By Professor Margaret Morris

Journal articles

Maniam J; Morris MJ, 2010, 'Palatable cafeteria diet ameliorates anxiety and depression-like symptoms following an adverse early environment.', Psychoneuroendocrinology, 35, pp. 717 - 728

Maniam J; Morris MJ, 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

Morris MJ, 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

Raay LV; O’Brien TJ; Morris MJ; Reed RC; Hogan RE; Dedeurwaerdere S, 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

Van Raay L; Morris MJ; Reed RC; O Brien TJ; Dedeurwaerdere S, 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

Jones NC; Kumar G; O Brien TJ; Morris MJ; Rees SM; Salzberg MR, 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

Shiraev T; Chen H; Morris MJ, 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

Chen H; Morris MJ, 2009, 'Differential responses of orexigenic neuropeptides to fasting in offspring of obese mothers', Obesity, 17, pp. 1356 - 1362

Morris MJ; Chen H, 2009, 'Established maternal obesity in the rat reprograms hypothalamic appetite regulators and leptin signaling at birth', International Journal of Obesity and Related Metabolic Disorders, 33, pp. 115 - 122

Chen H; Simar D; Morris MJ, 2009, 'Hypothalamic neuroendocrine circuitry is programmed by maternal obesity: interaction with postnatal nutritional environment', PLoS One, 4, pp. 1 - 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0006259

Zheng T; Clarke AL; Morris M; Reid CA; Petrou S; O'Brien TJ, 2009, 'Oxcarbazepine, not its active metabolite, potentiates GABAA activation and aggravates absence seizures', Epilepsia,, 50, pp. 83 - 87, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1528-1167.2008.01759.x

Ong LK; Maniam J; Dunkley PR; Bobrovskaya L; Morris MJ, 2009, 'P5.2 The effect of voluntary exercise and high fat diet on tyrosine hydroxylase phosphorylation in male Sprague–Dawley rats exposed to early life stress', Autonomic Neuroscience, 149, pp. 103 - 103, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.autneu.2009.05.192

Maniam J; Morris MJ, 2009, 'P5.8 Comfort food or voluntary exercise produces similar beneficial effects on stress responses following maternal separation in male rats', Autonomic Neuroscience, 149, pp. 106 - 106, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.autneu.2009.05.198

Morris MJ; Chen H; Watts RN; Shulkes A; Cameron-Smith D, 2008, 'Brain neuropeptide Y and CCK and peripheral adipokine receptors: temporal response in obesity induced by palatable diet', International Journal of Obesity and Related Metabolic Disorders, 32, pp. 249 - 258, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sj.ijo.0803716

Morris MJ, 2008, 'Cardiovascular and metabolic effects of obesity', Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology, 35, pp. 416 - 419, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1681.2008.04912.x

Velkoska E; Cole T; Dean R; Burrell L; Morris MJ, 2008, 'Early undernutrition leads to long-lasting reductions in body weight and adiposity whereas increased intake increases cardiac fibrosis in male rats', Journal of Nutrition, 138, pp. 1622 - 1627

Jones NC; Salzberg M; Kumar G; Couper A; Morris MJ; O Brien TJ, 2008, 'Elevated anxiety and depressive-like behavior in a rat model of genetic generalized epilepsy suggesting common causation', Experimental Neurology, 209, pp. 254 - 260, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.expneurol.2007.09.026

Mellor K; Ritchie R; Morris M; Delbridge L, 2008, 'Elevated Myocardial Superoxide Production Precedes the Cardiac Hypertrophic Response to a High Fructose Diet in Mice', Heart, Lung and Circulation, 17, pp. S228 - S228, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hlc.2008.05.570

Siebel A; Mibus A; De Blasio M; Westcott K; Morris MJ; Prior L; Owens JA; Wlodek M, 2008, 'Improved lactational nutrition and postnatal growth ameliorates impairment of glucose tolerance by uteroplacental insufficiency in male rat offspring', Endocrinology, 149, pp. 3067 - 3076, http://dx.doi.org/10.1210/en.2008-0128

Morris MJ; Chen H; Shiraev T, 2008, 'Isocaloric versus hypercaloric fat intake: Differential impact on hypothalamic NPY, POMC, glucose tolerance and adiposity in the rat', Appetite, 51, pp. 387 - 387, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2008.04.170

Chen H; Hansen MJ; Jones JE; Vlahos R; Anderson GP; Morris MJ, 2008, 'Long-term cigarette smoke exposure increases uncoupling protein expression but reduces energy intake', Brain Research, 1228, pp. 81 - 88

Chen H; Simar D; Lambert K; Mercier J; Morris MJ, 2008, 'Maternal and Postnatal Overnutrition Differentially Impact Appetite Regulators and Fuel Metabolism', Endocrinology, 149, pp. 5348 - 5356

Maniam J; Morris MJ, 2008, 'Palatable, high fat diet ameliorates anxiety-like behavior induced by maternal separation in male rats', Appetite, 51, pp. 383 - 383, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2008.04.156

Prior L; Velkoska E; Watts RN; Cameron-Smith D; Morris MJ, 2008, 'Undernutrition during suckling in rats elevates plasma adiponectin and its receptor in skeletal muscle regardless of diet composition: a protective effect?', International Journal of Obesity and Related Metabolic Disorders, 32, pp. 1585 - 1594

Mellor KM; Meeker WF; Morris MJ; Ritchie RH; Delbridge LMD, 2007, 'A High Fructose Diet Induces Myocardial Oxidative Stress But Not Hypertension in Mice', Heart, Lung and Circulation, 16, pp. S212 - S212, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hlc.2007.06.506

Mellor KM; Meeker WF; Morris MJ; Ritchie RH; Delbridge LMD, 2007, 'A High Fructose Diet Induces Myocardial Oxidative Stress but not Hypertension in Mice', Heart, Lung and Circulation, 16, pp. S96 - S96, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hlc.2007.06.245

Mitchell PB; Morris MJ, 2007, 'Depression & anxiety with rimonabant', Lancet, 370, pp. 1671 - 1672

Chen H; Hansen MJ; Jones JE; Vlahos R; Anderson GP; Morris MJ, 2007, 'Detrimental metabolic effects of combining long-term cigarette smoke exposure and high-fat diet in mice', American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism, 293, pp. E1564 - E1571

Salzberg M; Kumar G; Supit L; Jones N; Morris MJ; Rees S; O Brien TJ, 2007, 'Early postnatal stress confers enduring vulnerability to limbic epileptogenesis', Epilepsia, 48, pp. 2079 - 2085, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1528-1167.2007.01246.x

Fam B; Morris MJ; Hansen M; Kebede M; Andrikopoulos S; Proietto J; Thorburn A, 2007, 'Modulation of central leptin sensitivity and energy balance in a rat model of diet-induced obesity', Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, 9, pp. 840 - 852

Morris MJ; Gannan E; Stroud L; Beck-Sickinger A; O Brien TJ, 2007, 'Neuropeptide Y suppresses absence seizures in a genetic rat model primarily through effects on Y-2 receptors', European Journal of Neuroscience, 25, pp. 1136 - 1143

Chen H; Hansen MJ; Jones JE; Vlahos R; Bozinovski S; Anderson GP; Morris MJ, 2007, 'Regulation of hypothalamic NPY by diet and smoking', Peptides, 28, pp. 384 - 389

Kumar G; Couper A; O Brien TJ; Salzberg M; Jones N; Rees S; Morris MJ, 2007, 'The acceleration of amygdala kindling epileptogenesis by chronic low-dose corticosterone involves both mineralocorticoid and glucocorticotd receptors', Psychoneuroendocrinology, 32, pp. 834 - 842, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2007.05.011

Chen H; Hansen MJ; Jones JE; Vlahos R; Bozinovski S; Anderson GP; Morris MJ, 2006, 'Cigarette smoke exposure reprograms the hypothalamic neuropeptide Y axis to promote weight loss', American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 173, pp. 1248 - 1254

Chen H; Kent S; Morris MJ, 2006, 'Is the CCK2 receptor essential for normal regulation of body weight and adiposity?', European Journal of Neuroscience, 24, pp. 1427 - 1433

Liu L; Zheng T; Morris MJ; Wallengren C; Clark AL; Reid CA; Petrou S; O Brien TJ, 2006, 'The mechanism of carbamazepine aggravation of absence seizures', Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, 319(2), pp. 790 - 798

Taher TR; Salzberg M; Morris MJ; Rees S; O'Brien TJ, 2005, 'Chronic low-dose corticosterone supplementation enhances acquired epileptogenesis in the rat amygdala kindling model of TLE', Neuropsychopharmacology, 30, pp. 1610 - 1616, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sj.npp.1300709

Lohman RJ; Liu L; Morris M; O'Brien TJ, 2005, 'Validation of a method for localised microinjection of drugs into thalamic subregions in rats for epilepsy pharmacological studies', Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 146, pp. 191 - 197, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jneumeth.2005.02.008

Hansen MJ; Schiöth HB; Morris MJ, 2005, 'Feeding responses to a melanocortin agonist and antagonist in obesity induced by a palatable high-fat diet', Brain Research, 1039, pp. 137 - 145, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.brainres.2005.01.063

Bedoui S; Velkoska E; Bozinovski S; Jones JE; Anderson GP; Morris MJ, 2005, 'Unaltered TNF-α production by macrophages and monocytes in diet-induced obesity in the rat', Journal of Inflammation, 2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-9255-2-2

Wallengren C; Li S; Morris MJ; Jupp B; O'Brien TJ, 2005, 'Aggravation of absence seizures by carbamazepine in a genetic rat model does not induce neuronal c-Fos activation', Clinical Neuropharmacology, 28, pp. 60 - 65, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.wnf.0000159955.87511.bc

Stroud LM; O'Brien TJ; Jupp B; Wallengren C; Morris MJ, 2005, 'Neuropeptide Y suppresses absence seizures in a genetic rat model', Brain Research, 1033, pp. 151 - 156, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.brainres.2004.11.022

Velkoska E; Cole TJ; Morris MJ, 2005, 'Early dietary intervention: long-term effects on blood pressure, brain neuropeptide Y, and adiposity markers', AJP: Endocrinology and Metabolism, 288, pp. E1236 - E1243, http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/ajpendo.00505.2004

Langan-Fox J; Morris MJ, 2005, 'Ageing and stress: ergonomic issues in employing the older worker', Human Factors, Asian J Ergonomics, 6, pp. 1 - 7

Hastings JA; Morris MJ; Lambert G; Lambert E; Esler M, 2004, 'NPY and NPY Y1 receptor effects on noradrenaline overflow from the rat brain in vitro', Regulatory Peptides, 120, pp. 107 - 112, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.regpep.2004.02.015

Lax CJ; Domenighetii AA; Pavia JM; Di Nicolantonio R; Curl CL; Morris MJ; Delbridge LMD, 2004, 'Transitory reduction in angiotensin AT2 receptor expression levels in postinfarct remodelling in rat myocardium', Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology, 31, pp. 512 - 517, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1681.2004.04034.x

Morris MJ; Tortelli CF; Hart DP; Delbridge LMD, 2004, 'Vascular and brain neuropeptide Y in banded and spontaneously hypertensive rats', Peptides, 25, pp. 1313 - 1319, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.peptides.2004.05.006

Van Den Buuse M; Morris M; Chavez C; Martin S; Wang JH, 2004, 'Effect of adrenalectomy and corticosterone replacement on prepulse inhibition and locomotor activity in mice', British Journal of Pharmacology, 142, pp. 543 - 550, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sj.bjp.0705511

Eikelis N; Lambert G; Wiesner G; Kaye D; Schlaich M; Morris M; Hastings J; Socratous F; Esler M, 2004, 'Extra-adipocyte leptin release in human obesity and its relation to sympathoadrenal function', American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism, 286, http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/ajpendo.00489.2003

Morris MJ; Pavia JM, 2004, 'Increased endogenous noradrenaline and neuropeptide Y release from the hypothalamus of streptozotocin diabetic rats', Brain Research, 1006, pp. 100 - 106, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.brainres.2004.02.002

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