Contact Details
- Phone
- 64 3 479 5781
- john.reynolds@otago.ac.nz
University Links
- Position
- Professor
- Department
- Department of Anatomy
- Qualifications
- MB ChB PhD(Otago)
- Research summary
- Learning and memory mechanisms, Parkinson's disease, stroke
- Teaching
- Medicine III - Nervous System Anatomy
- Memberships
- Directorate of Brain Research NZ Centre of Research Excellence (CoRE)
- Ageing Well National Science Challenge
- Clinical
- Parkinson's disease
- Neuromodulation as used for tinnitus, stroke recovery, and impulse disorders
Research
John Reynolds’ research focuses on understanding the effect of natural patterns of brain cell activity on the normal and disordered brain. His training in medicine and interest in rehabilitation from brain disorders has led to curiosity-driven research investigating the changes that occur in normal brain circuitry after Parkinson’s disease and stroke. Towards a better treatment for these disorders, a recent focus for his research group has been on how patterns of neural activity can best be applied to restore normal learning and movement functions of the brain. He is also a passionate teacher, having gained national recognition in both teaching and research, including an Ako Aotearoa tertiary teaching award and an inaugural Rutherford Discovery Fellowship for his research programme.