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Contact Details

Phone
+64 3 479 7354
Email
colin.brown@otago.ac.nz
Position
Professor
Department
Department of Physiology
Qualifications
BSc(Hons) PhD
Research summary
Neuroendocrinology

Research

Our research group principally uses electrophysiology and immunohistochemistry to determine how the brain controls birth, lactation, food intake and water balance. We currently focus on the control of the secretion of the hormone, oxytocin, which is necessary for birth and lactation, and is involved in driving increased food intake during pregnancy. We are also investigating how vasopressin (anti-diuretic hormone) neurons prevent water loss in the urine to protect from dehydration and how malfunction of vasopressin neurons might contribute to the development of hypertension.

Publications

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 Journal - Research Article

Cheong, I., Brown, C. H., Sethi, S., & Lamberts, R. R. (2022, August-September). Time course of central nervous activation in type 2 diabetic rats. Poster session presented at the 16th New Zealand Medical Sciences Congress (MedSci), Queenstown, New Zealand. 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 - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)

Stewart, A. C., Brown, E. F., Brown, C. H., & Fronius, M. (2022, August-September). Effect of F-actin on the mechanical activation of putative ΔN-TRPV1 and TRPV4 heteromers. Poster session presented at the 16th New Zealand Medical Sciences Congress (MedSci), Queenstown, New Zealand. Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)

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. Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

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