Contact
- a.mercer@ucl.ac.uk
- Address
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University College London
UCL School of Pharmacy Department of Pharmacology
29-39 Brunswick Square
London
WC1N 1AX
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Dr Audrey Mercer
Selected research
![Characterisation of the CA2 region using a- actinin2 immunoperoxidase staining Characterisation of the CA2 region using a- actinin2 immunoperoxidase staining](https://www.ucl.ac.uk/pharmacy/sites/pharmacy/files/styles/medium_image/public/Staff_profile-_fig_1.jpg?itok=Fjtld3d-)
Fuchs C, Abitbol K, Burden JJ, Mercer A, Brown L, Iball J, Stephenson AF, Thomson AM, Jovanovic JN (2013) GABAA receptors can initiate the formation of functional inhibitory GABAergic synapses. Eur J Neurosci 38:3146-3158.
![Distinct classes of inhibitory neurones Distinct classes of inhibitory neurones](https://www.ucl.ac.uk/pharmacy/sites/pharmacy/files/styles/medium_image/public/Staff_profile_Figure_2.jpg?itok=BBXI_YiK)
Mercer A, Botcher NA, Eastlake K, Thomson AM (2012) SP-SR interneurones: a novel class of neurones of the CA2 region of the hippocampus. Hippocampus 22:1758-1769.
![Brain x-ray with neurons Brain x-ray with neurons](https://www.ucl.ac.uk/pharmacy/sites/pharmacy/files/styles/medium_image/public/iStock_brain_xray_with_neurons_resized_1.jpg?itok=KP4uNCU4)
Mercer A, Eastlake K, Trigg HL, Thomson AM (2012) Local circuitry involving parvalbumin-positive basket cells in the CA2 region of the hippocampus. Hippocampus 22:43-56.