Ibrahim, M. F., Power, E. M., Potapov, K., & Empson, R. M. (2017). Motor and cerebellar architectural abnormalities during the early progression of ataxia in a mouse model of SCA1 and how early prevention leads to a better outcome later in life. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, 11, 292. doi: 10.3389/fncel.2017.00292
Journal - Research Article
Power, E. M., English, N. A., & Empson, R. M. (2016). Are Type 1 metabotropic glutamate receptors a viable therapeutic target for the treatment of cerebellar ataxia? Journal of Physiology, 594(16), 4643-4652. doi: 10.1113/jp271153
Journal - Research Article
Power, E. M., Morales, A., & Empson, R. M. (2016). Prolonged type 1 metabotropic glutamate receptor dependent synaptic signaling contributes to spino-cerebellar ataxia type 1. Journal of Neuroscience, 36(18), 4910-4916. doi: 10.1523/jneurosci.3953-15.2016
Journal - Research Article
Power, E. M., & Empson, R. M. (2014). Functional contributions of glutamate transporters at the parallel fibre to Purkinje neuron synapse: Relevance for the progression of cerebellar ataxia. Cerebellum & Ataxias, 1, 3. doi: 10.1186/2053-8871-1-3
Journal - Research Article
Roome, C. J., Power, E. M., & Empson, R. M. (2013). Transient reversal of the sodium/calcium exchanger boosts presynaptic calcium and synaptic transmission at a cerebellar synapse. Journal of Neurophysiology, 109(6), 1669-1680. doi: 10.1152/jn.00854.2012
Journal - Research Article
Deeney, E. A., Power, E. M., Heyward, P. M., & Empson, R. M. (2017). Does voluntary exercise improve motor performance and/or cerebellar architecture in SCA1 moderately ataxic mice. In B. Leitch (Ed.), Proceedings of the 35th International Australasian Winter Conference on Brain Research. (pp. 50). AWCBR. Retrieved from http://www.otago.ac.nz/awcbr/index.html
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Power, E. M., Potapov, D., Knopfel, T., Clarkson, A., & Empson, R. M. (2017). Mesoscopic voltage imaging of neuronal activity in mice using genetically encoded voltage indicators (GEVI). In B. Leitch (Ed.), Proceedings of the 35th International Australasian Winter Conference on Brain Research. (pp. 32). AWCBR. Retrieved from http://www.otago.ac.nz/awcbr/index.html
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Ibrahim, M. F., Power, E. M., & Empson, R. M. (2017). Repression of mutant ataxin-1 gene during early postnatal development minimises the progression of mouse Spino-cerebellar ataxia type 1. New Zealand Medical Journal, 130(1460), (pp. 96). Retrieved from http://www.nzma.org.nz/journal
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Power, E., Morales, A., & Empson, R. (2016). Altered metabotropic glutamate receptor activity in early spinocerebellar ataxia type 1. New Zealand Medical Journal, 129(1442), (pp. 98). Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Power, E. M. (2016). Altered metabotropic glutamate receptor activity in the early stages of spinocerebellar ataxia type 1 (PhD). University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10523/6489
Awarded Doctoral Degree
Ibrahim, M. F., Power, E. M., & Empson, R. M. (2016). Doxycycline mediated gene repression of mutant ataxin-1 during early postnatal development minimises the progression of mouse spino-cerebellar ataxia type 1. In B. Leitch (Ed.), Proceedings of the 34th International Australasian Winter Conference on Brain Research. (pp. 33). AWCBR. Retrieved from http://www.otago.ac.nz/awcbr
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Power, E. M., Gowing, E. K., Knöpfel, T., Clarkson, A. N., & Empson, R. M. (2016). Regional changes in mouse motor cortex excitability after focal stroke. In B. Leitch (Ed.), Proceedings of the 34th International Australasian Winter Conference on Brain Research. (pp. 59). AWCBR. Retrieved from http://www.otago.ac.nz/awcbr
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Power, E. (2015, June). Ataxin-1 CAG expansion during post-natal development increases the severity of spino-cerebellar ataxia type 1 (SCA1). Verbal presentation at the 9th Annual Brain Health Research Centre Conference: Science for a Healthy Brain, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Power, E., Morales, A., & Empson, R. M. (2015). Moderation of enhanced metabotropic glutamate receptor (mGluR1) mediated synaptic signalling restores motor learning in a mouse model of human spino-cerebellar ataxia type 1, SCA1. Proceedings of The Physiological Society, 33, SA24. Retrieved from http://www.physoc.org/proceedings/abstract/Proc%20Physiol%20Soc%2033SA24
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Empson, R., Power, E., & Morales, A. (2015). Moderation of enhanced MGLUR1 mediated synaptic signalling restores motor learning in a mouse model of human spino-cerebellar ataxia. Journal of Neurochemistry, 134(Suppl. 1), (pp. 197). doi: 10.1111/jnc.13188
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Power, E. M., & Empson, R. M. (2014). Functional loss of the Purkinje neuron enriched excitatory amino acid transporter, EAAT4, during the early stages of a mouse model of spino-cerebellar atasia, SCA1. Proceedings of the Australasian Neuroscience Society 34th Annual Meeting. Retrieved from http://www.ans.org.au/
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Power, E. M., Desai, H. N., & Empson, R. M. (2014). Prolonged metabotropic glutamate receptor activity in the early stages of a mouse model of human spino-cerebellar ataxia type 1, SCA1. In B. Leitch & J. Shemmell (Eds.), Proceedings of the 32nd International Australasian Winter Conference on Brain Research. 32, (pp. 29). AWCBR. Retrieved from https://web.psy.otago.ac.nz/awcbr/proceedings.html
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Power, E. M., & Empson, R. M. (2012). Modification of glutamate uptake influences the properties of the cerebellar parallel fibre to purkinje neuron synapse. In B. Leitch & J. Shemmell (Eds.), Proceedings of the 30th International Australasian Winter Conference on Brain Research. 30, (pp. 41). AWCBR. Retrieved from http://psy.otago.ac.nz/awcbr/Abstracts/Abstracts2012.html
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract