Replication of a rare protective allele in the noradrenaline transporter gene and ADHD (2008)
Xu, X., Hawi, Z., Brookes, K.J., Anney, R., Bellgrove, M., Franke, B., ...
Replication is a key to resolving whether a reported genetic association represents a false positive finding or an actual genetic risk factor. In a previous study screening 51 candidate genes for...
Chung, RS, Penkowa, M, Dittman, J, King, CE, Bartlett, C, Asmussen, JW, ...
Anumber of intracellular proteins that are protective after brain injury are classically thought to exert their effect within the expressing cell. The astrocytic metallothioneins (MT) are one example...
Chung, RS, Penkowa, M, Dittman, J, King, CE, Bartlett, C, Asmussen, JW, ...
Anumber of intracellular proteins that are protective after brain injury are classically thought to exert their effect within the expressing cell. The astrocytic metallothioneins (MT) are one example...
Self-alert training: Volitional modulation of autonomic arousal improves sustained attention (2008)
O'Connell, R. G., Bellgrove, M., Dockree, P. M., Lau, A., Fitzgerald, M., Robertson, I. H.
Long-term consequences of early infant injury and trauma upon somatosensory processing (2007)
Schmelzle-Lubiecki, B.M., Campbell, K.A.A., Howard, R.H., Franck, L., Fitzgerald, M.
Long-term consequences of early infant injury upon somatosensory processing were tested in school aged children. The aim was to test whether the long-term changes in sensitivity reported in animal...
Walker, S.M., Meredith-Middleton, J., Lickiss, T., Moss, A., Fitzgerald, M.
Noxious C-fibre stimulation produces increased sensitivity within the injured area (primary hyperalgesia), and a surrounding zone of secondary hyperalgesia. As significant changes in nociceptive...
Johnson, K. A., Robertson, I. H., Kelly, S. P., Silk, T. J., Barry, E., Daibhis, A., ...
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and autism are two neurodevelopmental disorders associated with prominent executive dysfunction, which may be underpinned by disruption within...
Metallothionein-IIA promotes neurite growth via the megalin receptor (2007)
Fitzgerald, M, Nairn, P, Bartlett, C, Chung, RS, West, AK, Beazley, LD
Metallothionein (MT)-I/II has been shown to be neuroprotective and neuroregenerative in a model of rat cortical brain injury. Here we examine expression patterns of MT-I/II and its putative receptor...
Bellgrove, M. A., Barry, E., Johnson, K. A., Cox, M., Daibhis, A., Daly, M., ...
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a heritable childhood onset disorder that is marked by variability at multiple levels including clinical presentation, cognitive profile, and...
Metallothionein-IIA promotes neurite growth via the megalin receptor (2007)
Fitzgerald, M, Nairn, P, Bartlett, C, Chung, RS, West, AK, Beazley, LD
Metallothionein (MT)-I/II has been shown to be neuroprotective and neuroregenerative in a model of rat cortical brain injury. Here we examine expression patterns of MT-I/II and its putative receptor...
Background and purpose: The selective alpha2-adrenergic agonist dexmedetomidine is used clinically for analgesia and sedation, but effects in early life are not well characterized. Investigation of...
Pattinson, D., Baccei, M., Karadottir, R., Torsney, C., Moss, A., McCutcheon, J., ...
Superficial dorsal horn neurones undergo marked structural and functional activity-dependent development during the early postnatal period, but little is known about the molecular mechanisms...
India and the management of road crashes: Towards a national trauma system (2006)
Fitzgerald, M, Dewan, Y, O«SQ»Reilly, G, Mathew, J, McKenna, C
DNA sequence of human chromosome 17 and analysis of rearrangement in the human lineage (2006)
Zody, M.C., Garber, M., Adams, D.J., Sharpe, T., Harrow, J., Lupski, J.R., ...
Chromosome 17 is unusual among the human chromosomes in many respects. It is the largest human autosome with orthology to only a single mouse chromosome1, mapping entirely to the distal half of mouse...
Cortical pain responses in human infants (2006)
Slater, R., Cantarella, A., Gallella, S., Worley, A., Boyd, S., Meek, J., ...
Despite the recent increase in our understanding of the development of pain processing, it is still not known whether premature infants are capable of processing pain at a cortical level. In this...
Andreazza, H. J., Fitzgerald, M., Bowie, John Hamilton
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Tackling the burden of injury in Australasia: developing a binational trauma registry (2006)
Davey, T. M., Pollard, C. W., Aitken, L. M., Fitzgerald, M., Bellamy, N., Cass, D., ...
Andreazza, H. J., Fitzgerald, M., Bowie, John Hamilton
Copyright © Royal Society of Chemistry 2006
Tackling the burden of injury in Australasia: developing a binational trauma registry (2006)
Davey, T. M., Pollard, C. W., Aitken, L. M., Fitzgerald, M., Bellamy, N., Cass, D., ...
Existing trauma registries in Australia and New Zealand play an important role in monitoring the management of injured patients. Over the past decade, such monitoring has been translated into changes...
The development of nociceptive circuits (2005)
The study of pain development has come into its own. Reaping the rewards of years of developmental and molecular biology, it has now become possible to translate fundamental knowledge of signalling...
Walker, S.M., Howard, R.F., Keay, K.A., Fitzgerald, M.
Background: Epidural alpha2-adrenergic agonists produce analgesic effects in children and adults, but efficacy and safety have not been established in neonates and infants. The aim of this study was...
Obesity: translation and testing of a survey instrument for use in Taiwan (2005)
The purpose of this paper is to describe a cross-cultural translation and validation methodology recommended by Vallerand. The translation technique has seven steps and ensures the instrument...
Obesity: translation and testing of a survey instrument for use in Taiwan (2005)
The purpose of this paper is to describe a cross-cultural translation and validation methodology recommended by Vallerand. The translation technique has seven steps and ensures the instrument...
Bellgrove, MA, Hawi, Z, Kirley, A, Fitzgerald, M, Gill, M, Robertson, IH
A polymorphism of the dopamine transporter gene (DAT1, 10-repeat) is associated with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and has been linked to an enhanced response to methylphenidate...
Development of GABAergic and glycinergic transmission in the neonatal rat dorsal horn (2004)
Cutaneous spinal sensory transmission appears to lack inhibitory control in the newborn spinal cord, but the properties of GABAergic and glycinergic synapses in the neonatal dorsal horn have not been...
Neonatal inflammation and primary afferent terminal plasticity in the rat dorsal horn (2003)
Walker, S.M., Meredith-Middleton, J., Cooke-Yarborough, C., Fitzgerald, M.
Abnormal or excessive activity related to pain and injury in early life may alter normal synaptic development and lead to changes in somatosensory processing. The aim of the current study was to...
Patterns of nursing: a review of nursing in a large metropolitan hospital (2003)
FitzGerald, M., Pearson, Alan, Walsh, K. D., Long, L. E., Heinrich, N. L.
The definitive version is available at www.blackwell-synergy.com
Mealtimes in nursing homes: the role of nursing staff (2003)
Pearson, Alan, FitzGerald, M., Nay, R.
The literature suggests that food service largely has become identified as a non-nursing duty and as a task that should be completed as quickly as possible. This conflicts with the evidence that...
Patterns of nursing: a review of nursing in a large metropolitan hospital (2003)
FitzGerald, M., Pearson, Alan, Walsh, K. D., Long, L. E., Heinrich, N. L.
The definitive version is available at www.blackwell-synergy.com
Mealtimes in nursing homes: the role of nursing staff (2003)
Pearson, Alan, FitzGerald, M., Nay, R.
The literature suggests that food service largely has become identified as a non-nursing duty and as a task that should be completed as quickly as possible. This conflicts with the evidence that...
Carotenoid-rich bananas: A potential food source for alleviating Vitamin A deficiency (2003)
Englberger, L.M., Darnton-Hill, I., Coyne, E.T., Fitzgerald, M., Marks, G. C.
M. Fitzgerald, R. Shine, F. Lemckert
Simply classifying a species as “arboreal” may tell us little about the ways that it uses above-ground habitats. For example, some species of arboreal snakes select exposed positions on branches,...
Continuing competence and the regulation of nursing practice (2002)
Pearson, Alan, Fitzgerald, M., Walsh, K., Borbasi, S.
The definitive version is available at www.blackwell-synergy.com
Continuing competence and the regulation of nursing practice (2002)
Pearson, Alan, Fitzgerald, M., Walsh, K., Borbasi, S.
The definitive version is available at www.blackwell-synergy.com
A Survey Of Nurses' Views On Indicators For Continuing Competence In Nursing (2001)
The study, commissioned by the Australian Nursing Council Inc. (ANCI), sought to develop an approach to the maintenance of continuing competence in nursing broadly acceptable to nurses in all States...
A Survey Of Nurses' Views On Indicators For Continuing Competence In Nursing (2001)
The study, commissioned by the Australian Nursing Council Inc. (ANCI), sought to develop an approach to the maintenance of continuing competence in nursing broadly acceptable to nurses in all States...
McArdle, P., Wiegersma, A., Gilvarry, E., McCarthy, S., Fitzgerald, M., Kolte, B., ...
This international study investigates factors underlying international variations in rates of youth drug use among representative samples of 15-year-olds in five cities (Bremen, n = 871; Dublin, n =...
McArdle, P., Wiegersma, A., Gilvarry, E., McCarthy, S., Fitzgerald, M., Kolte, B., ...
This international study investigates factors underlying international variations in rates of youth drug use among representative samples of 15-year-olds in five cities (Bremen, n = 871; Dublin, n =...
Thomas, A. C., Hayward, I. P., Fitzgerald, M., Campbell, G. R., Campbell, J. H.
Previous studies from this laboratory have shown that degradation of heparan sulphate proteoglycan by both living macrophages and macrophage lysosomal heparanase induces phenotypic change of vascular...
Fitzgerald, M., Hayward, I. P., Thomas, A. C., Campbell, G. R., Campbell, J. H.
Previous studies from this laboratory have shown that degradation of heparan sulphate proteoglycan by both living macrophages and macrophage lysosomal heparanase induces phenotypic change of vascular...
Graham, L. D., Hayward, I. P., Fitzgerald, M., Whitelock, J. M., Bingley, J. A., Campbell, J. H., ...
The testing of a 30-mer dG-rich phosphorothioate oligodeoxynucleotide (LG4PS) for effects on the behaviour of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC) in vitro and in vivo is described. LG4PS at 0.3 mu M...
Autoradiographic analysis of odontoblast replacement following pulp exposure in primate teeth (1990)
Cell migration and replication associated with odontoblast replacement occurring soon after pulp exposure in primate teeth were studied. Class 5 cavity preparations resulting in pulp exposures were...
Introducing a Community Development Approach Into Selected Coloured Communities / (1977)
Proefskrif (M.A.)-Universiteit van die Witwatersrand, 1977.
Kilpatrick, D L, Zinn, S A, Fitzgerald, M, Higuchi, H, Sabol, S L, Meyerhardt, J
During spermatogenesis, several genes are expressed in a germ cell-specific manner. Previous studies have demonstrated that rat and mouse spermatogenic cells produce a 1,700-nucleotide proenkephalin...
1. The response of fetal dorsal horn cells to natural and electrical stimulation of the skin of the hindpaw was recorded in vivo from the lumbar spinal cord of anaesthetized rat fetuses still in...
Cutaneous primary afferent properties in the hind limb of the neonatal rat.
1. Single cutaneous primary afferent units innervating the hind limb were recorded from the L4 dorsal root ganglion in neonatal rats aged 0-14 days. 2. Conduction velocities were less than 1.0 m s-1...
The responses evoked in lumbar dorsal horn cells by both natural and electrical hind-limb skin stimulation were recorded in the spinal cord of rat pups aged 0-15 days under urethane anaesthesia. The...
1. Changes in the threshold for antidromic activation of C-fibre afferent terminals in the lumbar spinal cord of the decerebrate-spinalized rat have been examined. 2. The antidromic compound action...
The sensitization of high threshold mechanoreceptors with myelinated axons by repeated heating.
1. Seventy high threshold mechanoreceptor units (HTMs) with myelinated axons were isolated from the sural nerves of cats and rabbits. Thirteen cat and forty-two rabbit HTMs were testec by controlled,...
1. Ninety-three polymodal nociceptor units with unmyelinated axons were isolated from rabbit sural nerves. Twenty-three were used for control data. These showed normal sensitization on repeated...
Gannon, M J, Holt, E M, Fairbank, J, Fitzgerald, M, Milne, M A, Crystal, A M, ...
OBJECTIVE--To determine the advantages and disadvantages of endometrial resection and abdominal hysterectomy for the surgical treatment of women with menorrhagia. DESIGN--Randomised study of two...
Long term follow up of severely ill patients who underwent urgent cardiac transplantation.
Mulcahy, D, Fitzgerald, M, Wright, C, Sparrow, J, Pepper, J, Yacoub, M, ...
OBJECTIVE--To assess long term survival (> 5 years) and quality of life in severely ill patients referred for urgent cardiac transplantation. SETTING--Tertiary referral centres: before...
Graham, LD, Hayward, IP, Fitzgerald, M, Whitelock, JM, Bingley, JA, Campbell, JH, ...
The testing of a 30-mer dG-rich phosphorothioate oligodeoxynucleotide (LG4PS) for effects on the behaviour of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC) in vitro and in vivo is described. LG4PS at 0.3 mu M...
Fitzgerald, M, Hayward, IP, Thomas, AC, Campbell, GR, Campbell, JH
Previous studies from this laboratory have shown that degradation of heparan sulphate proteoglycan by both living macrophages and macrophage lysosomal heparanase induces phenotypic change of vascular...
Bellgrove, MA, Hawi, Z, Kirley, A, Fitzgerald, M, Gill, M, Robertson, IH
A polymorphism of the dopamine transporter gene (DAT1, 10-repeat) is associated with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and has been linked to an enhanced response to methylphenidate...