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 Dr
Mike Ee Hiok Teo
Visiting Research Fellow
BSc (University of Singapore)
MSc, PhD (University of Adelaide)
Member of Neurobiology Research
Group
Mike is currently a Visiting Research Fellow. He was previously a NH&MRC
Research Officer with the Department of Anatomy and Histology, Flinders
University of South Australia.
At Flinders University, Mike worked with Prof. Ian Gibbins on the autonomic
nervous system, with particular interest in the synaptic organisation
of the coeliac ganglion. Various techniques, including a combination of
stereological and spatial sampling methods with electron microscopic immunohistochemistry
and multiple-labelling confocal
microscopy, were employed to examine the distribution of synaptic inputs
to neurons in the coeliac ganglion.
Mike’s other research interest includes comparative studies of the
vertebrate pineal system. In collaboration with Dr. Bruce Firth, the morphology
of the vertebrate pineal complex is examined using electron microscopy,
immunohistochemistry and vascular injection techniques. The pineal complex
of the skink, Tiliqua rugosa, which consists of a parietal (or third)
eye and a pineal gland proper, has been examined extensively as the latter
appears to represent an intermediate stage in the evolution of the gland,
between one that is directly photosensitive to one that is indirectly
influenced by photic stimuli.
Recent publications
- Morris, J.L, Teo E.H and Gibbins, I.L (2005) Immunoreactivity
for vesicular glutamate transporter-1 in large vesicles of nerve terminals
in spainal cord and autonomic ganglia Proceedings of the Australian
Neuroscience Society. 25th Annual Meeting, Perth Convention Centre,JAn.
30 - Feb 2, 2005.
- Gibbins, I. L., E. H. Teo, Phillip Jobling and J. L. Morris (2003)
Synaptic density, convergence and dentritic complexity of prevertebral
sympathetic neurons. J. Comp. Neurol., 455 (3): 285 -298.
- Gibbins, I. L., Phillip Jobling, E. H. Teo, Sue E. Matthew and
Judy L. Morris (2003) Heterogeneous expression of SNAP-25 and synaptic
vesicle proteins by central and peripheral inputs to sympathetic neurons.
J. Comp. Neurol., 459: 25- 43.
- Gibbins, I. L., P. Jobling, J. P. Messenger, E. H. Teo and J. L.
Morris (2000) Neuronal morphology and the synaptic organisation
of sympathetic ganglia. J. Auton. Nerv. Syst., 81:104 – 109.
Other publications of interest
- Teo, E. H. and I. L. Gibbins (2000) Length of presynaptic zone
does not correlate with synaptic strength in guinea-pig sympathetic
ganglia. Proceedings of the Australian Neuroscience Society. 20th Annual
Meeting, Melbourne Convention Centre, Jan. 30 - Feb. 2, 2000. (abstract)
- L. Gibbins and E. H. Teo (2000) Dendritic complexity predicts
presynaptic bouton density in guinea-pig sympathetic ganglia. Proceedings
of the Australian Neuroscience Society. 20th Annual Meeting, Melbourne
Convention Centre, Jan. 30 -Feb. 2, 2000.(abstract)
- Teo, E. H. and Firth, B. T. (2001) The Pineal Gland of the
lizard, Tiliqua rugosa: presence of paracrystalline structures in the
modified photoreceptor cells. Melatonin and Biological Rhythms Symposium.
Adelaide, South Australia, Aug. 21-23. 2001.(abstract)
- Teo, E. H., C. Carati, B. T. Firth, R. A. Barbour and B. Gannon
(1993) The vascularization of the pineal complex in the lizard,
Tiliqua rugosa. Anat. Rec., 236: 521 - 536.
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