By Emeritus Professor Margaret Morris

Journal articles

Zabeau L; Jensen CJ; Seeuws S; Venken K; Verhee A; Catteeuw D; van Loo G; Chen H; Walder K; Hollis J; Foote S; Morris MJ; Van der Heyden J; Peelman F; Oldfield BJ; Rubio JP; Elewaut D; Tavernier J, 2015, 'Leptin’s metabolic and immune functions can be uncoupled at the ligand/receptor interaction level', Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 72, pp. 629 - 644, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00018-014-1697-x

Samaras K; Morris MJ; Lord RV; Kavurma MM, 2014, 'The effect of bariatric surgery on serum TRAIL and osteoprotegerin levels in obesity complicated by glucose disorders', E Spen Journal, 9, pp. e210 - e214, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clnme.2014.09.004

Reichelt AC; Morris MJ; Westbrook RF, 2014, 'Cafeteria diet impairs expression of sensory-specific satiety and stimulus-outcome learning', Frontiers in Psychology, 5, pp. 852, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00852

South T; Holmes NM; Martire SI; Westbrook RF; Morris MJ, 2014, 'Rats eat a cafeteria-style diet to excess but eat smaller amounts and less frequently when tested with chow', Plos One, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0093506

Zheng TW; O'Brien TJ; Kulikova SP; Reid CA; Morris MJ; Pinault D, 2014, 'Acute effect of carbamazepine on corticothalamic 5-9-Hz and thalamocortical spindle (10-16-Hz) oscillations in the rat', European Journal of Neuroscience, 39, pp. 788 - 799, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ejn.12441

Koe AS; Salzberg MR; Morris MJ; O'Brien TJ; Jones NC, 2014, 'Early life maternal separation stress augmentation of limbic epileptogenesis: The role of corticosterone and HPA axis programming', Psychoneuroendocrinology, 42, pp. 124 - 133, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2014.01.009

Maniam J; Antoniadis C; Morris MJ, 2014, 'Early-life stress, HPA axis adaptation, and mechanisms contributing to later health outcomes', Frontiers in Endocrinology, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fendo.2014.00073

Howitt L; Morris MJ; Sandow SL; Murphy TV, 2014, 'Effect of diet-induced obesity on BKCa function in contraction and dilation of rat isolated middle cerebral artery', Vascular Pharmacology, 61, pp. 10 - 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vph.2014.02.002

Lin RCY; Ng SF; Morris MJ, 2014, 'Gene expression in rat models for inter-generational transmission of islet dysfunction and obesity', Genomics Data, 2, pp. 351 - 353, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gdata.2014.09.013

Ng SF; Lin RCY; Maloney CA; Youngson NA; Owens JA; Morris MJ, 2014, 'Paternal high-fat diet consumption induces common changes in the transcriptomes of retroperitoneal adipose and pancreatic islet tissues in female rat offspring', FASEB Journal, 28, pp. 1830 - 1841, http://dx.doi.org/10.1096/fj.13-244046

Khor A; Grant R; Tung C; Guest J; Pope B; Morris M; Bilgin A, 2014, 'Postprandial oxidative stress is increased after a phytonutrient-poor food but not after a kilojoule-matched phytonutrient-rich food', Nutrition Research, 34, pp. 391 - 400, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nutres.2014.04.005

Chen H; Simar D; Pegg K; Saad S; Palmer C; Morris MJ, 2014, 'Exendin-4 is effective against metabolic disorders induced by intrauterine and postnatal overnutrition in rodents.', Diabetologia, 57, pp. 614 - 622, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00125-013-3132-5

Martire SI; Maniam J; South T; Holmes N; Westbrook RF; Morris MJ, 2014, 'Extended exposure to a palatable cafeteria diet alters gene expression in brain regions implicated in reward, and withdrawal from this diet alters gene expression in brain regions associated with stress', Behavioural Brain Research, 265, pp. 132 - 141, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2014.02.027

Chen H; Simar D; Morris MJ, 2014, 'Maternal obesity impairs brain glucose metabolism and neural response to hyperglycemia in male rat offspring.', J Neurochem, 129, pp. 297 - 303, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jnc.12623

Beilharz JE; Maniam J; Morris MJ, 2014, 'Short exposure to a diet rich in both fat and sugar or sugar alone impairs place, but not object recognition memory in rats', Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 37, pp. 134 - 141, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2013.11.016

Hansen MJ; Chen H; Jones JE; Langenbach SY; Vlahos R; Gualano RC; Morris MJ; Anderson GP, 2013, 'The lung inflammation and skeletal muscle wasting induced by subchronic cigarette smoke exposure are not altered by a high-fat diet in mice', Plos One, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0080471

Bahari H; Caruso V; Morris MJ, 2013, 'Late-onset exercise in female rat offspring ameliorates the detrimental metabolic impact of maternal obesity', Endocrinology, 154, pp. 3610 - 3621, http://dx.doi.org/10.1210/en.2013-1059

Elms J; Powell KL; van Raay L; Dedeurwaerdere S; O'Brien TJ; Morris MJ, 2013, 'Long-Term Valproate Treatment Increases Brain Neuropeptide Y Expression and Decreases Seizure Expression in a Genetic Rat Model of Absence Epilepsy', Plos One, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0073505

Ali I; O'Brien P; Kumar G; Zheng T; Jones NC; Pinault D; French C; Morris MJ; Salzberg MR; O'Brien TJ, 2013, 'Enduring Effects of Early Life Stress on Firing Patterns of Hippocampal and Thalamocortical Neurons in Rats: Implications for Limbic Epilepsy', Plos One, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0066962

Martire SI; Holmes N; Westbrook RF; Morris MJ, 2013, 'Altered Feeding Patterns in Rats Exposed to a Palatable Cafeteria Diet: Increased Snacking and Its Implications for Development of Obesity', Plos One, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0060407

Grayson TH; Chadha PS; Bertrand PP; Chen H; Morris MJ; Senadheera S; Murphy TV; Sandow SL, 2013, 'Increased caveolae density and caveolin-1 expression accompany impaired NO-mediated vasorelaxation in diet-induced obesity', Histochemistry and Cell Biology, 139, pp. 309 - 321, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00418-012-1032-2

Youngson NA; Morris MJ, 2013, 'What obesity research tells us about epigenetic mechanisms', Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, 368, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2011.0337

Grant R; Guest J; Bilgin A; Morris MJ; Garg M; Pearce R, 2013, 'Suboptimal Omega-3 Levels in Australian Adolescents', INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CHILD HEALTH AND NUTRITION, 2, pp. 309 - 315, http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-4247.2013.02.04.4

Bobrovskaya L; Maniam J; Ong LK; Dunkley PR; Morris MJ, 2013, 'Early Life Stress and Post-Weaning High Fat Diet Alter Tyrosine Hydroxylase Regulation and AT1 Receptor Expression in the Adrenal Gland in a Sex Dependent Manner', Neurochemical Research, 38, pp. 826 - 833, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11064-013-0985-4

Harith HH; Morris MJ; Kavurma MM, 2013, 'On the TRAIL of obesity and diabetes', Trends in Endocrinology & Metabolism, 24, pp. 578 - 587, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tem.2013.07.001

Lecomte V; Youngson NA; Maloney CA; Morris MJ, 2013, 'Parental programming: How can we improve study design to discern the molecular mechanisms?', BioEssays, 35, pp. 787 - 793, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bies.201300051

Jones NC; Lee HE; Yang M; Rees SM; Morris MJ; O'Brien TJ; Salzberg MR, 2013, 'Repeatedly stressed rats have enhanced vulnerability to amygdala kindling epileptogenesis.', Psychoneuroendocrinology, 38, pp. 263 - 270, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2012.06.005

Caruso V; Bahari H; Morris MJ, 2013, 'The Beneficial Effects of Early Short‐Term Exercise in the Offspring of Obese Mothers are Accompanied by Alterations in the Hypothalamic Gene Expression of Appetite Regulators and FTO (Fat Mass and Obesity Associated) Gene', Journal of Neuroendocrinology, 25, pp. 742 - 752, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jne.12053

Rajia S; Chen H; Morris MJ, 2013, 'Voluntary post weaning exercise restores metabolic homeostasis in offspring of obese rats', Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases, 23, pp. 574 - 581, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.numecd.2011.12.009

Howitt L; Grayson TH; Morris MJ; Sandow SL; Murphy TV, 2012, 'Dietary obesity increases NO and inhibits BK _Ca -mediated, endothelium-dependent dilation in rat cremaster muscle artery: association with caveolins and caveolae', American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology, 302, pp. H2464 - H2476, http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/ajpheart.00965.2011

van Raay L; Jovanovska V; Morris MJ; O’Brien TJ, 2012, 'Focal administration of neuropeptide Y into the S2 somatosensory cortex maximally suppresses absence seizures in a genetic rat model', Epilepsia, 53, pp. 477 - 484, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1528-1167.2011.03370.x

Simar D; Chen H; Lambert K; Mercier J; Morris MJ, 2012, 'Interaction between maternal obesity and post-natal over-nutrition on skeletal muscle metabolism', Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases, 22, pp. 269 - 276, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.numecd.2010.11.007

Chen H; Simar D; Ting JHY; Erkelens JRS; Morris MJ, 2012, 'Leucine Improves Glucose and Lipid Status in Offspring from Obese Dams, Dependent on Diet Type, but not Caloric Intake', Journal of Neuroendocrinology, 24, pp. 1356 - 1364, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2826.2012.02339.x

South T; Westbrook F; Morris MJ, 2012, 'Neurological and stress related effects of shifting obese rats from a palatable diet to chow and lean rats from chow to a palatable diet', Physiology & Behavior, 105, pp. 1052 - 1057, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physbeh.2011.11.019

Zheng TW; O’Brien TJ; Morris MJ; Reid CA; Jovanovska V; O’Brien P; van Raay L; Gandrathi AK; Pinault D, 2012, 'Rhythmic neuronal activity in S2 somatosensory and insular cortices contribute to the initiation of absence‐related spike‐and‐wave discharges', Epilepsia, 53, pp. 1948 - 1958, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1528-1167.2012.03720.x

Maniam J; Morris MJ, 2012, 'The link between stress and feeding behaviour', Neuropharmacology, 63, pp. 97 - 110, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropharm.2012.04.017

Chen H; Iglesias MA; Caruso V; Morris MJ, 2011, 'Maternal Cigarette Smoke Exposure Contributes to Glucose Intolerance and Decreased Brain Insulin Action in Mice Offspring Independent of Maternal Diet', PLoS ONE, 6, pp. e27260 - e27260, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0027260

Jiang F; Lim HK; Morris MJ; Prior L; Velkoska E; Wu X; Dusting GJ, 2011, 'Systemic upregulation of NADPH oxidase in diet-induced obesity in rats', Redox Report, 16, pp. 223 - 229, http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/174329211X13049558293713

Caruso V; Chen H; Morris MJ, 2011, 'Early Hypothalamic FTO Overexpression in Response to Maternal Obesity – Potential Contribution to Postweaning Hyperphagia', PLoS ONE, 6, pp. e25261 - e25261, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0025261

Kumar G; Jones NC; Morris MJ; Rees S; O'Brien TJ; Salzberg MR, 2011, 'Early Life Stress Enhancement of Limbic Epileptogenesis in Adult Rats: Mechanistic Insights', PLoS ONE, 6, pp. e24033 - e24033, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0024033

Velkoska E; Morris MJ, 2011, 'Mechanisms behind early life nutrition and adult disease outcome', WORLD JOURNAL OF DIABETES, 2, pp. 127 - 132, http://dx.doi.org/10.4239/wjd.v2.i8.127

Haddock RE; Grayson TH; Morris MJ; Howitt L; Chadha PS; Sandow SL, 2011, 'Diet-Induced Obesity Impairs Endothelium-Derived Hyperpolarization via Altered Potassium Channel Signaling Mechanisms', PLoS ONE, 6, pp. e16423 - e16423, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0016423

Howitt L; Sandow SL; Grayson TH; Ellis ZE; Morris MJ; Murphy TV, 2011, 'Differential effects of diet-induced obesity on BK_Caβ₁-subunit expression and function in rat skeletal muscle arterioles and small cerebral arteries', American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology, 301, pp. H29 - H40, http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/ajpheart.00134.2011

Dedeurwaerdere S; van Raay L; Morris MJ; Reed RC; Hogan RE; O’Brien TJ, 2011, 'Fluctuating and constant valproate administration gives equivalent seizure control in rats with genetic and acquired epilepsy', Seizure, 20, pp. 72 - 79, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seizure.2010.10.011

Guest J; Bilgin A; Pearce R; Baines S; Zeuschner C; Le Rossignol-Grant C; Morris MJ; Grant R, 2010, 'Evidence for under-nutrition in adolescent females using routine dieting practices', Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 19, pp. 526 - 533

Chadha PS; Haddock RE; Howitt L; Morris MJ; Murphy TV; Grayson TH; Sandow SL, 2010, 'Obesity up-regulates intermediate conductance calcium-activated potassium channels and myoendothelial gap junctions to maintain endothelial vasodilator function', Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, 335, pp. 284 - 293, http://dx.doi.org/10.1124/jpet.110.167593

Ng SF; Lin RCY; Laybutt DR; Barres R; Owens JA; Morris MJ, 2010, 'Chronic high-fat diet in fathers programs β 2-cell dysfunction in female rat offspring', Nature, 467, pp. 963 - 966, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature09491

Rajia S; Chen H; Morris MJ, 2010, 'Maternal overnutrition impacts offspring adiposity and brain appetite markers-modulation by postweaning diet', Journal of Neuroendocrinology, 22, pp. 905 - 914, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2826.2010.02005.x

Senn SM; Kantor S; Poulton IJ; Morris MJ; Sims NA; O'Brien TJ; Wark JD, 2010, 'Adverse effects of valproate on bone: Defining a model to investigate the pathophysiology', Epilepsia, 51, pp. 984 - 993, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1528-1167.2009.02516.x

Jones NC; Martin S; Megatia I; Hakami T; Salzberg MR; Pinault D; Morris MJ; O'Brien TJ; van den Buuse M, 2010, 'A genetic epilepsy rat model displays endophenotypes of psychosis', Neurobiology of Disease, 39, pp. 116 - 125, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nbd.2010.02.001

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