Director and Principal Investigator
Professor Rebecca Campbell
Email rebecca.campbell@otago.ac.nz
Tel +64 3 479 7343
Fax +64 3 479 7323
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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 & students
Maggie Evans, Research Fellow
Email maggie.evans@otago.ac.nz
Kelly Glendining, Research Fellow
Email kelly.glendining@otago.ac.nz
Kay Potapov, Assistant Research Fellow
Email kyoko.potapov@otago.ac.nz
Mel Prescott, Assistant Research Fellow
Role of the brain in PCOS
Email mel.prescott@otago.ac.nz
Celine Camon, PhD student
Email: celine.camon@otago.ac.nz
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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