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Overview

Bronwen Connor is affiliated with the University of Auckland in New Zealand. Their research spans a range of topics primarily within biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, neuroscience, and medicine. The scientist's work encompasses various subfields such as molecular biology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, biomedical engineering, pathology and forensic medicine, and neurology.

Key topics addressed in their publications include pluripotent stem cells research, genetic neurodegenerative diseases, 3D printing in biomedical research, multiple sclerosis research studies, CRISPR and genetic engineering, neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms, as well as mitochondrial function and pathology.

Bronwen Connor has contributed to frequently publishing in these venues:

  • Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Neuroscience Research
  • Stem Cells and Development
  • Acta Biomaterialia

Recent papers exemplify the diversity and interdisciplinary nature of their research:

  • "Electrically responsive release of proteins from conducting polymer hydrogels," 2023, Acta Biomaterialia
  • "Development of agarose-gelatin bioinks for extrusion-based bioprinting and cell encapsulation," 2022, Biomedical Materials
  • "Clozapine reduces infiltration into the CNS by targeting migration in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis," 2020, Journal of Neuroinflammation
  • "Localisation of clozapine during experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis and its impact on dopamine and its receptors," 2021, Scientific Reports
  • "Cell reprogramming for oligodendrocytes: A review of protocols and their applications to disease modeling and cell-based remyelination therapies," 2023, Journal of Neuroscience Research

Frequent collaborative relationships have been established with several researchers, including:

  • Amy McCaughey-Chapman
  • Anne Camille La Flamme
  • Catharina Combrinck
  • Darren Svirskis
  • Nicole Edwards

Best Publications

  • Brain-derived neurotrophic factor is reduced in Alzheimer's disease.

    B Connor;D Young;Q Yan;R.L.M Faull

  • The role of neuronal growth factors in neurodegenerative disorders of the human brain

    B Connor;M Dragunow

  • Increased cell proliferation and neurogenesis in the adult human Huntington's disease brain

    Maurice A. Curtis;Ellen B. Penney;Andree G. Pearson;Willeke M. C. van Roon-Mom

  • Neurogenesis in the striatum of the quinolinic acid lesion model of Huntington's disease

    A.S Tattersfield;R.J Croon;Y.W Liu;A.P Kells

  • Neuronal death and survival in two models of hypoxic-ischemic brain damage.

    Marshall Walton;Bronwen Connor;Patricia Lawlor;Deborah Young

  • AAV-mediated gene delivery of BDNF or GDNF is neuroprotective in a model of Huntington disease.

    Adrian P Kells;Dahna M Fong;Mike Dragunow;Matthew J During

  • Allopregnanolone regulates neurogenesis and depressive/anxiety-like behaviour in a social isolation rodent model of chronic stress.

    Jane Evans;Yuhui Sun;Ailsa McGregor;Bronwen Connor

  • Bax expression in mammalian neurons undergoing apoptosis, and in Alzheimer's disease hippocampus

    G.A MacGibbon;P.A Lawlor;E.S Sirimanne;M.R Walton

  • The distribution of progenitor cells in the subependymal layer of the lateral ventricle in the normal and Huntington's disease human brain.

    M.A. Curtis;E.B. Penney;J. Pearson;M. Dragunow

  • Differential effects of glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) in the striatum and substantia nigra of the aged Parkinsonian rat

    B. Connor;D. A. Kozlowski;Timothy J Schallert;J. L. Tillerson

  • Transplanted adult neural progenitor cells survive, differentiate and reduce motor function impairment in a rodent model of Huntington's disease

    Elena M. Vazey;Kevin Chen;Stephanie M. Hughes;Bronwen Connor

  • Doublecortin expression in the normal and epileptic adult human brain

    Y. W. J. Liu;M. A. Curtis;M. A. Curtis;H. M. Gibbons;E. W. Mee

  • Increased progenitor cell proliferation and astrogenesis in the partial progressive 6-hydroxydopamine model of Parkinson’s disease

    P.M. Aponso;R.L.M. Faull;B. Connor

  • Expression of Fos, Jun, and Krox Family Proteins in Alzheimer's Disease

    G.A. MacGibbon;P.A. Lawlor;M. Walton;E. Sirimanne

  • Trk receptor alterations in Alzheimer's disease

    B. Connor;D. Young;P. Lawlor;W. Gai

  • The cellular composition and morphological organization of the rostral migratory stream in the adult human brain

    Monica Kam;Maurice A. Curtis;Susan R. McGlashan;Bronwen Connor

  • Chemokines direct neural progenitor cell migration following striatal cell loss

    Renee J. Gordon;Ailsa L. McGregor;Bronwen Connor

  • Oxaliplatin causes selective atrophy of a subpopulation of dorsal root ganglion neurons without inducing cell loss.

    S M F Jamieson;J Liu;B Connor;M J McKeage

  • Delivery of a GDNF Gene into the Substantia Nigra after a Progressive 6-OHDA Lesion Maintains Functional Nigrostriatal Connections

    Dorothy A. Kozlowski;Bronwen Connor;Jennifer L. Tillerson;Timothy J Schallert

  • AAV-mediated delivery of BDNF augments neurogenesis in the normal and quinolinic acid-lesioned adult rat brain.

    Rebecca A. Henry;Stephanie M. Hughes;Bronwen Connor

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard L.M. Faull
Richard L.M. Faull University of Auckland
Mike Dragunow
Mike Dragunow University of Auckland
Maurice A. Curtis
Maurice A. Curtis University of Auckland
Timothy J Schallert
Timothy J Schallert The University of Texas at Austin
Malcolm K. Horne
Malcolm K. Horne Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health
Beverly L. Davidson
Beverly L. Davidson Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
John D. Elsworth
John D. Elsworth Yale University
Henry J. Waldvogel
Henry J. Waldvogel University of Auckland
Wickliffe C. Abraham
Wickliffe C. Abraham University of Otago

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