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Email

michelle.rank@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Associate Professor Topographic Anatomy
Department of Anatomy and Physiology
Education
Doctorate
University of Alberta
Bachelors Degree (Honours)
Brock University
ORCID

0000-0002-8547-0321

A/Prof Michelle Rank

Associate Professor Topographic Anatomy
Department of Anatomy and Physiology

25 Scholarly works
0 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2025

    Journal article

    Microglia are prominent producers of inflammatory cytokines during the hyperacute phase of ischemic stroke
    DOI: 10.1038/s42003-025-08636-1
  • 2025

    Journal article

    The Development and Implementation of a Parallel, Multi-Campus Medical Anatomy Curriculum Delivered with and without Cadavers
    DOI: 10.1007/s40670-024-02179-6
  • 2023

    Journal article

    Acute inhibition of acid sensing ion channel 1a after spinal cord injury selectively affects excitatory synaptic transmission, but not intrinsic membrane properties, in deep dorsal horn interneurons
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0289053
  • 2023

    Journal article

    Assessments Used for Summative Purposes during Internal Medicine Specialist Training: A Rapid Review
    DOI: 10.3390/educsci13101057
  • 2021

    Journal article

    Acid-Sensing Ion Channels: Expression and Function in Resident and Infiltrating Immune Cells in the Central Nervous System
    DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2021.738043
  • 2021

    Journal article

    Editorial: Propriospinal Neurons: Essential Elements in Locomotion, Autonomic Function and Plasticity After Spinal Cord Injury and Disease
    DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2021.695424
  • 2020

    Journal article

    Stroke Severity, and Not Cerebral Infarct Location, Increases the Risk of Infection
    DOI: 10.1007/s12975-019-00738-3
Michelle Rank

Latest Honours,
Awards and Fellowships


2021
MDHS Award for Learning and Teaching Achievement University of Melbourne
2018
School of Health and Biomedical Sciences Engagement Award RMIT University
2014
Sensory Neuroscience Prize for Outstanding New Research Western Sydney University
2014
Deputy Vice Chancellor Award for Best ECR Researcher University of Newcastle

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2019

    Journal article

    Conditional microglial depletion in rats leads to reversible anorexia and weight loss by disrupting gustatory circuitry
    DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2018.12.008
  • 2018

    Journal article

    Is more always better? How different ‘doses’ of exercise after incomplete spinal cord injury affects the membrane properties of deep dorsal horn interneurons
    DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2017.11.007
  • 2017

    Journal article

    Evolution of thyroid hormone distributor proteins
    DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2017.02.038

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