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A/PROF ROBERT SHEPHERD



Contact Details

Organization: Otolaryngology Eye and Ear Hospital
Position: Honorary (Professorial Fellow)
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Homepage: http://www.hearingcrc.org/
Work: 9667 7513
Building: 384-388 Albert St. E.Melbourne
Campus: Eye And Ear Hospital

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Science Institution not known
Graduate Diploma in Education Institution not known
Doctor of Philosophy Institution not known

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Grants

Title Role Funding Source Scheme Award Date
The auditory plasticity related with peripheral deafness and the use of cochlear prosthesis Chief Investigator INTERNATIONAL BRAIN RESEARCH ORG Research Fellowship 01/01/2002
Transplantation of Schwann Cells to the Cochlea: Regeneration, Remyelination and Neurotrophic Supply Principal Supervisor NHMRC Dora Lush Biomedical Postgraduate Scholarship 01/01/2006

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2009

Journal Articles

  • A protocol for cryoembedding the adult guinea pig cochlea for fluorescence immunohistology
    Year: 2009
    Journal: Journal of Neuroscience Methods
    Volume: 176
    Page numbers: 144-151
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  • Promoting neurite outgrowth from spiral ganglion neuron explants using polypyrrole/BDNF-coated electrodes
    Year: 2009
    Journal: Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A
    Volume: 91
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 241-250
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Publications in 2008

Journal Articles

  • 24/11 Publications Test 10:30
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Hearing Research
    Volume: 11
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 11-33
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  • Surgical access to the mammalian cochlea for cell-based therapies
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Experimental Neurology
    Volume: 214
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 193-200
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Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  • Auditory hair cell explant co-cultures promote the differentiation of stem cells into bipolar neurons
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Experimental Cell Research
    Volume: 313
    Page numbers: 232-243
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  • Assessment of the Protective Effect of Pneumococcal Vaccination in Preventing Meningitis After Cochlear Implantation
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Archives of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery
    Volume: 133
    Issue: 10
    Page numbers: 987-994
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  • Auditory hair cell explant co-cultures promote the differentiation of stem cells into bipolar neurons
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Experimental Cell Research
    Volume: 313
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 232-243
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  • Cochlear Implants Stimulate Activity-Dependent CREB Pathway in the Deaf Auditory Cortex: Implications for Molecular Plasticity Induced by Neural Prosthetic Devices
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Human Mutation
    Volume: 28
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 816-823
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  • Deafness alters auditory nerve fibre responses to cochlear implant stimulation
    Year: 2007
    Journal: European Journal of Neuroscience
    Volume: 26
    Issue: 10
    Page numbers: 510-522
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  • Does cochlear implantation and electrical stimulation affect residual hair cells and spiral ganglion neurons?
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Hearing Research
    Volume: 225
    Issue: 1-2
    Page numbers: 60-70
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  • Effects of inner ear trauma on the risk of pneumococcal meningitis
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Archives of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery
    Volume: 133
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 250-9
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  • Mice Deficient for the Type II Transmembrane Serine Protease, TMPRSS1/hepsin, Exhibit Profound Hearing Loss
    Year: 2007
    Journal: American Journal of Pathology
    Volume: 171
    Page numbers: 608-616
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  • Neurotrophic factors and neural prostheses: potential clinical applications based upon findings in the auditory system
    Year: 2007
    Journal: IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering
    Volume: 54
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 1138-1148
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  • Schwann cells revert to non-myelinating phenotypes in the deafened rat cochlea
    Year: 2007
    Journal: European Journal of Neuroscience
    Volume: 26
    Issue: 7
    Page numbers: 1813-1821
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  • The potential of stem cells for auditory neuron generation and replacement
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Stem Cells
    Volume: 25
    Page numbers: 2685-2694
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  • The potential of stem cells for auditory neuron generation and replacement in the deaf cochlea
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Stem Cells
    Volume: 25
    Issue: 11
    Page numbers: 2685-2694
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Publications in 2006

Book Chapters

  • Basis for electrical stimulation of the cochlea and the cochlear nucleus
    Year: 2006
    Book: Cochlear and Brainstem Implants
    Publisher: Karger AG(Basel)
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  • Consequences of electrical stimulation on the peripheral and central auditory system
    Year: 2006
    Book: Cochlear Implants
    Publisher: Thieme Publishing Group(New York)
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Journal Articles

  • Fate of embryonic stem cells transplanted into the deafened mammalian cochlea


    Year: 2006
    Journal: Cell Transplantation
    Volume: 15
    Page numbers: 369-380
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  • Aminoglycoside-Induced Degeneration of Adult Spiral Ganglion Neurons Involves Differential Modulation of Tyrosine Kinase B and p75
    Neurotrophin Receptor Signaling
    Year: 2006
    Journal: American Journal of Pathology
    Volume: 169
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 528-543
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  • Delivery strategies for cell-based therapy in the mammalian cochlea
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Cell Transplantation
    Volume: 15
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 369-380
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  • Effect of interphase-gap and pulse-duration on electrically evoked potentials is correlated with auditory nerve survival
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Hearing Research
    Volume: 215
    Issue: 1-2
    Page numbers: 47-55
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  • Fate of embryonic stem cells
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Cell Transplantation
    Volume: 15
    Page numbers: 369-380
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  • Maturation of the cortical auditory evoked potential in infants
    and young children
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Hearing Research
    Volume: 212
    Issue: 1-2
    Page numbers: 185-202
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  • Pneumococcal Meningitis: Development of a New Animal Model
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Otology & Neurotology- An International Forum
    Volume: 27
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 844-854
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  • Pneumococcal meningitis threshold model: A potential tool to assess infectious risk of new or existing inner ear surgical interventions
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Otology & Neurotology- An International Forum
    Volume: 27
    Issue: 8
    Page numbers: 1152-1161
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  • Survival of stem cells following
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology
    Volume: 6
    Page numbers: 341-354
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Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • Chronic depolarization enhances the trophic effects of brain-derived neurotrophic factor in rescuing auditory neurons following a sensorineural hearing loss.
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Journal of Comparative Neurology
    Volume: 486
    Issue: 1-2
    Page numbers: 145-158
    Publisher: Wiley-Liss(New York)
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  • Clinical application of neurotrophic factors: the potential for primary auditory neuron protection
    Year: 2005
    Journal: European Journal of Neuroscience
    Volume: 22
    Page numbers: 2123-2133
    Publisher: Blackwell Science(Oxford)
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  • Cochlear implantation in rats: A new surgical approach.
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Hearing Research
    Volume: 205
    Issue: 1-2
    Page numbers: 115-122
    Publisher: Elsevier Science(Amsterdam)
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  • Exogenous BDNF rescues rat spiral ganglion neurons in vivo.
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Otology & Neurotology- An International Forum
    Volume: 26
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 1064-1072
    Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
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  • Survival of partially differentiated mouse embryonic stem cells in the scala media of the guinea pig cochlea.
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology
    Volume: 6
    Page numbers: 341-354
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Publications in 2004

Book Chapters

  • Central auditory prosthesis
    Year: 2004
    Book: Neuroprosthetics: Theory and Practice
    Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Co
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  • Cochlear implants.
    Year: 2004
    Book: Neuroprosthetics: Theory and Practice.
    Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Co
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  • The Auditory System.
    Year: 2004
    Book: Neuroprosthetics: Theory and Practice.
    Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Co
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Journal Articles

  • An in vitro model for investigating impedance changes with cell growth and electrical stimulation: implications for neural prostheses.
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Journal of Neural Engineering
    Volume: 1
    Page numbers: 218-227
    Publisher: Institute of Physics Publishing(Bristol)
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  • Long-term sensorineural hearing loss induces functional changes in the rat auditory nerve
    Year: 2004
    Journal: European Journal of Neuroscience
    Volume: 20
    Page numbers: 313103140
    Publisher: Blackwell Science(Oxford)
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  • Surface microstructure of the perilymphatic space : implications for cochlear implants and cell or drug based therapies.
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Archives of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery
    Volume: 130
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 518-523
    Publisher: American Medical Association(Illinois)
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Publications in 2003

Journal Articles

  • Cochlear immunochemistry: a new technique based on gelatin embedding
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Journal of Neuroscience Methods
    Volume: 129
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 81-86
    Publisher: Elsevier Science(Amsterdam)
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Publications in 2002

Book Chapters

  • Chronic monopolar high rate stimulation of the auditory nerve. Physiological and histopathological effects
    Year: 2002
    Book: Cochlear implants an update
    Publisher: Kugler Publications
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Journal Articles

  • A multichannel scala tympani electrode array incorporating a drug delivery system for chronic intracochlear infusion
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Hearing Research
    Volume: 172
    Page numbers: 92-98
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  • Auditory nerve stochasticity and deafness
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Acta Oto-Laryngologica
    Volume: 56
    Page numbers: 255
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  • Chronic placental insufficiency has long-term effects on auditory function in the guinea pig
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Hearing Research
    Volume: 166
    Page numbers: 159-165
    Publisher: Elsevier Science(Amsterdam)
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  • Chronic placental insufficiency has long-term effects on auditory function in the guinea pig


    Year: 2002
    Journal: Hearing Research
    Volume: 166
    Page numbers: 159-165
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  • Functional and morphological response of the stria vascularis following a profound sensorineural hearing loss
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Hearing Research
    Volume: 172
    Issue: 1-2
    Page numbers: 127-136
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Publications in 2001

Journal Articles

  • Distortion Product Otoacoustic Emission and Auditory Brainstem Responses in the Echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus)
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology
    Volume: 2
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 130-146
    Publisher: Springer Verlag(New York)
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  • Electrical Stimulation of the Auditory Nerve: Single Neuron Strength-Duration Functions in Deafened Animals
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Annals of Biomedical Engineering
    Volume: 29
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 195-201
    Publisher: American Institute of Physics(New York)
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  • Stimulus Induced pH Changes in Cochlear Implants: An In Vitro and In Vivo Study
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Annals of Biomedical Engineering
    Volume: 29
    Issue: 9
    Page numbers: 791-802
    Publisher: American Institute of Physics(New York)
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