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Laboratory of Comparative Neurobiology
Dalhousie University, Department of Physiology and Biophysics
Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, B3H 1X5
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| Welcome to the Croll Lab! Our
laboratory focuses on comparative neurobiology, investigating both
invertebrate and vertebrate models. Topics of particular interest are: |
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Molluscan neurobiology:
with emphases on the development of the larval nervous system and the
organisation of the peripheral nervous system in adults.
Neuroendocrine control of reproduction is another major focus. |
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Zebrafish (Danio rerio): as
a model for understanding the development of the autonomic nervous
system and its involvement in swimbladder functions, especially
buoyancy control (Study in collaboration with Dr. Frank Smith). Chemoreception and the plasticity of olfactory driven behaviours are also a major focus (Study in collaboration with Dr. Alan Fine). |
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Evolution of the nervous system:
We are exploring both the form and function of the adult nervous system
in a colonial ascidian. As well organisation of the nervous
system and its control of behaviour in the ctenophore is being
investigated. |
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research involves the use of multiple approaches including immunohistochemistry, anatomy and morphometrics,
behaviour, in vitro physiological preparations and advanced imaging
techniques. |
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Website last updated: July 15, 2007 |
Website developed by Matthew Stoyek and Benjamin Lindsey , 2007
Photographs on webpage by Oliver Braubach and Russell Wyeth |
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