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Contact Details

Email
robert.munn@otago.ac.nz
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

Tashakori-Sabzevar, F., Munn, R. G. K., Bilkey, D. K., & Ward, R. D. (2024). Basal forebrain and prelimbic cortex connectivity is related to behavioral response in an attention task. iScience, 27, 109266. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2024.109266 Journal - Research Article

Munn, R. G. K., Heller, C., Wolff, A. R., & Bilkey, D. K. (2023). Hippocampal dysfunction: It's all about timing! Insights from two model systems. In K.-L. Horne (Ed.), Proceedings of the 39th International Australasian Winter Conference on Brain Research (AWCBR). (pp. 28). Retrieved from https://www.awcbr.org Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Munn, R. G. K., Wolff, A., Speers, L. J., & Bilkey, D. K. (2023). Disrupted hippocampal synchrony following maternal immune activation in a rat model. Hippocampus. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1002/hipo.23545 Journal - Research Article

Pedone, G., Munn, R., Ward, R., & Reynolds, J. (2022). Determining the relationship between molecular changes in the amygdala and the emergence of associative learning in the rat. In K. Horne (Ed.), Proceedings of the 38th International Australasian Winter Conference on Brain Research (AWCBR). (pp. 81). Retrieved from https://www.queenstownresearchweek.org Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

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

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