Robert Dunbar

Ph.D. 2002

Thesis Title:

Imaging Two Functional Architectures and Their Interaction in the Mouse Cerebellar Cortex in vivo Using the pH Sensitive Dye Neutral Red

Current Position:

Associate Professor, Center for Learning Innovation, University of Minnesota - Rochester.

Major Advisor(s):

Selected Publications:

  • Dunbar RL, Chen G, Gao W, Reinert KC, Feddersen R, Ebner TJ. Imaging parallel fiber and climbing fiber responses and their short-term interactions in the mouse cerebellar cortex in vivo. Neuroscience. 2004;126(1):213-27.
  • Reinert KC, Dunbar RL, Gao W, Chen G, Ebner TJ. Flavoprotein autofluorescence imaging of neuronal activation in the cerebellar cortex in vivo. J Neurophysiol. 2004;92(1):199-211.
  • Groth RD, Dunbar RL, Mermelstein PG. Calcineurin regulation of neuronal plasticity.   Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2003;311(4):1159-71.
  • Gao W, Dunbar RL, Chen G, Reinert KC, Oberdick J, Ebner TJ. Optical imaging of long-term depression in the mouse cerebellar cortex in vivo. J Neurosci. 2003;23(5):1859-66.
  • Chen G, Dunbar RL, Gao W, Ebner TJ. Role of calcium, glutamate neurotransmission, and nitric oxide in spreading acidification and depression in the cerebellar cortex. J Neurosci. 2001;21(24):9877-87.
  • Chen G, Hanson CL, Dunbar RL, Ebner TJ. Novel form of spreading acidification and depression in the cerebellar cortex demonstrated by neutral red optical imaging. J Neurophysiol. 1999;81(4):1992-8.
Robert Dunbar