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About NUI Galway
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Medicine
Dr Robert Munn
Contact Details
Human Biology Building
E: robert.munn@nuigalway.ie
Biography
Research Interests
Peer Reviewed Journals
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(2020) | 'Multiple head direction signals within entorhinal cortex: origin and function'
Munn RG;Giocomo LM; (2020) 'Multiple head direction signals within entorhinal cortex: origin and function'. Current Opinion In Neurobiology, 64 [DOI] [Details] |
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(2020) | 'Entorhinal velocity signals reflect environmental geometry'
Munn, Robert G. K., Mallory, Caitlin S., Hardcastle, Kiah., Chetkovich, Dane M., and Giocomo, Lisa M. (2020) 'Entorhinal velocity signals reflect environmental geometry'. Nature Neuroscience, :1-13 [DOI] [Details] |
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(2017) | 'Circadian-scale periodic bursts in theta and gamma-band coherence between hippocampus, cingulate and insular cortices'
Munn, Robert and Hardcastle, Kiah and Porter, Blake and Bilkey, David (2017) 'Circadian-scale periodic bursts in theta and gamma-band coherence between hippocampus, cingulate and insular cortices'. Neurobiology of Sleep and Circadian Rhythms, 3 :26-37 [DOI] [Details] |
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(2016) | 'Anxiolytic-like effects of leptin on fixed interval responding'
Tyree, Susan M and Munn, Robert G and McNaughton, Neil (2016) 'Anxiolytic-like effects of leptin on fixed interval responding'. Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior, 148 :15-20 [DOI] [Details] |
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(2016) | 'Trussht me, I know what I sshaw: The acceptance of misinformation from an apparently unreliable co-witness'
Zajac, Rachel and Dickson, Jake and Munn, Robert and O'Neill, Sarah (2016) 'Trussht me, I know what I sshaw: The acceptance of misinformation from an apparently unreliable co-witness'. Legal And Criminological Psychology, 21 (1):127-140 [DOI] [Details] |
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(2015) | 'The frequency of hippocampal theta rhythm is modulated on a circadian period and is entrained by food availability'
Munn, Robert G and Tyree, Susan M and McNaughton, Neil and Bilkey, David K (2015) 'The frequency of hippocampal theta rhythm is modulated on a circadian period and is entrained by food availability'. Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience, 9 [DOI] [Details] |
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(2012) | 'The firing rate of hippocampal CA1 place cells is modulated with a circadian period'
Munn, Robert and Bilkey, David K (2012) 'The firing rate of hippocampal CA1 place cells is modulated with a circadian period'. Hippocampus, 22 (6):1325-37 [DOI] [Details] |
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(2008) | 'Effects of fluoxetine on hippocampal rhythmic slow activity and behavioural inhibition'
Munn, Robert G and McNaughton, Neil (2008) 'Effects of fluoxetine on hippocampal rhythmic slow activity and behavioural inhibition'. Behavioural pharmacology, 19 (3):257-64 [DOI] [Details] |
Other Journals
Year | Publication | |
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(2020) | 'Disordered phasic relationships between hippocampal place cells, theta, and gamma rhythms in the Ts65Dn mouse model of Down Syndrome'
Heller, H C and Freeburn, A and Finn, D P and Munn, R G K (2020) 'Disordered phasic relationships between hippocampal place cells, theta, and gamma rhythms in the Ts65Dn mouse model of Down Syndrome' BioRxiv, . [DOI] [Details] |
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(2020) | 'Medial entorhinal spike clusters carry more finely tuned spatial information than single spikes'
Quinlan, Leo. Richard,Tyree, Susan. Margot,Munn, Robert. Gordon. Keith. (2020) 'Medial entorhinal spike clusters carry more finely tuned spatial information than single spikes' BioRxiv, . [Details] |
Honours and Awards
Year | Title | Awarding Body | |
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2014 | Neurological Foundation of New Zealand Philip Wrightson Postdoctoral Fellow | Neurological Foundation of New Zealand |
Employment
Employer | Position | From / To | |
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Stanford University | Postdoctoral Fellow | 01-SEP-13 / 24-JAN-20 |
Education
Year | Institution | Qualification | Subject | |
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2013 | University of Otago | PhD | Neuroscience |
External Collaborators
Name | Organisation / Institute | Country | Description of Collaboration | |
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H. Craig Heller | Stanford University | U.S.A. |