By Dr Zhi Yi Ong

Book Chapters

Millan EZ; Ong ZY; McNally GP, 2017, 'Paraventricular thalamus: Gateway to feeding, appetitive motivation, and drug addiction', in Progress in Brain Research, Elsevier B.V., pp. 113 - 137, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/bs.pbr.2017.07.006

Journal articles

McDougall SJ; Ong ZY; Heller R; Horton A; Thek KK; Choi EA; McNally GP; Lawrence AJ, 2024, 'Viscerosensory signalling to the nucleus accumbens via the solitary tract nucleus', Journal of Neurochemistry, 168, pp. 3116 - 3131, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jnc.16180

Murphy S; Collis Glynn M; Dixon TN; Grill HJ; McNally GP; Ong ZY, 2023, 'Nucleus of the solitary tract A2 neurons control feeding behaviors via projections to the paraventricular hypothalamus', Neuropsychopharmacology, 48, pp. 351 - 361, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41386-022-01448-5

Naomi R; Bahari H; Ong ZY; Keong YY; Embong H; Rajandram R; Teoh SH; Othman F; Hasham R; Yin KB; Kaniappan P; Yazid MD; Zakaria ZA, 2022, 'Mechanisms of Natural Extracts of Andrographis paniculata That Target Lipid-Dependent Cancer Pathways: A View from the Signaling Pathway', International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 23, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms23115972

Wald HS; Chandra A; Kalluri A; Ong ZY; Hayes MR; Grill HJ, 2020, 'NTS and VTA oxytocin reduces food motivation and food seeking', American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology, 319, pp. R673 - R683, http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/AJPREGU.00201.2020

Dixon TN; McNally GP; Ong ZY, 2020, 'Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Signaling in the Ventral Tegmental Area Reduces Alcohol Self-Administration in Male Rats', Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 44, pp. 2118 - 2129, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/acer.14437

Ong ZY; McNally GP, 2020, 'CART in energy balance and drug addiction: Current insights and mechanisms', Brain Research, 1740, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.brainres.2020.146852

Alhadeff AL; Conway SM; Ong ZY; Wald HS; Roitman MF; Grill HJ, 2019, 'Central leptin signaling transmits positive valence', Brain Research, 1724, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.brainres.2019.146441

Ong ZY, 2019, 'Breaking the intergenerational cycle of obesity with SIRT1', Journal of Physiology, 597, pp. 369 - 370, http://dx.doi.org/10.1113/JP277280

Ong ZY; Liu J-J; Pang Z; Grill H, 2019, 'Peptidergic signaling in the paraventricular thalamus: Effects on food intake and reward', IBRO Reports, 6, pp. S41 - S42, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ibror.2019.07.125

Vithayathil MA; Gugusheff JR; Ong ZY; Langley-Evans SC; Gibson RA; Muhlhausler BS, 2018, 'Exposure to maternal cafeteria diets during the suckling period has greater effects on fat deposition and Sterol Regulatory Element Binding Protein-1c (SREBP-1c) gene expression in rodent offspring compared to exposure before birth', Nutrition and Metabolism, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12986-018-0253-3

Ong ZY; Liu JJ; Pang ZP; Grill HJ, 2017, 'Paraventricular thalamic control of food intake and reward: Role of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor signaling', Neuropsychopharmacology, 42, pp. 2387 - 2397, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/npp.2017.150

Ong ZY; Bongiorno DM; Hernando MA; Grill HJ, 2017, 'Effects of endogenous oxytocin receptor signaling in nucleus tractus solitarius on satiation-mediated feeding and thermogenic control in male rats', Endocrinology, 158, pp. 2826 - 2836, http://dx.doi.org/10.1210/en.2017-00200

Vithayathil MA; Gugusheff JR; Gibson RA; Ong ZY; Muhlhausler BS, 2016, 'Effect of a maternal cafeteria diet on the fatty acid composition of milk and offspring red blood cells', Prostaglandins Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids, 109, pp. 58 - 65, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.plefa.2016.03.016

Kanoski SE; Ong ZY; Fortin SM; Schlessinger ES; Grill HJ, 2015, 'Liraglutide, leptin and their combined effects on feeding: Additive intake reduction through common intracellular signalling mechanisms', Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, 17, pp. 285 - 293, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dom.12423

Gugusheff JR; Ong ZY; Muhlhausler BS, 2015, 'The early origins of food preferences: Targeting the critical windows of development', FASEB Journal, 29, pp. 365 - 373, http://dx.doi.org/10.1096/fj.14-255976

Ong ZY; Alhadeff AL; Grill HJ, 2015, 'Medial nucleus tractus solitarius oxytocin receptor signaling and food intake control: The role of gastrointestinal satiation signal processing', American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology, 308, pp. R800 - R806, http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/ajpregu.00534.2014

Gugusheff JR; Ong ZY; Muhlhausler BS, 2014, 'Naloxone treatment alters gene expression in the mesolimbic reward system in 'junk food' exposed offspring in a sex-specific manner but does not affect food preferences in adulthood', Physiology and Behavior, 133, pp. 14 - 21, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physbeh.2014.04.007

Ong ZY; Muhlhausler BS, 2014, 'Consuming a low-fat diet from weaning to adulthood reverses the programming of food preferences in male, but not in female, offspring of 'junk food'-fed rat dams', Acta Physiologica, 210, pp. 127 - 141, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/apha.12132

Gugusheff JR; Vithayathil M; Ong ZY; Muhlhausler BS, 2013, 'The effects of prenatal exposure to a 'junk food' diet on offspring food preferences and fat deposition can be mitigated by improved nutrition during lactation', Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease, 4, pp. 348 - 357, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S2040174413000330

Ong ZY; Wanasuria AF; Lin MZP; Hiscock J; Muhlhausler BS, 2013, 'Chronic intake of a cafeteria diet and subsequent abstinence. Sex-specific effects on gene expression in the mesolimbic reward system', Appetite, 65, pp. 189 - 199, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2013.01.014

Muhlhausler BS; Gugusheff JR; Ong ZY; Vithayathil MA, 2013, 'Nutritional approaches to breaking the intergenerational cycle of obesity', Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology, 91, pp. 421 - 428, http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjpp-2012-0353

Gugusheff JR; Ong ZY; Muhlhausler BS, 2013, 'A maternal "junk-food" diet reduces sensitivity to the opioid antagonist naloxone in offspring postweaning', FASEB Journal, 27, pp. 1275 - 1284, http://dx.doi.org/10.1096/fj.12-217653

Muhlhausler BS; Gugusheff JR; Ong ZY; Vithayathil MA, 2013, 'Pregnancy, obesity and insulin resistance: Maternal overnutrition and the target windows of fetal development', Hormone Molecular Biology and Clinical Investigation, 15, pp. 25 - 36, http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/hmbci-2013-0029

Ong ZY; Gugusheff JR; Muhlhausler BS, 2012, 'Perinatal overnutrition and the programming of food preferences: Pathways and mechanisms', Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease, 3, pp. 299 - 308, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S204017441200030X

Chan H; Prescott M; Ong ZY; Herde MK; Herbison AE; Campbell RE, 2011, 'Dendritic spine plasticity in Gonadatropin-Releasing Hormone (GnRH) neurons activated at the time of the preovulatory surge', Endocrinology, 152, pp. 4906 - 4914, http://dx.doi.org/10.1210/en.2011-1522

Ong ZY; Muhlhausler BS, 2011, 'Maternal "junk-food" feeding of rat dams alters food choices and development of the mesolimbic reward pathway in the offspring', FASEB Journal, 25, pp. 2167 - 2179, http://dx.doi.org/10.1096/fj.10-178392

Muhlhausler BS; Ong ZY, 2011, 'The fetal origins of obesity: Early origins of altered food intake', Endocrine, Metabolic and Immune Disorders - Drug Targets, 11, pp. 189 - 197, http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/187153011796429835

Ong ZY; Gibson RJ; Bowen JM; Stringer AM; Darby JM; Logan RM; Yeoh ASJ; Keefe DM, 2010, 'Pro-inflammatory cytokines play a key role in the development of radiotherapy-induced gastrointestinal mucositis', Radiation Oncology, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1748-717X-5-22

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