By Emeritus Professor Margaret Morris

Journal articles

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; Liu JJ, 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

Reichelt AC; Morris MJ; Westbrook RF, 2016, 'Daily access to sucrose impairs aspects of spatial memory tasks reliant on pattern separation and neural proliferation in rats', Learning and Memory, 23, pp. 386 - 390, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/lm.042416.116

Maniam J; Antoniadis CP; Le V; Morris MJ, 2016, 'A diet high in fat and sugar reverses anxiety-like behaviour induced by limited nesting in male rats: Impacts on hippocampal markers', Psychoneuroendocrinology, 68, pp. 202 - 209, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2016.03.007

Beilharz JE; Maniam J; Morris MJ, 2016, 'Short-term exposure to a diet high in fat and sugar, or liquid sugar, selectively impairs hippocampal-dependent memory, with differential impacts on inflammation', Behavioural Brain Research, 306, pp. 1 - 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2016.03.018

Morris MJ; Le V; Maniam J, 2016, 'The impact of poor diet and early life stress on memory status', Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 9, pp. 144 - 151, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cobeha.2016.04.002

Chowdhury MKH; Wu LE; Coleman JLJ; Smith NJ; Morris MJ; Shepherd PR; Smith GC; Chowdhury M, 2016, 'Niclosamide blocks glucagon phosphorylation of Ser552 on β-catenin in primary rat hepatocytes via PKA signalling', Biochemical Journal, 473, pp. 1247 - 1255, http://dx.doi.org/10.1042/BCJ20160121

Sharpe MJ; Clemens KJ; Morris MJ; Westbrook RF, 2016, 'Daily Exposure to Sucrose Impairs Subsequent Learning About Food Cues: A Role for Alterations in Ghrelin Signaling and Dopamine D2 Receptors', Neuropsychopharmacology, 41, pp. 1357 - 1365, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/npp.2015.287

Reichelt AC; Abbott KN; Westbrook RF; Morris MJ, 2016, 'Differential motivational profiles following adolescent sucrose access in male and female rats', Physiology and Behavior, 157, pp. 13 - 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physbeh.2016.01.038

Yang M; Ozturk E; Salzberg MR; Rees S; Morris M; O'Brien TJ; Jones NC, 2016, 'Environmental enrichment delays limbic epileptogenesis and restricts pathologic synaptic plasticity', Epilepsia, 57, pp. 484 - 494, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/epi.13299

Maniam J; Antoniadis CP; Youngson NA; Sinha JK; Morris MJ, 2016, 'Sugar consumption produces effects similar to early life stress exposure on hippocampal markers of neurogenesis and stress response', Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnmol.2015.00086

Maniam J; Antoniadis CP; Youngson NA; Sinha JK; Morris MJ, 2016, 'Sugar Consumption Produces Effects Similar to Early Life Stress Exposure on Hippocampal Markers of Neurogenesis and Stress Response', FRONTIERS IN MOLECULAR NEUROSCIENCE, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.5589/fnmol.2015.00086

Ong KL; Morris MJ; McClelland RL; Maniam J; Allison MA; Rye KA, 2016, 'Lipids, lipoprotein distribution and depressive symptoms: The multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis', Translational Psychiatry, 6, pp. e962 - e962, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/tp.2016.232

Reichelt AC; Westbrook RF; Morris MJ, 2015, 'Integration of reward signalling and appetite regulating peptide systems in the control of food-cue responses', British Journal of Pharmacology, 172, pp. 5225 - 5238, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bph.13321

Morris MJ; Beilharz JE; Maniam J; Reichelt AC; Westbrook RF, 2015, 'Why is obesity such a problem in the 21st century? The intersection of palatable food, cues and reward pathways, stress, and cognition', Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 58, pp. 36 - 45, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2014.12.002

Maniam J; Antoniadis CP; Morris MJ, 2015, 'The effect of early-life stress and chronic high-sucrose diet on metabolic outcomes in female rats', Stress, 18, pp. 524 - 537, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/10253890.2015.1079617

Raipuria M; Hardy GO; Bahari H; Morris MJ, 2015, 'Maternal obesity regulates gene expression in the hearts of offspring', Nutrition Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases, 25, pp. 881 - 888, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.numecd.2015.05.011

Beilharz JE; Maniam J; Morris MJ, 2015, 'Diet-induced cognitive deficits: The role of fat and sugar, potential mechanisms and nutritional interventions', Nutrients, 7, pp. 6719 - 6738, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu7085307

Chowdhury MKH; Montgomery MK; Morris MJ; Cognard E; Shepherd PR; Smith GC, 2015, 'Glucagon phosphorylates serine 552 of β-catenin leading to increased expression of cyclin D1 and c-Myc in the isolated rat liver', Archives of Physiology and Biochemistry, 121, pp. 88 - 96, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/13813455.2015.1048693

Teo JD; Morris MJ; Jones NM, 2015, 'Hypoxic postconditioning reduces microglial activation, astrocyte and caspase activity, and inflammatory markers after hypoxia-ischemia in the neonatal rat brain', Pediatric Research, 77, pp. 757 - 764, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/pr.2015.47

Raipuria M; Bahari H; Morris MJ, 2015, 'Effects of maternal diet and exercise during pregnancy on glucose metabolism in skeletal muscle and fat of weanling rats', Plos One, 10, pp. e0120980, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0120980

Reichelt AC; Killcross S; Hambly LD; Morris MJ; Westbrook RF, 2015, 'Impact of adolescent sucrose access on cognitive control, recognition memory, and parvalbumin immunoreactivity', Learning and Memory, 22, pp. 215 - 224, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/lm.038000.114

Martire SI; Westbrook RF; Morris MJ, 2015, 'Effects of long-term cycling between palatable cafeteria diet and regular chow on intake, eating patterns, and response to saccharin and sucrose', Physiology and Behavior, 139, pp. 80 - 88, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physbeh.2014.11.006

Reichelt AC; Maniam J; Westbrook RF; Morris MJ, 2015, 'Dietary-induced obesity disrupts trace fear conditioning and decreases hippocampal reelin expression', Brain Behavior and Immunity, 43, pp. 68 - 75, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2014.07.005

Maniam J; Antoniadis CP; Wang KW; Morris MJ, 2015, 'Early life stress induced by limited nesting material produces metabolic resilience in response to a high-fat and high-sugar diet in male rats', Frontiers in Endocrinology, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fendo.2015.00138

Zabeau L; Jensen CJ; Seeuws S; Venken K; Verhee A; Catteeuw D; Van Loo G; Chen H; Walder K; Hollis J; Foote S; Morris MJ; Van Der Heyden J; Peelman F; Oldfield BJ; Rubio JP; Elewaut D; Tavernier J, 2015, 'Leptin's metabolic and immune functions can be uncoupled at the ligand/receptor interaction level', Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 72, pp. 629 - 644, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00018-014-1697-x

Grant R; Bilgin A; Guest J; Morris MJ; Garg M; Pearce R, 2015, 'The Relative Value of Measures of Omega-3 Index, Perceived Stress, Cortisol and Sleep Time in Identifying Depression Among a Cohort of Australian Adolescents', INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CHILD HEALTH AND NUTRITION, 4, pp. 40 - 49, http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-4247.2015.04.01.4

Morris , 2015, 'Diet on the Brain. The effect of food on cognition', Independence (Journal of the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia, 40, pp. 58 - 63

Uddin GM; Yongson N; Sinclair D; Morris M, 2015, 'Effects of High Fat Diet Induced Obesity on Mitochondrial Biogenesis and Function – Impact of Exercise or Nicotinamide Mononucleotide (NMN)', The FASEB Journal, 29, http://dx.doi.org/10.1096/fasebj.29.1_supplement.777.8

Samaras K; Morris MJ; Lord RV; Kavurma MM, 2014, 'The effect of bariatric surgery on serum TRAIL and osteoprotegerin levels in obesity complicated by glucose disorders', E Spen Journal, 9, pp. e210 - e214, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clnme.2014.09.004

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