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Journal articles
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
,2014, 'Changes in Gut Microbiota in Rats Fed a High Fat Diet Correlate with Obesity-Associated Metabolic Parameters.', PLoS One, 10, pp. e0126931, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0126931
,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
,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
,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
,2013, 'On the TRAIL of obesity and diabetes', Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism, 24, pp. 578 - 587, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tem.2013.07.001
,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
,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
,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
,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
,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
,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
,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
,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
,2013, 'Suboptimal Omega-3 Levels in Australian Adolescents', International Journal of Child Health and Nutrition, http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-4247.2013.02.04.4
,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
,2013, 'What obesity research tells us about epigenetic mechanisms', Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series B: Biological Sciences, 368, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2011.0337
,2012, 'Dietary obesity increases NO and inhibits BKCa-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
,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
,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
,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
,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 and Behavior, 105, pp. 1052 - 1057, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physbeh.2011.11.019
,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
,2012, 'The link between stress and feeding behaviour', Neuropharmacology, 63, pp. 97 - 110, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropharm.2012.04.017
,2012, 'Voluntary post weaning exercise restores metabolic homeostasis in offspring of obese rats', Nutrition Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.numecd.2011.12.009
,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
,2011, 'Diet-induced obesity impairs endothelium-derived hyperpolarization via altered potassium channel signaling mechanisms', PLoS ONE, 6, pp. e16423, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0016423
,2011, 'Differential effects of diet-induced obesity on BKCa β1-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
,2011, 'Early hypothalamic fto overexpression in response to maternal obesity - potential contribution to postweaning hyperphagia', PLoS One, 6, pp. Art. No. e25261, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0025261
,2011, 'Early life stress enhancement of limbic epileptogenesis in adult rats: mechanistic insights', PLoS ONE, 6, pp. e24033, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0024033
,2011, 'Fluctuating and constant valproate administration gives equivalent seizure control in rats with genetic and acquired epilepsy', Seizure - European Journal of Epilepsy, 20, pp. 72 - 79, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seizure.2010.10.011
,2011, 'Maternal Cigarette Smoke Exposure Contributes toGlucose Intolerance and Decreased Brain Insulin Action in Mice Offspring Independent of Maternal Diet', PLoS One, 6, pp. e27260, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0027260
,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
,2010, 'A genetic epilepsy rat model displays endophenotypes of pychosis', Neurobiology of Disease, 39, pp. 116 - 125
,2010, 'Adverse effects of valproate on bone: Defining a model to investigate the pathophysiology', Epilepsia, 51, pp. 984 - 993
,2010, 'Chronic high-fat diet in fathers programs b-cell dysfunction in female rat offspring', Nature, 467, pp. 963 - 966, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature09491
,2010, 'Evidence for Under Nutrition in Adolescent Females using Routine Dieting Practices', Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 19, pp. 526 - 533
,2010, 'High-fructose diet elevates myocardial superoxide generation in mice', Nutrition, 26, pp. 842 - 848
,2010, 'Increased NO-dependent dilation of rat arterioles in diet-induced obesity', Hypertension, 55, pp. 1499 - 1499, http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/HYP.0b013e3181df4279
,2010, 'Long-term postpartum anxiety and depression-like behavior in mother rats subjected to maternal separation are ameliorated by palatable high fat diet.', Behavioural Brain Research, 208, pp. 72 - 79, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2009.11.005
,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
,2010, 'Metabolic effects of low dose angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor in dietary obesity in the rat', Nutrition Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases, 20, pp. 49 - 55
,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
,2010, 'Palatable cafeteria diet ameliorates anxiety and depression-like symptoms following an adverse early environment.', Psychoneuroendocrinology, 35, pp. 717 - 728
,2010, 'Voluntary exercise and palatable high-fat diet both improve behavioural profile and stress responses in male rats exposed to early life stress: Role of hippocampus', Psychoneuroendocrinology, 35, pp. 1553 - 1564, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2010.05.012
,2009, 'Early life influences on obesity risk: Maternal overnutrition and programming of obesity', Expert Review of Endocrinology and Metabolism, 4, pp. 625 - 637, http://dx.doi.org/10.1586/eem.09.45
,2009, '112. Discordance between valproate plasma levels and seizure suppression in a genetic rat model of absence epilepsy?', Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, 16, pp. 464 - 465, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jocn.2008.07.011
,2009, 'A novel system allowing long-term simultaneous video-electroencephalography recording, drug infusion and blood sampling in rats', Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 179, pp. 184 - 190
,2009, 'Anxiolytic effects of rapid amygdala kindling, and the influence of early life experience in rats', Behavioural Brain Research, 203, pp. 81 - 87, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2009.04.023
,2009, 'Differential effects of restricted versus unlimited high-fat feeding in rats on fat mass, plasma hormones and brain appetite regulators', Journal of Neuroendocrinology, 21, pp. 602 - 609
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