Principal Investigator
Professor Rebecca Campbell
Email rebecca.campbell@otago.ac.nz
Tel +64 3 479 7343
Fax +64 3 479 7323
Department of Physiology website
Research interests
I am interested in defining how the gonadotrophin releasing hormone (GnRH) neurons, well established as the ultimate downstream regulators of the central control of reproductive function, are regulated by the multitude of external and internal cues necessary for successful fertility.
At the Centre for Neuroendocrinology I am investigating the synaptic regulation of GnRH neurons, with particular emphasis on the innervation to their lengthy dendrites, through a variety of morphological imaging and transgenic mouse model approaches. In addition to understanding the regulation of normal fertility, I am also interested in addressing the central neuroendocrine abnormalities of polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), the leading cause of infertility in women.
Current and proposed projects
- Exploring the neuroendocrine mechanisms of PCOS
- Mechanisms of pulse generation in the GnRH neuronal network
- Steroid induced structural plasticity within the GnRH neuronal network
Clinical conditions
- Infertility
- Polycystic ovarian syndrome
- Ciliopathies
Professor Rebecca Campbell's researcher profile
List of publications for Rebecca Campbell (Google Scholar)
Campbell Laboratory staff and students
Kelly Glendining, Research Fellow
Email kelly.glendining@otago.ac.nz
Elodie Kip, Assistant Research Fellow
Email elodie.kip@otago.ac.nz
Halima Siddiqui, Postdoctoral Fellow
Email halima.samiullah@otago.ac.nz
Caitlin MacRae, PhD student
Email: macca972@student.otago.ac.nz
Revathy Gunasegaran, Honours student
Ellie Morrison, BBioMedSci student
Heather Byrom-Stengel, MSc student
Research Funders
- Health Research Council of New Zealand
- Royal Society of New Zealand Marsden Fund
- National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia
- University of Otago Research Grant