
Dr John Power
Fields of research: Cellular Nervous System, Neurosciences, Nervous system and disorders
Contact Details
Phone: +61 2 9385 2910
Email: john.power@unsw.edu.au
Supervision
- ILP
- PHD
- Masters
- Honours
Tabs
Publications related to this Person
Journal articles
Liu Y; Jean-Richard-Dit-Bressel P; Yau JOY; Willing A; Prasad AA; Power JM; Killcross S; Clifford CWG; McNally GP, 2020, 'The mesolimbic dopamine activity signatures of relapse to alcohol-seeking', Journal of Neuroscience, vol. 40, pp. 6409 - 6427, http://dx.doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.072420.2020
Cheng DT; Katzenelson AM; Faulkner ML; Disterhoft JF; Power JM; Desmond JE, 2020, 'Contingency awareness, aging, and the parietal lobe', Neurobiology of Aging, vol. 91, pp. 125 - 135, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2020.02.024
Przybyla M; Van Eersel J; Van Hummel A; Van Der Hoven J; Sabale M; Harasta A; Müller J; Gajwani M; Prikas E; Mueller T; Stevens CH; Power J; Housley GD; Karl T; Kassiou M; Ke YD; Ittner A; Ittner LM, 2020, 'Onset of hippocampal network aberration and memory deficits in P301S tau mice are associated with an early gene signature', Brain, vol. 143, pp. 1889 - 1904, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/brain/awaa133
Bolaram A; Coe TE; Power JM; Cheng DT, 2020, 'Awareness and differential eyeblink conditioning: Effects of manipulating auditory CS frequencies', Learning and Memory, vol. 27, pp. 78 - 82, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/lm.050146.119
Prasad AA; Xie C; Chaichim C; Nguyen JH; McClusky HE; Killcross S; Power JM; McNally GP, 2020, 'Complementary roles for ventral pallidum cell types and their projections in relapse', Journal of Neuroscience, vol. 40, pp. 880 - 893, http://dx.doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0262-19.2019
Moorhouse AJ; Power JM, 2019, 'Making light work of fine-tuning channelrhodopsins', Journal of Biological Chemistry, vol. 294, pp. 3822 - 3823, http://dx.doi.org/10.1074/jbc.H119.007749
Gorlamandala N; Parmar J; Craig AJ; Power JM; Moorhouse AJ; Krishnan AV; Housley GD, 2018, 'Focal Ischaemic Infarcts Expand Faster in Cerebellar Cortex than Cerebral Cortex in a Mouse Photothrombotic Stroke Model', Translational Stroke Research, vol. 9, pp. 643 - 653, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12975-018-0615-1
Gibson GD; Prasad AA; Jean-Richard-dit-Bressel P; Yau JOY; Millan EZ; Liu Y; Campbell EJ; Lim J; Marchant NJ; Power JM; Killcross S; Lawrence AJ; McNally GP, 2018, 'Distinct Accumbens Shell Output Pathways Promote versus Prevent Relapse to Alcohol Seeking', Neuron, vol. 98, pp. 512 - 520.e6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2018.03.033
Weiss C; Procissi D; Power JM; Disterhoft JF, 2018, 'The rabbit as a behavioral model system for magnetic resonance imaging', Journal of Neuroscience Methods, vol. 300, pp. 196 - 205, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jneumeth.2017.05.021
Sengupta A; Yau JOY; Jean-Richard-dit-Bressel P; Liu Y; Millan EZ; Power JM; McNally GP, 2018, 'Basolateral amygdala neurons maintain aversive emotional salience', Journal of Neuroscience, vol. 38, pp. 3001 - 3012, http://dx.doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2460-17.2017
Jhaveri DJ; Tedoldi A; Hunt S; Sullivan R; Watts NR; Power JM; Bartlett PF; Sah P, 2018, 'Evidence for newly generated interneurons in the basolateral amygdala of adult mice', Molecular Psychiatry, vol. 23, pp. 521 - 532, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/mp.2017.134
Suchowerska AK; Fok S; Stefen H; Gunning PW; Hardeman EC; Power J; Fath T, 2017, 'Developmental profiling of tropomyosin expression in mouse brain reveals Tpm4.2 as the major post-synaptic tropomyosin in the mature brain', Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, vol. 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fncel.2017.00421
Yang J-L; Polly P; Fath T; Jones NM; Power J, 2016, 'ISA model and integrative career development learning in year three science courses', Int J Science Math Tech Learning, vol. 23, pp. 33 - 46
Stefen H; Chaichim C; Power J; Fath T, 2016, 'Regulation of the Postsynaptic Compartment of Excitatory Synapses by the Actin Cytoskeleton in Health and Its Disruption in Disease', Neural Plasticity, vol. 2016, http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/2371970
Keshavarzi S; Power JM; Albers EHH; Sullivan RKS; Sah P, 2015, 'Dendritic Organization of Olfactory Inputs to Medial Amygdala Neurons', The Journal of Neuroscience, vol. 35, pp. 13020 - 13028, http://dx.doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0627-15.2015
Keshavarzi S; Power JM; Albers EHH; Sullivan RKS; Sah P, 2015, 'Dendritic organization of olfactory inputs to medial amygdala neurons', Journal of Neuroscience, vol. 35, pp. 13020 - 13028, http://dx.doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0627-15.2015
Harasta AE; Power JM; Von Jonquieres G; Karl T; Drucker DJ; Housley GD; Schneider M; Klugmann M, 2015, 'Septal glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor expression determines suppression of cocaine-induced behavior', Neuropsychopharmacology, vol. 40, pp. 1969 - 1978, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/npp.2015.47
Power JM; Sah P, 2014, 'Dendritic spine heterogeneity and calcium dynamics in basolateral amygdala principal neurons', Journal of Neurophysiology, vol. 112, pp. 1616 - 1627, http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/jn.00770.2013
Cheng D; Meintjes EM; Stanton ME; Desmond J; Pienaar M; Dodge N; Power J; Molteno CD; Disterhoft JF; Jacobson JL; Jacobson SW, 2013, 'Functional MRI of cerebellar activity during eyeblink classical conditioning in children and adults.', Human Brain Mapping, vol. 35, pp. 1 - 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hbm.22261
Delaney A; Sedlak PL; Autuori E; Power J; Sah P, 2013, 'Synaptic NMDA receptors in basolateral amygdala principal neurons are triheteromeric proteins: physiological role of GluN2B subunits', Journal of Neurophysiology, vol. 109, pp. 1391 - 1402, http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/jn.00176.2012
Kim YS; Wong AC; Power J; Tadros SF; Klugmann M; Moorhouse AJ; Bertrand PP; Housley GD, 2012, 'Alternative Splicing of the TRPC3 Ion Channel Calmodulin/ IP3 Receptor-Binding Domain in the Hindbrain Enhances Cation Flux', The Journal of Neuroscience, vol. 32, pp. 11414 - 11423, http://dx.doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.6446-11.2012
Delaney A; Power J; Pankaj S, 2012, 'Ifenprodil reduces excitatory synaptic transmission by blocking presynaptic P/Q type calcium channels', Journal of Neurophysiology, vol. 107, pp. 1571 - 1575, http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/jn.01066.2011
Power J; Bocklisch C; Curby P; Pankaj S, 2011, 'Location and function of the slow afterhyperpolarization channels in the basolateral amygdala', The Journal of Neuroscience, vol. 31, pp. 526 - 537, http://dx.doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1045-10.2011
Oh MM; McKay BM; Power J; Disterhoft JF, 2009, 'Learning-related postburst afterhyperpolarization reduction in CA1 pyramidal neurons is mediated by protein kinase A', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 106, pp. 1620 - 1625, http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0807708106
Power J; Pankaj S, 2008, 'Competition between calcium-activated K+ channels determines cholinergic action on firing properties of basolateral amygdala projection neurons', The Journal of Neuroscience, vol. 28, pp. 3209 - 3220, http://dx.doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4310-07.2008
Cheng D; Disterhoft JF; Power J; Ellis DA; Desmond J, 2008, 'Neural substrates underlying human delay and trace eyeblink conditioning', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 105, pp. 8108 - 8113, http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0800374105
Faber EL; Delaney A; Power J; Sedlak PL; Crane JW; Pankaj S, 2008, 'Modulation of SK channel trafficking by beta adrenoceptors enhances excitatory synaptic transmission and plasticity in the amygdala', The Journal of Neuroscience, vol. 29, pp. 10803 - 10813, http://dx.doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1796-08.2008
Morley SN; Power JM; Coulson EJ; Bartlett PF, 2007, 'Zinc-mediated neuronal death is dependent on Trk activation', Experimental Neurology, vol. 205, pp. 360 - 366, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.expneurol.2007.02.006
Power J; Pankaj S, 2007, 'Distribution of IP3-mediated calcium responses and their role in nuclear signalling in rat basolateral amygdala neurons', The Journal of Physiology, vol. 580, pp. 835 - 857, http://dx.doi.org/10.1113/jphysiol.2006.125062
Oh MM; Wu WW; Power JM; Disterhoft JF, 2006, 'Galantamine increases excitability of CA1 hippocampal pyramidal neurons', Neuroscience, vol. 137, pp. 113 - 123, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroscience.2005.08.063
Power JM; Sah P, 2005, 'Intracellular calcium store filling by an L-type calcium current in the basolateral amygdala at subthreshold membrane potentials', Journal of Physiology, vol. 562, pp. 439 - 453, http://dx.doi.org/10.1113/jphysiol.2004.076711
Baharvand H; Power JM; Ozsarac N; Matthaei KI, 2004, 'Differentiation of embryonic stem cells into functional neurons in vitro', Neuroscience Research Communications, vol. 35, pp. 130 - 138, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/nrc.20027
Sah P; Faber ESL; De Armentia ML; Power J, 2003, 'The amygdaloid complex: Anatomy and physiology', Physiological Reviews, vol. 83, pp. 803 - 834, http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/physrev.00002.2003
Power JM; Wu WW; Sametsky E; Oh MM; Disterhoft JF, 2002, 'Age-related enhancement of the slow outward calcium-activated potassium current in hippocampal CA1 pyramidal neurons in vitro', Journal of Neuroscience, vol. 22, pp. 7234 - 7243, http://dx.doi.org/10.1523/jneurosci.22-16-07234.2002
Power JM; Sah P, 2002, 'Nuclear Calcium Signaling Evoked by Cholinergic Stimulation in Hippocampal CA1 Pyramidal Neurons', Journal of Neuroscience, vol. 22, pp. 3454 - 3462, http://dx.doi.org/10.1523/jneurosci.22-09-03454.2002
Knuttinen MG; Parrish TB; Weiss C; LaBar KS; Gitelman DR; Power JM; Mesulam MM; Disterhoft JF, 2002, 'Electromyography as a recording system for eyeblink conditioning with functional magnetic resonance imaging', NeuroImage, vol. 17, pp. 977 - 987, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1053-8119(02)91199-7
Weiss C; Venkatasubramanian PN; Aguado AS; Power JM; Tom BC; Li L; Chen KS; Disterhoft JF; Wyrwicz AM, 2002, 'Impaired eyeblink conditioning and decreased hippocampal volume in PDAPP V717F mice', Neurobiology of Disease, vol. 11, pp. 425 - 433, http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/nbdi.2002.0555
Knuttinen M-G; Parrish TB; Weiss C; LaBar KS; Gitelman DR; Power JM; Mesulam M-M; Disterhoft JF, 2002, 'Electromyography as a Recording System for Eyeblink Conditioning with Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging', NeuroImage, vol. 17, pp. 977 - 987, http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/nimg.2002.1199
Knuttinen MG; Power JM; Preston AR; Disterhoft JF, 2001, 'Awareness in classical differential eyeblink conditioning in young and aging humans', Behavioral Neuroscience, vol. 115, pp. 747 - 757, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0735-7044.115.4.747
Geinisman Y; Berry RW; Disterhoft JF; Power JM; Van Der Zee EA, 2001, 'Associative learning elicits the formation of multiple-synapse boutons', Journal of Neuroscience, vol. 21, pp. 5568 - 5573, http://dx.doi.org/10.1523/jneurosci.21-15-05568.2001
Knuttinen MG; Gamelli AE; Weiss C; Power JM; Disterhoft JF, 2001, 'Age-related effects on eyeblink conditioning in the F344 × BN F1 hybrid rat', Neurobiology of Aging, vol. 22, pp. 1 - 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0197-4580(00)00194-9
Power JM; Oh MM; Disterhoft JF, 2001, 'Metrifonate decreases sI
Knuttinen M-G; Power JM; Preston AR; Disterhoft JF, 2001, 'Awareness in classical differential eyeblink conditioning in young and aging humans.', Behavioral Neuroscience, vol. 115, pp. 747 - 757, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037//0735-7044.115.4.747
Oh MM; Power JM; Thompson LT; Disterhoft JF, 2000, 'Apamin increases excitability of CA1 hippocampal pyramidal neurons', Neuroscience Research Communications, vol. 27, pp. 135 - 142, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/1520-6769(200009/10)27:2<135::AID-NRC7>3.0.CO;2-X
Moyer JR; Power JM; Thompson LT; Disterhoft JF, 2000, 'Increased excitability of aged rabbit CA1 neurons after trace eyeblink conditioning', Journal of Neuroscience, vol. 20, pp. 5476 - 5482, http://dx.doi.org/10.1523/jneurosci.20-14-05476.2000
Geinisman Y; Disterhoft JF; Gundersen HJG; Mcechron MD; Persina IS; Power JM; Van Der Zee EA; West MJ, 2000, 'Remodeling of hippocampal synapses after hippocampus-dependent associative learning', Journal of Comparative Neurology, vol. 417, pp. 49 - 59, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(20000131)417:1<49::AID-CNE4>3.0.CO;2-3
Weiss C; Bouwmeester H; Power JM; Disterhoft JF, 1999, 'Hippocampal lesions prevent trace eyeblink conditioning in the freely moving rat', Behavioural Brain Research, vol. 99, pp. 123 - 132, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0166-4328(98)00096-5
Oh MM; Power JM; Thompson LT; Moriearty PL; Disterhoft JF, 1999, 'Metrifonate increases neuronal excitability in CA1 pyramidal neurons from both young and aging rabbit hippocampus', Journal of Neuroscience, vol. 19, pp. 1814 - 1823, http://dx.doi.org/10.1523/jneurosci.19-05-01814.1999
Disterhoft JF; Kronforst-Collins M; Oh MM; Power JM; Preston AR; Weiss C, 1999, 'Cholinergic facilitation of trace eyeblink conditioning in aging rabbits', Life Sciences, vol. 64, pp. 541 - 548, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0024-3205(98)00599-2
Weiss C; Knuttinen MG; Power JM; Patel RI; O'Connor MS; Disterhoft JF, 1999, 'Trace eyeblink conditioning in the freely moving rat: Optimizing the conditioning parameters', Behavioral Neuroscience, vol. 113, pp. 1100 - 1105, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0735-7044.113.5.1100
Weiss C; Knuttinen M-G; Power JM; Patel RI; O'Connor MS; Disterhoft JF, 1999, 'Trace eyeblink conditioning in the freely moving rat: Optimizing the conditioning parameters.', Behavioral Neuroscience, vol. 113, pp. 1100 - 1105, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037//0735-7044.113.5.1100
Disterhoft JF; KronforstCollins MA; McEchron MD; Moyer JR; Power JM; Thompson LT, 1997, 'Mechanisms of associative learning in young and ageing hippocampus', JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON, vol. 501P, pp. S6 - S7, http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:A1997XD09100236&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
Power JM; Thompson LT; Moyer JR; Disterhoft JF, 1997, 'Enhanced synaptic transmission in CA1 hippocampus after eyeblink conditioning', Journal of Neurophysiology, vol. 78, pp. 1184 - 1187, http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/jn.1997.78.2.1184
Power JM; Ringo JM; Dowse HB, 1995, 'The Effects of Period Mutations and Light on the Activity Rhythms of Drosophila melanogaster', Journal of Biological Rhythms, vol. 10, pp. 267 - 280, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/074873049501000309
Dowse H; Ringo J; Power J; Kinney K; White L, 1995, 'A congenital heart defect in drosophila caused by an action-potential mutation', Journal of Neurogenetics, vol. 10, pp. 153 - 168, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/01677069509083461
Power J; Ringo J; Dowse H, 1995, 'The role of light in the initiation of circadian activity rhythms of adult drosophila melanogaster', Journal of Neurogenetics, vol. 9, pp. 227 - 238, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/01677069509084159
Conference Papers
Ong-Palsson E; Munro K; Teng K; Takeshima H; Lichtenthaler S; Power J; Gunnersen J, 2017, 'Seizure-related gene 6 (SEZ6) family proteins and their influence on excitatory synapse function, motor coordination and cognition', in JOURNAL OF NEUROCHEMISTRY, WILEY, Paris, FRANCE, pp. 191 - 191, presented at ISN-ESN Meeting, Paris, FRANCE, 20 August 2017 - 24 August 2017, http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000407425300456&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
Gorlamandala N; Parmar J; Craig A; Power J; Krishnan A; Housley G, 2015, 'Spatiotemporal delineation of a cerebral photothrombotic infarct in mouse using darkfield microscopy', in JOURNAL OF NEUROCHEMISTRY, WILEY-BLACKWELL, Cairns, AUSTRALIA, pp. 292 - 292, presented at 25th Biennial Meeting of the International-Society-for-Neurochemistry Jointly with the 13th Meeting of the Asian-Pacific-Society-for-Neurochemistry in Conjunction with the 35th Meeting of the Australasian-Neuroscience-Society, Cairns, AUSTRALIA, 23 August 2015 - 27 August 2015, http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000360206300736&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
Disterhoft JF; Thompson LT; Weiss C; Moyer JR; Van der Zee E; Carrillo M; Kronforst-Collins M; Power J, 1995, 'The calcium hypothesis for Alzheimer's disease: Insights from animal and human studies', in Neuroscience Research Communications, pp. 121 - 131
Conference Abstracts
Harasta A; Power JM; von Jonquieres G; Karl T; Drucker DJ; Housley GD; Schneider M; Klugmann M, 2015, 'Septal glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor expression determines suppression of cocaine-induced behaviour', in JOURNAL OF NEUROCHEMISTRY, WILEY-BLACKWELL, Cairns, AUSTRALIA, Vol. 134, pp. 214 - 214, presented at 25th Biennial Meeting of the International-Society-for-Neurochemistry Jointly with the 13th Meeting of the Asian-Pacific-Society-for-Neurochemistry in Conjunction with the 35th Meeting of the Australasian-Neuroscience-Society, Cairns, AUSTRALIA, 23 August 2015 - 27 August 2015, http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000360206300522&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
Khoshaba A; Power J; Inada H; Nabekura J; Moorhouse A, 2015, 'Measuring KCC2 function in brain slices using BCECF imaging', in JOURNAL OF NEUROCHEMISTRY, WILEY-BLACKWELL, Cairns, AUSTRALIA, Vol. 134, pp. 159 - 159, presented at 25th Biennial Meeting of the International-Society-for-Neurochemistry Jointly with the 13th Meeting of the Asian-Pacific-Society-for-Neurochemistry in Conjunction with the 35th Meeting of the Australasian-Neuroscience-Society, Cairns, AUSTRALIA, 23 August 2015 - 27 August 2015, http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000360206300372&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
Patents
Kim Y; Bertrand P; Moorhouse A; Wong ACY; Craig A; Power J; Klugmann M; Krishnan A; Morris R, 2018, Methods for inhibiting neuron apoptosis and necrosis, Patent No. 2013286815, Patent Agent:, https://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/biblio?CC=AU&NR=2013286815B2&KC=B2&FT=D
Housley GD; Kim YS; Bertrand PP; Moorhouse AJ; Wong AC; Craig A; Power J; Klugmann M; Krishnan AV; Morris R, 2012, Methods for inhibiting neuron apoptosis and necrosis” (filed by New South Innovations – (UNSW) – Au Provisional Patent Application No. 2012902920, 6 July 2012)., AUSTRALIA, 2012, Patent No. 2012902920, Patent Agent:, status:%20Applied%20for%20(Provisional)%20Registered%20in%20names%20of%20(Inventors)
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