Department of Physiology and Biophysics

Faculty of Medicine

Roger  Croll

Professor

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Department of Physiology and Biophysics , Department of Biology

Email: roger.croll@dal.ca
Phone: 902-494-6417
Mailing Address: 
4-H, 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.

Selected publications

  • Buresi, A., Croll, R.P., Tiozzo, S., Bonnaud, L. and Baratte, S. (2014) Emergence of sensory structures in the developing epidermis in Sepia officinalis and other coleoid cephalopods. Journal of Comparative Neurology 522 (13) :3004-19
  • Vallejo, D., Habib, M.R., Delgado, N.,Vaasjo, L.O., Croll, R.P. and Miller, M.W. (2014) Localization of tyrosine hydroxylase-like immunoreactivity in the nervous systems of Biomphalaria glabrataand Biomphalaria alexandrina, intermediate hosts for schistosomiasis Journal of Comparative Neurology 522 (11): 2532-2552
  • Newton, C., Stoyek, M.R., Croll, R.P. and Smith, F.M. (2014) Regional innervation of the heart in the goldfish, Carassius auratus: a confocal microscopy study. Journal of Comparative Neurology522 (2): 456-78
  • Braubach, O.R., Miyasaka, N., Koide, T., Yoshihara, Y., Croll, R.P. and Fine, A. (2013) Experience-dependent vs. experience-independent postembryonic development of distinct groups of zebrafish olfactory glomeruli. Journal of Neuroscience 33 (16): 6905-6916
  • Braubach, O.R., Fine, A. and Croll, R.P. (2012) Distribution and functional organization of glomeruli in the olfactory bulbs of zebrafish (Danio rerio). Journal of Comparative Neurology 520: 2313-2339

Teaching

Lectures in NESC 2570, DENT1119, BIOL/MARI 3074, BIOL/MARI 3301