Dr Christopher Reid
BPharm BSci (Hons) PhD
Senior Research Officer
Ion Channels and Human Disease Group
Contact Details
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Research Interests
- Unravelling the basic cellular mechanisms driving hyperexcitability in epilepsy.
Laboratory Techniques
- In vitro electrophysiology and imaging
Additional Information
Grants
- NHMRC project grant # 454655 (2007-2009): Altered HCN channel expression and function in acquired epilepsy, C. A. Reid and S. Petrou
- NHMRC project grant # 400106 (2006-2008): Neuropeptide and Absence Seizures M. Morris, T. O’Brien and C. A. Reid
- NHMRC project grant # 236801 (2003-2005): Mechanisms underlying short- and long-term plasticity at the mossy fibre to CA3 pyramidal neuron synapse in the hippocampus; C.A. Reid
- Australian Research Council (ARC # DP0449696) Discovery Project Grant (2004-2006): Calcium signaling in neurons of the central nervous system; D. A. Williams and C.A. Reid
Fellowships
- Molly McDonnell Foundation (Australian Epilepsy Society) 2007 the inaugural fellowship aimed at supporting basic epilepsy research
- Royal Society Howard Florey Fellowship (1999-2002): Synaptic Plasticity in the Central Nervous System; C. A. Reid, A fellowship supported by the Royal Society and NHMRC
- Wellcome Trust Travelling Fellowship (1998): Optical Quantal Analysis of Synaptic Plasticity in the Hippocampus; C. A. Reid
Publications and Articles
Please see PubMed.
Selected publication
Reid, C.A., Coleman, H.A., Finkelstein, D., Horne, M.K. & Drago, J. (2006) l mutation of the alpha 4 nicotinic receptor subunit increases the propensity of muscarinic-mediated neuronal synchronization in mouse hippocampal slices. Neuropharmacology
Reid C. A., Dixon D. B., Takahashi, M., Bliss, T.V.P., and Fine, A. (2004) Optical quantal analysis indicates LTP at single hippocampal mossy fiber synapses is expressed through increased release probability, recruitment of new release sites and activation of silent synapses J. Neurosci. 24(14): 3618-3626
Reid, C.A., Bekkers, J.M. and Clements, J.D. (2003) Presynaptic Ca2+ channels: a functional patchwork TiNS 26 (12) 683-687
Emptage N. J., Reid C. A., Fine A. and Bliss T.V. P. Bliss (2003) Optical quantal analysis reveals a presynaptic component of LTP at Hippocampal Shaffer-associational synapses Neuron 38(5): 797-804
Reid, C. A., Fabian-Fine, R., and Fine A. (2001) Postsynaptic calcium transients evoked by activation of individual hippocampal mossy fiber synapses J. Neurosci 21(7): 2206-2214
Emptage N. J., Reid C.A. and Fine A. (2001) Calcium stores in hippocampal synaptic boutons mediate short-term plasticity, store-operated Ca2+ entry, and spontaneous transmitter release Neuron 29:197-208
Reid, C. A. & Bliss, T.V.P. (2000) Learning about kainate receptors TiPs 18(5): 159-160
Reid, C. A. & Clements, J. D. (1999) Postsynaptic expression of long-term potentiation in the rat dentate gyrus demonstrated by variance-mean analysis J. Physiol (London) 518 (1): 121-130
Reid, C. A., Bekkers, J. M. & Clements, J. D. (1998) N-Type and P/Q-type Ca2+ channels mediate transmitter release with a similar cooperativity at rat hippocampal autapses J. Neurosci 18(8): 2849-2855
Reid, C. A., Clements, J. D. & Bekkers, J. M. (1997) Nonuniform distribution of Ca2+ channel subtypes on presynaptic terminals of excitatory synapses in hippocampal cultures J. Neurosci 17(8): 2738-2745
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