| 2008 PROJECTS |
SUPERVISORS |
| Effects of
Cannabinoid agonists on PPI in patients with
Schizophrenia |
A/Prof Mathew Martin-Iverson, School of Medicine and
Pharmacology |
| Overseas (Canada) honours project
on cannabinoid heterodimers in rat cognition |
A/Prof Mathew Martin-Iverson, School of Medicine and
Pharmacology and Prof Richard J Beninger, Queen's
University, Canada |
| Effects of
d-amphetamine on PPI in healthy volunteers |
A/Prof Mathew Martin-Iverson and Dr Kyle Dyer,
School of Medicine and Pharmacology |
| Effects of d-amphetamine on
emotional modulation of the startle reflex in healthy
volunteers |
A/Prof Mathew Martin-Iverson and Dr Kyle Dyer,
School of Medicine and Pharmacology |
| Cannabinoid and
stress interactions in Schizophrenia |
A/Prof Mathew Martin-Iverson, School of Medicine and
Pharmacology |
| Medicinal uses of Ecstasy
(MDMA) |
A/Prof Mathew Martin-Iverson, School of Medicine and
Pharmacology |
| Axonal transport
following partial optic nerve injury in a model of
secondary degeneration: the effects of lomerizine |
Dr Lindy Fitzgerald, Professor Sarah Dunlop, School
of Animal Biology |
| Cortical control of voluntary
movement |
Professsor Geoff Hammond ,School of
Psychology |
| The Neural Basis
of Phantom Sounds (Tinnitus) |
Professor Don Robertson and Dr Helmy Mulders, School
of Biomedical, Biomolecular and Chemical
Sciences |
| Mapping connections of an efferent
control system in the auditory nervous system |
Dr Helmy Mulders and Professor Don Robertson, School
of Biomedical, Biomolecular and Chemical
Sciences |
| Binaural effects
on responses of auditory midbrain neurons |
Professor Don Robertson and Dr Helmy Mulders, School
of Biomedical, Biomolecular and Chemical
Sciences |
| Regulation of cochlear function by
ATP receptors |
Professor Don Robertson, School of Biomedical,
Biomolecular and Chemical Sciences |
| Effects of
partial hearing loss on the brain’s control of inner
ear function |
Professor Don Robertson and Dr Helmy Mulders, School
of Biomedical, Biomolecular and Chemical
Sciences |
| 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 |
| Carbonyl
scavenging agents and their effects in neuronal viability
and axonal growth after exposure to Acrolein or carbonyl
stress |
Dr Giles Plant and Dr Philip Burcham Anatomy and
Human Biology and School of Medicine &
Pharmacology |
| The use of anti –angiogenic
peptides such as ang001 and their role in spinal cord
injury recovery |
Dr Giles Plant, Dr Stuart Hodgetts and Dr
Dharmarajan Anatomy and Human Biology |
| The role of
neurotrophins, cAMP or ATP agonists on the formation of
myelin in central glia |
Dr Giles Plant and Dr Alan Harvey Anatomy and Human
Biology |
| Organisation of corticotectal
projections in ephrin-A-/- mice |
Dr Jenny Rodger, School of Animal Biology and Prof
Alan Harvey, Anatomy and Human Biology |
| RGC dendritic
morphology in ephrin-A-/- mice |
Dr Jenny Rodger, School of Animal Biology and Prof
Alan Harvey, Anatomy and Human Biology |
| Neurogenesis in CX3CR1 deficient
mice |
Dr Marc Ruitenberg, School of Animal Biology and
Prof Alan Harvey, Anatomy and Human Biology |
| Microglia
turnover in neurogenic areas of the nervous system |
Dr Marc Ruitenberg, School of Animal Biology and
Prof Alan Harvey, Anatomy and Human Biology |