Principal Investigator
Dr Karl Iremonger
Dr Karl Iremonger's biography
Email karl.iremonger@otago.ac.nz
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Department of Physiology website
Research interests
At the Centre for Neuroendocrinology, our research focuses on understanding how the excitability of corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) neurons is regulated. CRH neurons are activated in response to stress and are responsible for controlling the levels of stress hormones in the body.
We are particularly interested in determining how changes in synaptic inputs and dendritic excitability regulate CRH neuron activity and function.
Clinical conditions
- Stress
- Depression
Associate Professor Karl Iremonger's researcher profile
List of publications for Karl Iremonger (Google Scholar)
Iremonger Laboratory staff & students
Emmet Power, Research Fellow
Understanding sex differences in neural circuits controlling stress
Email emmet.power@otago.ac.nz
Calvin Young, Research Fellow
Probing neural stress circuit function in rodents and fish
Email calvin.young@otago.ac.nz
Zoe Ward, PhD student
Email warzo825@student.otago.ac.nz
Felix Lim, Honours student
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Publications
Sawyer, I. L., Evans, M. C., Mamgain, A., Decourt, C., Iremonger, K. J., & Anderson, G. M. (2024). Chemogenetic activation of RFRP neurons reduces LH pulse frequency in female but not male mice. Journal of the Endocrine Society. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1210/jendso/bvae159/7759651 Journal - Research Article
Power, E. M., Ganeshan, D., & Iremonger, K. J. (2023, August-September). Controlling stress at the terminal. Verbal presentation at the Queenstown Molecular Biology (QMB) Hypothalamic Neuroscience & Neuroendocrinology Australasia (HNNA) Satellite, Queenstown, New Zealand. Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Iremonger, K. J., Zheng, S., Focke, C., Power, E. M., & Kim, J. S. (2023, August-September). Dissociation of central and peripheral stress responses. Verbal presentation at the Queenstown Molecular Biology (QMB) Hypothalamic Neuroscience & Neuroendocrinology Australasia (HNNA) Satellite, Queenstown, New Zealand. Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Iremonger, K. J., Focke, C., Schwenke, D., & Zheng, S. (2023, August). Ultradian rhythms in the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis. Poster session presented at the 17th New Zealand Medical Sciences Congress (MedSci), Queenstown, New Zealand. Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)
Tripp, I. T., Iremonger, K. J., & Kim, J. S. (2023, August). Investigating the role of CRH neurons in the selection of defensive behaviours. Poster session presented at the 17th New Zealand Medical Sciences Congress (MedSci), Queenstown, New Zealand. Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)
2024
Journal - Research Article
Sawyer, I. L., Evans, M. C., Mamgain, A., Decourt, C., Iremonger, K. J., & Anderson, G. M. (2024). Chemogenetic activation of RFRP neurons reduces LH pulse frequency in female but not male mice. Journal of the Endocrine Society. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1210/jendso/bvae159/7759651
2023
Journal - Research Article
Power, E. M., Ganeshan, D., & Iremonger, K. J. (2023). Estradiol regulates voltage-gated potassium currents in corticotropin-releasing hormone neurons. Journal of Experimental Biology. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1242/jeb.245222
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Kim, J. S., Tripp, I. T., & Iremonger, K. J. (2023). Scaling of avoidance behaviours by hypothalamic stress neural activity. In K.-L. Horne (Ed.), Proceedings of the 39th International Australasian Winter Conference on Brain Research (AWCBR). (pp. 70). Retrieved from https://www.awcbr.org
Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)
Iremonger, K. J., Focke, C., Schwenke, D., & Zheng, S. (2023, August). Ultradian rhythms in the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis. Poster session presented at the 17th New Zealand Medical Sciences Congress (MedSci), Queenstown, New Zealand.
Tripp, I. T., Iremonger, K. J., & Kim, J. S. (2023, August). Investigating the role of CRH neurons in the selection of defensive behaviours. Poster session presented at the 17th New Zealand Medical Sciences Congress (MedSci), Queenstown, New Zealand.
Campbell, G., Brown, R., & Iremonger, K. J. (2023, August). Investigating the influence of postpartum stress on anxiety and maternal motivation in dams and on offspring anxiety outcomes. Poster session presented at the 17th New Zealand Medical Sciences Congress (MedSci), Queenstown, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Power, E. M., Ganeshan, D., & Iremonger, K. J. (2023, August-September). Controlling stress at the terminal. Verbal presentation at the Queenstown Molecular Biology (QMB) Hypothalamic Neuroscience & Neuroendocrinology Australasia (HNNA) Satellite, Queenstown, New Zealand.
Iremonger, K. J., Zheng, S., Focke, C., Power, E. M., & Kim, J. S. (2023, August-September). Dissociation of central and peripheral stress responses. Verbal presentation at the Queenstown Molecular Biology (QMB) Hypothalamic Neuroscience & Neuroendocrinology Australasia (HNNA) Satellite, Queenstown, New Zealand.
Young, C. K., & Iremonger, K. J. (2023, August). Whole-brain activity mapping of stress in the zebrafish. Verbal presentation at the 17th New Zealand Medical Sciences Congress (MedSci), Queenstown, New Zealand.
Cox, J. L., Tripp, I. T., Iremonger, K. J., & Kim, J. S. (2023, August). The role of stress on reward-seeking behaviour in mice. Verbal presentation at the 17th New Zealand Medical Sciences Congress (MedSci), Queenstown, New Zealand.
2022
Journal - Research Article
Ohline, S. M., Liu, X., Ibrahim, M. F., Mockett, B. G., Empson, R. M., Abraham, W. C., Iremonger, K. J., & Jones, P. P. (2022). Altered membrane properties but unchanged intrinsic excitability and spontaneous postsynaptic currents in an aged APPswe/PS1dE9 model of Alzheimer’s disease. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, 16, 958876. doi: 10.3389/fncel.2022.958876
Gouws, J. M., Sherrington, A., Zheng, S., Kim, J. S., & Iremonger, K. J. (2022). Regulation of corticotropin-releasing hormone neuronal network activity by noradrenergic stress signals. Journal of Physiology, 600(19), 4347-4359. doi: 10.1113/JP283328
Abbasi, M., Augustine, R. A., Iremonger, K. J., & Brown, C. H. (2022). Central kisspeptin does not affect ERK1/2 or p38 phosphorylation in oxytocin neurons of late-pregnant rats. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 23(14), 7729. doi: 10.3390/ijms23147729
Abbasi, M., Perkinson, M. R., Seymour, A. J., Piet, R., Campbell, R. E., Iremonger, K. J., & Brown, C. H. (2022). Local kisspeptin excitation of rat oxytocin neurones in late pregnancy. Journal of Physiology, 600(7), 1753-1770. doi: 10.1113/jp282531
Jamieson, B. B., Kim, J. S., & Iremonger, K. J. (2022). Cannabinoid and vanilloid pathways mediate opposing forms of synaptic plasticity in corticotropin-releasing hormone neurons. Journal of Neuroendocrinology, 34, e13084. doi: 10.1111/jne.13084
Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)
Power, E. M., & Iremonger, K. J. (2022, August-September). Estrous cycle differences in hypothalamic CRH neuron activity. Poster session presented at the 16th New Zealand Medical Sciences Congress (MedSci), Queenstown, New Zealand.
Kim, J. S., Ganeshan, D., Grattan, D. R., & Iremonger, K. J. (2022, August-September). Hyothalamic CRH neuron activity in motherhood is not altered during stress but can be suppressed by pup exposure. Poster session presented at the 16th New Zealand Medical Sciences Congress (MedSci), Queenstown, New Zealand.
Perkinson, M. R., Kim, J. S., Brown, C. H., & Iremonger, K. J. (2022, August-September). In vivo monitoring of oxytocin neuron activity in freely-behaving, lactating mice. Poster session presented at the 16th New Zealand Medical Sciences Congress (MedSci), Queenstown, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Ohline, S. M., Liu, X., Ibrahim, M. F., Mockett, B., Empson, R. M., Abraham, W. C., Iremonger, K. J., & Jones, P. P. (2022, August-September). Altered membrance properties but unchanged intrinsic excitability and spontaneous postsynaptic currents in an aged APPswe/PS1dE9 model of Alzheimer's disease. Verbal presentation at the 16th New Zealand Medical Sciences Congress (MedSci), Queenstown, New Zealand.
Paul, J., Johnson, S., & Iremonger, K. (2022, August-September). Developing a zebrafish (Danio rerio) model to study behavioural and neuroendocrine responses to stress. Verbal presentation at the 16th New Zealand Medical Sciences Congress (MedSci), Queenstown, New Zealand.
Tripp, I. T., Iremonger, K. J., & Kim, J. S. (2022, August-September). Investigating the role of CRH neurons in the selection of defensive behaviours. Verbal presentation at the 16th New Zealand Medical Sciences Congress (MedSci), Queenstown, New Zealand.
Zheng, S., Schwenke, D., & Iremonger, K. J. (2022, August-September). Studying the relationship between CRH neuron activity, behaviour, and pulsatile corticosterone secretion. Verbal presentation at the 16th New Zealand Medical Sciences Congress (MedSci), Queenstown, New Zealand.
2021
Journal - Research Article
Power, E. M., & Iremonger, K. J. (2021). Plasticity of intrinsic excitability across the estrous cycle in hypothalamic CRH neurons. Scientific Reports, 11(1), 16700. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-96341-4
Nair, B. B., Khant Aung, Z., Porteous, R., Prescott, M., Glendining, K. A., Jenkins, D. E., Augustine, R. A., Silva, M. S. B., Yip, S. H., Bouwer, G. T., Brown, C. H., Jasoni, C. L., Campbell, R. E., Bunn, S. J., Anderson, G. M., Grattan, D. R., Herbison, A. E., & Iremonger, K. J. (2021). Impact of chronic variable stress on neuroendocrine hypothalamus and pituitary in male and female C57BL/6J mice. Journal of Neuroendocrinology, 33, e12972. doi: 10.1111/jne.12972
Journal - Research Other
Perkinson, M. R., Kim, J. S., Iremonger, K. J., & Brown, C. H. (2021). Visualising oxytocin neurone activity in vivo: The key to unlocking central regulation of parturition and lactation [Invited review]. Journal of Neuroendocrinology, 33, e13012. doi: 10.1111/jne.13012
2020
Journal - Research Article
Focke, C. M. B., & Iremonger, K. J. (2020). Rhythmicity matters: Circadian and ultradian patterns of HPA axis activity. Molecular & Cellular Endocrinology, 501, 110652. doi: 10.1016/j.mce.2019.110652
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Perkinson, M. R., Kim, J. S., Brown, C. H., & Iremonger, K. J. (2020). Characterisation of an oxytocin-ires-cre mouse model for recording oxytocin neuron bursts in behaving mice. FASEB Journal, 34(Suppl. 1). doi: 10.1096/fasebj.2020.34.s1.03560
Abbasi, M., Perkinson, M., Brown, C., & Iremonger, K. (2020). Kisspeptin regulation of oxytocin neuron activity in late pregnancy. FASEB Journal, 34(Suppl. 1). doi: 10.1096/fasebj.2020.34.s1.02418
2019
Journal - Research Article
Kim, J. S., Han, S. Y., & Iremonger, K. J. (2019). Stress experience and hormone feedback tune distinct components of hypothalamic CRH neuron activity. Nature Communications, 10, 5696. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-13639-8
Bittar, T. P., Nair, B. B., Kim, J. S., Chandrasekera, D., Sherrington, A., & Iremonger, K. J. (2019). Corticosterone mediated functional and structural plasticity in corticotropin-releasing hormone neurons. Neuropharmacology, 154, 79-86. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2019.02.017
Journal - Research Other
Kim, J. S., & Iremonger, K. J. (2019). Temporally tuned corticosteroid feedback regulation of the stress axis. Trends in Endocrinology & Metabolism, 30(11), 783-792. doi: 10.1016/j.tem.2019.07.005
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Kim, J. S., & Iremonger, K. J. (2019). Stress experience and hormone feedback tune distinct components of hypothalamic CRH neuron activity. In K. Hillman (Ed.), Proceedings of the 37th International Australasian Winter Conference on Brain Research (AWCBR). (pp. 69). Retrieved from http://www.otago.ac.nz/awcbr
Zheng, S., & Iremonger, K. J. (2019). Investigating the mechanisms driving circadian and sex differences in the stress axis. In K. Hillman (Ed.), Proceedings of the 37th International Australasian Winter Conference on Brain Research (AWCBR). (pp. 43). Retrieved from http://www.otago.ac.nz/awcbr
Power, E. M., & Iremonger, K. J. (2019). Understanding sex differences in neural circuits controlling stress. Proceedings of the Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting. 320.17/U16. SfN. Retrieved from https://www.sfn.org
Iremonger, K. J., Sherrington, A., Kim, J. S., Gouws, J., & Chandrasekera, D. (2019). Sexually dimorphic corticosteroid induced plasticity in corticotropin-releasing hormone neurons. Proceedings of the Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting. 320.16/U15. SfN. Retrieved from https://www.sfn.org
Focke, C. M. B., & Iremonger, K. (2019). Ultradian and circadian rhythms in hypothalamic CRH neuron activity and their relation to home cage behavior. Proceedings of the Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting. 320.115/U14. SfN. Retrieved from https://www.sfn.org
Kim, J. S., & Iremonger, K. J. (2019). Stress experience and hormone feedback tune distinct components of CRH neuron activity. Proceedings of the Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting. 320.14/U13. SfN. Retrieved from https://www.sfn.org
Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)
Abbasi, M., Perkinson, M. R., Iremonger, K. J., & Brown, C. H. (2019, August-September). Local kisspeptin regulation of oxytocin neuron activity in late pregnancy. Poster session presented at the Queenstown Molecular Biology (QMB) Meetings, Queenstown, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Focke, C. M. B., & Iremonger, K. (2019, September). Do hypothalamic CRH neurons express circadian and ultradian activity patterns? Verbal presentation at the Medical Sciences Congress (MedSci), Queenstown, New Zealand.
Power, E. M., & Iremonger, K. J. (2019, August-September). Ion channel mechanisms underlying sex differences in hypothalamic CRH neuron excitability. Verbal presentation at the Queenstown Molecular Biology (QMB) Meetings, Queenstown, New Zealand.
2018
Journal - Research Article
Choi, J.-H., Jeong, Y.-M., Kim, S., Lee, B., Ariyasiri, K., Kim, H.-T., … Jamieson, B. B., Kim, J. S., Iremonger, K. J., … Kim, C.-H. (2018). Targeted knockout of a chemokine-like gene increases anxiety and fear responses. PNAS, 115(5), e1041-e1050. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1707663115
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Ketu-Mckenzie, M., Williams, M., Podd, J., Phillip, M., & Iremonger, K. (2018). Mindfulness and Māori women: A good match? Proceedings of the New Zealand Psychological Society (NZPsS) 50th Jubilee Conference. (pp. 74). Retrieved from https://www.psychology.org.nz
Focke, C., & Iremonger, K. (2018). Investigating the natural rhythms if CRH neuron excitability over the day. Proceedings of the 9th International Congress of Neuroendocrinology (ICN). (pp. 155). Retrieved from http://www.icn2018.org/
Kim, J., & Iremonger, K. (2018). Stress familiarity but not fast negative feedback robustly tunes stress neuron output. Proceedings of the 9th International Congress of Neuroendocrinology (ICN). (pp. 150-151). Retrieved from http://www.icn2018.org/
Iremonger, K., & Gouws, J. (2018). Regulation of CRH neuronal network activity by noradrenergic stress signals. Proceedings of the 9th International Congress of Neuroendocrinology (ICN). (pp. 149). Retrieved from http://www.icn2018.org/
Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)
Sherrington, A. J., Kim, J. S., & Iremonger, K. J. (2018, November). Sexually dimorphic corticosteroid negative feedback in hypothalamic CRH neurons. Poster session presented at the Women’s Wellbeing Symposium, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Sherrington, A. J., Kim, J. S., & Iremonger, K. J. (2018, August). Sexually dimorphic corticosteroid negative feedback in hypothalamic CRH neurons. Poster session presented at the Medical Sciences Congress (MedSci), Queenstown, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Abbasi, M., Iremonger, K. J., & Brown, C. H. (2018, August). Kisspeptin regulation of oxytocin neuron activity in late pregnancy. Verbal presentation at the Medical Sciences Congress (MedSci), Queenstown, New Zealand.
Kim, J. S., & Iremonger, K. J. (2018, August). A duet of stress adaptation and negative feedback tunes stress neuron activity dynamics. Verbal presentation at the Medical Sciences Congress (MedSci), Queenstown, New Zealand.
2017
Journal - Research Article
Clarkson, J., Han, S. Y., Piet, R., McLennan, T., Kane, G. M., Ng, J., Porteous, R. W., Kim, J. S., … Iremonger, K. J., & Herbison, A. E. (2017). Definition of the hypothalamic GnRH pulse generator in mice. PNAS, 114(47), E10216-E10223. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1713897114
Jamieson, B. B., Nair, B. B., & Iremonger, K. J. (2017). Regulation of hypothalamic corticotropin‐releasing hormone neurone excitability by oxytocin. Journal of Neuroendocrinology, 29(11), e12532. doi: 10.1111/jne.12532
Iremonger, K. J., Porteous, R., & Herbison, A. E. (2017). Spike and neuropeptide-dependent mechanisms control GnRH neuron nerve terminal Ca2+ over diverse time scales. Journal of Neuroscience, 37(12), 3342-3351. doi: 10.1523/jneurosci.2925-16.2017
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Gouws, J. M., & Iremonger, K. J. (2017). Noradrenergic regulation of the CRH neuronal network. Proceedings of the Australasian Neuroscience Society 37th Annual Scientific Meeting. Retrieved from http://ans2017.aomevents.com.au
Kim, J. S., & Iremonger, K. J. (2017). Regulation of stress neuron activity dynamics in vivo. Proceedings of the Australasian Neuroscience Society 37th Annual Scientific Meeting. Retrieved from http://ans2017.aomevents.com.au
Kim, J., Gouws, J., & Iremonger, K. J. (2017). Plasticity in hypothalamic stress circuits. Proceedings of the Australasian Neuroscience Society 37th Annual Scientific Meeting. Retrieved from http://ans2017.aomevents.com.au
Gouws, J. M., & Iremonger, K. J. (2017). Regulation of CRH neuronal network activity by noradrenergic stress signals. In B. Leitch (Ed.), Proceedings of the 35th International Australasian Winter Conference on Brain Research. (pp. 55). AWCBR. Retrieved from http://www.otago.ac.nz/awcbr/index.html
Nair, B., Khant Aung, Z., Porteous, R., Prescott, M., Ng, J., Yip, S., Augustine, R., Glendining, K., Bouwer, G., Kim, J., Jenkins, D., Silva, M., Brown, C., Campbell, R., Jasoni, C., Bunn, S., Anderson, G., Grattan, D., Herbison, A., & Iremonger, K. (2017). Impact of chronic stress on the neuroendocrine axis in the mouse. In B. Leitch (Ed.), Proceedings of the 35th International Australasian Winter Conference on Brain Research. (pp. 49). AWCBR. Retrieved from http://www.otago.ac.nz/awcbr/index.html
Kim, J. S., & Iremonger, K. J. (2017). Rapid modulation of stress neuron activity dynamics. In B. Leitch (Ed.), Proceedings of the 35th International Australasian Winter Conference on Brain Research. (pp. 31). AWCBR. Retrieved from http://www.otago.ac.nz/awcbr/index.html
Gouws, J., & Iremonger, K. (2017). Determining sexually dimorphic changes in CRH neural network activity induced by stress hormones. New Zealand Medical Journal, 130(1461), (pp. 89). Retrieved from http://www.nzma.org.nz/journal
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Focke, C., & Iremonger, K. (2017, September). Revealing the circadian patterns of CRH neuron excitability in freely behaving mice. Verbal presentation at the Medical Sciences Congress (MedSci), Queenstown, New Zealand.
2016
Journal - Research Article
Iremonger, K. J., & Bains, J. S. (2016). Asynchronous presynaptic glutamate release enhances neuronal excitability during the post-spike refractory period. Journal of Physiology, 594(4), 1005-1015. doi: 10.1113/JP271485
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Jamieson, B., & Iremonger, K. (2016). Endocannabinoids mediate depolarisation-induced suppression of excitation in CRH neurons. Proceedings of the Australasian Neuroscience Society (ANS) Annual Scientific Meeting. Retrieved from https://www.ans.org.au
Iremonger, K., Herde, M., & Herbison, A. (2016). GNRH neurons elaborate a long-range projection with shared axonal and dendritic functions. Proceedings of the Australasian Neuroscience Society (ANS) Annual Scientific Meeting. Retrieved from https://www.ans.org.au
Herbison, A. E., Han, S., Iremonger, K., Kalil, B., McLennan, T., Piet, R., & Porteous, R. (2016). Optogenetic analysis of the hypothalamic neural network controlling fertility. Proceedings of the Australasian Neuroscience Society (ANS) Annual Scientific Meeting. Retrieved from https://www.ans.org.au
Iremonger, K. J., Bittar, T., & Nair, B. (2016). Morphological analysis of hypothalamic corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) neurons. Proceedings of the Society for Neuroscience 46th Annual Meeting. 814.09/QQ13. SfN. Retrieved from https://www.sfn.org/
Kim, J., Anderson, G. M., & Iremonger, K. J. (2016). RFRP-3 actions on corticotropin-releasing hormone neurons. Proceedings of the Society for Neuroscience 46th Annual Meeting. 813.13/PP15. SfN. Retrieved from https://www.sfn.org
Iremonger, K. J., & Bittar, T. (2016). Corticosteriod induced functional and structural plasticity of hypothalamic corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) neurons. In B. Leitch (Ed.), Proceedings of the 34th International Australasian Winter Conference on Brain Research. (pp. 27). AWCBR. Retrieved from http://www.otago.ac.nz/awcbr
2015
Chapter in Book - Research
Iremonger, K. J., & Herbison, A. E. (2015). Elucidating the structure and function of Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone (GnRH) neuron dendrites. In W. E. Armstrong & J. G. Tasker (Eds.), Neurophysiology of neuroendocrine neurons. (pp. 273-300). Chichester, UK: Wiley Blackwell. doi: 10.1002/9781118606803.ch12
Journal - Research Article
Iremonger, K. J., & Herbison, A. E. (2015). Multitasking in gonadotropin-releasing hormone neuron dendrites. Neuroendocrinology, 102(1-2), 1-7. doi: 10.1159/000368364
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Jamieson, B. B., & Iremonger, K. J. (2015, August-September). Modulation of GABAergic synaptic input to CRH neurons by oxytocin. Verbal presentation at the Medical Sciences Congress (MedSci), Queenstown, New Zealand.
Iremonger, K. (2015, June). Long lasting calcium elevations in nerve terminals driven by brief neuropeptide signals. Verbal presentation at the 9th Annual Brain Health Research Centre Conference: Science for a Healthy Brain, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Other Research Output
Iremonger, K. (2015, June). Building blocks of the brain: New insights into how our brains work. University of Otago Winter Lecture Series. Wellington, New Zealand. [Public Seminar].
Iremonger, K. (2015, June). Building blocks of the brain: New insights into how our brains work. University of Otago Winter Lecture Series. Auckland, New Zealand. [Public Seminar].
2014
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Hsu, P., Herbison, A., & Iremonger, K. (2014). Impact of chronic stress on the dendritic structure of GnRH neurons in the mouse. Proceedings of the Medical Sciences Congress (MedSci). (pp. 38). Retrieved from http://www.physoc.org.nz/meetings/archive/medsci-2014-abstracts
Iremonger, K. J., & Herbison, A. E. (2014). Regulation of GnRH neuron nerve terminal excitability. In B. Leitch & J. Shemmell (Eds.), Proceedings of the 32nd International Australasian Winter Conference on Brain Research. 32, (pp. 27). AWCBR. Retrieved from https://web.psy.otago.ac.nz/awcbr/proceedings.html
2013
Journal - Research Article
Chen, X., Iremonger, K., Herbison, A., Kirk, V., & Sneyd, J. (2013). Regulation of electrical bursting in a spatiotemporal model of a GnRH neuron. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, 75(10), 1941-1960. doi: 10.1007/s11538-013-9877-7
Herde, M. K., Iremonger, K. J., Constantin, S., & Herbison, A. E. (2013). GnRH neurons elaborate a long-range projection with shared axonal and dendritic functions. Journal of Neuroscience, 33(31), 12689-12697. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0579-13.2013
Constantin, S., Iremonger, K. J., & Herbison, A. E. (2013). In vivo recordings of GnRH neuron firing reveal heterogeneity and dependence upon GABAA receptor signaling. Journal of Neuroscience, 33(22), 9394-9401. doi: 10.1523/jneurosci.0533-13.2013
Iremonger, K. J., Wamsteeker Cusulin, J. I., & Bains, J. S. (2013). Changing the tune: Plasticity and adaptation of retrograde signals. Trends in Neurosciences, 36(8), 471-479. doi: 10.1016/j.tins.2013.04.007
Journal - Research Other
Iremonger, K. J. (2013). It takes more than one κ opioid receptor to inhibit a POMC neuron. Journal of Physiology, 591(7), 1595-1596. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.2013.251637
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Iremonger, K. J., & Herbison, A. E. (2013). Using genetically encoded calcium indicators to study the excitability of neurosecretory nerve terminals. In B. Leitch & J. Shemmell (Eds.), Proceedings of the 31st International Australasian Winter Conference on Brain Research. 31, (pp. 38). AWCBR. Retrieved from http://psy.otago.ac.nz/awcbr/Abstracts/Abstracts2013copy.html
2012
Journal - Research Article
Constantin, S., Piet, R., Iremonger, K., Yeo, S. H., Clarkson, J., Porteous, R., & Herbison, A. E. (2012). GnRH neuron firing and response to GABA in vitro depend on acute brain slice thickness and orientation. Endocrinology, 153(8), 3758-3769. doi: 10.1210/en.2012-1126
Iremonger, K. J., & Herbison, A. E. (2012). Initiation and propagation of action potentials in gonadotropin-releasing hormone neuron dendrites. Journal of Neuroscience, 32(1), 151-158. doi: 10.1523/jneurosci.3739-11.2012
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Iremonger, K. J., Herde, M. K., Constantin, S., & Herbison, A. E. (2012). GnRH neurons project long-range dendrites to the median eminence to control neurosecretion. Proceedings of the Society for Neuroscience 42nd Annual Meeting. SfN. Retrieved from http://www.sfn.org/index.aspx?pagename=abstracts_am2012
Iremonger, K., Herde, M., Constantin, S., & Herbison, A. (2012). The dendron: A long-range neuronal projection with shared dendritic and axonal function. Proceedings of the Medical Sciences Congress (MedSci). (pp. 35-36). Retrieved from http://www.medscinz.co.nz/QRW2012%20MedSci%20Abstracts.pdf
2011
Journal - Research Article
Iremonger, K. J., Kuzmiski, J. B., Baimoukhametova, D. V., & Bains, J. S. (2011). Dual regulation of anterograde and retrograde transmission by endocannabinoids. Journal of Neuroscience, 31(33), 12011-12020. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2925-11.2011
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Iremonger, K., & Herbison, A. E. (2011). Exploring dendritic physiology with combined imaging and electrophysiology. In B. Leitch (Ed.), Proceedings of the 29th International Australasian Winter Conference on Brain Research. 29, 9.4. AWCBR. Retrieved from http://psy.otago.ac.nz/awcbr/abstracts/abstracts2011.html
2010
Journal - Research Article
Iremonger, K. J., Benediktsson, A. M., & Bains, J. S. (2010). Glutamatergic synaptic transmission in neuroendocrine cells: Basic principles and mechanisms of plasticity. Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology, 31(3), 296-306. doi: 10.1016/j.yfrne.2010.03.002
Iremonger, K. J., Constantin, S., Liu, X., & Herbison, A. E. (2010). Glutamate regulation of GnRH neuron excitability. Brain Research, 1364, 35-43. doi: 10.1016/j.brainres.2010.08.071
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Bains, J. S., Iremonger, K. J., & Kuzmiski, J. B. (2010). Dynamic interaction between retrograde signals regulates synaptic depression. Proceedings of the Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting. Retrieved from http://www.sfn.org/index.aspx?pagename=abstracts_ampublications
Iremonger, K. J., & Herbison, A. E. (2010). Back-propagating action potentials evoke faithful calcium transients in the dendrites of GnRH neurons. Proceedings of the Society for Neuroscience 40th Annual Meeting. SfN. Retrieved from http://www.abstractsonline.com/Plan/SSResults.aspx
Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)
Iremonger, K. J., & Herbison, A. E. (2010, November-December). Back-propagating action potentials evoke faithful calcium transients in the dendrites of GnRH neurons. Poster session presented at the Medical Sciences Congress: A New Decade of Discovery (MedSciNZ), Queenstown, New Zealand.
2009
Journal - Research Article
Gordon, G. R. J., Iremonger, K. J., Kantevari, S., Ellis-Davies, G. C. R., MacVicar, B. A., & Bains, J. S. (2009). Astrocyte-mediated distributed plasticity at hypothalamic glutamate synapses. Neuron, 64, 391-403. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2009.10.021
Iremonger, K. J., & Bains, J. S. (2009). Retrograde opioid signaling regulates glutamergic transmission in the hypothalamus. Journal of Neuroscience, 29(22), 7349-7358. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0381-09.2009
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Iremonger, K. J., Gordon, G. R. J., Kantevari, S., Ellis-Davies, G. C. R., MacVicar, B. A., & Bains, J. S. (2009). Astrocyte mediated distributed plasticity at glutamate synapses. Proceedings of the Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting. Retrieved from http://www.sfn.org/index.aspx?pagename=abstracts_ampublications
2008
Journal - Research Article
Iremonger, K. J., & Bains, J. S. (2008). Dynamic synapses in the hypothalamic-neurohypophyseal system. Progress in Brain Research, 170, 119-128. doi: 10.1016/S0079-6123(08)00411-1
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Iremonger, K. J., & Bains, J. S. (2008). Long term depression of glutamatergic transmission by dendritically released opioids. Proceedings of the Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting. SfN. Retrieved from http://www.sfn.org/index.aspx?pagename=abstracts_ampublications
Iremonger, K., & Bains, J. (2008). Control of synaptically generated neural activity by dendritically released opioids. Proceedings of the 2nd Annual Canadian Neuroscience Meeting. Retrieved from http://www.can-acn.org/meeting2008/index.html
2007
Journal - Research Article
Iremonger, K. J., & Bains, J. S. (2007). Integration of asynchronously released quanta prolongs the postsynaptic spike window. Journal of Neuroscience, 27(25), 6684-6691. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0934-07.2007
2006
Journal - Research Article
Anderson, T. R., Hu, B., Iremonger, K., & Kiss, Z. H. T. (2006). Selective attenuation of afferent synaptic transmission as a mechanism of thalamic deep brain stimulation-induced tremor arrest. Journal of Neuroscience, 26(3), 841-850. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3523-05.2006
Iremonger, K. J., Anderson, T. R., Hu, B., & Kiss, Z. H. T. (2006). Cellular mechanisms preventing sustained activation of cortex during subcortical high-frequency stimulation. Journal of Neurophysiology, 96, 613-621. doi: 10.1152/jn.00105.2006
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Iremonger, K. J., & Bains, J. S. (2006). Asynchronous glutamate release prolongs postsynaptic excitation in central neurons. Proceedings of the Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting. SfN. Retrieved from http://www.sfn.org/index.aspx?pagename=abstracts_ampublications