Welcome to Richard Brown's Lab

Papers Presented

 
Between 1972 and 2022 my lab presented over 530 papers at regional, national, and international conferences. Since 2014 we have presented the following papers:

2014

415.  Richard E. Brown and Heather M. Schellinck.  What is the role of the MHC in determining individually distinct body odours?  Biochemical Society London February 2014. Animal Behaviour paper.

416.  Brown RE, Wong, AA, Feridooni H, & Howlett SE   Use of the frailty index to compare stages of aging in two mouse models of Alzheimer's disease.  International Conference on Frailty and Sarcopenia Research, Barcelona Spain, 13-14 March, 2014.  Abstract  published in the Journal of Frailty Aging (http://www.jfrailtyaging.com/).

417. Richard E. Brown, Timothy O'Leary, Leanne Fraser, and Kurt Stover.  Age-related changes in learning and memory among multiple memory systems in mouse models of Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimer's research UK meeting, Oxford, 25-26 March 2014.

418. Brown, R.E. and Bolivar, S. The importance of “Behavioural Bioassays” in neuroscience. FENS Brain conference: Controlling Neurons, Circuits and Behaviour. Rungstegaard, Denmark, 20-24 April 2014.  (Invited presentation).

419.  Kurt Stover, Mackenzie Campbell , Christine Van Winssen, Richard Brown.  Characterization of cognitive function in the 3xTg-AD mouse model of Alzheimer's disease at 6 months of age.  Canadian Association for Neuroscience meeting, Montreal, Canada, 25-28 May, 2014. Poster.

420. Mackenzie Campbell, Kurt Stover, Christine Van Winssen, Richard Brown.  Characterizing Motor Performance in the 3xTg-AD Mouse Model of Alzheimer's Disease.  Canadian Association for Neuroscience meeting, Montreal, Canada, 25-28 May, 2014. Poster.

421.  Maximillian Fiander, Richard Brown.  Validation and comparison of 2-day and standard-length MWM protocols: Analysis of procedural sensitivity to detect visuo-spatial learning and memory in the 5XFAD mouse model of Alzheimer's disease. Canadian Association for Neuroscience meeting, Montreal, Canada, 25-28 May, 2014. - Poster .

422. Emre Fertan,  Richard Brown. Age-Related Changes in Working Memory in the Hebb-Williams Maze in the Triple Transgenic Mouse Model of Alzheimer's Disease.   Canadian Association for Neuroscience meeting, Montreal, Canada, 25-28 May, 2014. - Poster

423. William Gendron, Richard Brown. Feeding and Hormonal abnormalities in 5xFAD mice.  Canadian Association for Neuroscience meeting, Montreal, Canada, 25-28 May, 2014. - Poster.

424. Kyle Roddick , Heather Schellinck , Richard Brown. Set, reversal, and long-term olfactory learning in the 3xTG-AD mouse model of Alzheimer?s disease.   Canadian Association for Neuroscience meeting, Montreal, Canada, 25-28 May, 2014. - Poster

425. Andra Sterea , Kyle Roddick , Heather Schellinck Sex differences in olfactory discrimination learning in mice  Canadian Association for Neuroscience meeting, Montreal, Canada,  25-28 May, 2014.

426.  Richard E. Brown, Timothy O'Leary, Leanne Fraser, and Kurt Stover.  Age-related changes in learning and memory among multiple memory systems in mouse models of Alzheimer's disease. EMCCS-FENS meeting, Milan, Italy, 3-4 July 2014.

427.  Richard E. Brown, Timothy P. O'Leary, and Leanne Fraser .  Age-related changes in motor coordination and motor learning in two transgenic mouse models of Alzheimer’s Disease: Can these shed light on Parkinson's disease?  9th FENS Forum of Neuroscience, Milan, Italy, 5-9 July 2014.

428. Zoltán Molnár and Richard E. Brown.  Sir Wilfrid Le Gros Clark: Comparative Neuroanatomist, Primatologist, Paleoanthropologist and Educator.  Special History of Neuroscience presentation. 9th FENS Forum of Neuroscience, Milan, Italy, 5-9 July 2014.

429. Molnár , Z. and Brown, R.E.  Sherrington's Box of Wonders 1. – The slides Sherrington used to write his papers and teach his classes.   9th FENS Forum of Neuroscience, Milan, Italy, 5-9 July 2014.

430. Brown R.E. Leonardo da Vinci: Renaissance Neuroscientist.  Special History of Neuroscience presentation. 9th FENS Forum of Neuroscience, Milan, Italy, 5-9 July 2014.

431.  D.R. DeBay, I.R. Macdonald, T.P. O'Leary, G.A. Reid, M. Cash, C.T. Jollymore, G. Mawko, S. Burrell, E. Martin, C.V. Bowen, R.E. Brown, S. Darvesh. Alternative Cerebral Glucose Uptake Metrics Detect Early Metabolic Changes in the 5XFAD Mouse Model of Alzheimer's Disease. IC-P-098  AAIC, Alzheimer's Imaging Consortium Copenhangen, DE, July 10-11 2014  

432. D.R. DeBay, I.R. Macdonald, T.P. O'Leary, G.A. Reid, M. Cash, C.T. Jollymore, G. Mawko, S. Burrell, E. Martin, C.V. Bowen, R.E. Brown, S. Darvesh. . Alternative Cerebral Glucose Uptake Metrics Detect Early Metabolic Changes in the 5XFAD Mouse Model of Alzheimer's Disease. P1-296 AAIC, Copenhangen, DE, 12-16 July 2014.

433.  Brown RE, Wong, AA, Feridooni H, & Howlett SE   Use of the frailty index to compare stages of aging in two mouse models of Alzheimer's disease.  Canadian Alzheimer Research Conference, Quebec City, Quebec, 2-4 October 2014.

434. William Gendron, Stephanie Pelletier, Richard E. Brown & Younés Anini.  Age-related changes in feeding behaviour, activity, body composition, and metabolic hormones in female 5xFAD mice.  Canadian Alzheimer Research Conference, Quebec City, Quebec, 2-4 October 2014. [Invited to give an oral presentation]

435. Glenn, AK,  Shin, S,  Whitehead, JC,  Stover, KR,  Wong, AA, and Brown, RE.   Sensory, motor, and cognitive development in the 5XFAD mouse model of familial Alzheimer's disease. ISDP Washington DC  Nov 2014.

436.  Kurt Stover, Caitlin Blaney  and Richard E. Brown.  Maternal influences on development in Alzheimer model mice  Neuro-Epigenetics Nov 2014 Washington DC.

437.  Brown, R.E. Leonardo Da Vinci and the search for the anatomical basis of the soul. Society for  Neuroscience Washington DC Nov 2014.

438. Richard E. Brown1 , Aimee A. Wong1, and Kurt Stover1. Use of the frailty index to compare the stages of aging in the 3x-Tg and 5xFAD mouse models of Alzheimer's disease. Society for Neuroscience Washington DC Nov 2014   Abstract Control Number: 4421  Presentation Number: 790.08  Posterboard Number: D45

439. William Gendron1, Stephanie Pelletier1, Richard E. Brown1,2 and Younés Anini2  Age-related changes in feeding behaviour, activity levels, hormones and metabolism in female 5xFAD mice.  Society for Neuroscience Washington DC Nov 2014

440.  Kurt R. Stover, Mackenzie A. Campbell, Christine M. Van Winssen,  and Richard E. Brown. Motor and cognitive deficits in the 6 month old 3xTg-AD mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease  Society for Neuroscience Washington DC Nov 2014

2015

441. Brown, RE. Art and Neuroscience. Anatomica Lecture Series on "BiomedicalVisions".  Dalhousie University Art Gallery.  Halifax N.S.   5 March 2015.

442. Brown, RE.  Sex differences in the behaviour of mouse models of Alzheimer's Disease. British Neuroscience Association Festival of Neuroscience, Edinburgh, Scotland, 10-14 April, 2015. [Invited symposium presentation]

443. Brown R.E. When is a memory not a memory?  Cognitive Futures Conference, University of Oxford UK, 13-15 April 2015. [Invited symposium presentation]

444. Brown R.E. Multiple memory systems in the brain: Integrating conscious and unconscious memory pathways.  Invited presentation The memory network; Unconscious memory symposium, University of Oxford, UK, 27 April 2015.  [Invited symposium presentation] [On Oxfordi i-tunes channel].

445.  Brown, R.E. and MacGowan, T.  Le Gros Clark versus Zuckerman: The Australopithecine controversy.   FENS History of Neuroscience symposium, St. John's College, Oxford, 13  May 2015. [Invited symposium presentation] [On Oxford i-tunes channel].

446. Shin S, Brown, RE.   Age-related changes in frailty in the 3xTgAD and 5xFAD mouse models of Alzheimer’s disease and their wildtype controls.  CAN-ACN 2015 Meeting, Vancouver, BC, 24-27 May 2015. [poster]

447. Katerina Allan, Sunday Agba Bisong, Sultan Darvish, Richard E. Brown.   Rauwolfia vomitoria root extract provides region-specific reduction in Aβ plaque coverage in the 5xFAD mouse model of Alzheimer's Disease.  CAN-ACN 2015 Meeting, Vancouver, BC, 24-27 May 2015. [poster]

448.  Brown, R.E.  Symposium Talk title: "Standardized" tests and the problem of reliability and validity in mouse behavioural bioassays.  IBNS 2015 Annual Meeting,   Empress Hotel, Victoria BC.   2-7 June 2015. [Invited symposium presentation]   Symposium title: The importance of developing standardized behavior tests for phenotyping mouse mutants.   

449. Sooyoun Shin  and Richard Brown. [sy372942@dal.ca]  Comparative study of  age-related changes in frailty in 3x and 5x mice. IBNS 2015 Annual Meeting, Empress Hotel, Victoria BC. 2-7 June, 2015. Poster symposium:

450.  Fertan, E. and Brown, RE.  Age related changes in anxiety, motor performance and spatial learning in the 5xFAD mouse model of Alzheimer’s Disease.  The 2015 Alzheimer's Disease Congress, London, UK.  www.regonline.co.uk/Alz2015.  23-25 June, 2015.

451. Katerina Allan, Sunday Agba Bisong, Sultan Darvish, Richard E. Brown.   Rauwolfia vomitoria root extract provides region-specific reduction in Aβ plaque coverage in the 5xFAD mouse model of Alzheimer's Disease.  NeuroconeX 2015 Meeting, Charlottetown, PEI, 12-15 July 2015. [poster]

452.  S. Shin, A. K. Glenn, J. C. Whitehead, C. E. Blaney, K. R. Stover and R. E. Brown. Comparison of sensory, motor and cognitive development in 3XTg-AD and 5XFAD mouse models of Alzheimer's disease.     ISDP meeting in  San Sebastian, Spain, 19-24 July, 2015. (poster)

453.  S. Shin, A. K. Glenn, J. C. Whitehead, C. E. Blaney, K. R. Stover and R. E. Brown1  Comparison of sensory, motor and cognitive development in 3XTg-AD and 5XFAD mouse models of Alzheimer's disease.  NeuroDevNet Sixth Annual Brain Development Conference Ottawa, Ontario, 19-21 September 2015 [poster]

454. Emre Fertan, Alex Rogers, and Richard E. Brown.  A Brain Museum Tour of Europe: Preliminary Information.  Fens Featured Regional Meeting, Thessaloniki, Greece, 7-10 October 2015. [Poster and computer website presentation]

455.  Brown, R.E., Sand, L.,  and Molnar, Z.   Zoltan's talk on Sherrington.  Fens Featured Regional Meeting, Thessaloniki, Greece, 7-10 October 2015. [Invited talk]

456. William Gendron, Stephanie Pelletier, Richard E. Brown, and Younés Anini. Age-related changes in feeding behaviour, weight, hormones and metabolism in 12-month old female 5xFAD mice.  Society for Neuroscience, Chicago, Illinois, 17-21 Oct.   2015.

457. Brown, R.E. Nervous system disorders: The African challenge. Invited speaker, Neuroscience Society of Nigeria (NSN) 13th annual meeting,  Afe Babalola University Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD) Nigeria., 12 Nov. 2015.  [by Skype]  Invited by:  Philip Adeyemi Adeniyi <adephiladex.ng@gmail.com>

2016

458. Brown RE, Shin S,  Glenn AK,  Whitehead JC,  Blaney CE,  Gunn RK,  Stevens L,  and Stover KR. Testing lifespan neurobehavioural development in mice.  BRC Neurodevelopment mini-conference, Halifax, NS, 11 March 2016.

459. Brown, RE.  Is Alzheimer's a disease of the spleen?  In-house conference, Dalhousie University, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, 21-22 April 2016.

460. Brown, RE, Stover, K., Roddick, K., Stevens, L. Sex differences in the behaviour of the 3xTg-AD mouse model of Alzheimer's Disease.  IBANGS, Bar Harbour, Maine,  May 2016

461. Wheeler, RV; Goguen, D; Brown, RE; Weaver ICG. Region-Specific Aβ1-42 and TXNIP expression in the aging hippocampus of 3x-TgAD and control (non-Tg) mice.  IBANGS, Bar Harbor, Maine, USA,  13-17 May 2016.

462.  Kosel, F., O'Leary, T., Roddick, K.M., Shin, S., Stover, K.R., Wong, A.A., and Brown, R.E.  Sex differences in cognitive and behavioural tasks in the 5xFAD mouse model of Alzheimer's Disease.  IBANGS, Bar Harbor, Maine, USA,  13-17 May 2016.

463.  Brown, RE.  The importance of “Behavioural Bioassays” in neuroscience.  Measuring Behaviour 2016   Dublin, Ireland.  www.measuringbehavior.org

464. Fertan, E., Woodland, N. and Brown, RE.   Age-related changes in learning and memory in the Hebb-Williams maze in the 3xTg mouse model of Alzheimer's disease. 10th Annual CAN meeting, Toronto, Ontario,  29-30 May 2016.

465. Gendron W, Pelletier S, Landsman M, Anini Y, and Brown RE. Weight loss in the 5xFAD mouse model of Alzheimer's disease:A behavioural and hormonal analysis.  10th Annual CAN meeting, Toronto, Ontario,   29-30 May 2016.

466. Glenn, A., Gendron, W., Landsman, M., Pelletier, S.,  Shin, S., Anini, Y. & Brown, R.E. Effects of intranasal insulin administration on memory in the 5XFAD mouse model of Alzheimer's disease.  10th Annual CAN meeting, Toronto, Ontario,   29-30 May 2016.

467. Roddick, KM, Schellinck, HM, and Brown, RE.  The 3xTG-AD and 5XFAD mouse models of Alzheimer’s disease show differences in signal detection and response bias on an automated odour discrimination task. 10th Annual CAN meeting, Toronto, Ontario,   29-30 May 2016.

468. Brown RE. Emre Fertan, and Natalia Faustova. A Brain Museum Tour of Europe [History Talk]. 10th FENS Forum of Neuroscience, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2-6 July 2016.

469. Fertan, E. and Brown, RE. Age-related changes in learning and memory in the Hebb-Williams maze in the 3xTg mouse model of Alzheimer's disease. 10th FENS Forum of Neuroscience, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2-6 July 2016. [Research Poster].

470. Brown R. E. Hebb and Cattell: The genesis of the concepts of fluid and crystallized intelligence. [History Poster]. 10th FENS Forum of Neuroscience, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2-6 July 2016.

471. Brown R. E. Leonardo Da Vinci and the search for the anatomical basis of the soul. [History Poster]. 10th FENS Forum of Neuroscience, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2-6 July 2016.

472. Molnár Z. and Brown R. E. Sherrington's Box of Wonders. [History Poster]. 10th FENS Forum of Neuroscience, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2-6 July 2016.

473. Brown, RE. Behavioural phenotyping of AD model mice: Understanding mouse models of AD. 10th FENS Forum of Neuroscience, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2-6 July 2016. [Research Poster].

474. Fertan, E. and Brown, RE. Age-related changes in learning and memory in the Hebb-Williams maze in the 3xTg mouse model of Alzheimer's disease. 10th FENS Forum of Neuroscience, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2-6 July 2016. [Research Poster].

475. Brown, RE. Behavioural phenotyping of AD model mice: Understanding mouse models of AD. Alzheimer's Association International Conference (AAIC) Toronto 24-28 July. 2016. Poster #11532. P4-03 Wed, July 27, 2016: 9:30 AM - 4:15 PM, Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Hall D/E

476. MacGowan, T., Brown, RE. and Franklin, TB. Social Behaviours in the 5xFAD Mouse Model of Alzheimer's Disease. Alzheimer's Association International Conference (AAIC) Toronto 24-28 July. 2016 Poster #9904. P2-03 Monday, July 25, 2016: 9:30 AM - 4:15 PM, Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Hall D/E

477. Roddick, KM, Schellinck, HM, and Brown, RE. Differences in Olfactory Detection and Response Bias in the 3xTG-AD and 5XFAD Mouse Models of Alzheimer’s Disease. Alzheimer's Association International Conference (AAIC) , Toronto 24-28 July. 2016. Poster #10876. P4-03 Wednesday, July 27, 2016: 9:30 AM - 4:15 PM, Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Hall D/E.

478. Brown, R.E. Is Alzheimer’s a disease of the spleen? CANAD meeting, Vancouver, B.C., October 2016 [Invited presentation].

479. Wheeler, R V, Goguen, D., Brown, R.E., Standyk, A.W., and Weaver, I.C.G. Region-specific Aβ1-42 and TXNIP expression in the hippocampus and spleen of aging 3x-TgAD and wild-type mice. CANAD meeting, Vancouver, B.C., October 2016 [Invited talk]

480. Brown, R.E. Age-related changes in learning and memory in mouse models of Alzheimer's disease. Presented at the conference on "Brain and immune interaction: Behaviour, stress, brain diseases, drugs and nutrition"; Guangdong Ocean University Main Campus, Zhanjiang, China; 27-29 October 2016. [ISBS Special plenary lecture 4]. This is a joint meeting of the 9th International Regional Biomedical and Neuroscience STRESS AND BEHAVIOR (ISBS) Conference; the 6th Mind-Body Interface (MBI) International Symposium; the 1st Marine Drugs and Nutrition for Brain Diseases Symposium; and the Psychoneuroimmunology Research Society US-China Workshop.

481. Zhang YP, Gu S, Gagnon J, Ma L, Zhang P, Brown RE and Song C. Shrimp extracted by-products prevents SH-SY5Y cells from neurotoxicity induced by Aβ 25-35. Presented at the conference on "Brain and immune interaction: Behaviour, stress, brain diseases, drugs and nutrition"; Guangdong Ocean University Main Campus, Zhanjiang, China; 27-29 October 2016. [Symposium V: International symposium on screening and development of marine and related drugs.]

482. Brown, R.E. Unexpected behavioural phenotypes in transgenic mouse models of Alzheimer's disease. Brain Ageing and Dementia Symposium, Nairobi, Kenya. 6-9 Dec. 2016 [Invited presentation].

2017

483. Brown, R.E. Why are neuroscience programs needed in Africa? IBRO/ISN Neuroscience School on Phytochemical-based neuroscience research, 6-10 February 2017, Ibadan Nigeria, organized by Dr. James Olopade. [Opening lecture, invited advocacy lecture]

484. Brown, R.E. What have we learned about ageing and dementia from mouse models of Alzheimer’s disease? IBRO/ISN Neuroscience School on Phytochemical-based neuroscience research, 6-10 February 2017, Ibadan Nigeria, organized by Dr. James Olopade. [Invited lecture]

485. Brown RE. Ethnobotany and Neurodegenerative Disorders: A Historical Review. IBRO/ISN Neuroscience School on Phytochemical-based neuroscience research, 6-10 February 2017, Ibadan Nigeria, organized by Dr. James Olopade. [Invited lecture]

486. Brown RE. What have we learned about ageing and dementia from mouse models of Alzheimer’s disease? Queen's conference on Alzheimer's, sponsored by the Alzheimer's Youth Organization, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario. 12 March 2017. [Invited lecture, Eileen Liu <11xyl@queensu.ca> the founder of Alzheimer's Youth Organization - Queen's Chapter].

487. Fertan E. and Brown RE. Age-related changes in anxiety, motor performance, and spatial memory in the 5xFAD mouse model of Alzheimer's disease. Poster presentation, AD/PD meeting. Vienna Austria. 29 Mar-2 April, 2017.

488. Richard E. Brown, Emre Fertan, and Natalia Faustova . A Brain Museum Tour of Europe Poster presentation at the British Neuroscience Association meeting, Birmingham, UK, 10-13 April 2017.

489. Robyn A Grant and Richard E Brown. Whisker movements in the 5XFAD mouse model of Alzheimer’s Disease are affected by gender and retinal degeneration. Poster presentation at the BNA meeting, Birmingham, UK, 10-13 April 2017.

490. Brown, Richard E. Pavlov in America: The influence of Pavlov on Lashley and Hebb. St Petersburg seminar on History of Russian Neuroscience to celebrate the 100 th anniversary of foundation of the Russian Physiological Society. St Petersburg, Russia, 16-18 April 2017.

491. Brown RE. The origin of the European Brain Museum (EBM) project. The FENS History of Neuroscience Committee, European Brain Museum (EBM) Project Meeting. [Mapping, preserving and promoting European neuroscience collections and archives] Hopital Pitie Salpietre, Paris France, 23 May 2017.

492. Taigan MacGowan, Emre Fertan, Paul Torres Munoz, Richard E Brown, Tamara B. Franklin. The Odour Plus Maze: A new behavioural test of odour preference in mice. 11th Annual CAN meeting, Montreal, Quebec, 26-29 May 2017.

493. Timothy P. O’Leary , Sooyoun Shin, Emre Fertan, Rachel N. Dingle, Awad Almuklass, Rhian K. Gunn, Zhiping Yu, Jian Wang, Richard E. Brown. Reduced acoustic startle response and peripheral hearing loss in the 5xFAD mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease. 11th Annual CAN meeting, Montreal, Quebec, 26-29 May 2017.

494. Richard E. Brown, Emre Fertan, and Natalia Faustova. A Brain Museum Tour of Europe. 11th Annual CAN meeting, Montreal, Quebec, 26-29 May 2017. [Poster presentation]

495. Thalia Garvock-de Montbrun, Emre Fertan, Richard E. Brown Motor function in 3xTg-AD mice at 16 months of age. 11th Annual CAN meeting, Montreal, Quebec, 26-29 May 2017. [Poster presentation]

496. Fertan, E., Stover Kurt RJ, Michael G. Brant, Paul M. Stafford, Brendan Kelly, Elena Diez-Ceciliia, Aimee A. Wong, Donald F. Weaver, Richard E. Brown. The Effect of a Novel IDO Inhibitor on the Behaviour and Neuropathology of the 3xTG Mouse Model of Alzheimer’s Disease. 11th Annual CAN meeting, Montreal, Quebec, 26-29 May 2017. [Poster presentation]

497. Brown, R.E. What have we learned about aging and dementia from mouse models of Alzheimer's disease? Society of Neuroscientists of Africa, 13th International Meeting, Imperial Resort Beach hotel, Entebbe, Uganda, 11-14 June 2017.

498. Wheeler R. and Brown, R.E. The founders of the ISDP. ISDP meeting, Washington, DC, November 2017.

499. Brown, RE and Wheeler, R. The influence of Donald O. Hebb on the founders of the ISDP. ISDP meeting, Washington, DC, November 2017.

500. Brown, RE, Fertan E, and Faustova N. A Brain Museum Tour of Europe. Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC, Nov 2017.

501. O’Leary TP, Wang J, Brown RE. Reduced acoustic startle response and peripheral hearing loss in the 5xFAD mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease. Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC, Nov 2017.

2018

502. Brown, RE, Purdon, MK, Fertan, E. Behavioural phenotypes associated with the MDGA2+/- mouse model of Autism spectrum disorder. CAN 2018 Vancouver. 13-16 May 2018. [Abstract #115872]

503. Brown, RE. A Brain Museum Tour of Europe CAN 2018 Vancouver. 13-16 May 2018. [Abstract #115873]

504. Brown, RE, Kane, AE, Wong, AA, Howlett, SE. Frailty as a measure of healthspan and lifespan in transgenic mice. 20th Annual IBANGS Meeting, Rochester, MN, USA. 17-21 May 2018.

505. Brown, RE. How can we turn "Behavioural Tests" into "Behavioural Bioassays"? Workshop presentation, Measuring Behaviour 2018 Manchester UK, 6-8June 2018.

506. Brown, RE. The History of Neuroscience at Dalhousie. In the History of Psychology and Neuroscience at Dalhousie symposium: Dalhousie 1818-2018: 200/Psych 70 year Anniversary, organized by Tim Juckes, Richard Brown and Ray Klein. 1-3 July, 2018.

507. Brown, RE. Behavioural phenotyping of transgenic mice. CSBBCS Memorial University, 4-8 July, 2018.

508. Klein, R. and Brown, RE. Using the Hebb Legacy to Integrate Psychological Science, CSBBCS Memorial University, 4-8 July, 2018. (poster)

509. Richard E. Brown, Thalia Garvock-de Montbrun, and Emre Fertan. Motor deficits in 3xTg-AD mice at 16 months of age. FENS Forum, Citycube, Berlin, Germany, 7-11 July 2018.

510. Brown, RE. A Brain Museum Tour of Europe. FENS Forum, Citycube, Berlin, Germany, 7-11 July 2018.

511. Brown, RE. Broca’s Brains: A lesson in the importance of saving the history of Neuroscience. FENS Forum, Citycube, Berlin, Germany, 7-11 July 2018.

512. Ezgi Gür, Emre Fertan, Kindree Alkins, Filip Kosel, Fuat Balci & Richard Brown. Interval Timing in Two Transgenic Mouse Models of Alzheimer’s Disease. FENS Forum, Citycube, Berlin, Germany, 7-11 July 2018.

2019

513. Thalia Garvock-de Montbrun, Michaela K. Purdon, Emre Fertan, Richard E. Brown. Behavioural characterization of the MDGA2+/- mouse model of Autism spectrum disorder across the lifespan. Poster for IBANGS Edinburgh. May 2019. (poster)

514. Qendresa Sahiti, Spencer L. Brown, and Richard E. Brown. Behavioural Phenotype of the Nrxn1 +/- Mouse Model of Autism Spectrum Disorder. 2019 CAN meeting in Toronto, May 2019. (poster)

515. Talal Alumri, Emre Fertan, Aimee Wong, and Richard E. Brown. The effect of genotype, age, sex, and social isolation on the severity of repetitive movement behavior in the 3XTg-AD and 5XFAD mouse models of Alzheimer’s disease. 2019 IBNS meeting, Australia. (poster)

516. Brown, RE. Donald O. Hebb and the Origins of the Organization of Behaviour. Hebb70 meeting, to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the publication of The Organization of Behaviour, University of Toronto, 22-24 June 2019. Organized by Tim Bliss, Graham Collingridge, Sheena Josselyn & Min Zhuo.

517. Fertan, E., and Brown RE. Asclepius: The man and the myth. FENS regional meeting, Belgrade, Serbia, 10-14 July 2019. (poster)

518. Richard Brown, Ezgi Gür, Emre Fertan, Kindree Alkins, Aimée A. Wong & Fuat Balci. Disruption in Memory Process Mediates Alterations in the Interval Timing Behavior in 5xFAD Mice. FENS regional meeting, Belgrade, Serbia, 10-14 July 2019.

2020   [Most meetings cancelled this year due to COVID-19] [Some e-poster presentations]

518a. Elias B. Habib, Kyle Roddick, Fuat Balcı, Richard E. Brown.  Interval Timing in the Nrxn+/- Mouse Model of Autism Spectrum Disorder. CAN meeting, Montreal.  1-3 June 2020. [Meeting cancelled]

518b. Katie Scott, Emre Fertan, and Richard E. Brown. Behavioural Assessment of the NRXN1+/- Mouse Model of Autism Spectrum Disorder at Nine Months of Age.  CAN meeting, Montreal.  1-3 June 2020. [Meeting cancelled]

519. Emre Fertan,  Ian C.G. Weaver, and Richard E. Brown.  The Effect of Background Strain on the Behavioural and Neurochemical Phenotype of the MDGA2+/- Mouse Model of Autism Spectrum Disorder.   An e-poster (#1162) for the FENS virtual meeting, 12-17 July 2020.

520. Sharestha Drall. Galen, botany and neuroscience: Antiquity's usage of psychosomatic plants and Galen's pharmacological contributions. An e-poster (#2712) for the FENS virtual meeting, 12-17 July 2020. [Based on her project for my History of Neuroscience Seminar.]

521. Jenna Vettoretto. What exactly is "The neuron doctrine" and how has the concept of the neuron changed in the last 100+ years? An e-poster (#2711) for the FENS virtual meeting, 12-17 July 2020. [Based on her project for my History of Neuroscience Seminar.]

522. Emre Fertan and Richard E. Brown. A brain museum tour of Europe. An e-poster (#2713) for the FENS virtual meeting, 12-17 July 2020. [Based on his project for my History of Neuroscience Seminar.]

523. Richard E. Brown, Emre Fertan Aimee Wong, and Fuat Balci. Sex differences in measures of "apathy-like behaviour" in the 3xTG-AD mouse model of Alzheimer's Disease. IBNS 29th Annual Meeting. An e-poster for the IBNS virtual meeting, 3-7 August, 2020. Symposium:Translation of Apathy-Like Behaviour, from Humans to Animals. Chairs: Gernot Riedel; Lianne Strachan (Robinson). Speakers: Eline Dreesen, Richard Brown, John Salamone, Claire Lansdall, Masud Husain, Krista Lanct.

2021  [Most meetings cancelled this year due to COVID-19] [Some e-poster presentations] 

524. Roddick KM, Habib EB, Balci F, and Brown RE. Altered Interval Timing in the Nrxn+/- Mouse Model of Autism Spectrum Disorder. Society for Neuroscience Global Connectome: A Virtual Event, 11-13 January 2021. [See comments by Laura Dattaro, Missing autism gene may affect time perception in mice. 11 January 2021. Spectrum | Autism Research News. https://www.spectrumnews.org]

525. Ugne Simanaviciute, Richard Brown, Aimee Wong, Emre Fertan, Robyn A Grant. Whisker movements are affected in the 3xTg-AD mouse model of Alzheimer’s Disease British Neuroscience Association Festival of Neuroscience, online, 25-28 April, 2021. 

526. Emre Fertan, Fuat Balci and Richard E. Brown.  Sex related apathy as a confound in cognitive testing of the triple transgenic mouse model of Alzheimer’s Disease. Invited presentation, IBNS Symposium: Translation of apathy-like behaviour, from humans to animals. Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, 1-5 June 2021. Chairs: Gernot Riedel; Lianne Strachan (Robinson). Speakers: Eline Dreesen, Richard Brown, John Salamone, Claire Lansdall, Masud Husain, Krista Lanctot.

527.  Brown, R.E. 'Why aspiring neuroscientists should study history’.  Neurocon 2021, a virtual conference, hosted by Inchara Athreya, a Grade 12 student from Mysore, India. Sunday 27 June 2021 from 10:00-1130 AM. Via the internet. Inchara A U Athreya, Vice President & Co-Director of Events Planning, Simply Neuroscience.  Inchara Athreya <inchara@simplyneuroscience.org>. Our audience is mainly in the age group of 13-25.

528.  Brown, R.E. Use of Animal Models in the Study of Diseases. MAGI Group, 15th Anniversary celebration, Scuola Grande di San Marco, Venice Italy, 3-5 October 2021. Hosted by Dr. Matteo Bertelli.

529. Brown RE, Oliver K. Schnare & Kyle Roddick.  Short, long and very long-term olfactory memory in mice. The 15th International Meeting on Chemical Signals in Vertebrates, via the internet. 3-5 November 2021.  Hosted by Benoist Schaal. benoist.schaal@u-bourgogne.fr.  I chaired a session of this meeting. Speakers: (4) Oliver gave our talk. 

2022

530. Brown RE. Can we replicate our own results? Measuring Behaviour, Krakow, Poland [Online], 18-20 May 2022. By Zoom at 6.00 AM on 19 May. 

531. Robyn Grant, et al.   Designing tasks to compare behaviours in a range of different species: A case study in whisker movement analysis. Measuring Behaviour, Krakow, Poland [Online], 18-20 May 2022. [Our data was included]

532. Psychology and Neuroscience’s 46th Annual Graham Goddard In-House Conference. 26-27 May 2022. My lab gave three presentations: (532a) Oliver Schnare & Richard E. Brown. Measuring Memory Strength in 5xFAD Mice Through Olfactory Discrimination Tasks and Atrx Gene Expression in Hippocampus; (532b) Jessica F. Garden, Ian C. G. Weaver & Richard. E. Brown.  Pavlovian Conditioned Odour Memory in the Neurexin1+/- Mouse Model of Autism Spectrum Disorder; (532c) Christopher Makau Inhibition of Nav1.7 and Nav1.8 Decreases Pain-Related Behaviour in Speke’s Hinge-Back Tortoise (Kinixys Spekii) [A visiting PhD student in my lab from the University of Nairobi, Kenya].

533. Brown RE. Where to publish Works in the History of Neuroscience. Special Event on History of  Neuroscience, 13th FENS Forum, Paris France, 12 July 2022. Invited presentation.

534. Bayla Dolman and Richard E. Brown. Not your father’s synapse: Revising the Hebb Synapse for the 21st Century. 13th FENS Forum, Paris France, 9-13 July 2022. Poster presentation. 

535. Brown RE. Can we replicate our own results?  Comparative Cognition satellite meeting, CSBBCS, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 18 July 2022.

536. The CSBBCS Meeting, Halifax, 19 July 2022. Symposium on Measuring Olfactory Learning and Memory in Rodent models of Alzheimer’s disease and Autism Spectrum Disorder.  

  1. Richard Brown:  S219 Measuring Olfactory Learning and Memory in Rodent models of Alzheimer’s disease and Autism  Spectrum Disorder. Introduction and Chair. 
  2. Heather M. Schellinck. S220 Measuring Olfactory Processes in Mus Musculus
  3. Kyle Roddick. S221 Operant conditioning of odour discrimination learning in Alzheimer’s disease model rats and mice
  4. Wyatt Ortibus, Kyle Roddick, and Richard E. Brown. S222 Olfactory Discrimination and Reversal Learning by the Nrxn1+/- mouse model of Autism Spectrum Disorder.
  5. Oliver Schnare, RE Brown and Ian Weaver. S223 Measuring memory strength in 5xFAD mice through olfactory discrimination tasks and Atrx gene expression in hippocampus.
  6. Jessica Garden, RE. Brown and Ian Weaver. S224 Pavlovian conditioned odour memory in the Neurexin 1+/- mouse model of Autism Spectrum Disorder.

537. Brown, RE and Dolman B. Revising the Hebb Synapse for the 21st Century. Molecular and Systems Neuroscience of Cognition Symposium - Honouring Karim Nader.  Montreal Neurological Institute, Montreal, Quebec.  22-23 August 2022.  Talk and Poster.

538. Brown, Richard E. Experimental Studies: Genetically modified mice for research on human diseases: A triumph for Biotechnology or a work in progress? IBRO 1. “Brain Ageing and Dementia in LMICs”. Symposium (pre-conf), 5 December 2022, 11:00 AM. Safari Park Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya.  

539. Brown, Richard E. Revising the synaptic theory of neurological disorders for the 21st Century. IBRO 2: “Brain Ageing and Dementia in LMICs”.  Symposium  (pre-conf), 5 December 2022, 5:00 PM. Safari Park Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya.