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  • 2019 - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Science
  • 2009 - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science

Overview

George Paxinos is affiliated with Neuroscience Research Australia and has contributed extensively to the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience. Their research spans multiple subfields, including Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Cognitive Neuroscience, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Clinical Psychology, and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine.

The primary topics of their research encompass:

  • Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Fetal and Pediatric Neurological Disorders
  • Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Recent published papers by Paxinos include:

  • The Subcortical Atlas of the Rhesus Macaque (SARM) for neuroimaging, 2021, NeuroImage
  • Macaque Brainnetome Atlas: A multifaceted brain map with parcellation, connection, and histology, 2024, Science Bulletin
  • HumanBrainAtlas: an in vivo MRI dataset for detailed segmentations, 2023, Brain Structure and Function
  • Immp2l knockdown in male mice increases stimulus-driven instrumental behaviour but does not alter goal-directed learning or neuron density in cortico-striatal circuits in a model of Tourette syndrome and autism spectrum disorder, 2023, Behavioural Brain Research
  • Subcortical Atlas of the Rhesus Macaque (SARM) for Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

They have collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including Mustafa S. Kassem, Yuheng Lu, Luqi Cheng, Lingzhong Fan, and Tianzi Jiang.

Paxinos has published multiple articles in notable venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), NeuroImage, Science Bulletin, Brain Structure and Function, and Behavioural Brain Research.

In addition to articles, Paxinos has authored books, including the "Chemoarchitectonic Atlas of the Rat Brain" published by the University of Tasmania in 2021.

Their professional recognition includes election as a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Science in 2019 and a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science in 2009.

Best Publications

  • The Rat Brain in Stereotaxic Coordinates

    George Paxinos;Charles Watson

  • AChE-stained horizontal sections of the rat brain in stereotaxic coordinates.

    George Paxinos;Charles R.R. Watson;Piers C. Emson

  • The Mouse Brain in Stereotaxic Coordinates

    George Paxinos

  • The rat nervous system

    George Paxinos

  • Atlas of the Human Brain

    Jeurgen K. Mai;Joseph Assheuer;George Paxinos

  • The human nervous system

    George Paxinos;Jürgen K. Mai

  • Comprar The Mouse Brain in Stereotaxic Coordinates, The coronal plates and diagrams Compact, 3rd Edition | Keith Franklin | 9780123742445 | Academic Press

    Keith Franklin;George Paxinos

  • Paxinos and Franklin's the Mouse Brain in Stereotaxic Coordinates

    George Paxinos;Keith B. J. Franklin

  • The Rhesus Monkey Brain in Stereotaxic Coordinates

    George Paxinos;Xu-Feng Huang;Arthur W. Toga

  • Revised Nomenclature for Avian Telencephalon and Some Related Brainstem Nuclei

    Anton Reiner;David J. Perkel;Laura L. Bruce;Ann B. Butler

  • Avian brains and a new understanding of vertebrate brain evolution

    Erich David Jarvis;Onur Güntürkün;Laura Bruce;András Csillag

  • Bregma, lambda and the interaural midpoint in stereotaxic surgery with rats of different sex, strain and weight

    George Paxinos;Charles Watson;Michael Pennisi;Ann Topple

  • The marmoset brain in stereotaxic coordinates

    George Paxinos;Charles R R Watson;Michael Petrides;Marcello Goncalves Rosa

  • Atlas Of The Developing Rat Brain

    George Paxinos;Alicia L.R. Fritchle

  • Cytoarchitecture of mouse and rat cingulate cortex with human homologies

    Brent Alan Vogt;George Paxinos

  • Atlas of the human brainstem

    George Paxinos;Xu-Feng Huang

  • The central and peripheral ends of the substance P-containing sensory neurones in the rat trigeminal system.

    A. Claudio Cuello;Marina Del Fiacco;George Paxinos

  • Selective right parietal lobe activation during mental rotation: a parametric PET study.

    Irina M. Harris;Gary F. Egan;Cynon Sonkkila;Henri J. Tochon-Danguy

  • A stereotaxic MRI template set for the rat brain with tissue class distribution maps and co-registered anatomical atlas: application to pharmacological MRI.

    Adam J. Schwarz;Anne Danckaert;Torsten Reese;Alessandro Gozzi

  • mouse brain in stereotaxic coordinates

    Keith B. J. Franklin;George Paxinos

Frequent Co-Authors

Charles Watson
Charles Watson Curtin University
Frederick A.O. Mendelsohn
Frederick A.O. Mendelsohn University of Melbourne
Glenda M. Halliday
Glenda M. Halliday University of Sydney
Andrew M. Allen
Andrew M. Allen University of Melbourne
Xu-Feng Huang
Xu-Feng Huang University of Wollongong
Gary F. Egan
Gary F. Egan Monash University
Michael J. McKinley
Michael J. McKinley Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health
Steven Petrou
Steven Petrou Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health
David C. Reutens
David C. Reutens University of Queensland
Siew Yeen Chai
Siew Yeen Chai Monash University

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