Overview
Background
I am a Research Fellow within the Systems Neuroengineering group at the Queensland Brain Institute. I was awarded a PhD in Neuroscience from Macquarie University in 2016 and have undertaken a postdoctoral appointment abroad (2016-2023) at the Max Delbruck Center for Molecular Medicine in Berlin, Germany.
I am a neurophysiologist with interests in understanding sensory processing. My research focuses on the different stations along the neuraxis from the periphery to the brain; the initial site of information acquisition and encoding (the dorsal root ganglia), the relay and modulatory center (thalamus) and the penultimate site for sensory perception (the cortex). My goal is to characterise how somatosensory information is routed and transformed within these areas and to understand how this information is altered following disease and dysfunction (e.g. autism, chronic pain).
Availability
- Dr Phill Bokiniec is:
- Available for supervision
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy of Neuroscience, Macquarie University
Works
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2023
Journal Article
Brain-wide connectivity map of mouse thermosensory cortices
Bokiniec, Phillip, Whitmire, Clarissa J., Leva, Tobias M. and Poulet, James F. A. (2023). Brain-wide connectivity map of mouse thermosensory cortices. Cerebral Cortex, 33 (8), 4870-4885. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhac386
2021
Journal Article
A medullary centre for lapping in mice
Dempsey, Bowen, Sungeelee, Selvee, Bokiniec, Phillip, Chettouh, Zoubida, Diem, Séverine, Autran, Sandra, Harrell, Evan R., Poulet, James F. A., Birchmeier, Carmen, Carey, Harry, Genovesio, Auguste, McMullan, Simon, Goridis, Christo, Fortin, Gilles and Brunet, Jean-François (2021). A medullary centre for lapping in mice. Nature Communications, 12 (1) 6307, 1-12. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-26275-y
2020
Journal Article
Polysialic acid in the rat brainstem and thoracolumbar spinal cord: distribution, cellular location, and comparison with mouse
Shahbazian, Shila, Bokiniec, Phillip, Berning, Britt A., McMullan, Simon and Goodchild, Ann K. (2020). Polysialic acid in the rat brainstem and thoracolumbar spinal cord: distribution, cellular location, and comparison with mouse. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 529 (4) cne.24982, 811-827. doi: 10.1002/cne.24982
2019
Journal Article
On the presence and functional significance of sympathetic premotor neurons with collateralized spinal axons in the rat
Farmer, David G. S., Pracejus, Natasha, Dempsey, Bowen, Turner, Anita, Bokiniec, Phillip, Paton, Julian F. R., Pickering, Anthony E., Burguet, Jasmine, Andrey, Philippe, Goodchild, Ann K., McAllen, Robin M. and McMullan, Simon (2019). On the presence and functional significance of sympathetic premotor neurons with collateralized spinal axons in the rat. Journal of Physiology, 597 (13), 3407-3423. doi: 10.1113/JP277661
2019
Journal Article
Somatostatin 2 receptors in the spinal cord tonically restrain thermogenic, cardiac and other sympathetic outflows
Bowman, Belinda R., Bokiniec, Phillip, McMullan, Simon, Goodchild, Ann K. and Burke, Peter G.R. (2019). Somatostatin 2 receptors in the spinal cord tonically restrain thermogenic, cardiac and other sympathetic outflows. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 13 (FEB) 121, 1-13. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2019.00121
2018
Journal Article
The neural circuits of thermal perception
Bokiniec, Phillip, Zampieri, Niccolò, Lewin, Gary R. and Poulet, James F.A. (2018). The neural circuits of thermal perception. Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 52, 98-106. doi: 10.1016/j.conb.2018.04.006
2018
Journal Article
Somatostatin 2 receptor activation in the rostral ventrolateral medulla does not mediate the decompensatory phase of haemorrhage
Bokiniec, Phillip, Burke, Peter G.R., Turner, Anita J., McMullan, Simon and Goodchild, Ann K. (2018). Somatostatin 2 receptor activation in the rostral ventrolateral medulla does not mediate the decompensatory phase of haemorrhage. Shock, 50 (3), 331-338. doi: 10.1097/SHK.0000000000001011
2017
Journal Article
Polysialic acid regulates sympathetic outflow by facilitating information transfer within the nucleus of the solitary tract
Bokiniec, Phillip, Shahbazian, Shila, McDougall, Stuart J., Berning, Britt A., Cheng, Delfine, Llewellyn-Smith, Ida J., Burke, Peter G. R., McMullan, Simon, Mühlenhoff, Martina, Hildebrandt, Herbert, Braet, Filip, Connor, Mark, Packer, Nicolle H. and Goodchild, Ann K. (2017). Polysialic acid regulates sympathetic outflow by facilitating information transfer within the nucleus of the solitary tract. Journal of Neuroscience, 37 (27), 6558-6574. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0200-17.2017
2017
Journal Article
Mapping and analysis of the connectome of sympathetic premotor neurons in the rostral ventrolateral medulla of the rat using a volumetric brain atlas
Dempsey, Bowen, Le, Sheng, Turner, Anita, Bokiniec, Phil, Ramadas, Radhika, Bjaalie, Jan G., Menuet, Clement, Neve, Rachael, Allen, Andrew M., Goodchild, Ann K. and McMullan, Simon (2017). Mapping and analysis of the connectome of sympathetic premotor neurons in the rostral ventrolateral medulla of the rat using a volumetric brain atlas. Frontiers in Neural Circuits, 11 9, 1-16. doi: 10.3389/fncir.2017.00009
2016
Journal Article
In vitro neuronal depolarization and increased synaptic activity induced by infrared neural stimulation
Entwisle, Blake, McMullan, Simon, Bokiniec, Phillip, Gross, Simon, Chung, Roger and Withford, Michael (2016). In vitro neuronal depolarization and increased synaptic activity induced by infrared neural stimulation. Biomedical Optics Express, 7 (9) #261134, 3211-3219. doi: 10.1364/BOE.7.003211
2016
Journal Article
Somatostatin in the rat rostral ventrolateral medulla: Origins and mechanism of action
Bou Farah, Lama, Bowman, Belinda R., Bokiniec, Phil, Karim, Shafinaz, Le, Sheng, Goodchild, Ann K. and Mcmullan, Simon (2016). Somatostatin in the rat rostral ventrolateral medulla: Origins and mechanism of action. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 524 (2), 323-342. doi: 10.1002/cne.23846
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