By Professor Margaret Morris

Journal articles

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

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

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