Ethos
Sydney University Neuroscience - SUN - represents the many
labs contributing to neuroscience research at The University
of Sydney, Australia. The purpose of SUN is to provide a common
point of reference for those working within the SUN community
and to showcase the many research threads currently pursued
at The University of Sydney.
About SUN:
The University of Sydney’s 65 senior neuroscience researchers,
backed by $45 million in research funds, work across faculty,
institutional and national boundaries. They have published nearly
1400 widely-cited papers in the past five years, serve on more
than 40 editorial boards, and attract support from as far afield
as the US National Institutes of Health and NASA.
Neuroscience at the University typically involves studies at
multiple scales, from the structure of molecules and the functioning
of cellular systems to the behaviour of the whole organism.
It is a vital contribution to perhaps the greatest scientific
effort of the new century: understanding how these functions
are integrated with experience to form our mental selves.
The research also seeks insights that will allow us to prevent
or minimise damage from neurological, cardiovascular and psychiatric
illness.
Executive and Representatives:
The executive and representatives of SUN reflects its multidisciplinary
nature:
Executive:
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Professor Max Bennett (Chair)
Professor Macdonald Christie
Professor Ian Curthoys
Professor John Pollard
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Dept of Physiology
Dept of Pharmacology
Dept of Psychology
Faculty of Medicine
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Representatives of SUN Divisions:
The executive plus...
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Professor Richard Bandler
Professor Roger Dampney
Professor Bogdan Dreher
Professor Nicholas Hunt
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Dept of Anatomy and Histology
Dept of Physiology
Dept of Anatomy and Histology
Dept of Pathology
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There are eight SUN divisions representing the major
research themes being undertaken
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A Summary of SUN: 2000
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Division:
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Publication Number
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Research Income $
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Research Student Load
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PhD Completions
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Research Fellows
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Fellowships
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Editorial Boards
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Behavioural and Cognitive Neuroscience
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243
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3,447,665
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43
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12
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5
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6
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8
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Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
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258
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12,289,148
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35
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19
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6
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1
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7
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Infectious agents in the nervous system
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46
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498,500
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5
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4
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1
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0
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0
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Integrative Cardiovascular and Respiratory
Neuroscience
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96
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4,287,524
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10
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4
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7
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0
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4
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Molecular Neuropharmacology
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245
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8,492,919
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20
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14
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7
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1
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11
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Neurodegenerative Diseases
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196
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7,003,763
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32
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21
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6
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6
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5
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Pain
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55
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1,390,991
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6
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2
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2
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0
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1
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Vision
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225
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7,962,275
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30
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24
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13
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5
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7
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SUN Total:
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1,364
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45,372,785
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181
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100
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47
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19
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43
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A selection of high impact papers published by senior
researchers within SUN are:
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V Balcar
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VJ Balcar & GAR Johnston: The structural specificity
of the high affinity uptake of L-glutamate and L-aspartate
by rat brain slices, Journal of Neurochemistry 19:2657-2666
(1972)
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R Bandler
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Bandler R. Shipley MT. Columnar organization in the midbrain
periaqueductal gray: modules for emotional expression? Trends
in Neurosciences. 17(9):379-89, 1994 Sep.
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W Burke
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Bishop P.O., Burke W. and Davis R. (1962) The identification
of single units in central visual pathways J. Physiol.
(Lond.) 162: 409-431
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M Christie
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Cloning and expression of a rat d2 dopamine receptor cdna
Bunzow JR, Vantol HHM, Grandy DK, Albert P, Salon J, Christie
M, Machida CA, Neve KA, Civelli O. Nature 336: (6201)
783-787 dec 22 1988.
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R Dampney
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Dampney, R.A.L., Goodchild, A.K., Robertson, L.G. & Montgomery,
W. (1982) Role of ventrolateral medulla in vasomotor regulation:
a correlative anatomical and physiological study. Brain
Research 249:223-235.
Goodchild, A.K., Dampney, R.A.L. & Bandler, R. (1982)
A method for evoking physiological responses by stimulation
of cell bodies, but not axons of passage, within localized
regions of the central nervous system. Journal of Neuroscience
Methods 6:351-363.
Dampney, R.A.L. (1994) Functional organization of central
pathways regulating the cardiovascular system. Physiological
Reviews, 74: 323-364.
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B Dreher
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Dreher, B., Fukada, Y. & Rodieck R. W. ( 1976) Identification,
classification and anatomical segregation of cells with X-like
and Y-like properties in the lateral geniculate nucleus of
Old-World primates. J. Physiol (Lond.), 258: 433 -
452.
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N Hunt
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Thumwood, C.M., Hunt, N.H., Cowden, W.B. & Clark, I.A.
(1989). Antioxidants can prevent cerebral malaria in Plasmodium
berghei-ANKA-infected mice. Brit. J. Exp. Pathol. 70,
293-304.
Thumwood, C.M., Hunt, N.H., Clark, I.A. & Cowden, W.B.
(1988). Breakdown of the blood-brain barrier in murine cerebral
malaria. Parasitology 96, 579-589.
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G Johnstone
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Amino acid transmitters in the mammalian central nervous
system (D.R.Curtis and G.A.R. Johnston, Rev. Physiol.,
1974, 69, 97-188)
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A Sefton
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Hayhow, W.R., Sefton, A. and Webb, C. (1962) Primary optic
centers of the rat in relation to the terminal distribution
of the crossed and uncrossed optic nerve fibers. J. comp.
Neurol. 118: 295-322.
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R Vandenberg
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Fairman WA, Vandenberg RJ, Arriza JL, Kavanaugh MP, Amara
SG.(1995) An Excitatory Amino Acid Transporter with Properties
of a Ligand-Gated Chloride Channel. Nature 375, 599-603
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