By Professor Margaret Morris

Journal articles

Hansen MJ; Jovanovska V; Morris MJ, 2004, 'Adaptive responses in hypothalamic neuropeptide Y in the face of prolonged high-fat feeding in the rat', Journal of Neurochemistry, 88, pp. 909 - 916, http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1471-4159.2003.02217.x

Lee J; Albiston AL; Allen AM; Mendelsohn FAO; Ping SE; Barrett GL; Murphy M; Morris MJ; Mcdowall SG; Chai SY, 2004, 'Effect of I.C.V. injection of AT4 receptor ligands, NLE ¹-angiotensin IV and LVV-hemorphin 7, on spatial learning in rats', Neuroscience, 124, pp. 341 - 349, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroscience.2003.12.006

Estrada KM; Pompolo S; Morris MJ; Tilbrook AJ; Clarke IJ, 2003, 'Neuropeptide Y (NPY) delays the oestrogen-induced luteinizing hormone (LH) surge in the ovariectomized ewe: Further evidence that NPY has a predominant negative effect on LH secretion in the ewe', Journal of Neuroendocrinology, 15, pp. 1011 - 1020, http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2826.2003.01087.x

Fitzgerald PB; Scaffidi A; Morris MJ; de Castella AR; Kulkarni J, 2003, 'The relationship of changes in leptin, neuropeptide Y and reproductive hormones to antipsychotic induced weight gain', Human Psychopharmacology, 18, pp. 551 - 557, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hup.519

Lee J; Chai SY; Morris MJ; Mendelsohn FAO; Allen AM, 2003, 'Effect of fimbria-fornix lesion on ¹²⁵I-angiotensin IV (Ang IV) binding in the guinea pig hippocampus', Brain Research, 979, pp. 7 - 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0006-8993(03)02831-2

O'Shea M; Hansen MJ; Tatemoto K; Morris MJ, 2003, 'Inhibitory effect of apelin-12 on nocturnal food intake in the rat', Nutritional Neuroscience, 6, pp. 163 - 167, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1028415031000111273

Pavia JM; Schiöth HB; Morris MJ, 2003, 'Role of MC4 receptors in the depressor and bradycardic effects of α-MSH in the nucleus tractus solitarii of the rat', NeuroReport, 14, pp. 703 - 707, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00001756-200304150-00009

Aggarwal A; Esler MD; Morris MJ; Lambert G; Kaye DM, 2003, 'Regional sympathetic effects of low-dose clonidine in heart failure', Hypertension, 41, pp. 553 - 557, http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/01.HYP.0000055779.93635.A2

Velkoska E; Morris MJ; Burns P; Weisinger RS, 2003, 'Leptin reduces food intake but does not alter weight regain following food deprivation in the rat', International Journal of Obesity, 27, pp. 48 - 54, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sj.ijo.0802193

Aggarwal A; Esler MD; Morris MJ; Lambert G; Kaye DM, 2003, 'The effects of low dose clonidine on cardiac and renal sympathetic activity and brain monoamine turnover in human heart failure', Heart, Lung and Circulation, 12, pp. A93 - A93, http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1443-9506.2003.03532.x

Turner AI; Rivalland ETA; Clarke IJ; Lambert GW; Morris MJ; Tilbrook AJ, 2002, 'Noradrenaline, but not neuropeptide Y, is elevated in cerebrospinal fluid from the third cerebral ventricle following audiovisual stress in gonadectomised rams and ewes', Neuroendocrinology, 76, pp. 373 - 380, http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000067584

Arnould JPY; Morris MJ; Rawlins DR; Boyd IL, 2002, 'Variation in plasma leptin levels in response to fasting in Antarctic fur seals (Arctocephalus gazella)', Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology, 172, pp. 27 - 34, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s003600100224

Gozali M; Pavia J; Morris M, 2002, 'Involvement of neuropeptide Y in glucose sensing in the dorsal hypothalamus of streptozotocin diabetic rats - In vitro and in vivo studies of transmitter release', Diabetologia, 45, pp. 1332 - 1339, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00125-002-0890-x

Hansen MJ; Morris MJ, 2002, 'Evidence for an interaction between neuropeptide Y and the melanocortin-4 receptor on feeding in the rat', Neuropharmacology, 42, pp. 792 - 797, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0028-3908(02)00025-4

Hastings JA; Wiesner G; Lambert G; Morris MJ; Head G; Esler M, 2002, 'Influence of leptin on neurotransmitter overflow from the rat brain in vitro', Regulatory Peptides, 103, pp. 67 - 74, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0167-0115(01)00332-9

Chaffer CL; Morris MJ, 2002, 'The Feeding Response to Melanin-Concentrating Hormone Is Attenuated by Antagonism of the NPY Y1-Receptor in the Rat', Endocrinology, 143, pp. 191 - 197, http://dx.doi.org/10.1210/en.143.1.191

Keast JR; Gleeson RJ; Shulkes A; Morris MJ, 2002, 'Maturational and maintenance effects of testosterone on terminal axon density and neuropeptide expression in the rat vas deferens', Neuroscience, 112, pp. 391 - 398

Jayasooriya AP; Armitage JA; Weisinger HS; Weisinger RS; Burns P; Purcell B; Mathai M; Morris M; Vingrys AJ; Sinclair AJ, 2001, 'Influence of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids on blood pressure and some physiological parameters of female rats fed with a diet high in saturated fat and salt', Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 10

Ainslie DA; Morris MJ; Wittert G; Turnbull H; Proietto J; Thorburn AW, 2001, 'Estrogen deficiency causes central leptin insensitivity and increased hypothalamic neuropeptide Y', International Journal of Obesity, 25, pp. 1680 - 1688, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sj.ijo.0801806

Furness JB; Koopmans HS; Robbins HL; Clerc N; Tobin JM; Morris MJ, 2001, 'Effects of vagal and splanchnic section on food intake, weight, serum leptin and hypothalamic neuropeptide Y in rat', Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical, 92, pp. 28 - 36, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1566-0702(01)00311-3

Lee J; Chai SY; Mendelsohn FAO; Morris MJ; Allen AM, 2001, 'Potentiation of cholinergic transmission in the rat hippocampus by angiotensin IV and LVV-hemorphin-7', Neuropharmacology, 40, pp. 618 - 623, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0028-3908(00)00188-X

Hansen MJ; Ball MJ; Morris MJ, 2001, 'Enhanced inhibitory feeding response to alpha-melanocyte stimulating hormone in the diet-induced obese rat', Brain Research, 892, pp. 130 - 137, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0006-8993(00)03246-7

Hastings JA; McClure-Sharp JM; Morris MJ, 2001, 'NPY Y1 receptors exert opposite effects on corticotropin releasing factor and noradrenaline overflow from the rat hypothalamus in vitro', Brain Research, 890, pp. 32 - 37, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0006-8993(00)02874-2

Morris MJ; Nguyen T, 2001, 'Does neuropeptide Y contribute to the anorectic action of amylin?', Peptides, 22, pp. 541 - 546, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0196-9781(01)00348-5

Morris MJ; Furness JB; Koopmans HS, 2000, 'Vagotomy reduces body weight and serum leptin and increases hypothalamic neuropeptide in the rat', Regulatory Peptides, 94, pp. 77 - 77, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0167-0115(00)80155-x

Morris MJ; Tortelli CF; Filippis A; Proietto J, 1998, 'Reduced BAT function as a mechanism for obesity in the hypophagic, neuropeptide Y deficient monosodium glutamate-treated rat', Regulatory Peptides, 75-76, pp. 441 - 447, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0167-0115(98)00100-1

Lee J; Morris MJ, 1998, 'Modulation of neuropeptide Y overflow by leptin in the rat hypothalamus, cerebral cortex and medulla', NeuroReport, 9, pp. 1575 - 1580, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00001756-199805110-00059

Hastings JA; McClure-Sharp JM; Morris MJ, 1998, 'In vitro studies of endogenous noradrenaline and NPY overflow from the rat hypothalamus during maturation and ageing', Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology, 357, pp. 218 - 224, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/PL00005160

Warnes KE; Morris MJ; Symonds ME; Phillips ID; Clarke IJ; Owens JA; McMillen IC, 1998, 'Effects of increasing gestation, cortisol and maternal undernutrition on hypothalamic Neuropeptide Y expression in the sheep fetus', Journal of Neuroendocrinology, 10, pp. 51 - 57, http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2826.1998.00172.x

Morris MJ; Pavia JM, 1998, 'Stimulation of neuropeptide Y overflow in the rat paraventricular nucleus by corticotropin-releasing factor', Journal of Neurochemistry, 71, pp. 1519 - 1524, http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1471-4159.1998.71041519.x

Hastings JA; Pavia JM; Morris MJ, 1997, 'Neuropeptide Y and [Leu³¹,Pro³⁴]neuropeptide Y potentiate potassium-induced noradrenaline release in the paraventricular nucleus of the aged rat', Brain Research, 750, pp. 301 - 304, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0006-8993(96)01475-8

Morris MJ; Pavia JM, 1997, 'Lack of effect of age on the cardiovascular response to neuropeptide Y injection in the rat nucleus tractus solitarius', Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology, 24, pp. 162 - 165, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1681.1997.tb01801.x

Morris MJ; Cox HS; Lambert GW; Kaye DM; Jennings GL; Meredith IT; Esler MD, 1997, 'Region-Specific Neuropeptide Y Overflows at Rest and During Sympathetic Activation in Humans', Hypertension, 29, pp. 137 - 143, http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/01.HYP.29.1.137

Ulman LG; Potter EK; Mccloskey DI; Morris MJ, 1997, 'Post-exercise depression of baroreflex slowing of the heart in humans', Clinical Physiology, 17, pp. 299 - 309

Hastings JA; Pavia JM; Morris MJ, 1996, 'Altered in vivo catecholamine release in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus of the aged rat', Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology, 353, pp. 161 - 167, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00168753

Pavia JM; Hastings JA; Morris MJ, 1995, 'Neuropeptide Y potentiation of potassium-induced noradrenaline release in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus of the rat in vivo', Brain Research, 690, pp. 108 - 111, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0006-8993(95)00594-G

Esler MD; Turner AG; Kaye DM; Thomson JM; Kingwell BA; Morris ; Lambert GW; Jennings CL; Cox HS; Seals DR, 1995, 'AGING EFFECTS ON HUMAN SYMPATHETIC NEURONAL FUNCTION', AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-REGULATORY INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY, 268, pp. R278 - R285

Morris MJ; Hastings JA; Pavia JM, 1994, 'Catecholamine release in the rat hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus in response to haemorrhage, desipramine and potassium', Brain Research, 665, pp. 5 - 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0006-8993(94)91145-2

Kaye DM; Lambert GW; Lefkovits J; Morris M; Jennings G; Esler MD, 1994, 'Neurochemical evidence of cardiac sympathetic activation and increased central nervous system norepinephrine turnover in severe congestive heart failure', Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 23, pp. 570 - 578, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0735-1097(94)90738-2

Pavia JM; Morris MJ, 1994, 'AGE‐RELATED CHANGES IN NEUROPEPTIDE Y CONTENT IN BRAIN AND PERIPHERAL TISSUES OF SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RATS', Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology, 21, pp. 335 - 338, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1681.1994.tb02523.x

David-Dufilho M; Pernollet MG; Morris M; Astarie-Dekequer C; Devynck MA, 1994, 'Erythrocyte Ca²⁺ handling in the spontaneously hypertensive rat, effect of vanadate ions', Life Sciences, 54, pp. 267 - 274, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0024-3205(94)00816-7

Whitworth JA; Williamson PM; Brown MA; Morris MJ, 1994, 'NEUROPEPTIDE Y IN CORTISOL‐INDUCED HYPERTENSION IN MALE VOLUNTEERS', Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology, 21, pp. 435 - 438, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1681.1994.tb02538.x

Clarke I; Jessop D; Millar R; Morris M; Bloom S; Lightman S; Coen CW; Lew R; Smith I, 1993, 'Many peptides that are present in the external zone of the median eminence are not secreted into the hypophysial portal blood of sheep', Neuroendocrinology, 57, pp. 765 - 775, http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000126435

Westerman RA; Carr RW; Delaney CA; Morris MJ; Roberts RG, 1993, 'The role of skin nociceptive afferent nerves in blister healing.', Clinical and experimental neurology, 30, pp. 39 - 60

Morris MJ; David-Dufilho M; Devynck MA, 1992, 'In vivo and in vitro effects of isradipine on cytosolic ca²⁺ concentration in erythrocytes from spontaneously hypertensive rats', American Journal of Hypertension, 5, pp. 887 - 891, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ajh/5.12.887

Tonkin AL; Wing LMH; Morris MJ; Kapoor V, 1991, 'Afferent baroreflex dysfunction and age-related orthostatic hypotension', Clinical Science, 81, pp. 531 - 538

Minson J; Chalmers J; Drolet G; Kapoor V; Llewellyn-Smith I; Mills E; Morris M; Pilowsky P, 1990, 'Central serotonergic mechanisms in cardiovascular regulation', Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy, 4, pp. 27 - 32, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00053423

Drolet G; Aslanian V; Minson J; Morris M; Chalmers J, 1990, 'Differences in the central hypotensive actions of α-methyldopa and clonidine in the spontaneously hypertensive rat: Contribution of neurons arising from the B3 and the C1 areas of the rostral ventrolateral medulla', Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology, 15, pp. 118 - 123, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00005344-199001000-00019

Minson RB; Mcritchie RJ; Morris MJ; Chalmers JP, 1990, 'Effects of neuropeptide y on cardiac performance and renal blood flow in conscious normotensive and renal hypertensive rabbits', Clinical and Experimental Hypertension, A12, pp. 267 - 284, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/10641969009074733

Tonkin AL; Wing LMH; Russell AE; West MJ; Bune AJC; Morris M; Cain MD; Chalmers J, 1990, 'DILTIAZEM AND ATENOLOL IN ESSENTIAL-HYPERTENSION - ADDITIVITY OF EFFECTS ON BLOOD-PRESSURE AND CARDIAC CONDUCTION WITH COMBINATION THERAPY', JOURNAL OF HYPERTENSION, 8, pp. 1015 - 1019, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00004872-199011000-00007

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