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Contact Details

Email
michael.perkinson@otago.ac.nz
Position
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department
Department of Physiology
Qualifications
PhD
Research summary
The role of dopamine in maternal behaviour

Research

Establishing real-time in vivo measurement of dopamine release within reward centres in the maternal brain. Looking at the effect of hormones on dopamine release during maternal behaviour.

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

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 Awarded Doctoral Degree

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)

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

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 Journal - Research Article

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