Cameron McPherson
BSc (Hons) BCom (Hons)
Brain Injury and Repair Group
Addiction Neuroscience Laboratory
Contact Details
Email: cameron.mcpherson@florey.edu.au
Mobile: +61 (0)401 751 058
Fax: +61 (0)3 9347 0446
Supervisor
PhD Project Title
- Targeted knockdown of the Transcription Factor CREB in Brain Nuclei Critically Involved in Drug-Seeking Behaviour.
Research Interests
- Affective, behavioural, genetic and neurochemical aspects of psychotropic drug abuse, using preclinical animal models.
Laboratory Techniques
- Immunohistochemistry
- Free Floating
- Slide Mounted
- Western Immunoblotting
- Nuclear/Cytosolic Fractions - Whole Brain Nuclei
- RT-PCR
- qPCR
- In Situ Hybridization Histochemistry – Radiolabelled Probes
- Southern Blotting
- Probe Design
- Amplification using PCR
- DNA Sequencing
- Behavioural Phenotyping
- Elevated Plus Maze
- Morris Water Maze
- Behavioural Sensitisation
- Locomotor
- Conditioned Place Preference
- Y-Maze
- Rotarod
- Behavioural Software
- EthoVision Pro / Coulburn TruScan / Hamilton-Kinder Motor Monitor
Additional Information
In the final year of my PhD candidacy, I have served as both treasurer (2005/6) and president (2006/7) with SOHFI (Students of the Howard Florey Institute).
To address discrete issues, I have written two programs including:
- The Python Import GUI (The PIG): handles import of data from Med Associates operant chambers, TruScan locomotor cells, Hamilton-Kinder conditioned place preference data, and custom-delimited data, then spits it into handy MS-XL (or Open Office Calc) format. Get it HERE.
- The Python Probe Generator (PPG): generates candidate ranked probes from a DNA/RNA template to be used for in situ or to similar ends. It is hosted by the Florey HERE.
Any comments or suggestions regarding the above programs are welcome to: cameron dot mcpherson at florey dot edu dot au.
Publications and Articles
Please see PubMed.
McPherson, CS & Lawrence, AJ (2005) Exposure to amphetamine in rats during periadolescence establishes behavioural and extrastriatal neural sensitization in adulthood. Int J Neuropsychopharm 9, 1-16.
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