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David Blake

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David Blake

Professor

Academic Appointment(s)

Medical College of Georgia
Department of Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine

Medical College of Georgia
Department of Neurology

Administration
Department of The Graduate School

  • DBLAKE@augusta.edu
  • (706) 721-9399
  • (706) 721-8000
  • CA 4002

Education

  • Ph.D., Neurobiology and Anatomy Johns Hopkins University, 1995

  • BS, Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering Duke University, 1990

Courses Taught Most Recent Academic Year

  • MEDI 6320

    Brain, Behavior, & Movement

  • NURO 8080

    Foundations of Leadership

  • MEDI 6330

    Healthcare Across the Lifespan

  • NURO 9210

    Inv of a Problem in Neuro

  • BMNN 5101

    Nervous Sys & Neuroscience

  • NURO 8082

    Neuroscience II

  • BIOM 8080

    Neuroscience I

Teaching Interests

My teaching includes lecturing in Neuro 1 and 2 in the School of Graduate Studies, lectures in the 3rd semester of Medical School and Case Based Learning preceptor in the 3rd semester Medical School, and lectures to the Dental School. In addition, I co-created the Foundations of Leadership course for graduate students, postdocs, and residents.

Scholarship

Selected Recent Publications

  • Chronic basal forebrain activation improves spatial memory, boosts neurotrophin receptor expression, and lowers BACE1 and Aβ42 levels in the cerebral cortex in mice., 2023
    Journal Article, Academic Journal
  • Rhythmicity of Prefrontal Local Field Potentials after Nucleus Basalis Stimulation., 2022
    Journal Article, Academic Journal
  • Protocol for behavioral and neural recording during stimulation of the macaque monkey nucleus basalis., 2022
    Journal Article, Academic Journal
  • Prefrontal cortical plasticity during learning of cognitive tasks., 2022
    Journal Article, Academic Journal
  • Development and Characterization of a Micromagnetic Alternative to Cochlear Implant Electrode Arrays., 2022
    Journal Article, Academic Journal

Research Interests

Current research focuses on neuromodulation and its impacts on cognition and the cerebral cortex. Most work uses basal forebrain stimulation to improve executive function.