| 2006 PROJECTS | SUPERVISORS |
| Cortical motor function in conscious humans studied with transcranial magnetic stimulation | Geoff Hammond (Psychology) |
| Phophatidylinositol-4-phosphate-5-kinase gene (PIP5K2A) variants and association with schizophrenia | Sibylle G Schwab and Dieter B Wildenauer, Neuropsychiatric Genetics Laboratory at the Western Australian Institute for Medical Genetics |
| Assessing the role of Phophatidylinositol-4-phosphate-5-kinase gene (PIP5K2A) in schizophrenia through expression studies. | Sibylle G Schwab and Dieter B Wildenauer, Neuropsychiatric Genetics Laboratory at the Western Australian Institute for Medical Genetics |
| Bridging guidance cues and activity: how to lead a horse to water and make it drink. | Dr Jenny Rodger and Dr Livia Hool |
| Behavioural characterisation of ephrin-A2/ephrin-A5 double knockout mice: focus on vision and memory. | Dr Jenny Rodger, A. Prof Mathew Martin-Iverson |
| Multiple sclerosis: use of low level naltrexone delivered via slow release implants as a possible treatment option | Professor Sarah Dunlop, School of Animal Biology and Professor Gary Hulse, Adult and Clinical Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences |
| Neuronal and glial damage in a transgenic model of diabetic retinopathy. | Professor Sarah Dunlop, School of Animal Biology and Professor Piroska Rakoczy, Centre for Ophthalmology and Visual Science |
| Basic Memory Processes in the Severely Affected Alzheimer’s Patient | Mathew Martin-Iverson and Ralph Martins |
| Neonatal exposure to stress hormones in rats: effects on adult models of schizophrenia. | Mathew Martin-Iverson |
| Cannabinoid receptor and glucocorticoid receptor interactions in prepulse inhibition of the startle reflex. | Mathew Martin-Iverson |
| A novel approach to measuring prepulse inhibition in patients with schizophrenia and relatively healthy controls | Mathew Martin-Iverson |
| Serotonin regulation of the human stress response. | Mathew Martin-Iverson (Medicine & Pharmacology) and Sean Hood (Psychiatry & Clinical Neurosciences) |
| Tryptophan depletion in patients with SSRI-remitted anxiety disorders. | Mathew Martin-Iverson (Medicine & Pharmacology) and Sean Hood (Psychiatry & Clinical Neurosciences) |
| Axon regeneration induced by genetically modified Schwann cells | Prof Alan Harvey, Dr Giles W. Plant, Dr. Marc J. Ruitenberg (Red’s Spinal Cord Research Laboratory, School of Anatomy and Human Biology) |
| Guidance molecules in the adult retina | Prof Alan Harvey, Dr Jenny Rodger, and Dr Giles W. Plant (Red’s Spinal Cord Research Laboratory, School of Anatomy and Human Biology; School of Animal Biology) |
| Can olfactory ensheathing glia myelinate adult CNS axons? | Dr Giles W. Plant, Prof Alan Harvey, Dr. Marc J. Ruitenberg (Red’s Spinal Cord Research Laboratory, School of Anatomy and Human Biology) |
| Isolation and characterization of stem cells derived from the olfactory neuroepithelium | Dr Giles W. Plant, Dr. Marc J. Ruitenberg, Prof Alan Harvey (Red’s Spinal Cord Research Laboratory, School of Anatomy and Human Biology) |
| Regulation of cochlear function by ATP receptors | D Robertson and H Mulders. Physiology, School of Biomedical, Biomolecular and Chemical Sciences |
| Effects of partial hearing loss on the brain’s control of inner ear function | H Mulders and D Robertson. Physiology, School of Biomedical Biomolecular and Chemical Sciences |
| Behavioural characterisation of ephrin-A2/ephrin-A5 double knockout mice: differentiating between procedural, motor and spatial learning. | Dr Jenny Rodger, Dr Rachel Sherrard (School of Animal Biology) |
| Retinal circuitry in Marsupials | Dr Jenny Rodger and Dr Cathereine Arrese (School of Animal Biology) |
| Rho kinase and synaptic transmission in the autonomic nervous system | Dr Lynette Fernandez (Pharmcology) & Assoc. Prof. Alan Everett (Physiology) |
| Sexually stimulated neurogenesis in sheep-fact or fantasy | Dr Jenny Rodger, Dr Penny Hawken, Prof Graeme Martin (School of Animal Biology) |
