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Dwayne W. Godwin, Ph.D.

Professor, Neurobiology & Anatomy
Institute for Regenerative Medicine
Physiology & Pharmacology
Neurology

Clinical Specialties

Electroencephalography, Epilepsy, Neurology (general)

Contact Information

Academic: 336-716-9437 | Department: 336-716-9437

Email: dgodwin@wakehealth.edu

Education & Training

B.A., University of West Florida , 1985
Ph.D., University of Alabama-Birmingham , 1992
Fellowship, SUNY-Stony Brook, 1994

Memberships

Society for Neuroscience
Am Epilepsy Society

Dwayne W. Godwin, Ph.D.

Professor, Neurobiology & Anatomy Institute for Regenerative Medicine
Physiology & Pharmacology
Neurology

Research Interests

epidemiology, hypertension, surgery/trauma/burns/trauma, vascular diseases

Contact Information

Academic: 336-716-9437 | Department: 336-716-9437

Email: dgodwin@wakehealth.edu

Recent Publications

Wiggins WF, Graef JD, Huitt TW, Godwin DW. Ethosuximide reduces ethanol withdrawal-mediated disruptions in sleep-related EEG patterns. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2013;37(3):372-382.

Alexander GM, Graef JD, Hammarback JA, Nordskog BK, Burnett EJ, Daunais JB, Bennett AJ, Friedman DP, Suomi SJ, Godwin DW. Disruptions in serotonergic regulation of cortical glutamate release in primate insular cortex in response to chronic ethanol and nursery rearing. Neuroscience. 2012;207():167-181.

Rowland J, Stapleton-Kotloski J, Kotloski R, Taber KH, Godwin DW. The effect of posttraumatic stress disorder on decision making networks: a magnetoencephalography (meg) study [abstract]. Soc Neurosci Abstr. 2012;2012(Neuroscience Meeting Planner):.

Stapleton-Kotloski JR, Rowland JA, Godwin DW, Daunais JB. Functional neuroimaging of sensory gating in vervet monkey using magnetoencephalography (MEG) [abstract]. Soc Neurosci Abstr. 2012;2012(Neuroscience Meeting Planner):.

Pattison LP, Aston ER, Riegle MA, Rose JH, Spence TE, Skelly MJ, Johnston W III, Haynes K, Bach S, Godwin DW. Wake Forest University's brain awareness council: illuminating minds, one brain at a time [abstract]. Soc Neurosci Abstr. 2012;2012(Neuroscience Meeting Planner):.

Graef JD, Huit TW, Nordskog BK, Hammarback JH, Godwin DW. Disrupted thalamic T-type Ca2+ channel expression and function during ethanol exposure and withdrawal. J Neurophysiol. 2011;105(2):528-540.

Godwin D, Cham J. The iron horse [magazine article]. Scientific American Mind. 2011;21(6):72.

Godwin D, Cham J. I think, therefore...I scan? [magazine article]. Scientific American Mind. 2011;22(1):72.

Godwin D, Cham J. Driven to distraction [magazine article]. Scientific American Mind. 2011;22(2):C3.

Godwin D, Cham J. It came from the third dimension [magazine article]. Scientific American Mind. 2011;22(3):72.

Klorig DC, Godwin DW. Solutions for a sticky situation: novel magnetic connectors for chronic experiments in vivo [abstract]. Soc Neurosci Abstr. 2011;2011(Neuroscience Meeting Planner):305.17.

Riegle M, Caulder EH, Godwin DW. Alcohol withdrawal seizure severity is reduced by ethosuximide, a T-type calcium channel antagonist [abstract]. Soc Neurosci Abstr. 2011;2011(Neuroscience Meeting Planner):570.08.

Godwin D, Cham J. Franklin to Frankenstein [magazine article]. Scientific American Mind. 2011;22(5):76.

Godwin D, Cham J. Illuminating thoughts [magazine article]. Scientific American Mind. 2011;22(4):74.

Graef JD, Godwin DW. Intrinsic plasticity in acquired epilepsy: too much of a good thing?. Neuroscientist. 2010;16(5):487-495.

Graef JD, Alexander GM, Hammarback JA, Nordskog BK, Burnett EJ, Daunais JB, Friedman DP, Godwin DW. Disruptions in serotonergic regulation of cortical glutamate release in primate insular cortex in response to chronic ethanol and early life stress [abstract]. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2010;34(6 Suppl 2):28A.

Graef JD, Huitt TW, Hammarback JH, Nordskog BK, Godwin DW. Disrupted thalamic T-type Ca2+ channel expression and function during ethanol exposure and withdrawal [abstract]. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2010;34(6 Suppl 2):139A.

Shan H, Hammarback JA, Godwin DW. Sensitivity of T-type current in rat sensory neurons to ethanol [abstract]. Soc Neurosci Abstr. 2010;2010(Neuroscience Meeting Planner):.

Caulder EH, Riegle MA, Godwin D. Group 2 metabotropic glutamate receptor activation after pilocarpine administration inhibits status epilepticus [abstract]. Soc Neurosci Abstr. 2010;2010(Neuroscience Meeting Planner):.

Godwin D, Cham J. Too much coffee? [magazine article]. Scientific American Mind. 2010;20(7):.

Godwin D, Cham J. Time to think [magazine article]. Scientific American Mind. 2010;21(1):.

Godwin D, Cham J. Counting heads [magazine article]. Scientific American Mind. 2010;21(2):.

Godwin D, Cham J. Neandering genes [magazine article]. Scientific American Mind. 2010;21(4):72.

Godwin D, Cham J. Achieving nerve-vana [magazine article]. Scientific American Mind. 2010;21(5):72.

Godwin D, Cham J. The calamari connection [magazine article]. Scientific American Mind. 2010;21(3):.

Graef JD, Nordskog BK, Wiggins WF, Godwin DW. An acquired channelopathy involving thalamic T-type Ca2+ channels after status epilepticus. J Neurosci. 2009;29(14):4430-4441.

McCauley AK, Frank ST, Godwin DW. Brainstem nitrergic innervation of the mouse visual thalamus. Brain Res. 2009;1278():34-49.

Wilson TW, Godwin DW, Czoty PW, Nader MA, Kraft RA, Buchheimer NC, Daunais JB. A MEG investigation of somatosensory processing in the rhesus monkey. Neuroimage. 2009;46(4):998-1003.

Dong C, Godwin DW, Brennan PA, Hegde AN. Protein kinase Calpha mediates a novel form of plasticity in the accessory olfactory bulb. Neuroscience. 2009;163(3):811-824.

Hegde AN, Godwin DW, Brennan PA, Dong C. Coincidence detection by protein kinase Calpha in the accessory olfactory bulb suggests a model for a novel form of synaptic plasticity underlying single-trial learning [abstract]. Soc Neurosci Abstr. 2009;2009(Neuroscience Meeting Planner):.

Caulder EH, Godwin D. Activation of Group 2 metabotropic glutamate receptors inhibits status epilepticus [abstract]. Soc Neurosci Abstr. 2009;2009(Neuroscience Meeting Planner):.

Graef JD, Godwin DW. Acquired channelopathies involving T-type Ca2+ channel CaV3.2 in CNS models of seizure [abstract]. Soc Neurosci Abstr. 2009;2009(Neuroscience Meeting Planner):.

Shan H, Graef JD, Godwin DW. Acute effects of ethanol on CaV3.2 channels are mediated through PKC [abstract]. Soc Neurosci Abstr. 2009;2009(Neuroscience Meeting Planner):.

Godwin DW, Graef JD. A rising tide of calcium channels in acquired epilepsy [editorial]. Future Neurol. 2009;4(6):679-682.

Godwin D, Cham J. Artificial intelligence? [magazine article]. Scientific American Mind. 2009;20(6):.

Godwin D, Cham J. Headaches. Scientific American Mind. 2009;20(5):76.

Godwin D, Cham J. Your aging brain [magazine article]. Scientific American Mind. 2009;20(4):C3.

Shan HQ, Graef JD, Godwin DW. Selective sensitivity of CaV3.2 T-type calcium channels to ethanol [abstract]. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2008;32(6 Suppl 1):28A.

Graef JD, Klorig D, Godwin DW. Functional upregulation of the CaV3.2 (T-type) calcium channel during alcohol withdrawal [abstract]. Soc Neurosci Abstr. 2008;2008(Neuroscience Meeting Planner):.

Shan H, Graef JD, Godwin DW. Ethanol selectively modulates T-type calcium channel CaV3.2 [abstract]. Soc Neurosci Abstr. 2008;2008(Neuroscience Meeting Planner):.

Huitt TW, Stapleton-Kotloski JR, O'Donovan CA, Wiggins WF, Wilson TW, Godwin DW. Imaging childhood absence epilepsy with magnetoencephalography [abstract]. Soc Neurosci Abstr. 2008;2008(Neuroscience Meeting Planner):.

Hodgin EL, Huitt T, Graef J, Conn PJ, Godwin D. Metabotropic glutamate receptor 2 activation reduces SWD and spontaneous cortical activity in the lethargic mouse model [abstract]. Soc Neurosci Abstr. 2008;2008(Neuroscience Meeting Planner):.

Godwin DW, Cham JG. Comics! An approachable neuroscience education medium [abstract]. Soc Neurosci Abstr. 2008;2008(Neuroscience Meeting Planner):.

Huitt T, Hodgin E, Graef J, Conn PJ, Godwin DW. Metabotropic glutamate receptor 2 activation reduces spike-wave discharges and spontaneous cortical activity in the lethargic mouse model [abstract]. Epilepsia. 2008;49(Suppl 7):345.

Stapleton-Kotloski J, Huitt T, O'Donovan CA, Wiggins WF, Wilson TW, Godwin D. Imaging childhood absence epilepsy with magnetoencephalography [abstract]. Epilepsia. 2008;49(Suppl 7):412.

Graef JD, Nordskog BK, Hammarback JA, Shan HQ, Godwin DW. Alterations in T-type calcium channels during ethanol withdrawal [abstract]. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2007;31(6 Suppl):143A.

Graef JD, Nordskog BN, Hammarback JA, Shan H, Godwin DW. Alterations in thalamic T-type calcium channels during ethanol withdrawal [abstract]. Soc Neurosci Abstr. 2007;2007(Abstr Viewer):.

Nordskog BK, Hammarback JA, Godwin DW. Diurnal gene expression patterns of T-type calcium channels and their modulation by ethanol. Neuroscience. 2006;141(3):1365-1373.

Alexander GM, Godwin DW. Metabotropic glutamate receptors as a strategic target for the treatment of epilepsy. Epilepsy Res. 2006;71(1):1-22.

Alexander GM, Godwin DW. Unique presynaptic and postsynaptic roles of Group II metabotropic glutamate receptors in the modulation of thalamic network activity. Neuroscience. 2006;141(1):501-513.

Carden WB, Alexander GM, Friedman DP, Daunais JB, Grant KA, Mu J, Godwin DW. Chronic ethanol drinking reduces native T-type calcium current in the thalamus of nonhuman primates. Brain Res. 2006;1089():92-100.

Alexander GM, Carden WB, Mu J, Kurukulasuriya NC, McCool BA, Nordskog BK, Friedman DP, Daunais JB, Grant KA, Godwin DW. The native T-type calcium current in relay neurons of the primate thalamus. Neuroscience. 2006;141(1):453-461.

Alexander GM, Kurukulasuriya NC, Mu J, Godwin DW. Cortical feedback to the thalamus is selectively enhanced by nitric oxide. Neuroscience. 2006;142(1):223-234.

Nordskog BK, Hammarback JA, Godwin DW. T-type calcium channels are upregulated during ethanol withdrawal [abstract]. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2006;30(6 Suppl):21A.

Alexander GM, Godwin DW. Corticothalamic transmission is reduced in the mouse thalamus by group II metabotropic glutamate receptors [abstract]. Soc Neurosci Abstr. 2006;2006(Abstr Viewer):.

Nordskog BK, Alexander GM, Hammarback JA, Mathews TA, Jones SR, Fisher TL, Godwin DW. Alterations in the molecular physiology of T-type calcium channels during ethanol withdrawal [abstract]. Soc Neurosci Abstr. 2006;2006(Abstr Viewer):.

Graef JD, Nordskog BK, Godwin DW. Increased thalamic T-type calcium channel gene expression in a pilocarpine model of epilepsy [abstract]. Soc Neurosci Abstr. 2006;2006(Abstr Viewer):.