Roger Croll
Professor emeritus
Email: roger.croll@dal.ca
Phone: 902-494-6417
Mailing Address:
4-A, Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building, 5850 College Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 4R2
Research Topics:- Neuroscience
- Evolution of the nervous system
- Developmental neurobiology
- Simple models for learning & memory
- Organization of the olfactory system
- Autonomic control in zebrafish
- Vector control for schistosomiasis
Education
- BS magna cum laude (Tufts University)
- PhD (McGill University)
- PDFs (McGill University & University of California – Santa Cruz)
Research interests
Professor Croll has wide ranging interests in comparative neurobiology. Early and continuing work has examined the form, function and evolution of molluscan nervous systems. More recently, work has expanded to using zebrafish to examine the organization and development of chemosensory systems and autonomic control of the heart and swimbladder.
Dr. Croll is not accepting new graduate students.
Selected publications
- Development and metamorphic loss of the musculature in larvae of the nudibranch Phestilla sibogae: A functional ontogeny. RP Croll, MG Hadfield (2023). Acta Zoologica 104 (2), 231-254
- A Critical Review of Zebrafish Models of Parkinson’s Disease. JM Doyle, RP Croll (2022). Frontiers in Pharmacology 13
- The glomerular network of the zebrafish olfactory bulb. O Braubach, RP Croll (2021). Cell and Tissue Research 383 (1), 255-271
- Histamine and histidine decarboxylase in the olfactory system and brain of the common cuttlefish Sepia officinalis (Linnaeus, 1758). AT Scaros, A Andouche, S Baratte, RP Croll (2020). Journal of Comparative Neurology 528 (7), 1095-1112
- An immunohistochemical analysis of peptidergic neurons apparently associated with reproduction and growth in Biomphalaria alexandrina. MJ Acker, MR Habib, GA Beach, JM Doyle, MW Miller, RP Croll (2019). General and comparative endocrinology 280, 1-8
Teaching
Lectures in NESC 2570, DENT1119, BIOL/MARI 3074, BIOL/MARI 3301