Dr Laura Fenlon
NHMRC Leadership Fellow
School of Biomedical Sciences
Journal Articles
Kozulin, Peter, Zhao, Qiong-Yi, Richards, Linda, Fenlon, Laura and Suárez, Rodrigo (2022). The people behind the papers - Peter Kozulin, Rodrigo Suárez, Qiong-Yi Zhao, Linda Richards and Laura Fenlon. Development, 149 (3) dev200543. doi: 10.1242/dev.200543
Kozulin, Peter, Suárez, Rodrigo, Zhao, Qiong-Yi, Paolino, Annalisa, Richards, Linda J. and Fenlon, Laura R. (2022). Divergent evolution of developmental timing in the neocortex revealed by marsupial and eutherian transcriptomes. Development, 149 (3) dev200212. doi: 10.1242/dev.200212
Fenlon, Laura R (2021). Timing as a mechanism of development and evolution in the cerebral cortex. Brain, behavior and evolution, 97 (1/2), 8-32. doi: 10.1159/000521678
Fenlon, Laura R., Suarez, Rodrigo, Lynton, Zorana and Richards, Linda J. (2021). The evolution, formation and connectivity of the anterior commissure. Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology, 118, 50-59. doi: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2021.04.009
Morcom, Laura, Gobius, Ilan, Marsh, Ashley P. L., Suárez, Rodrigo, Lim, Jonathan W. C., Bridges, Caitlin, Ye, Yunan, Fenlon, Laura R., Zagar, Yvrick, Douglass, Amelia M., Donahoo, Amber-Lee, Fothergill, Thomas, Shaikh, Samreen, Kozulin, Peter, Edwards, Timothy J., Cooper, Helen M., IRC5 Consortium, Sherr, Elliott H., Chédotal, Alain, Leventer, Richard J., Lockhart, Paul J. and Richards, Linda J. (2021). DCC regulates astroglial development essential for telencephalic morphogenesis and corpus callosum formation. eLife, 10 e61769, 1-35. doi: 10.7554/eLife.61769
Edwards, Timothy J., Fenlon, Laura R., Dean, Ryan J., Bunt, Jens, Sherr, Elliott H. and Richards, Linda J. (2020). Altered structural connectivity networks in a mouse model of complete and partial dysgenesis of the corpus callosum. NeuroImage, 217 116868, 116868. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2020.116868
Paolino, Annalisa, Fenlon, Laura R., Kozulin, Peter, Haines, Elizabeth, Lim, Jonathan W. C., Richards, Linda J. and Suárez, Rodrigo (2020). Differential timing of a conserved transcriptional network underlies divergent cortical projection routes across mammalian brain evolution. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117 (19), 201922422-10564. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1922422117
Paolino, Annalisa, Fenlon, Laura R., Suárez, Rodrigo and Richards, Linda J. (2018). Transcriptional control of long-range cortical projections. Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 53, 57-65. doi: 10.1016/j.conb.2018.05.005
Suárez, Rodrigo, Paolino, Annalisa, Fenlon, Laura R., Morcom, Laura R., Kozulin, Peter, Kurniawan, Nyoman D. and Richards, Linda J. (2018). A pan-mammalian map of interhemispheric brain connections predates the evolution of the corpus callosum. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 115 (38), 9622-9627. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1808262115
Paolino, Annalisa, Fenlon, Laura R., Kozulin, Peter, Richards, Linda J. and Suarez, Rodrigo (2018). Multiple events of gene manipulation via in pouch electroporation in a marsupial model of mammalian forebrain development. Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 293, 45-52. doi: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2017.09.004
Mitew, Stanislaw, Gobius, Ilan, Fenlon, Laura R., McDougall, Stuart J., Hawkes, David, Xing, Yao Lulu, Bujalka, Helena, Gundlach, Andrew L., Richards, Linda J., Kilpatrick, Trevor J., Merson, Tobias D. and Emery, Ben (2018). Pharmacogenetic stimulation of neuronal activity increases myelination in an axon-specific manner. Nature Communications, 9 (1) 306, 306. doi: 10.1038/s41467-017-02719-2
Suarez, Rodrigo, Paolino, Annalisa, Kozulin, Peter, Fenlon, Laura R., Morcom, Laura R., Englebright, Robert, O'Hara, Patricia J., Murray, Peter J. and Richards, Linda J. (2017). Development of body, head and brain features in the Australian fat-tailed dunnart (Sminthopsis crassicaudata; Marsupialia: Dasyuridae); A postnatal model of forebrain formation. Plos One, 12 (9) e0184450, 1-18. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0184450
Fenlon, Laura R., Suarez, Rodrigo and Richards, Linda J. (2017). The anatomy, organisation and development of contralateral callosal projections of the mouse somatosensory cortex. Brain and Neuroscience Advances, 1, 239821281769488. doi: 10.1177/2398212817694888
Lim, Jonathan W. C., Donahoo, Amber-Lee S., Bunt, Jens, Edwards, Timothy J., Fenlon, Laura R., Liu, Ying, Zhou, Jing, Moldrich, Randal X., Piper, Michael, Gobius, Ilan, Bailey, Timothy L., Wray, Naomi R., Kessaris, Nicoletta, Poo, Mu-Ming, Rubenstein, John L. R. and Richards, Linda J. (2015). EMX1 regulates NRP1-mediated wiring of the mouse anterior cingulate cortex. Development, 142 (21), 3746-3757. doi: 10.1242/dev.119909
Fenlon, Laura R., Liu, Sha, Gobius, Ilan, Kurniawan, Nyoman D., Murphy, Skyle, Moldrich, Randal X. and Richards, Linda J. (2015). Formation of functional areas in the cerebral cortex is disrupted in a mouse model of autism spectrum disorder. Neural Development, 10 (10) 10, 1-14. doi: 10.1186/s13064-015-0033-y
Fenlon, Laura R. and Richards, Linda J. (2015). Contralateral targeting of the corpus callosum in normal and pathological brain function. Trends in Neurosciences, 38 (5), 264-272. doi: 10.1016/j.tins.2015.02.007
Suarez, Rodrigo, Fenlon, Laura R., Marek, Roger, Avitan, Lilach A, Sah, Pankaj, Goodhill, Geoffrey J. and Richards, Linda J. (2014). Balanced interhemispheric cortical activity is required for correct targeting of the corpus callosum. Neuron, 82 (6), 1289-1298. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2014.04.040
Fenlon, Laura R. and Suarez, Rodrigo (2013). Thalamic afferents and neocortical arealization: An ongoing journey. Journal of Neuroscience, 33 (35), 13938-13939. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2859-13.2013
Kamke, Marc R., Hall, Michelle G., Lye, Hayley F., Sale, Martin V., Fenlon, Laura R., Carroll, Timothy J., Riek, Stephen and Mattingley, Jason B. (2012). Visual attentional load influences plasticity in the human motor cortex. Journal of Neuroscience, 32 (20), 7001-7008. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1028-12.2012
Conference Papers
Fenlon, L., Suarez, R. and Richards, L. (2015). The organisation, development and connectivity of two callosal projections arising from the mouse somatosensory cortex. 25th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for Neurochemistry Jointly with the 13th Meeting of the Asian Pacific Society for Neurochemistry in Conjunction with the 35th Meeting of the Australasian Neuroscience Society, Cairns, QLD Australia, 23-27 August 2015. Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing. doi: 10.1111/jnc.13188
Suarez, R., Paolino, A., Kozulin, P., Morcom, L., Fenlon, L. and Richards, L. (2015). Developmental scenarios for the evolutionary origin of the corpus callosum. 25th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for Neurochemistry Jointly with the 13th Meeting of the Asian Pacific Society for Neurochemistry in Conjunction with the 35th Meeting of the Australasian Neuroscience Society, Cairns, QLD Australia, 23-27 August 2015. Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing. doi: 10.1111/jnc.13188
Data Collection
Fenlon, Laura (2020). Marsupial neurogenesis and neuroanatomy. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/c8578ab
Thesis
Fenlon, Laura (2017). Contralateral targeting of the corpus callosum. PhD Thesis, Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2017.753