By Professor Margaret Morris

Journal articles

Chowdhury MKH; Turner N; Bentley NL; Das A; Wu LE; Richani D; Bustamante S; Gilchrist RB; Morris MJ; Shepherd PR; Smith GC; Chowdhury M, 2017, 'Niclosamide reduces glucagon sensitivity via hepatic PKA inhibition in obese mice: Implications for glucose metabolism improvements in type 2 diabetes', Scientific Reports, 7, pp. 40159, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep40159

Barry G; Briggs JA; Hwang DW; Nayler SP; Fortuna PRJ; Jonkhout N; Dachet F; Maag JLV; Mestdagh P; Singh EM; Avesson L; Kaczorowski DC; Ozturk E; Jones NC; Vetter I; Arriola-Martinez L; Hu J; Franco GR; Warn VM; Gong A; Dinger ME; Rigo F; Lipovich L; Morris MJ; O'Brien TJ; Lee DS; Loeb JA; Blackshaw S; Mattick JS; Wolvetang EJ, 2017, 'The long non-coding RNA NEAT1 is responsive to neuronal activity and is associated with hyperexcitability states', Scientific Reports, 7, pp. 40127, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep40127

Kaakoush NO; Martire SI; Raipuria M; Mitchell HM; Nielsen S; Westbrook RF; Morris MJ, 2017, 'Alternating or continuous exposure to cafeteria diet leads to similar shifts in gut microbiota compared to chow diet', Molecular Nutrition and Food Research, 61, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mnfr.201500815

Lecomte V; Maloney CA; Wang KW; Morris MJ, 2017, 'Effects of paternal obesity on growth and adiposity of male rat offspring', American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism, 312, pp. E117 - E125, http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/ajpendo.00262.2016

Kaakoush NO; Martire SI; Raipuria M; Mitchell HM; Nielsen S; Westbrook RF; Morris MJ, 2017, 'Front cover: Alternating or continuous exposure to cafeteria diet leads to similar shifts in gut microbiota compared to chow diet', Molecular Nutrition & Food Research, 61, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mnfr.201770011

Youngson N; Lecomte V; Maloney C; Leung P; Liu J; Hesson L; Luciani F; Krause L; Morris M, 2016, 'Obesity-induced sperm DNA methylation changes at satellite repeats are reprogrammed in rat offspring', Asian Journal of Andrology, 18, pp. 930 - 936, http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1008-682X.163190

Dickinson H; Moss TJ; Gatford KL; Moritz KM; Akison L; Fullston T; Hryciw DH; Maloney CA; Morris MJ; Wooldridge AL; Schjenken JE; Robertson SA; Waddell BJ; Mark PJ; Wyrwoll CS; Ellery SJ; Thornburg KL; Muhlhausler BS; Morrison JL, 2016, 'A review of fundamental principles for animal models of DOHaD research: An Australian perspective', Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease, 7, pp. 449 - 472, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S2040174416000477

Beilharz JE; Kaakoush NO; Maniam J; Morris MJ, 2016, 'The effect of short-term exposure to energy-matched diets enriched in fat or sugar on memory, gut microbiota and markers of brain inflammation and plasticity', Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 57, pp. 304 - 313, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2016.07.151

Kaakoush NO; Morris MJ, 2016, 'The oesophageal microbiome: An unexplored link in obesity-associated oesophageal adenocarcinoma', FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 92, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiw161

Dezsi G; Ozturk E; Salzberg MR; Morris M; O'Brien TJ; Jones NC, 2016, 'Environmental enrichment imparts disease-modifying and transgenerational effects on genetically-determined epilepsy and anxiety', Neurobiology of Disease, 93, pp. 129 - 136, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nbd.2016.05.005

Chowdhury SS; Lecomte V; Erlich JH; Maloney CA; Morris MJ, 2016, 'Paternal high fat diet in rats leads to renal accumulation of lipid and tubular changes in adult offspring', Nutrients, 8, pp. 521, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu8090521

Uddin GM; Youngson NA; Sinclair DA; Morris MJ, 2016, 'Head to head comparison of short-term treatment with the NAD⁺ precursor nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN) and 6 weeks of exercise in obese female mice', Frontiers in Pharmacology, 7, pp. 258, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2016.00258

Reichelt AC; Morris MJ; Westbrook RF, 2016, 'Daily access to sucrose impairs aspects of spatial memory tasks reliant on pattern separation and neural proliferation in rats', Learning and Memory, 23, pp. 386 - 390, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/lm.042416.116

Maniam J; Antoniadis CP; Le V; Morris MJ, 2016, 'A diet high in fat and sugar reverses anxiety-like behaviour induced by limited nesting in male rats: Impacts on hippocampal markers', Psychoneuroendocrinology, 68, pp. 202 - 209, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2016.03.007

Beilharz JE; Maniam J; Morris MJ, 2016, 'Short-term exposure to a diet high in fat and sugar, or liquid sugar, selectively impairs hippocampal-dependent memory, with differential impacts on inflammation', Behavioural Brain Research, 306, pp. 1 - 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2016.03.018

Morris MJ; Le V; Maniam J, 2016, 'The impact of poor diet and early life stress on memory status', Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 9, pp. 144 - 151, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cobeha.2016.04.002

Chowdhury MKH; Wu LE; Coleman JLJ; Smith NJ; Morris MJ; Shepherd PR; Smith GC; Chowdhury M, 2016, 'Niclosamide blocks glucagon phosphorylation of Ser⁵⁵² on β-catenin in primary rat hepatocytes via PKA signalling', Biochemical Journal, 473, pp. 1247 - 1255, http://dx.doi.org/10.1042/BCJ20160121

Sharpe MJ; Clemens KJ; Morris MJ; Westbrook RF, 2016, 'Daily Exposure to Sucrose Impairs Subsequent Learning About Food Cues: A Role for Alterations in Ghrelin Signaling and Dopamine D2 Receptors', Neuropsychopharmacology, 41, pp. 1357 - 1365, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/npp.2015.287

Reichelt AC; Abbott KN; Westbrook RF; Morris MJ, 2016, 'Differential motivational profiles following adolescent sucrose access in male and female rats', Physiology and Behavior, 157, pp. 13 - 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physbeh.2016.01.038

Yang M; Ozturk E; Salzberg MR; Rees S; Morris M; O'Brien TJ; Jones NC, 2016, 'Environmental enrichment delays limbic epileptogenesis and restricts pathologic synaptic plasticity', Epilepsia, 57, pp. 484 - 494, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/epi.13299

Maniam J; Antoniadis CP; Youngson NA; Sinha JK; Morris MJ, 2016, 'Sugar consumption produces effects similar to early life stress exposure on hippocampal markers of neurogenesis and stress response', Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnmol.2015.00086

Maniam J; Antoniadis CP; Youngson NA; Sinha JK; Morris MJ, 2016, 'Sugar Consumption Produces Effects Similar to Early Life Stress Exposure on Hippocampal Markers of Neurogenesis and Stress Response', FRONTIERS IN MOLECULAR NEUROSCIENCE, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.5589/fnmol.2015.00086

Ong KL; Morris MJ; McClelland RL; Maniam J; Allison MA; Rye KA, 2016, 'Lipids, lipoprotein distribution and depressive symptoms: The multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis', Translational Psychiatry, 6, pp. e962 - e962, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/tp.2016.232

Reichelt AC; Westbrook RF; Morris MJ, 2015, 'Integration of reward signalling and appetite regulating peptide systems in the control of food-cue responses', British Journal of Pharmacology, 172, pp. 5225 - 5238, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bph.13321

Morris MJ; Beilharz JE; Maniam J; Reichelt AC; Westbrook RF, 2015, 'Why is obesity such a problem in the 21st century? The intersection of palatable food, cues and reward pathways, stress, and cognition', Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 58, pp. 36 - 45, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2014.12.002

Maniam J; Antoniadis CP; Morris MJ, 2015, 'The effect of early-life stress and chronic high-sucrose diet on metabolic outcomes in female rats', Stress, 18, pp. 524 - 537, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/10253890.2015.1079617

Raipuria M; Hardy GO; Bahari H; Morris MJ, 2015, 'Maternal obesity regulates gene expression in the hearts of offspring', Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases, 25, pp. 881 - 888, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.numecd.2015.05.011

Beilharz JE; Maniam J; Morris MJ, 2015, 'Diet-induced cognitive deficits: The role of fat and sugar, potential mechanisms and nutritional interventions', Nutrients, 7, pp. 6719 - 6738, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu7085307

Chowdhury MKH; Montgomery MK; Morris MJ; Cognard E; Shepherd PR; Smith GC, 2015, 'Glucagon phosphorylates serine 552 of β-catenin leading to increased expression of cyclin D1 and c-Myc in the isolated rat liver', Archives of Physiology and Biochemistry, 121, pp. 88 - 96, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/13813455.2015.1048693

Teo JD; Morris MJ; Jones NM, 2015, 'Hypoxic postconditioning reduces microglial activation, astrocyte and caspase activity, and inflammatory markers after hypoxia-ischemia in the neonatal rat brain', Pediatric Research, 77, pp. 757 - 764, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/pr.2015.47

Raipuria M; Bahari H; Morris MJ, 2015, 'Effects of maternal diet and exercise during pregnancy on glucose metabolism in skeletal muscle and fat of weanling rats', PLoS ONE, 10, pp. e0120980, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0120980

Reichelt AC; Killcross S; Hambly LD; Morris MJ; Westbrook RF, 2015, 'Impact of adolescent sucrose access on cognitive control, recognition memory, and parvalbumin immunoreactivity', Learning and Memory, 22, pp. 215 - 224, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/lm.038000.114

Martire SI; Westbrook RF; Morris MJ, 2015, 'Effects of long-term cycling between palatable cafeteria diet and regular chow on intake, eating patterns, and response to saccharin and sucrose', Physiology and Behavior, 139, pp. 80 - 88, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physbeh.2014.11.006

Reichelt AC; Maniam J; Westbrook RF; Morris MJ, 2015, 'Dietary-induced obesity disrupts trace fear conditioning and decreases hippocampal reelin expression', Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 43, pp. 68 - 75, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2014.07.005

Maniam J; Antoniadis CP; Wang KW; Morris MJ, 2015, 'Early life stress induced by limited nesting material produces metabolic resilience in response to a high-fat and high-sugar diet in male rats', Frontiers in Endocrinology, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fendo.2015.00138

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

Grant R; Bilgin A; Guest J; Morris MJ; Garg M; Pearce R, 2015, 'The Relative Value of Measures of Omega-3 Index, Perceived Stress, Cortisol and Sleep Time in Identifying Depression Among a Cohort of Australian Adolescents', INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CHILD HEALTH AND NUTRITION, 4, pp. 40 - 49, http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-4247.2015.04.01.4

Morris , 2015, 'Diet on the Brain. The effect of food on cognition', Independence (Journal of the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia, 40, pp. 58 - 63

Uddin GM; Yongson N; Sinclair D; Morris M, 2015, 'Effects of High Fat Diet Induced Obesity on Mitochondrial Biogenesis and Function – Impact of Exercise or Nicotinamide Mononucleotide (NMN)', The FASEB Journal, 29, http://dx.doi.org/10.1096/fasebj.29.1_supplement.777.8

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, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00852

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

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

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

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

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