Craig Smith
BBSc (Hons)
Neuropeptides Group
Peptide Neurobiology Laboratory
Contact Details
Email: craig.smith@florey.edu.au
Phone: +61 (0)3 8344 0418
Supervisor
PhD Project Title
- Relaxin-3 in the brain: Anatomical and functional studies in knock-out and wild-type mice.
Research Interests
- Neuropeptides and receptors
- Neurochemical anatomy of CNS
- Behavioural neuroscience
- Stress systems
- Neuropsychiatric diseases
Laboratory Techniques
- Genotyping
- In situ hybridisation histochemistry
- Immunohistochemistry
- Mouse behaviour analysis
Additional Information
- Currently 2nd year PhD candidate
Publications and Articles
Please see PubMed.
Journal Articles
Lassila M, Jandeleit-Dahm K, Seah KK, Smith CM, Calkin AC, Allen TJ, Cooper ME. Imatinib attenuates diabetic nephropathy in apolipoprotein E-knockout mice. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2005;16:363-73.
King JA, Straffon AF, D'Abaco GM, Poon CL, I ST, Smith CM, Buchert M, Corcoran NM, Hall NE, Callus BA, Sarcevic B, Martin D, Lock P, Hovens CM. Distinct requirements for the Sprouty domain for functional activity of Spred proteins. Biochem J. 2005:388:445-54.
Calkin AC, Forbes JM, Smith CM, Lassila M, Cooper ME, Jandeleit-Dahm KA, Allen TJ. Rosiglitazone attenuates atherosclerosis in a model of insulin insufficiency independent of its metabolic effects. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2005:25:1903-9.
King JA, Corcoran NM, D'Abaco GM, Straffon AF, Smith CM, Poon CL, Buchert M, I S, Hall NE, Lock P, Hovens CM. Eve-3: A liver enriched suppressor of Ras/MAPK signaling. J Hepatol. 2005 44:758-67.
Recent Abstracts
Banerjee A, Ma S, Ortinau S, Smith CM, Layfield S, Burazin TCD, Shen P-J, Bathgate RAD, Gundlach AL. Relaxin-3 neurons in the nucleus incertus – Projection patterns, response to swim stress and relaxin-3 neuronal signalling. Society for Neuroscience, 2005.
Smith CM, Ma S, Shen P-J, Lin F, Wade JD, Bathgate RAD, Gundlach AL. Distribution of relaxin-3 and GPCR-135 in mouse brain suggests role in attentional states and behavioral control. Australian Neuroscience Society, 2006.
Smith CM, Ma S, Shen P-J, Lin F, Wade JD, Bathgate RAD, Gundlach AL. Studies in wild type and relaxin-3 knockout mice reveal the distribution of relaxin-3 and GPCR135 in brain, suggesting a role in stress response, attentional states and behavioral control. Australasian Winter Conference for Brain Research, 2006.
Smith CM, Ma S, Shen P-J, Lin F, Wade JD, Bathgate RAD, Gundlach AL. Studies in wild type and relaxin-3 knockout mice reveal the distribution in brain of relaxin-3 and GPCR-135, suggesting a role in attentional states and behavioral control. Society for Neuroscience, 2006.
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