David Q. Beversdorf, M.D. David Q. Beversdorf is Assistant Professor of Neurology, Ohio State University Medical Center, Department of Neurology, Columbus, OH.

Biographical Sketch

Dr. Beversdorf received his BA (in biology, minors in computer science and mathematics)at Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana in 1987 and his MD from Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana in 1992. He completed residency programs in medicine and neurology from Preliminary Medicine, Methodist Hospital of Indiana, Indianapolis, Indiana in 1993 and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Department of Neurology, Lebanon, New Hampshire in 1996. He completed his Behavioral Neurology fellowship at the University of Florida, in 1998, and has been on the faculty of The Ohio State Univrsity since 1998.

Research

Dr. Beversdorf has active research in noradrenergic modulation of problem solving ability and applications in autism and cocaine withdrawal, as well as problem solving ability in cocaine withdrawal, autism, and mild cognitive impairment. Functional neuroimaging is an active component of these research projects, which have received funding from NINDS and NIDA. Current research also includes development of a microelectrode array for detection of potentials referable to the cortical columns in patients undergoing placement of subdural grids for epilepsy surgery evaluation, vocational rehabilitation in autism spectrum disorder, and the role of prenatal stressors in autism.

Beversdorf Cognitive Neuroscience Lab Website

Clinical Interests

Alzheimer's Disease; autism

Publications (Selected)

Beversdorf DQ, Kurz EM, Sengelaub DR. Sexual activity and the morphology of steroid-sensitive rat spinal motoneurons. Physiology and Behavior. 1989;47:11-17.

Beversdorf D, Metzger S, Nelson D, Alonso R, Kight J. Single-word auditory stimulation and regional cerebral blood flow as studied by SPECT. Psychiatry Research- Neuroimaging. 1995;61:181-189.

Beversdorf DQ, Jenkyn LR, Petrowski JT III, Cromwell LD, Nordgren RE. Vertical gaze paralysis and intermittent unresponsiveness in a patient with a thalamomesencephalic stroke. Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology. 1995;15:230-235.

Beversdorf D, Moses P, Reeves A, Dunn J. A man with weight loss, ataxia, and confusion for 3 months. Lancet. 1996;347:446.

Beversdorf D, Stommel E, Allen C, Stevens R, Lessell S. Recurrent branch retinal infarcts in association with migraine. Headache. 1997;37:396-399.

Beversdorf DQ, Ratliffe NR, Rhodes CH, Reeves AG. Pure alexia: Clinical-pathological evidence for a lateralized visual language association cortex. Journal of Clinical Neuropathology. 1997;16:328-331.

Beversdorf DQ, Heilman KM. Progressive ventral posterior cortical degeneration presenting as alexia for music and words. Neurology. 1998;50:657-659.

Beversdorf DQ, Anderson JM, Manning SE, Anderson SL, Nordgren RE, Felopulos GJ, Nadeau SE, Heilman KM, Bauman ML. The effect of semantic and emotional context on written recall for verbal language in high-functioning adults with autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry. 1998;65:685-692.

Beversdorf DQ, Heilman KM. Facilitory paratonia and frontal lobe functioning. Neurology. 1998;51:968-971.

Barrett AM, Beversdorf DQ, Crucian GP, Heilman KM. Neglect after right hemispheric stroke: A smaller floodlight for distributed attention. Neurology. 1998;51:972-978.

Beversdorf DQ, Hughes JD, Steinberg BA, Lewis LD, Heilman KM. Noradrenergic modulation of cognitive flexibility in problem solving. NeuroReport. 1999; 10:2763-2767.

Anderson JM, Gilmore R, Roper S, Crosson B, Bauer RM, Nadeau S, Beversdorf DQ, Cibula J, Rogish M III, Kortencamp S, Hughes DJ, Gonzalez Rothi LJ, Heilman KM. Conduction aphasia and the arcuate fasciculus: a reexamination of the Wernicke-Geschwind model. Brain and Language. 1999; 70:1-12.

Kim M, Beversdorf DQ, Heilman KM. Arousal response with aging: pupillographic study. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society. 2000; 6:348-350.

Beversdorf DQ, Smith BW, Crucian GP, Anderson JM, Keillor JM, Barrett AM, Hughes JD, Felopulos GJ, Bauman ML, Nadeau SE, Heilman KM. Increased discrimination of "false memories" in autism spectrum disorder. Proc Natl Acad Sci. 2000;97:8734-8737.

Beversdorf DQ, Anderson JM, Manning SE, Anderson SL, Nordgren RE, Felopulos GJ, Bauman ML. Brief report: macrographia in high-functioning adults with autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 2001;31:97-101.

Barrett AM, Crucian GP, Beversdorf DQ, Heilman KM. Monocular patching may worsen sensory-attentional neglect: a case report. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2001;82:516-518.

Beversdorf DQ, White DM, Chever DC, Hughes JD, Bornstein RA. Central ß-adrenergic modulation of cognitive flexibility. NeuroReport 2002;13:2505-2507.

Klatte ET, Scharre DW, Nagaraja HN, Davis RA, Beversdorf DQ. Combination therapy of donepezil and vitamin E in Alzheimer disease. Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord 2003;17:113-116.

Beversdorf D, Heilman KM. Prism adaptation treatment of neglect: conflicting results? Neurology 2003;60:1734-1735.

Contact

461 Means Hall
1654 Upham Drive
Columbus, Ohio 43210

Phone: 614-293-8531
Fax: 614-293-6111

e-mail: beversdorf-1@medctr.osu.edu