By Professor Margaret Morris

Journal articles

Bortolasci CC; Marx W; Walker AJ; Hasebe K; Kavanagh BE; Morris MJ; Mohebbi M; Turner A; Gray L; Berk L; Walder K; Berk M; Dean OM, 2020, 'Minocycline for the treatment of mental health and neurological conditions: study protocol of a systematic review and meta-analysis', BMJ open, 10, pp. e035080, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-035080

Bertoldo MJ; Listijono DR; Ho WHJ; Riepsamen AH; Goss DM; Richani D; Jin XL; Mahbub S; Campbell JM; Habibalahi A; Loh WGN; Youngson NA; Maniam J; Wong ASA; Selesniemi K; Bustamante S; Li C; Zhao Y; Marinova MB; Kim LJ; Lau L; Wu RM; Mikolaizak AS; Araki T; Le Couteur DG; Turner N; Morris MJ; Walters KA; Goldys E; O'Neill C; Gilchrist RB; Sinclair DA; Homer HA; Wu LE, 2020, 'NAD⁺ Repletion Rescues Female Fertility during Reproductive Aging', Cell Reports, 30, pp. 1670 - 1681.e7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2020.01.058

Morris MJ; Hesson LB; Youngson NA, 2020, 'Non-CpG methylation biases bisulphite PCR towards low or unmethylated mitochondrial DNA: recommendations for the field', ENVIRONMENTAL EPIGENETICS, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eep/dvaa001

Zieba J; Morris MJ; Weickert CS; Karl T, 2020, 'Behavioural effects of high fat diet in adult Nrg1 type III transgenic mice', Behavioural Brain Research, 377, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2019.112217

Finney CA; Shvetcov A; Westbrook RF; Jones NM; Morris MJ, 2020, 'The role of hippocampal estradiol in synaptic plasticity and memory: A systematic review', Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology, 56, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.yfrne.2019.100818

Yu J; Laybutt DR; Kim L-J; Quek L-E; Wu LE; Morris MJ; Youngson NA, 2020, 'EXERCISE-INDUCED BENEFITS ON GLUCOSE HANDLING IN A MODEL OF DIET-INDUCED OBESITY ARE REDUCED BY CONCURRENT NICOTINAMIDE MONONUCLEOTIDE', , pp. 2020.06.22.164459, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2020.06.22.164459

Finney C; Morris M; Westbrook F; Jones N, 2020, 'Hippocampal silent infarct leads to subtle cognitive decline that is associated with inflammation and gliosis at twenty-four hours after injury in a rat model', , http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2020.09.29.318204

Finney C; Shvetcov A; Westbrook F; Morris M; Jones N, 2020, 'The selective estrogen receptor modulator tamoxifen protects against subtle cognitive decline and early markers of injury twenty-four hours after hippocampal silent infarct', , http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2020.11.15.383737

Kendig MD; Westbrook RF; Morris MJ, 2019, 'Pattern of access to cafeteria-style diet determines fat mass and degree of spatial memory impairments in rats', Scientific Reports, 9, pp. 13516, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-50113-3

Zieba J; Morris MJ; Karl T, 2019, 'Behavioural effects of high fat diet exposure starting in late adolescence in neuregulin 1 transmembrane domain mutant mice', Behavioural Brain Research, 373, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2019.112074

Leigh SJ; Kendig MD; Morris MJ, 2019, 'Palatable western-style cafeteria diet as a reliable method for modeling diet-induced obesity in rodents', Journal of Visualized Experiments, 2019, http://dx.doi.org/10.3791/60262

Leigh S-J; Kendig MD; Morris MJ, 2019, 'Palatable Western-style Cafeteria Diet as a Reliable Method for Modeling Diet-induced Obesity in Rodents', Journal of Visualized Experiments, http://dx.doi.org/10.3791/60262-v

Deng F; Li Y; Hossain MJ; Kendig MD; Arnold R; Goldys EM; Morris MJ; Liu G, 2019, 'Polymer brush based fluorescent immunosensor for direct monitoring of interleukin-1β in rat blood', Analyst, 144, pp. 5682 - 5690, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c9an01300h

Kendig MD; Morris MJ, 2019, 'Fizzing out: No effect of acute carbohydrate consumption on mood', Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 104, pp. 56 - 57, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2019.06.028

Zieba J; Uddin GM; Youngson NA; Karl T; Morris MJ, 2019, 'Long-term behavioural effects of maternal obesity in C57BL/6J mice', Physiology and Behavior, 199, pp. 306 - 313, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physbeh.2018.11.004

Youngson NA; Mezbah Uddin G; Das A; Martinez C; Connaughton HS; Whiting S; Yu J; Sinclair DA; John Aitken R; Morris MJ, 2019, 'Impacts of obesity, maternal obesity and nicotinamide mononucleotide supplementation on sperm quality in mice', Reproduction, 158, pp. 169 - 179, http://dx.doi.org/10.1530/REP-18-0574

Kendig MD; Morris MJ, 2019, 'Reviewing the effects of dietary salt on cognition:mechanisms and future directions', Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 28, pp. 6 - 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.6133/apjcn.201903_28(1).0002

Billah MM; Khatiwada S; Lecomte V; Morris M; Maloney C, 2019, 'A Novel Micronutrient Supplement to Mitigate the Transgenerational Effects of Paternal Obesity on Body Composition of Male Offspring (P11-138-19)', Current developments in nutrition, 3

Khatiwada S; Lecomte V; Morris M; Maloney C, 2019, 'A Novel Micronutrient Supplement to Preserve Male Metabolic Health and Prevent Fatty Liver (P21-007-19)', Current developments in nutrition, 3

Biswas B; Eapen V; Morris M; Jones N, 2019, 'Effects of maternal obesity and hypoxic-ischemic brain injury on behavioural outcomes in offspring', IBRO Reports, 6, pp. S333 - S333, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ibror.2019.07.1029

Morris MJ; Hesson LB; Poulos RC; Ward RL; Wong JWH; Youngson NA, 2018, 'Reduced nuclear DNA methylation and mitochondrial transcript changes in adenomas do not associate with mtDNA methylation', Biomarker Research, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40364-018-0151-x

Bhagavata Srinivasan SP; Raipuria M; Bahari H; Kaakoush NO, 2018, 'Impacts of Diet and Exercise on Maternal Gut Microbiota Are Transferred to Offspring', Frontiers in Endocrinology, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fendo.2018.00716

Ali I; Gandrathi A; Zheng T; Morris MJ; O'Brien TJ; French C, 2018, 'Neuropeptide Y affects thalamic reticular nucleus neuronal firing and network synchronization associated with suppression of spike-wave discharges', Epilepsia, 59, pp. 1444 - 1454, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/epi.14451

Powell KL; Fitzgerald X; Shallue C; Jovanovska V; Klugmann M; Von Jonquieres G; O'Brien TJ; Morris MJ, 2018, 'Gene therapy mediated seizure suppression in Genetic Generalised Epilepsy: Neuropeptide Y overexpression in a rat model', Neurobiology of Disease, 113, pp. 23 - 32, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nbd.2018.01.016

Ong KL; Morris MJ; McClelland RL; Hughes TM; Maniam J; Fitzpatrick AL; Martin SS; Luchsinger JA; Rapp SR; Hayden KM; Sandfort V; Allison MA; Rye KA, 2018, 'Relationship of Lipids and Lipid-Lowering Medications with Cognitive Function', American Journal of Epidemiology, 187, pp. 767 - 776, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwx329

Gokarn R; Solon-Biet S; Youngson NA; Wahl D; Cogger VC; McMahon AC; Cooney GJ; Ballard JWO; Raubenheimer D; Morris MJ; Simpson SJ; Le Couteur DG, 2018, 'The Relationship between Dietary Macronutrients and Hepatic Telomere Length in Aging Mice', Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, 73, pp. 446 - 449, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gerona/glx186

Leigh SJ; Lee F; Morris MJ, 2018, 'Hyperpalatability and the Generation of Obesity: Roles of Environment, Stress Exposure and Individual Difference', Current obesity reports, 7, pp. 6 - 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13679-018-0292-0

Beilharz JE; Kaakoush NO; Maniam J; Morris MJ, 2018, 'Cafeteria diet and probiotic therapy: Cross talk among memory, neuroplasticity, serotonin receptors and gut microbiota in the rat', Molecular Psychiatry, 23, pp. 351 - 361, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/mp.2017.38

Leigh SJ; Morris MJ, 2018, 'The role of reward circuitry and food addiction in the obesity epidemic: An update', Biological Psychology, 131, pp. 31 - 42, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsycho.2016.12.013

Bertoldo MJ; Uddin GM; Youngson NA; Agapiou D; Walters KA; Sinclair DA; Morris MJ; Gilchrist RB, 2018, 'Multigenerational obesity-induced perturbations in oocyte-secreted factor signalling can be ameliorated by exercise and nicotinamide mononucleotide.', Hum Reprod Open, 2018, pp. hoy010 - hoy010, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/hropen/hoy010

Uddin GM; Youngson NA; Doyle BM; Sinclair DA; Morris MJ, 2017, 'Nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN) supplementation ameliorates the impact of maternal obesity in mice: Comparison with exercise', Scientific Reports, 7, pp. 15063, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-14866-z

Youngson NA; Morris MJ; Ballard B, 2017, 'The mechanisms mediating the antiepileptic effects of the ketogenic diet, and potential opportunities for improvement with metabolism-altering drugs', Seizure, 52, pp. 15 - 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seizure.2017.09.005

Walker CD; Bath KG; Joels M; Korosi A; Larauche M; Lucassen PJ; Morris MJ; Raineki C; Roth TL; Sullivan RM; Taché Y; Baram TZ, 2017, 'Chronic early life stress induced by limited bedding and nesting (LBN) material in rodents: critical considerations of methodology, outcomes and translational potential', Stress, 20, pp. 421 - 448, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10253890.2017.1343296

Teo JD; Morris MJ; Jones NM, 2017, 'Hypoxic postconditioning improves behavioural deficits at 6 weeks following hypoxic-ischemic brain injury in neonatal rats', Behavioural Brain Research, 333, pp. 27 - 34, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2017.06.036

Teo JD; Morris MJ; Jones NM, 2017, 'Maternal obesity increases inflammation and exacerbates damage following neonatal hypoxic-ischaemic brain injury in rats', Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 63, pp. 186 - 196, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2016.10.010

Reichelt AC; Westbrook RF; Morris MJ, 2017, 'Editorial: Impact of diet on learning, memory and cognition', Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2017.00096

Kaakoush NO; Morris MJ, 2017, 'More Flavor for Flavonoid-Based Interventions?', Trends in Molecular Medicine, 23, pp. 293 - 295, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.molmed.2017.02.008

Kaakoush NO; Lecomte V; Maloney CA; Morris MJ, 2017, 'Cross-talk among metabolic parameters, esophageal microbiota, and host gene expression following chronic exposure to an obesogenic diet', Scientific Reports, 7, pp. 45753, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep45753

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

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