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Michael B. Calford, PhD

Affiliations: 
2018- Provost Australian National University, Acton, Australian Capital Territory, Australia 
Area:
Sensory systems, Adult cortical plasticity, Stroke
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Training:

1979 BSc(Hons)., Monash University. Majored in Psychology and Genetics. Graduated with first class honours in Psychology.

1982 PhD., Monash University, Department of Physiology. Thesis title: Ascending Projections to Subnuclei of the Medial Geniculate Body. Supervisors: Dr. Lindsay Aitkin (Physiology) and Dr. Bill Webster (Psychology).

1982-83 Posdoctoral Fellow, City College of New York, with Dr. Josh Wallman

Awards and Fellowships:

1994 NHMRC Principal Research Fellowship

1991 Australian Society for Medical Research, inaugural Australian Medical Research Award

1988 NHMRC Senior Research Fellowship

1984 Queen Elizabeth II Fellowship

1983 Royal Society Anglo-Australasian Fellowship

1980 Commonwealth Postgraduate Research Award

1979 Australian Psychology Society Prize, student prize

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Parents

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Lindsay M. Aitkin grad student Monash University
John D. Pettigrew grad student University of Queensland
 (1st Post Doc supervisor)
William R. Webster grad student Monash University
David Moore post-doc Oxford
Josh Wallman post-doc 1982-1983 CCNY

Children

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Anita A. Disney research assistant 1998-1999 ANU
Guy N. Elston grad student University of Queensland
Yuri B. Saalmann grad student ANU
Leah Krubitzer post-doc 1980-1984 University of Newcastle, Australia
Marcello G. Rosa post-doc 1991-1998 University of Queensland
Andrew Metha post-doc 1998-2000 ANU

Collaborators

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John D. Pettigrew collaborator 1980-
William Bourke collaborator 1996- University of Sydney
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Saalmann YB, Calford MB. (2008) Pregnane steroids and short-term neural plasticity Neuroactive Steroids in Brain Function, Behavior and Neuropsychiatric Disorders: Novel Strategies For Research and Treatment. 187-200
Young JM, Waleszczyk WJ, Wang C, et al. (2007) Cortical reorganization consistent with spike timing-but not correlation-dependent plasticity. Nature Neuroscience. 10: 887-95
Saalmann YB, Kirkcaldie MT, Waldron S, et al. (2007) Cellular distribution of the GABAA receptor-modulating 3alpha-hydroxy, 5alpha-reduced pregnane steroids in the adult rat brain. Journal of Neuroendocrinology. 19: 272-84
Young JM, Waleszczyk WJ, Wang C, et al. (2007) Corrigendum: Cortical reorganization consistent with spike timing|[ndash]|but not correlation-dependent plasticity Nature Neuroscience. 10: 1073-1073
Saalmann YB, Morgan IG, Calford MB. (2006) Neurosteroids involved in regulating inhibition in the inferior colliculus. Journal of Neurophysiology. 96: 3064-73
Calford MB, Chino YM, Das A, et al. (2005) Neuroscience: rewiring the adult brain. Nature. 438: E3; discussion E3-4
Tailby C, Wright LL, Metha AB, et al. (2005) Activity-dependent maintenance and growth of dendrites in adult cortex. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 102: 4631-6
Calford MB. (2005) Degree of adaptability of the somatosensory cortex to change: prospects for integration of bone-mounted dental prostheses. Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology & Physiology. 32: 115-8
Calford MB, Wright LL, Metha AB, et al. (2003) Topographic plasticity in primary visual cortex is mediated by local corticocortical connections. The Journal of Neuroscience : the Official Journal of the Society For Neuroscience. 23: 6434-42
Waleszczyk WJ, Wang C, Young JM, et al. (2003) Laminar differences in plasticity in area 17 following retinal lesions in kittens or adult cats. The European Journal of Neuroscience. 17: 2351-68
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