Staff profile

Dr Christine Kettle

Lecturer

Faculty of Science, Technology and Engineering

School of Pharmacy and Applied Science
Department of Pharmacy

Room Location: Applied Science 1, Room 4.14, Bendigo

 

Qualifications

BSc (Hons) LaTrobe, PhD LaTrobe

Membership of professional Associations

Member of Australian Neuroscience Association

Area of study

Pharmacy
Physiology

Brief Profile

Research interests:

  • My area of research is neurophysiology/pharmacology. I have studied neural networks within the retina and investigated the relationships between mutually inhibitory circuits and the implications on the plasticity of dopaminergic receptive mechanisms under normal physiological conditions. Currently I am expanding to investigate the dopaminergic relationship with respect to controlling behaviours such as hedonic eating.

Teaching Units

Neuroscience

Neuropharmacology

Human physiology

Recent Publications

Megaw, P.M., Flens, C., Morgan, I.G. and Boelen, M.K. Retinal dopamine release depends linearly on log light intensity, submitted to Neuroreport , revision in preparation.

Boelen, M., Flens, C. and Morgan, I. (2005) The retinal dark-light switch exhibits hysteresis. Second SERI-ARVO Meeting on Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, Singapore, 16-20 February.

Ashby, R., Yang, D.-S., Flens, C., Megaw, P., Boelen, M., Walcott, B. and Morgan, I. (2004) The effect of constant light on the development of refractive error. Exp. Eye Res. , 79: S43.

Ashby, R., Yang, D.-S., Flens, C., Megaw, P., Boelen, M., Walcott, B. and Morgan, I. (2004) The effect of constant light on the development of refractive error. Myopia Downunder - Vision Down Under, Fraser Island, 4-7 September.

Boelen, M, Flens, C and Morgan, I. (2004) Hysteresis and the cycling of the retinal dark-light switch. Exp. Eye Res., 79: S186.

Flens, C, Morgan, I and Boelen, M (2004) Hysteresis in the retinal dark-light switch. Myopia Downunder - Vision Down Under, Fraser Island, 4-7 September.

Morgan, I.G., Ashby, R., Yang, D.S., Megaw, P., Flens, C. and Boelen, M. (2004) The effect of constant light on the retinal dark-light switch and eye growth in the chicken. Inv. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. , 45: E-Abstract 4292.

Ashby, R., Yang, D.-S, Flens, C., Megaw, P., Boelen, M., Walcott, B. and Morgan, I. (2003) The retinal dark-light switch in constant light. Annual Australasian Ophthalmic and Visual Science Meeting, Melbourne, 29-30 November.

Ashby, R., Yang, D.-S, Flens, C., Megaw, P., Boelen, M., Walcott, B. and Morgan, I. (2003) The retinal dark-light switch in constant light. Proc. Austr. Neurosci. Soc. , 14: 17.

Flens, C., Megaw, P., Morgan, I. and Boelen, M.K. (2003) Kinetic appraisal of changes in vitreal DOPAC. Annual Australasian Ophthalmic and Visual Science Meeting, Melbourne, 29-30 November.

Flens, C., Megaw, P., Morgan, I. and Boelen, M.K. (2003) Kinetic appraisal of changes in vitreal DOPAC. Proc. Austr. Neurosci. Soc. , 14: 54