Lecturer
BSc(Hons), PhD(UTAS)
Contact Details
| Contact Campus | Hobart CBD Campuses |
| Building | Medical Science 1 |
| Room Reference | 414-19 (Level 4) |
| Telephone | +61 3 6226 2662 |
| Fax | +61 3 6226 2679 |
| Matthew.Kirkcaldie@utas.edu.au |
Teaching Responsibilities
- Cerebral cortex
- Learning and memory
- Sleep and consciousness
- Synaptic transmission and plasticity
- Autonomic nervous system
- Glia
- Enteric nervous system
- Gastrointestinal tract
- Muscle structure and function
- Cardiovascular physiology
- Respiratory physiology
Units
- CAM102 - Foundations of Medicine 2
- CAM202 - Fundamentals of Clinical Science 2
- CAM304 - Fundamentals of Clinical Science 3
- CAM305 - Functional Clinical Practice
- CHP207 - Human Physiology
- CHP208 - Human Physiology
- CHP311 - Neuroscience A
- CHP312 - Neuroscience B
Publications
Journal Articles
- Mitew, S., Kirkcaldie, M. T. K., Halliday, G. M., Shepherd, C. E., Vickers, J. C., & Dickson, T. C. (2010). Focal demyelination in Alzheimer’s disease and transgenic mouse models. Acta Neuropathologica, 119(5), 567–577.
- Chelvanayagam, D. K., Vickery, R. M., & Kirkcaldie, M. T. K. (2008). Multichannel surface recordings on the visual cortex: towards development for a neuroprosthesis. Journal of Neural Engineering, 5(2), 125-132.
- Kirkcaldie, M. T. K., & Kitchener, P. D. (2007). When brains expand: mind and the evolution of cortex. Acta Neuropsychiatrica, 19, 139-148.
- Saalmann, Y. B., Kirkcaldie, M. T. K., Waldron, S. A., & Calford, M. B. (2007). Cellular distribution of the GABAA receptor-modulating 3α-hydroxy, 5α-reduced pregnane steroids in the adult rat brain. Journal of Neuroendocrinology, 19(4), 272-284.
- Kirkcaldie, M. T. K., Dickson, T. C., King, C. E., Grasby, D. J., Riederer, B. M., & Vickers, J. C. (2002). Neurofilament triplet proteins are restricted to a subset of neurons in the rat neocortex, Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy, 24(3), 163-171.
Books
- Watson, C. R. R., Kirkcaldie, M. T. K., & Paxinos, G. (2010). The brain: an introduction to functional neuroanatomy. Tokyo: Elsevier.
- Paxinos, G., Watson, C., Carrive, P., Kirkcaldie, M. T. K., & Ashwell, K. W. S. (2008). Chemoarchitectonic atlas of the rat brain. United States: Elsevier.
Web Access Research Portal (WARP)
Additional Information
Websites
Research Projects
- Myelination and neurofilaments in normal brains and Alzheimer’s disease – Prof James Vickers, Dr Tracey Dickson, Dr Jerome Staal
- Intermediate filament expression in the developing and mature nervous system – Dr Jerome Staal, Prof Charles Watson, Prof George Paxinos
Research Interests
- Development and evolution of the cerebral cortex
- Sensory systems of mammalian brains
- Neurofilament triplet proteins and their functions in neurons