Dr Rob Munn
| Position | Lecturer |
|---|---|
| Department | Department of Anatomy |
| Qualifications | BSc MSc PhD |
| Research summary | Neurobiology of memory |
Research
How do we remember? This faculty, so central to our sense of self, has been the subject of study for decades. My research programme uses a variety of elecrophysiological and optical techniques to study the function of the hippocampus and associated rhinal cortices to address this fundamental question.
Publications
Dehkordi, M. H., Munn, R. G. K., & Fearnhead, H. O. (2022). Non-canonical roles of apoptotic caspases in the nervous system. Frontiers in Cell & Developmental Biology, 10, 840023. doi: 10.3389/fcell.2022.840023
Munn, R. G. K., Freeburn, A., Finn, D. P., & Heller, H. C. (2022). Hyper-rigid phasic organisation of hippocampal activity but normal spatial properties of CA1 place cells in the Ts65Dn mouse model of Down Syndrome. Journal of Neuroscience, 42(8), 1542-1556. doi: 10.1523/jneurosci.2636-20.2021
Freeburn, A., & Munn, R. G. K. (2021). Signalling pathways contributing to learning and memory deficits in the Ts65Dn mouse model of Down Syndrome. Neuronal Signaling, 5, NS20200011. doi: 10.1523/jneurosci.2636-20.2021
Munn, R. G. K., Mallory, C. S., Hardcastle, K., Chetkovich, D. M., & Giocomo, L. M. (2020). Entorhinal velocity signals reflect environmental geometry. Nature Neuroscience, 23, 239-251. doi: 10.1038/s41593-019-0562-5
Munn, R. G. K., & Giocomo, L. M. (2020). Multiple head direction signals within entorhinal cortex: Origin and function. Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 64, 32-40. doi: 10.1016/j.conb.2020.01.015
Munn, R. G. K., Freeburn, A., Finn, D. P., & Heller, H. C. (2022). Hyper-rigid phasic organisation of hippocampal activity but normal spatial properties of CA1 place cells in the Ts65Dn mouse model of Down Syndrome. Journal of Neuroscience, 42(8), 1542-1556. doi: 10.1523/jneurosci.2636-20.2021
Journal - Research Article
Munn, R. G. K., Mallory, C. S., Hardcastle, K., Chetkovich, D. M., & Giocomo, L. M. (2020). Entorhinal velocity signals reflect environmental geometry. Nature Neuroscience, 23, 239-251. doi: 10.1038/s41593-019-0562-5
Journal - Research Article
Munn, R. G. K., Hardcastle, K., Porter, B., & Bilkey, D. (2017). Circadian-scale periodic bursts in theta and gamma-band coherence between hippocampus, cingulate and insular cortices. Neurobiology of Sleep & Circadian Rhythms, 3, 26-37. doi: 10.1016/j.nbscr.2017.04.001
Journal - Research Article
Tyree, S. M., Munn, R. G. K., & McNaughton, N. (2016). Anxiolytic-like effects of leptin on fixed interval responding. Pharmacology Biochemistry & Behavior, 148, 15-20. doi: 10.1016/j.pbb.2016.05.005
Journal - Research Article
Zajac, R., Dickson, J., Munn, R., & O'Neill, S. (2016). Trussht me, I know what I sshaw: The acceptance of misinformation from an apparently unreliable co-witness. Legal & Criminological Psychology, 21(1), 127-140. doi: 10.1111/lcrp.12032
Journal - Research Article
Munn, R. G. K., Tyree, S. M., McNaughton, N., & Bilkey, D. K. (2015). The frequency of hippocampal theta rhythm is modulated on a circadian period and is entrained by food availability. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 9, 61. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2015.00061
Journal - Research Article
Munn, R. G. K., & Bilkey, D. K. (2012). The firing rate of hippocampal CA1 place cells is modulated with a circadian period. Hippocampus, 22, 1325-1337. doi: 10.1002/hipo.20969
Journal - Research Article
Munn, R. G. K., & McNaughton, N. (2008). Effects of fluoxetine on hippocampal rhythmic slow activity and behavioural inhibition. Behavioural Pharmacology, 19, 257-264. doi: 10.1097/FBP.0b013e3282ff1300
Journal - Research Article
Dehkordi, M. H., Munn, R. G. K., & Fearnhead, H. O. (2022). Non-canonical roles of apoptotic caspases in the nervous system. Frontiers in Cell & Developmental Biology, 10, 840023. doi: 10.3389/fcell.2022.840023
Journal - Research Other
Freeburn, A., & Munn, R. G. K. (2021). Signalling pathways contributing to learning and memory deficits in the Ts65Dn mouse model of Down Syndrome. Neuronal Signaling, 5, NS20200011. doi: 10.1523/jneurosci.2636-20.2021
Journal - Research Other
Munn, R. G. K., & Giocomo, L. M. (2020). Multiple head direction signals within entorhinal cortex: Origin and function. Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 64, 32-40. doi: 10.1016/j.conb.2020.01.015
Journal - Research Other
