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Biography
Stephen Martin is a Discovery Fellow in Systems Medicine, with research interests aligned with the School of Medicine’s Neuroscience research theme. He completed a PhD in Neuroscience and postdoctoral research at the University of Edinburgh before joining the University of Dundee in 2013, first as manager of the newly created Behavioural Neuroscience Core Facility, and subsequently as a Discovery Fellow.
Teaching
Stephen makes regular contributions to Biomedical Science BSc and Neuropharmacology and Behaviour BMSc teaching and research-project supervision. He is an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
Research
Stephen’s research focusses on the behavioural neuroscience and physiology of rodent cognition, with an emphasis on the cellular and synaptic mechanisms that regulate the storage of memories and their underlying changes in synaptic strength. He is currently using electrophysiological techniques to study the formation of associative memories that link environmental cues or actions with information about reward. This work is relevant to the mechanisms of both natural reward-based learning, as well as the processes underlying drug addiction and mood disorders.
Education/Academic qualification
Doctor of Philosophy, University of Edinburgh
Award Date: 1 Mar 1999
Bachelor of Arts, University of Cambridge
Award Date: 1 Jun 1992
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Projects
Glutamatergic Inputs to the Nucleus Accumbens: Potential Targets for Antidepressant Action (PhD Studentship)
1/09/18 → 31/08/21
Project: Research
Mechanisms of Persistent Memory Formation: Hippocampal Dopamine and the Stabilisation of Synaptic Changes
1/07/14 → 30/06/15
Project: Research
Research Output
Formation of a morphine-conditioned place preference does not change the size of evoked potentials in the ventral hippocampus–nucleus accumbens projection
Sakae, D. Y. & Martin, S. J., 26 Mar 2019, In : Scientific Reports. 9, 1, p. 1-15 15 p., 5206.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Hippocampal lateralization and synaptic plasticity in the intact rat: no left-right asymmetry in electrically induced CA3-CA1 long-term potentiation
Martin, S. J., Shires, K. L. & da Silva, B. M., 15 Jan 2019, In : Neuroscience. 397, p. 147-158 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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5
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Double dissociation between the contributions of the septal and temporal hippocampus to spatial learning: the role of prior experience
de Hoz, L. & Martin, S., Aug 2014, In : Hippocampus. 24, 8, p. 990-1005 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
16
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Functional connectivity between the thalamus and postsubiculum: Analysis of evoked responses elicited by stimulation of the laterodorsal thalamic nucleus in anesthetized rats
Shires, K. L., Hawthorne, J. P., Hope, A. M. J., Dudchenko, P. A., Wood, E. R. & Martin, S. J., Jul 2013, In : Hippocampus. 23, 7, p. 559-569 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
6
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N-methyl-d-aspartate receptors, learning and memory: chronic intraventricular infusion of the NMDA receptor antagonist d-AP5 interacts directly with the neural mechanisms of spatial learning
Morris, R. G. M., Steele, R. J., Bell, J. E. & Martin, S. J., Mar 2013, In : European Journal of Neuroscience. 37, 5, p. 700-717 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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