Laboratories

  • Dr Istvan Ábrahám
  • Dr Greg Anderson
  • Dr Colin Brown
Department of Physiology
  • Mechanism and the role of estrogen-induced non-genomic actions in cholinergic and GnRH neurons
  • Neuroprotective action of estrogen
  • The effect of estrogen on second messenger pathways of cholinergic and GnRH neurons following immune-challenge
Department of Anatomy
  • Nutritional factors regulating fertility
  • Role of RF amide-related peptide in mammalian reproduction
Department of Physiology
  • Central regulation of reproduction and water balance by oxytocin and vasopressin neurons
  • Dr Stephen Bunn
  • Dr Rebecca Campbell
  • Assoc Prof John Evans
Department of Anatomy
  • Cellular interactions regulating catecholamine release from the adrenal medulla
  • Mechanisms regulating tyrosine hydroxylase activity in the brain
Department of Physiology
  • The spatial distribution of synaptic inputs to GnRH dendrites
  • Pulse generation in the GnRH neuronal network
  • Primary cilia in GnRH neuron development and the regulation of fertility
  • The neuroendocrine mechanisms of PCOS
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Christchurch School of Medicine
  • Peptidergic regulation of LH and FSH release from the anterior pituitary gland
  • Use of mathematical models and nanotechnology to assist in analysing and directing the pituitary studies
  • Assoc Prof Dave Grattan
  • Prof Allan Herbison
  • Dr Christine Jasoni
Department of Anatomy
  • Control of prolactin secretion
  • Regulation of body weight and glucose homeostasis
  • Neuroendocrine adaptations of the maternal brain
Department of Physiology
  • GnRH neuron biology
  • Steroid actions on the brain
Department of Anatomy
  • Axon growth and connectivity during development of body weight regulation centres
  • Influence of diet on epigenetic control of brain development
  • Neuroinformatics
Centre for Neuroendocrinology Centre for Neuroendocrinology University of Otago