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Contact Details

Phone
+64 3 479 4219
Email
shane.ohline@otago.ac.nz
Position
Research Fellow
Department
Department of Physiology
Research summary
The role of ryanodine receptors in Alzheimer's disease

Research

The ryanodine receptor has been shown to be faulty in both Alzheimer’s (AD) and heart disease.

We study the receptor in neurons by determining how it is organised and trafficked in a mouse model of AD. Additionally, we will study the effects of already approved heart medications on the brain of this model mouse using patch clamp electrophysiology.

We aim to understand the function, and dysfunction, of this receptor in the brain and to find some way to restore its normal function in AD.

Publications

Chan, J. A., Vergara-Silva, R., Zellhuber-McMillan, U., Khaing, E. P., Ohline, S. M., Munro, M. L., & Jones, P. P. (2024, August-September). Ryanodine receptor type II ultrastructural remodelling in an Alzheimer’s disease-like mouse model. Poster session presented at the 18th New Zealand Medical Sciences Congress (MedSci), Queenstown, New Zealand. Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)

Hames, M., Potapov, K., Ohline, S. M., & Jones, P. P. (2024). Investigating the effect of CK2 phosphorylation of RyR2 on neuronal excitability. In K.-L. Horne (Ed.), Proceedings of the 40th International Australasian Winter Conference on Brain Research (AWCBR). (pp. 49). Retrieved from https://www.awcbr.org Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Ohline, S. M., Logan, B. J., Hughes, S. M., & Abraham, W. C. (2024). Egr1 expression is correlated with synaptic activity but not intrinsic membrane properties in mouse adult-born dentate granule cells. Hippocampus. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1002/hipo.23644 Journal - Research Article

Chan, J. A., Ohline, S. M., Munro, M. L., & Jones, P. P. (2023, August). Ryanodine type II receptor clustering in Alzheimer's disease. Verbal presentation at the 17th New Zealand Medical Sciences Congress (MedSci), Queenstown, New Zealand. Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Ohline, S. M., Liu, X., Ibrahim, M. F., Mockett, B., Empson, R. M., Abraham, W. C., Iremonger, K. J., & Jones, P. P. (2022, August-September). Altered membrance properties but unchanged intrinsic excitability and spontaneous postsynaptic currents in an aged APPswe/PS1dE9 model of Alzheimer's disease. 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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