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Research InterestsProfessor Ken Ashwell | | (Position Details) | | Phone 02 9385 2482 | | Email | | Qualifications BMedSc MB BS UNSW, PhD Syd |
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| School of Medical Sciences | |
| | Broad Research Areas | |
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Anatomy
Neuroscience
Biological Anthropology
Embryology
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| | | | Specific Research Keywords | |
| Brain Evolution
Comparative Neuroscience
Developmental Neuroscience
Neuroteratology
Early Human Development
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| | | | Research Interests | |
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Comparative and Evolutionary Neuroscience. Comparative neuroanatomy of marsupials and monotremes. Brain evolution among marsupials, monotremes and ratites. Sexual dimorphism in the brains of marsupials. Developmental Neuroscience.
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| | | | ILP Research Interests (Will supervise ILP students) |
| Sciences
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| | | | Project Topics for current Honours Students |
| Sexual dimorphism in the central nervous system of marsupials and the control of sexual behaviour. Brain evolution of Australian mammals and birds. | |
| | | | Teaching Interests | |
| Broadly ranging from neuroanatomy through visceral anatomy, embryology to physical anthropology. Course organisation ranges from anatomy for medical students, Fundamentals of anatomy, Introductory functional anatomy and the general education subjects - Human Origins and Frontiers in Brain Research. | |
| | | | Society Memberships & Professional Activities | |
| Australian Neuroscience Society | |
| | | | Funding Sources | |
| Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
Wenzhou Medical College | |
| | | | Key works/Publications | |
| 69. HASSIOTIS M, ASHWELL KW (2003) Neuronal classes in the isocortex of a monotreme, the Australian echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus). Brain Behav Evol 61:6-27.
70. MAHNS DA, COLEMAN GT, ASHWELL KW, ROWE MJ (2003) Tactile sensory function in the forearm of the monotreme Tachyglossus aculeatus. J Comp Neurol 459:173-85.
71. MAI JK, KRAJEWSKI S, ASHWELL KWS, ANDRESSEN C (2003) A CD-15 immunoreactive subpopulation of radial glial cells in the developing human lateral ganglionic eminence. Neuroembryology 2:64-71.
72. ROWE MJ, MAHNS DA, BOHRINGER RC, ASHWELL KWS, SAHAI V (2003) Tactile neural mechanisms in monotremes. Comp Biochem Physiol Series A 136:883-893.
73. HASSIOTIS M, PAXINOS G, ASHWELL KWS (2003) Anatomy of the cerebral cortex of the echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus). Comp Biochem Physiol Series A 136:827-850.
74. CHENG GANG, MAROTTE LR, ASHWELL KWS (2003) Cyto- and chemoarchitecture of the hypothalamus of a wallaby (Macropus eugenii), with special emphasis on oxytocin and vasopressinergic neurons. Anat Embryol 207:233-253.
75. HASSIOTIS M, PAXINOS G, ASHWELL KWS (2004) Anatomy of the central nervous system of the Australian echidna. Proc Linn Soc NSW 125:287-300.
76. KOUTCHEROV Y, ASHWELL KWS, PAXINOS G (2004) Organisation of the human dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleus. NeuroReport 15:107-111.
77. ASHWELL KWS, HARDMAN C, PAXINOS G (2004) The claustrum is not missing from all monotreme brains. Brain Behav Evol 64:223-241.
78. HASSIOTIS M, PAXINOS G, ASHWELL KWS (2004) Cyto- and chemoarchitecture of the cerebral cortex of the Australian echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus). I Areal organization. J Comp Neurol 475:495-517.
79. CHENG G, ZHOU X, JIA QU, ASHWELL KWS, PAXINOS G (2004) Central vagal sensory and motor connections: Human embryonic and fetal development. Autonomic Neuroscience 114:83-96.
80. ASHWELL KWS, HALASZ P (2004) An Acrobat based program for gross anatomy revision. Medical Education 38:1185-1186.
81. ASHWELL KWS, MAI JK, ANDRESSEN C (2004) CD15 immunoreactivity in the developing brain of a marsupial, the Tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii). Anat Embryol 209:157-168.
82. HASSIOTIS M, PAXINOS G, ASHWELL KWS (2005) Cyto- and chemoarchitecture of the cerebral cortex of the Australian echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus). II Laminar organization and synaptic density. J Comp Neurol 482:94-122.
83. ASHWELL KW, ZHANG LL, MAROTTE LR (2005) Cyto- and chemoarchitecture of the cortex of the tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii): Areal organization. Brain Behav Evol 66:114-136.
84. ASHWELL KW, HARDMAN CD, PAXINOS G (2005) Cyto- and chemoarchitecture of the amygdala of a monotreme, Tachyglossus aculeatus (the short beaked echidna). J Chem Neuroanat 30:82-104.
85. ASHWELL KW, PAXINOS G (2005) Cyto- and chemoarchitecture of the dorsal thalamus of the monotreme Tachyglossus aculeatus, the short beaked echidna. J Chem Neuroanat 30:161-183.
86. QU J, ZHOU X, ZHU H, CHENG G, ASHWELL KWS, LU F (2006) Development of the human superior colliculus and the retinocollicular projection. Exp Eye Res 82:300-310.
87. ASHWELL KWS (2006) Chemoarchitecture of the monotreme olfactory bulb. Brain Behav Evol 67:69-84.
88. ASHWELL KWS (2006) Cyto- and chemoarchitecture of the monotreme olfactory tubercle. Brain Behav Evol 67:85-102.
89. ASHWELL KWS, HARDMAN CD, PAXINOS G (2006) Cyto- and chemoarchitecture of the sensory trigeminal nuclei of the echidna, platypus and rat. J Chem Neuroanat.31:81-107.
90. ASHWELL KWS, PHILLIPS JM (2006) The anterior olfactory nucleus and piriform cortex of the echidna and platypus. Brain Behav Evol 67:203-227.
91. CHENG G, ZHU H, ZHOU X, QU J, ASHWELL KWS, PAXINOS G (2006) Development of the human nucleus of the solitary tract: A cyto- and chemoarchitectural study. Autonomic Neuroscience 128:76-95.
92. ASHWELL KWS, LAJEVARDI SE, CHENG G, PAXINOS G (2006) The hypothalamic supraoptic and paraventricular nuclei of the echidna and platypus. Brain Behav Evol 68:197-217.
93. ASHWELL KWS, PAXINOS G, WATSON CRR (2007) Cyto- and chemoarchitecture of the cerebellum of the short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus). Brain Behav Evol 70:71-89.
94. ASHWELL KWS, PAXINOS G, WATSON CRR (2007) Precerebellar and vestibular nuclei of the short beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus). Brain Struct Funct 212:209-221.
95. ASHWELL KW, PAXINOS G (2007) The pretectal nuclei in two monotremes: the short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus) and the platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus). Brain Struct Funct 212:359-69.
96. ASHWELL KW (2008) Encephalization of Australian and New Guinean marsupials. Brain Behav Evol 71:181-199.
97. ASHWELL KW, SCOFIELD RP (2008) Big birds and their brains: Paleoneurology of the New Zealand Moa. Brain Behav Evol 71:151-166.
98. CHENG G, ZHU H, ZHOU X, QU J, ASHWELL KW, PAXINOS G .(2008) Development of the human dorsal nucleus of the vagus. Early Hum Dev 84:15-27.
99. ASHWELL KW, MAROTTE LR, CHENG G (2008) Development of the olfactory system in a wallaby (Macropus eugenii). Brain Behav Evol (in press, accepted 8/02/2008).
100. MCCLUSKEY SU, MAROTTE LR, ASHWELL KW (2008) Development of the vestibular apparatus and central vestibular connections in a wallaby (Macropus eugenii). Brain Behav Evol (in press, accepted 9/02/2008). | |
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