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DR MICHELLE JULIE PORRITT



Contact Details

Organization: Medicine - Royal Melbourne and Western Hospitals
Position: RESEARCH FELLOW
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Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Key Words Country of Expertise
Neuroscience Neuroregeneration, neuroprotection, immune response, stroke, spinal cord, parkinsons disease Australia

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Applied Science Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
Doctor of Philosophy University of Melbourne

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
NHMRC PETER DOHERTY FELLOWSHIP - TRANSFER IN Chief Investigator NHMRC Peter Doherty Fellowships 01/01/2004
INVESTIGATION OF INJURY AND REPAIR OF NEURONAL PROCESSES IN STROKE Chief Investigator PFIZER AUST PTY LTD Neuro Science Research Grants 01/01/2006
Mechanisms for Post-stroke Epilepsy: relationships to neuronal plasticity Chief Investigator PERPETUAL TRUSTEES AUST LTD MISCELLANEOUS TRUSTS 01/01/2007
AXONAL AND DENDRITIC INJURY AND REGENERATION AFTER CEREBRAL ISCHAEMIA - MELBOURNE EARLY CAREER RESEARCHER GRANT SCHEME 2006 Chief Investigator UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE Early Career Researcher Grants Scheme

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 2006

Journal Articles

  • Striatal Dopaminergic Neurons Are Lost with Parkinson's Disease Progression
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Movement Disorders
    Volume: 21
    Issue: 12
    Page numbers: 2208-2211
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Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • Dopaminergic Innervation of the Human Striatum in Parkinson's Disease
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Movement Disorders
    Volume: 20
    Issue: 7
    Page numbers: 810-818
    Publisher: Wiley-Liss(New York)
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  • Inhibiting BDNF expression by antisense oligonucleotide infusion causes loss of nigral dopaminergic neurons
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Experimental Neurology
    Volume: 192
    Page numbers: 226-234
    Publisher: Academic Press(California)
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Publications in 2004

Journal Articles

  • Imaging the Ischemic Penumbra with 18F-Fluoromisonidazole in a Rat Model of Ischemic Stroke
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Stroke
    Volume: 35
    Issue: 2004
    Page numbers: 975-980
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Publications in 2002

Journal Articles

  • Macrophages and Microglia Produce Local Trophic Gradients That Stimulate Axonal Sprouting Toward but Not beyond the Wound Edge


    Year: 2002
    Journal: Molecular and Cellular Neurosciences
    Volume: 21
    Issue: 2002
    Page numbers: 436-453
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  • Periwound dopaminergic sprouting is dependent on numbers of wound macrophages
    Year: 2002
    Journal: European Journal of Neuroscience
    Volume: 15
    Page numbers: 826-832
    Publisher: Blackwell Science(Oxford)
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