Conference abstracts

Here is a list of conference abstracts I have authored or co-authored

T. Corlette, S.M. McKay, H. Pau, D. Saunders & S. Oleskevich (2006) Microsurgery for cell injection into mouse cochlea. Frontiers in Otorhinolaryngology, Australia.

McKay S.M. & Oleskevich S. (2006) The role of sound-driven activity in developmental plasticity at a giant auditory synapse. Proceedings of the Australian Neuroscience Society 17 (41).

Doyle K.D., Kazda, A., Hort Y., McKay S.M. & Oleskevich S. (2006) Differentiation of adult olfactory precursor cells into auditory hair cells. Proceedings of the Australian Neuroscience Society 17 (69).

K. Doyle, A. Kazda, Y. Hort, S. McKay & S. Oleskevich. (2006) Differentiation of adult olfactory stem cells into auditory hair cells. Developmental Neurobiology Satellite Meeting, Sydney, Australia.

McKay S.M., Hu P. & McLachlan E.M. (2006) Patterns of microglial activation differ between white and grey matter of lumbosacral spinal segments below a mid-thoracic spinal cord transection in rats. Proceedings of the Australian Neuroscience Society 17 (162). Sydney, Australia.

K. Doyle, A. Kazda, Y. Hort, S. McKay & S. Oleskevich. (2005) Characterisation of olfactory stem cell-derived hair cells. Australian Stem Cell Conference, Gold Coast, Australia.

A. Kazda, K. Doyle, Y. Hort, S. McKay & S. Oleskevich. (2005) Characterisation of olfactory stem cell-derived hair cells. 15th St Vincent’s Research Symposium, Sydney, Australia. (Student Poster prize winner).

McKay S.M. McLachlan E.M. (2005) Differential recruitment of CD4+ and CD8+ lymphocytes and macrophages into sensory ganglia after nerve and spinal cord injury. Proceedings of the Australian Neuroscience Society 16 (12-3). Perth, Australia.

McKay S.M. & McLachlan E.M. (2004) Spinal cord injury induces inflammation at remote sites in the peripheral nervous system. ASMR 13th NSW Scientific Meeting. Sydney, Australia.

McKay S.M., & Thompson I.D. (2004) A role for visual experience in the development of receptive fields in ferret primary visual cortex. Proceedings of the Australian Neuroscience Society 15 (151). Melbourne, Australia.

McKay S.M., Smyth D., Akerman C.J., Thompson I.D. (2002) Changing receptive fields and response properties underlie orientation development in ferret primary visual cortex. FENS Abstr 14, 007.17 Paris, France.

McKay, S.M., Smyth D., Akerman C.J., Thompson I.D. (2001) Changing receptive fields during development in ferret primary visual cortex. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr. 27 (475.13). San Diego, USA.

Akerman CJ., Smyth D., McKay S.M., Baker G.E., Thompson I.D. (2000) Role for visual experience before eye-opening in the development of the retinogeniculate pathway. FENS Abstr 12, 132.11 Brighton, UK.

McKay S.M., (2000) Receptive field development in the primary visual cortex of ferrets. Physiological Society Young Physiologists Symposium. – The excitement of excitable cells. Oxford, UK.

McKay S.M., Duxson M.J., Sheard P. (1996). Possible evidence for electrical coupling between adult skeletal muscle fibres. Proceedings of the University of Otago Medical School Research Council. 74(3), Dunedin. NZ.