George McConnell

• PhD (2008) Georgia Institute of Technology (Bioengineering)
• BS (2003) Drexel University (Biomedical Engineering)
• MS (2003) Drexel University (Biomedical Engineering)

• BME Graduate Curriculum Committee Member
• BME PhD Program Committee Member
• Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) Member
• Academic Appeals Committee Member
• Academic Operations and Affairs Committee Member
• BME TT Faculty Search Committee Member
• BME Faculty Search Committee Member

• Frontiers in Neuroscience Topic Editor

• BMES – Biomedical Engineering Society Member
• SfN – Society for Neuroscience Member

Book Chapter

1. Li, H.; McConnell, G.; Vinjamuri, R. (2020). Deep brain stimulation for gait and postural disturbances in Parkinson's disease. Advances in Motor Neuroprostheses (pp. 101-122). New York, NY: Springer.
   https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-38740-2_7.

Conference Proceeding

1. Li, H.; McConnell, G. (2019). Proceedings #8: Microstimulation evoked neuronal activity in the substantia nigra pars reticulata in anesthetized rats. Brain stimulation (2 ed., vol. 12, pp. e66-e68).

Journal Article

1. Boltcreed, E.; Ersöz, A.; Han, M.; McConnell, G. C. (2024). Short-term effects of gamma stimulation on neuroinflammation at the tissue-electrode interface in motor cortex. Neuromodulation: Technology at the Neural Interface (3 ed., vol. 27, pp. 500-508).
   https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neurom.2023.11.003.
2. Sahin, M.; Meehan, S. K.; McConnell, G. C. (2024). Editorial: Pathway to recovery: Understanding the plastic changes in neural circuits leading to recovery. Frontiers in Neuroscience (vol. 18).
   https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2024.1411938.
3. DeAngelo, V.; Gehan, A.; Paliwal, S.; Ho, K.; Hilliard, J. D.; Chiang, C.; Viventi, J.; McConnell, G. C. (2024). Cerebellar activity in hemi-Parkinsonian rats during volitional gait and freezing. Brain Communications (5 ed., vol. 6, pp. fcae246).
   https://doi.org/10.1093/braincomms/fcae246.
4. DeAngelo, V.; Hilliard, J. D.; Chiang, C.; Viventi, J.; McConnell, G. C. (2024). Cerebellar activity in PINK1 knockout rats during volitional gait. Brain Communications (5 ed., vol. 6, pp. fcae249).
   https://doi.org/10.1093/braincomms/fcae249.
5. McConnell, G. C.; Leung, L. S. (2023). Editorial: 90th anniversary of the Sherrington and Adrian Nobel Prize: Brain rhythms and oscillations in neural activity modulation, brain function and dysfunction. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience (vol. 17, pp. 1332956).
   https://doi.org/10.3389/fncel.2023.1332956.
6. DeAngelo, V.; Hilliard, J. D.; McConnell, G. C. (2022). Dopaminergic but not cholinergic neurodegeneration is correlated with gait disturbances in PINK1 knockout rats. Behavioural Brain Research (vol. 417, pp. 113575).
   https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2021.113575.
7. Santaniello, S.; McConnell, G. C.; Gale, J. T.; Faghih, R. T.; Kemere, C.; Hilliard, J. D.; Han, M. (2021). Editorial: Towards the next generation of deep brain stimulation therapies: Technological advancements, computational methods, and new targets. Frontiers in Neuroscience (vol. 15, pp. 737737).
   https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2021.737737.
8. Li, H.; McConnell, G. C. (2020). Intraoperative microelectrode recordings in substantia nigra pars reticulata in anesthetized rats. Frontiers in Neuroscience (vol. 14, pp. 367).
   https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2020.00367.

Preprint

1. DeAngelo, V.; Gehan, A.; Paliwal, S.; Ho, K.; Hilliard, . D.; Chiang, C.; Viventi, J.; McConnell, G. C. (2023). Cerebellar Activity in Hemi-Parkinsonian Rats during Volitional Gait and Freezing. bioRxiv.
   https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.02.28.530475v1.
2. DeAngelo, V. M.; Hilliard, J. D.; Chiang, C.; Viventi, J.; McConnell, G. C. (2023). Cerebellar Activity in PINK1 Knockout Rats during Volitional Gait. bioRxiv.
   https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.02.28.530534v1.
3. DeAngelo, V. M.; Hilliard, J. D.; McConnell, G. C. (2021). Dopaminergic but not Cholinergic Neurodegeneration is Correlated with Gait Disturbances in PINK1 Knockout Rats. bioRxiv.
   https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.04.15.440072v1.