About

Name

Bryan Kolb
University

University of Lethbridge
Website

http://www.uleth.ca/artsci/neuroscience/dr-bryan-e-kolb
Email

[email protected]
Research Keywords

Brain plasticity and behaviour, brain development, prefrontal cortex, brain plasticity, neuropsychology

Additional Information

Lab Methodologies
  • Behavioural analysis
  • neuronal morphology
  • epigenetics
  • Histological techniques
  • Epigenetics
  • Rats
  • Animal behaviour

 
Apparatus
  • Video analysis systems
  • Light microscopes
  • Behavioural apparati
  • Confocal microscopes
  • Western blot
  • Cryostat
  • Vibratome
  • Electrophysiological equipment
  • MRI
  • Epigenetics-related equipment

 
Biographical Information

Brain plasticity and behaviour in development

Roles and Connections

Primary Role

Faculty
CAN Connections

Depression, Nervous System Injury
Looking For

Accepting undergraduate students

Most Cited Publications

Kolb B, Mychasiuk R, Muhammad A, Li Y, Frost DO, Gibb R, "Experience and the developing prefrontal cortex." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 109 Suppl 2, (2012 Oct 16): 17186-93
Kolb B, Gibb R, "Brain plasticity and behaviour in the developing brain." Journal of the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry = Journal de l'Academie canadienne de psychiatrie de l'enfant et de l'adolescent 20,4 (2011 Nov): 265-76
Kolb B, Gorny G, Li Y, Samaha AN, Robinson TE, "Amphetamine or cocaine limits the ability of later experience to promote structural plasticity in the neocortex and nucleus accumbens." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 100,18 (2003 Sep 2): 10523-8