2025-04-14 Finding aid for the George F. Martin, PhD Papers Finding aid prepared by Kristin Rodgers Medical Heritage Center
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July 12 – 18, 2011 Finding aid encoded by Lisa Wood in 2025 Finding aid written in English Overview of the Collection Medical Heritage Center Martin, George F. George F. Martin, PhD Papers 1.0 linear feet The George F. Martin, PhD Papers (1 linear foot) contains article reprints, photographs, and a CV of Martin. SPEC.201117.MARTIN The records are in English English 1970-2001 Biography

George F. Martin was born February 20, 1937 in Englewood, New Jersey. He married Muriel Joy Brandkamp on August 13, 1960 and they have two children, George and Laurie.

He earned his BS in biology from Bob Jones University in Greenville, South Carolina and from the University of Alabama his MS in 1963 and his PhD in 1965.

Martin served as a professor and researcher in the Department of Anatomy at the Ohio State University from 1965 until 2000. He directed over a dozen courses in the dental and medical school throughout his career, but his major teaching was in neuroscience and neuroanatomy. His received numerous grants from the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health (NIH). He also received a Javits Award from the NIH (1987-1994). The Senator Jacob Javits Awards in the Neurosciences is a conditional, seven-year research grant given to scientists for their superior competence and outstanding productivity. Javits Awards provide long-term support to investigators with a history of exceptional talent, imagination, and preeminent scientific achievement.

Martin’s research largely in opossums, has involved comparative neurology and developmental neurobiology, with interest in the development of the spinal cord and in spinal cord injury. Martin has authored 154 publications and 107 abstracts.

Martin served on many Ohio State committees as well as many national ones. Some of his national work included serving on the Executive Committee of the American Association of Anatomists and as Chair of its Nomenclature Committee. He also served as a member of the NIH site visit teams, scientific review sessions, and the chair of special study sessions for the National Institutes of Health.

Martin was the recipient of the first Ohio State University Distinguished Teaching Award in the basic sciences, and essentially every year since received a Distinguished Teaching Award from the medical class. He received a Distinguished Scholar Award from Ohio State in 1989. He was Pre-Clincal Professor of the Year from the medical school class of 1992, and Professor of the Year in 1991. He was named a Presidential Professor (renamed Distinguished Professor in 1995) by Ohio State in 1991. He was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society, although he was not a physician, as a symbol of the esteem with which he is held by the students in that honorary society. The OSU Health Sciences post-doctoral fellowship association established an annual lecture in his name.

 Scope and Content

The George F. Martin, PhD Papers (1 linear foot) contains article reprints, photographs, and a CV of Martin.

 Statement of Arrangement

The collection is arranged alphabetically. The reprints are arranged by year and then alphabetically within that year.

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The collection is open to the public and is available for viewing in the Medical Heritage Center. Materials do not circulate and must be used in the supervised reading room. Restrictions, including copyright, may exist and some materials may be too fragile to photocopy or digitize. The MHC charges for duplication services, which must be performed by staff.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], George F. Martin, PhD Papers, SPEC.201117.MARTIN, Medical Heritage Center, Health Sciences Library, The Ohio State University.

 Detailed Description of The Collection

1 1 Curriculum Vitae 2001 1 2 Photographs undated 1 3 Reprint: Rubrobulbar Projections of the Opossum (Didelphis virginiana) 1970 1 4 Reprint: The projections of the Deep Cerebellar Nuclei of the Opossum, Didelphis marsupialis virginiana 1973 1 5 Reprint: The Organization of Projection Neurons in the Opossum Red Nucleus 1974 1 6 Reprint: The Direct Spinal Area of the Inferior Olivary Nucleus: An Electron Microscopic Study 1975 1 7 Reprint: Functional Localization and Cortical Architecture in the Nine-banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus mexicanus) 1975 1 8 Reprint: The Inferior Olivary Nucleus of the Opossum (Didelphis marsupialis virginiana), Its Organization and Connections 1975 1 9 Reprint: A Neuroanatomical Analysis of Spinal Cord Injury in the Rhesus Monkey 1976 1 10 Reprint: The Vestibular Complex of the American Opossum Didelphis Virginiana 1977 1 11 Reprint: Evidence for Direct Bulbospinal Projections to Laminae IX, X and the Intermediolateral Cell Column. Studies using Axonal Transport Techniques in the North American Opossum 1979 1 12 Reprint: The Precise Origin of the Tectospinal Pathway in Three Common Laboratory Animals: A Study Using the Horseradish Peroxidase Method 1979 1 13 Reprint: Afferent Connections of the Inferior Olivary Nucleus with Preliminary Notes of Their Development: Studies Using the North American Opossum 1980 1 14 Reprint: The Development of Major Projections to the Inferior Olivary Nucleus 1980 1 15 Reprint: The Early Development of Corticobulbar and Corticospinal Systems 1980 1 16 Reprint: The Pontocerebellar System in the Opossum, Didelphis Virginiana 1980 1 17 Reprint: Projections from the Brain Stem Reticular Formation to Laminae I and II of the Spinal Cord. Studies using Light and Electron Microscopic Techniques in the North American Opossum 1980 1 18 Reprint: Evidence for Collateral Innervation of the Cervical and Lumbar Enlargements of the Spinal Cord by Single Reticular and Raphe Neurons. Studies using Fluorescent Markers in Double-Labeling Experiments on the North American Opossum 1981 1 19 Reprint: Organization of Projections from the Gracile, Medical Cuneate and Lateral Cuneate Nuclei in the North American Opossum 1981 1 20 Reprint: Spinal Projections from the Medullary Reticular Formation of the North American Opossum: Evidence for Connectional Heterogeneity 1981 1 21 Reprint: The Brainstem Origin of Monoaminergic Projections to the Spinal Cord of the North American Opossum: A Study Using Fluorescent Tracers and Fluorescence Histochemistry 1982 1 22 Reprint: Development of Raphe-Spinal Connections in the North American Opossum 1982 1 23 Reprint: The Origin of Brain Stem-Spinal Projections at Different Stages of Development in the North American Opossum 1982 1 24 Reprint: Raphespinal Projections in the North American Opossum: Evidence for Connectional Heterogeneity 1982 1 25 Reprint: Anatomical Demonstration of the Location and Collateralization of Rubral Neurons Which Project to the Spinal Cord, Lateral Brainstem and Inferior Olive in the North American Opossum 1983 1 26 Reprint: The Auditory Brainstem Nuclei and Some of their Projections to the Inferior Colliculus in the North American Opossum 1983 1 27 Reprint: Brainstem Projections to the Facial Nucleus of the Opossum. A Study Using Axonal Transport Techniques 1983 1 28 Reprint: Observations on the Early Development of Ascending Spinal Pathways 1983 1 29 Reprint: Collateral Innervation of the Inferior Colliculus in the North American Opossum: A Study Using Fluorescent Markers in a Double – Labeling Paradigm 1984 1 30 Reprint: The Neuronal Types and the Distribution of 5-Hydroxytryptamine and Enkephalin-like Immunoreactive Fibers in the Dorsal Cochlear Nucleus of the North American Opossum 1984 1 31 Reprint: A Study of Overlap and Collateralization of Bulbar Reticular and Raphe Neurons which Project to the Spinal Cord and Diencephalon of the North American Opossum 1984 1 32 Reprint: The Development of Commissural Connections of Somatic Motor-Sensory Areas of Neocortex in the North American Opossum 1985 1 33 Reprint: Major Projections of the Reticular Formation 1985 1 34 Reprint: An Autoradiographic Analysis of Ascending Projections from the Medullary Reticular Formation in the Rat 1986 1 35 Reprint: Observations on the Development of Descending Spinal Pathways in the North American Opossum 1986 2 1 Reprint: Development of the Basilar Pons in the North American Opossum: Dendrogenesis and Maturation of Afferent and Efferent Connections 1987 2 2 Reprint: Development of Brainstem and Cerebellar Projections to the Diencephalon with Notes on Thalamocortical Projections: Studies in the North American Opossum 1987 2 3 Reprint: Organization of Forebrain Projections from the Medullary Reticular Formation in the North American Opossum. Evidence for Connectional Heterogeneity 1987 2 4 Reprint: The Timing of Granule Cell Differentiation and Mossy Fiber Morphogenesis in the Opossum 1987 2 5 Reprint: Catecholaminergic Innervation of the Spinal Cord in the North American Opossum, Didelphis Virginiana 1988 2 6 Reprint: The Development of Selected Rubral Connections in the North American Opossum 1988 2 7 Reprint: Evidence for Developmental Plasticity of the Rubrospinal Tract. Studies Using the North American Opossum 1988 2 8 Reprint: The Origin of Projections from the Medullary Reticular Formation to the Spinal Cord, the Diencephalon and the Cerebellum at Different Stages of Development in the North American Opossum: Studies Using Single and Double Labeling Techniques 1988 2 9 Reprint: The Brainstem Origin of Enkephalin- and Substance – P – Like Immunoreactive Axons in the Spinal Cord of the North American Opossum 1989 2 10 Reprint: Developmental Plasticity of the Rubrospinal Tract in the North American Opossum 1989 2 11 Reprint: The Early Development of Major Projections to the Dorsal Striatum in the North American Opossum 1989 2 12 Reprint: Development of Catecholaminergic Projections to the Spinal Cord in the North American Opossum, Didelphis Virginiana 1990 2 13 Reprint: Origins and Terminations of Bulbospinal Axons That Contain Serotonin and Either Enkephalin or Substance-P in the North American Opossum 1990 2 14 Reprint: The Response of Rubrospinal Neurons to Axotomy in the Adult Opossum, Didelphis Virginiana 1990 2 15 Reprint: Cerebellorubral Degeneration after Resection of Cerebellar Dentate Nucleus Neoplasms: Evaluation with MR Imaging 1991 2 16 Reprint: The Development of Descending Spinal Pathways in the North American Opossum 1991 2 17 Reprint: Evidence for New Growth and Regeneration of Cut Axons in Developmental Plasticity of the Rubrospinal Tract in the North American Opossum 1991 2 18 Reprint: Ipsilaterally Projecting Rubrospinal Neurons in Adult and Developing Opossums 1991 2 19 Reprint: Organization of Midbrain Catecholamine – Containing Nuclei and Their Projections to the Striatum in the North American Opossum, Didelphis Virginiana 1991 2 20 Reprint: The Origin of Serotoninergic Projections to the Lumbosacral Spinal Cord at Different Stages of Development in the North American Opossum 1991 2 21 Reprint: The Origins of Supraspinal Projections to Lumbosacral and Cervical Levels of the Spinal Cord in the Gray Short-Tailed Brazilian Opossum, Monodelphis domestica 1991 2 22 Reprint: The Origins of Supraspinal Projections to the Cervical and Lumbar Spinal Cord at Different Stages of Development in the Gray Short-Tailed Brazilian Opossum, Monodelphis Domestica 1992 2 23 Reprint: The Response of Rubrospinal Neurons to Axotomy at Different Stages of Development in the North American Opossum 1992 2 24 Reprint: Development of an Astrocytic Response to Lesions of the Spinal Cord in the North American Opossum: An Immunohistochemical Study Using Anti-Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein 1993 2 25 Reprint: The Development of Myelin in the Spinal Cord of the North American Opossum and its Possible Role in Loss of Rubrospinal Plasticity. A Study Using Myelin Basic Protein and Galactocerebroside Immuno-Histochemistry 1993 2 26 Reprint: Development of Radial Glia and Astrocytes in the Spinal Cord of the North American Opossum (Didelphis Virginiana): An Immunohistochemical Study Using Anti-Vimentin and Anti-Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein 1993 2 27 Reprint: The Early Development of Major Projections from Caudal Levels of the Spinal Cord to the Brainstem and Cerebellum in the Gray Short-Tailed Brazilian Opossum, Monodelphis Domestica 1993 2 28 Reprint: Models of Spinal Cord Regeneration 1994 2 29 Reprint: The Distribution of GAP-43 Immunoreactivity in the Central Nervous System of Adult Opossums (Didelphis Virginiana) with Notes on their Development 1995 2 30 Reprint: Plasticity of Descending Spinal Pathways in Developing Mammals 1995 2 31 Reprint: Early Development and Developmental Plasticity of the Fasciculus Gracilis in the North American Opossum (Didelphis Virginiana) 1996 2 32 Reprint: Evidence for GAP-43 within Descending Spinal Axons in the North American Opossum, Didelphis Virginiana 1996 2 33 Reprint: Evidence for Growth of Supraspinal Axons Through the Lesion After Transection of the Thoracic Spinal Cord in the Developing Opossum Didelphis Virginiana 1996 2 34 Reprint: Growth of Dorsal Spinocerebellar Axons through a Lesion of their Spinal Pathway during Early Development in the North American Opossum, Didelphis Virginiana 1996 2 35 Reprint: Development and Developmental Plasticity of Descending Spinal Pathways in the North American Opossum, Didelphis Virginiana 1997 2 36 Reprint: Developmental Plasticity of Selected Spinocerebellar Axons. Studies Using the North American Opossum, Didelphis Virginiana 1997 2 37 Reprint: Adult Opossums (Didelphis Virginiana) Demonstrate Near Normal Locomotion after Spinal Cord Transection as Neonates 1998 2 38 Reprint: Origin, Course, and laterality of Spinocerebellar Axons in the North American Opossum, Didelphis Virginiana 1998 2 39 Reprint: Regeneration of Supraspinal Axons After Transection of the Thoracic Spinal Cord in the Developing Opossum, Didelphis Virginiana 1998 2 40 Reprint: Reprint: Developmental Plasticity of Ascending Spinal Axons Studies Using the North American Opossum, Didelphis Virginiana 1999