Christopher Hinckley, Ph.D.
Reserach Associate
Email: chinckley@salk.edu
Extension: x1187
2008 Ph.D. Physiology, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Thesis Title: "Hb9-Expressing Interneurons in the Locomotor Central Pattern Generator"
2005 M.S., Physiology, University of Wisconsin, Madison
2000 B.S. Zoology and Psychology, University of Wisconsin, Madison
2008-present
Research Associate, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA
Samuel L. Pfaff, Ph.D., Supervisor
2001-2003
Associate Research Specialist, Deparment of Physiology, UW-Madison
1998-1999
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Department of Plant Pathology, UW-Madison
Hinckley CA, Wiesner EP, Mentis GZ, Titus DJ, Ziskind-Conhaim L. Sensory modulation of locomotor-like membrane oscillations in Hb9-expressing interneurons. J Neurophysiol. 2010 Jun;103(6):3407-23
Ziskind-Conhaim L and Hinckley CA. Hb9 versus type 2 interneurons. Letter to the Editor. J Neurophysiol. 2008 Feb;99(2):1044-6.
Hinckley CA and Ziskind-Conhaim L. Electrical coupling between locomotor-related excitatory interneurons in the mammalian spinal cord. J Neurosci. 2006 Aug 16;26(33):8477-83.
Hinckley CA, Hartley R, Wu L, Todd A, Ziskind-Conhaim L. Locomotor-like rhythms in a genetically distinct cluster of interneurons in the mammalian spinal cord. J Neurophysiol. 2005 Mar;93(3):1439-49.
Hinckley C, Seebach B, Ziskind-Conhaim L. Distinct roles of glycinergic and GABAergic inhibition in coordinating locomotor-like rhythms in the neonatal mouse spinal cord. Neuroscience. 2005;131(3):745-58.
Ziskind-Conhaim L, Gao BX, Hinckley C. Ethanol dual modulatory actions on spontaneous postsynaptic currents in spinal motoneurons. J Neurophysiol. 2003 Feb;89(2):806-13.
C.A. Hinckley, L. Ziskind-Conhaim. Afferent modulation of Locomotor-like Activity in Hb9 Interneurons. Salk Motor Systems Symposium. November, 2007.
C.A. Hinckley, L. Ziskind-Conhaim. SENSORY MODULATION OF LOCOMOTOR-LIKE RHYTHMS IN HB9-EXPRESSING INTERNEURONS Program No. 516.12. 2005 Abstract Viewer/Itinerary Planner. Washington, DC: Society for Neuroscience, 2005. Online.
L. Ziskind-Conhaim, C.A. Hinckley. ELECTRICAL COUPLING BETWEEN CLUSTERED HB9-EXPRESSING INTERNEURONS IN THE MAMMALIAN SPINAL CORD Program No. 516.11. 2005 Abstract Viewer/Itinerary Planner. Washington, DC: Society for Neuroscience, 2005. Online.
C.A. Hinckley, I. Lieberam, T.M. Jessell, L. Ziskind-Conhaim. IDENTIFICATION OF INTERNEURONS INVOLVED IN LOCOMOTOR-LIKE RHYTHMS IN THE HB9-GFP MOUSE. Program No. 277.13. 2003 Abstract Viewer/Itinerary Planner. Washington, DC: Society for Neuroscience, 2003. Online.
C. Hinckley, L. Ziskind-Conhaim. DISTINCT ROLES OF GLYCINE AND GABA IN LOCOMOTOR-LIKE RHYTHM GENERATION IN THE MOUSE SPINAL CORD Program No. 167.1. 2002 Abstract Viewer/Itinerary Planner. Washington, DC: Society for Neuroscience, 2002. Online.
Student Presentation, Otto Loewi International Course "Hb9 Interneurons in Locomotor Pattern Generation" August 2006; Eilat, Israel.
Speaker, Madison Spinal Cord and Brainstem Symposium: "Synaptic Mechanisms Regulating Rhythmic Activity in Hb9 Interneurons" November 2005; Madison, WI.