THE NEURO RECOVERY LAB
Studying Spinal Cord Injury and Plasticity at the University of Alberta
Kale Scatterty, BSc
Contact: krscatte@ualberta.ca
Laboratory: 1 (780) 492-3217
Scientific Career
2023-present: Graduate student, Neuroscience and Mental Health Institute, University of Alberta.
2022-2023: Behavioural neuroscience research assistant, Department of Psychology, MacEwan University.
2019-2023: BSc (Hons. Psychology), specialization in behavioural neuroscience, Department of Psychology, MacEwan University.
2013-2014: Diploma in Audio Engineering, specialization in digital audio production, Pixel Blue College.
Publications
Scatterty, K. R., Taylor, M. W., & Fouad, K. (In Peer Review). Ultrasonic Vocalizations as Markers of Anxiety and Depression in Rodent Models of Neurotrauma. Behavioural Brain Research, Manuscript # BBRES-D-26-00475
Scatterty, K. R., VonStein, D., Prichard, L. B., Franczak, B. C., Hamilton, T. J., & Schmaltz, R. M. (2026). Infrasound exposure is linked to aversive responding, negative appraisal, and elevated salivary cortisol in humans. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 20. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2026.1729876
Cucarian, J., Rakheja, R., Scatterty, K. R., Armstrong, E., Storvold, S., Nguyen, A. T., Fenrich, K., Monnier, P., & Fouad, K. (2026). PLX5622 did not alter anxiety-like behaviour and showed limited microglial depletion efficacy in a spinal cord injury model in female rats. Scientific Reports. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-48842
Scatterty, K. R. & Hamilton, T. J. (2024). β-Carboline (FG-7142) Modulates Fear but not Anxiety-like Behaviour in Zebrafish. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 668. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-51072-6
Scatterty, K. R., Pitman, T., Eckersley, T., Schmaltz, R., & Hamilton, T. J. (2023). Zebrafish aversion to infrasound in an open field test. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 16, 1019368. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2022.1019368
Scatterty, K. R., Pitman, T., Eckersley, T., Schmaltz, R., & Hamilton, T. J. (2023). Zebrafish aversion to infrasound in an open field test. Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience, 16, 1019368. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2022.1019368
