Dr Michael Perkinson

2024

Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)

Small, J., Adler, P. K., Perkinson, M. R., & Brown, C. H. (2024, August-September). TRPV regulation of vasopressin neuron activity. Poster session presented at the 18th New Zealand Medical Sciences Congress (MedSci), Queenstown, New Zealand.

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

McQuillan, H. J., Perkinson, M. R., Cheong, I., Grattan, D. R., & Brown, R. S. E. (2024, August-September). Transitioning from hostility to caring: Defining a dopamine related neural signature of paternal behaviour in mice. Verbal presentation at the 18th New Zealand Medical Sciences Congress (MedSci), Queenstown, New Zealand.

Veer, A. C., Adler, P. K., Perkinson, M. R., & Brown, C. H. (2024, August-September). ΔN-TRPV1 regulation of magnocellular vasopressin neuron activity. Verbal presentation at the 18th New Zealand Medical Sciences Congress (MedSci), Queenstown, New Zealand.

Adler, P. K., Perkinson, M. R., Fronius, M., & Brown, C. H. (2024, August-September). The epithelial sodium channel contributes to vasopressin neuron activity. Verbal presentation at the 18th New Zealand Medical Sciences Congress (MedSci), Queenstown, New Zealand.

2023

Journal - Research Article

Kumar, S. S., Bouwer, G. T., Jackson, M. K., Perkinson, M. R., McDonald, F. J., Brown, C. H., & Augustine, R. A. (2023). Kisspeptin neuron projections to oxytocin neurons are not necessary for parturition in the mouse. Brain Structure & Function, 228, 1535-1548. doi: 10.1007/s00429-023-02670-7

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Perkinson, M. R., Deng, F., Li, Y., Brown, R. S. E., & Lonstein, J. S. (2023). Fiber photometric analysis of nucleus accumbens serotonin release during the display of maternal behavior in female mice. Proceedings of the Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting. PSTR352.13/HH28. Retrieved from https://www.sfn.org/

2022

Journal - Research Article

Perkinson, M. R., Kirchner, M. K., Zhang, M., Augustine, R. A., Stern, J. E., & Brown, C. H. (2022). α-Melanocyte-stimulating hormone inhibition of oxytocin neurons switches to excitation in late pregnancy and lactation. Physiological Reports, 10, e15226. doi: 10.14814/phy2.15226

Abbasi, M., Perkinson, M. R., Seymour, A. J., Piet, R., Campbell, R. E., Iremonger, K. J., & Brown, C. H. (2022). Local kisspeptin excitation of rat oxytocin neurones in late pregnancy. Journal of Physiology, 600(7), 1753-1770. doi: 10.1113/jp282531

Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)

Perkinson, M. R., Kim, J. S., Brown, C. H., & Iremonger, K. J. (2022, August-September). In vivo monitoring of oxytocin neuron activity in freely-behaving, lactating mice. Poster session presented at the 16th New Zealand Medical Sciences Congress (MedSci), Queenstown, New Zealand.

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Adler, P. K., Perkinson, M. R., & Brown, C. H. (2022, August-September). Epithelial sodium channel regulation of vasopressin neuron activity. Verbal presentation at the 16th New Zealand Medical Sciences Congress (MedSci), Queenstown, New Zealand.

Awarded Doctoral Degree

Perkinson, M. R. (2022). Oxytocin neuron activity in freely-behaving mice (PhD). University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10523/14138

2021

Journal - Research Article

Sethi, S., Augustine, R. A., Bouwer, G. T., Perkinson, M. R., Cheong, I., Bussey, C. T., Schwenke, D. O., Brown, C. H., & Lamberts, R. R. (2021). Increased neuronal activation in sympathoregulatory regions of the brain and spinal cord in type 2 diabetic rats. Journal of Neuroendocrinology, 33, e13016. doi: 10.1111/jne.13016

Perkinson, M., Augustine, R. A., Bouwer, G. T., Brown, E. F., Cheong, I., Seymour, A. J., Fronius, M., & Brown, C. H. (2021). Plasticity in intrinsic excitability of hypothalamic magnocellular neurosecretory neurons in late-pregnant and lactating rats. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 22(13), 7140. doi: 10.3390/ijms22137140

Journal - Research Other

Perkinson, M. R., Kim, J. S., Iremonger, K. J., & Brown, C. H. (2021). Visualising oxytocin neurone activity in vivo: The key to unlocking central regulation of parturition and lactation [Invited review]. Journal of Neuroendocrinology, 33, e13012. doi: 10.1111/jne.13012

2020

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Perkinson, M. R., Kim, J. S., Brown, C. H., & Iremonger, K. J. (2020). Characterisation of an oxytocin-ires-cre mouse model for recording oxytocin neuron bursts in behaving mice. FASEB Journal, 34(Suppl. 1). doi: 10.1096/fasebj.2020.34.s1.03560

Abbasi, M., Perkinson, M., Brown, C., & Iremonger, K. (2020). Kisspeptin regulation of oxytocin neuron activity in late pregnancy. FASEB Journal, 34(Suppl. 1). doi: 10.1096/fasebj.2020.34.s1.02418

2019

Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)

Abbasi, M., Perkinson, M. R., Iremonger, K. J., & Brown, C. H. (2019, August-September). Local kisspeptin regulation of oxytocin neuron activity in late pregnancy. Poster session presented at the Queenstown Molecular Biology (QMB) Meetings, Queenstown, New Zealand.

Seymour, A. J., Perkinson, M. R., & Brown, C. H. (2019, August-September). TRPV channels reset the threshold for vasopressin neuron activation in pregnant rats. Poster session presented at the Queenstown Molecular Biology (QMB) Meetings, Queenstown, New Zealand.

2018

Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)

Perkinson, M. R., Augustine, R. A., & Brown, C. H. (2018, August). Alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone switches from inhibition to excitation of oxytocin neurons in lactation. Poster session presented at the Medical Sciences Congress (MedSci), Queenstown, New Zealand.