Dr Anna Smith
Associate Lecturer
Research areas
I am an associate lecturer (education-focused), and have been in the School of Psychology and Neuroscience since August 2020. My PhD was on epigenetics in recognition memory, while my postdoctoral work focused on cell types for navigation, particularly head direction cells. Most of my time is spent on teaching but my current research focus is on the role of neurogenesis in learning and memory, which I investigate using rodent models. I am also establishing research into teaching in Higher Education settings.
Selected publications
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Open access
The stimulus control of local enclosures and barriers over head direction and place cell spatial firing
Smith, A., Wood, E. & Dudchenko, P., 1 May 2021, In: Brain and Behaviour. 11, 5, 14 p., e02070.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
A new perspective on the head direction cell system and spatial behavior
Dudchenko, P. A., Wood, E. R. & Smith, A., Oct 2019, In: Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews. 105, p. 24-33 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Open access
Lesions of the head direction cell system impair direction discrimination
Smith, A. E., Cheek, O. A., Sweet, E. L. C., Dudchenko, P. A. & Wood, E. R., Dec 2019, In: Behavioral Neuroscience. 133, 6, p. 602-613 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
Contrasting roles for DNA methyltransferases and histone deacetylases in single-item and associative recognition memory
Scott, H., Smith, A. E., Barker, G. R., Uney, J. B. & Warburton, E. C., 6 Mar 2017, In: Neuroepigenetics. 9, p. 1-9 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review