Professor Pascal Carrive

Research Interests   
I am a neuroscientist and my main research interest is in the organisation of the brain network that controls the autonomic and behavioural responses to emotional stress (anxiety, fear). I am primarily interested in cardiovascular and thermogenic responses to stress. We work in rats.   

Broad Research Areas   

• Neuroscience
• Cardiovascular Disease
• Pharmacology

Specific Research Keywords   

• Central Control of Cardiovascular Function
• Anxiety Disorders
• Autonomic Nervous System
• Limbic system
• Brain Anatomy

Society Memberships & Professional Activities   

• Australian Neuroscience Society
• Society for Neuroscience (US)
• Societe des Neurosciences (France)   

Funding Sources   

• NHMRC (past)
• National Heart Foundation (current)
• ARC linkage (past)

Teaching Interests   
I teach Neuroanatomy and Neurosciences to third year science students and to medical students.
I am also the Postgraduate Coordinator for the School of Medical Sciences.   

Thesis topics for current UNSW Medicine postgraduate research students

• Role of orexin receptors in central cardiovascular control during emotional stress
• Role of orexin and 5HT-1A receptors in stress.
• Characterisation of the output pathway of the limbic forebrain
• Premotor sympathetic neurons of stress and exercise

ILP Research Interests (will supervise ILP students)

• Central Nervous System Agents
• Neural Pathways
• Stress