By Professor Margaret Morris

Journal articles

Lecomte V; Youngson NA; Maloney CA; Morris MJ, 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

Jones NR; Lee HE; Yang M; Rees S; Morris MJ; O'Brien T; Salzberg MR, 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

Grant ; Guest J; Bilgin A; Morris ; Garg M; Pearce R, 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

Caruso VMR; Bahari H; Morris MJ, 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

Youngson N; Morris MJ, 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

Howitt L; Grayson TH; Morris MJ; Sandow SL; Murphy TV, 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

Van Raay L; Jovanovska V; Morris MJ; O Brien TJ, 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

Simar D; Chen H; Lambert K; Mercier J; Morris MJ, 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

Chen H; Simar D; Ting JH; Erkelens RS; Morris MJ, 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

South TJ; Westbrook F; Morris MJ, 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

Yzthomas w zheng YWZ; O'Brien T; Morris MJ; Reid CA; Jovanovska V; O'Brien P; Raay LV; Gandrathi AK; Pinault D, 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

Morris MJ; Maniam J, 2012, 'The link between stress and feeding behaviour', Neuropharmacology, 63, pp. 97 - 110, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropharm.2012.04.017

Rajia S; Chen H; Morris MJ, 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

Velkoska E; Morris MJ, 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

Haddock RE; Grayson TH; Morris MJ; Howitt L; Chadha PS; Sandow SL, 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

Howitt L; Sandow SL; Grayson TH; Ellis ZE; Morris MJ; Murphy TV, 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

Caruso V; Chen H; Morris MJ, 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

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

Dedeurwaerdere S; Van Raay L; Morris MJ; Reed RC; Hogan R; O Brien T, 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

Chen H; Iglesias MA; Caruso V; Morris MJ, 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

Jiang F; Lim HK; Morris MJ; Prior L; Velkoska E; Wu X; Dusting GJ, 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

Jones N; Martin S; Megatia I; Hakami T; Salzberg M; Pinault D; Morris MJ; O'Brien T; van den Buuse M, 2010, 'A genetic epilepsy rat model displays endophenotypes of pychosis', Neurobiology of Disease, 39, pp. 116 - 125

Senn S; Poulton I; Simms N; Morris MJ; O'Brien T; Wark J, 2010, 'Adverse effects of valproate on bone: Defining a model to investigate the pathophysiology', Epilepsia, 51, pp. 984 - 993

Ng S; Lin RCY; Laybutt DR; Barres R; Owens JA; Morris MJ, 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

Guest J; Bilgin A; Pearce R; Bains S; Zeuschner C; Grant C; Morris M; Grant RS, 2010, 'Evidence for Under Nutrition in Adolescent Females using Routine Dieting Practices', Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 19, pp. 526 - 533

Mellor K; Ritchie R; Meredith M; Woodman ; Morris MJ; Delbridge , 2010, 'High-fructose diet elevates myocardial superoxide generation in mice', Nutrition, 26, pp. 842 - 848

Howitt L; Sandow SL; Grayson TH; Morris MJ; Murphy TV, 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

Maniam J; Morris MJ, 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

Rajia S; Chen H; Morris MJ, 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

Velkoska E; Warner F; Cole T; Smith IN; Morris MJ, 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

Chadha PS; Haddock RE; Howitt L; Morris MJ; Murphy TV; Grayson TH; Sandow SL, 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

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

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