation:Animals Cells
Acute neuroprotection to pilocarpine-induced seizures is not sustained after traumatic brain injury in the developing rat. Neuroscience. 2009 Dec 01; 164(2):862-76. Gurkoff GG, Giza CC, Shin D, Auvin S, Sankar R, Hovda DA. PMID: 19695311; PMCID: PMC2762013.

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Neu Neurology
Translation:Animals Cells
HDAC inhibitor increases histone H3 acetylation and reduces microglia inflammatory response following traumatic brain injury in rats. Brain Res. 2008 Aug 21; 1226:181-91. Zhang B, West EJ, Van KC, Gurkoff GG, Zhou J, Zhang XM, Kozikowski AP, Lyeth BG. PMID: 18582446; PMCID: PMC2652585.

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Bra Brain
Translation:Animals Cells
Essential protective roles of reactive astrocytes in traumatic brain injury. Brain. 2006 Oct; 129(Pt 10):2761-72. Myer DJ, Gurkoff GG, Lee SM, Hovda DA, Sofroniew MV. PMID: 16825202.

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Bra Brain Neu Neurology
Translation:Animals Cells
Lateral fluid percussion injury in the developing rat causes an acute, mild behavioral dysfunction in the absence of significant cell death. Brain Res. 2006 Mar 10; 1077(1):24-36. Gurkoff GG, Giza CC, Hovda DA. PMID: 16490184.

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Bra Brain
Translation:Animals Cells