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| IDENTIFICATION AND CONTACT INFORMATION |
| Last name: | Christie |
First name: | Brian R |
| Address: | Division of Medical Sciences
University of Victoria
PO Box 1700 STN CSC
Victoria (British Columbia)
V8W 2Y2 |
Fax: | (250) 472--5505 |
| BC academic affiliation: | University of Victoria |
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| E-mail address: |
brain64@uvic.ca |
BC research location(s): |
University of British Columbia - Vancouver Campus
University of Victoria |
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| Status: | Researcher |
| Last update: |
26/07/2010
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| TRAINING AND CREDENTIALS |
| Diploma / Credentials |
Specialty |
Year |
Institution |
| Doctorate (PhD) |
Neuroscience/Psychology |
1992 |
University of Otago |
| Master's |
Neuroscience/Psychology |
1989 |
The University of Calgary |
| Bachelor's |
Psychology |
1987 |
The University of Calgary |
| Last update: |
26/07/2010
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| AREAS OF EXPERTISE |
| Area of research: |
Health sciences |
| Disciplines trained in: |
Anatomy
Neurosciences |
| Research disciplines: |
Anatomy
Neurosciences |
| Research topics: |
Mental Retardation (Child, Youth and Maternal Health)
Prenatal and Perinatal Trauma (Child, Youth and Maternal Health)
Alcoholism (Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction)
Learning and Memory (Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction)
Neurogenesis and Gliogenesis (Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction) |
| Fields of application: |
Biomedical Aspects of Human Health
Foundations and Knowledge Acquisition |
| Last update: |
26/07/2010
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| TECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS |
| Technological applications: |
Peptides, proteins, enzymes |
| Last update: |
26/07/2010
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| RESEARCH ACTIVITIES - Description used by investigators to specify their area of expertise. |
| Key words: |
Synaptic Plasticity, glutamate, Neurogenesis, calcium, Immunohistochemistry, hippocampus, Learning and Memory, Electrophysiology, Behavior, Pharmacology |
| Research interests: |
My laboratory studies the impact of exercise and developmental disorders on hippocampal structure and function. Our current main projects are to look at how exercise, Prenatal Ethanol Exposure and Fragile-X Syndrome impact neurogenesis, dendritic growth, and synaptic plasticity in the hippocampus. We are particularly interested in the mechanisms by which exercise can benefit these disorders. |
| Last update: |
26/07/2010
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| RECENT AND REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS |
| Authors |
| Title (article or book chapter) |
| Year |
Volume |
Number |
Pages |
Journal or book |
Editors |
City and publishing house |
| Christie BR, Swann SE, Fox CJ, Froc D, Lieblich SE, Redila V, Webber A. |
| "Voluntary exercise rescues deficits in spatial memory and long-term potentiation in prenatal ethanol-exposed male rats." |
| 2005 |
21 |
6 |
pp. 1719-1726 |
European Journal of Neuroscience |
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| Eadie BD, Redila VA, Christie BR. |
| "Voluntary exercise alters the cytoarchitecture of the adult dentate gyrus by increasing cellular proliferation, dendritic complexity, and spine density." |
| 2005 |
486 |
1 |
pp. 39-47 |
Journal of Comparative Neurology |
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| van Praag H, Schinder AF, Christie BR, Toni N, Palmer TD, Gage FH. |
| "Functional neurogenesis in the adult hippocampus." |
| 2002 |
415 |
6875 |
pp. 1030-1035 |
Nature |
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| Last update: |
26/07/2010
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| LANGUAGE COMPETENCIES |
| Understand: |
English |
| Read: |
English |
| Write: |
English |
| Speak: |
English |
| Last update: |
26/07/2010
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