Sarah Sulaiman Ch'Ng

Phenotyping neurons activated in the mouse brain during restoration of salt debt

Craig M Smith, Joshua Cross, Izel M Eraslan, Aparna Attawar, Sarah Ch'ng, Poshmaal Dhar, Rasika Samarasinghe, Laura Gray, Andrew J Lawrence

Journal article  |  2019  |  JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL NEUROANATOMY

Salt overconsumption contributes to hypertension, which is a major risk factor for stroke, heart and kidney disease. Characterisin..

Characterization of the relaxin family peptide receptor 3 system in the mouse bed nucleus of the stria terminalis

Sarah S Ch'ng, Jingjing Fu, Robyn M Brown, Craig M Smith, Mohammed Akhter Hossain, Stuart J McDougall, Andrew J Lawrence

Journal article  |  2019  |  JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY

The bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (BNST) is a critical node involved in stress and reward-related behaviors. Relaxin family ..

A model of emotional stress-induced binge eating in female mice with no history of food restriction

Roberta G Anversa, Erin J Campbell, Sarah S Ch'ng, Andrea Gogos, Andrew J Lawrence, Robyn M Brown

Journal article  |  2019  |  GENES BRAIN AND BEHAVIOR

Overeating is a major contributing factor to obesity and related health complications. For women, in particular, negative emotions..

The subfornical organ in sodium appetite: Recent insights

Sarah S Ch'ng, Andrew J Lawrence

Journal article  |  2019  |  NEUROPHARMACOLOGY

To maintain sodium homeostasis, animals will readily seek and ingest salt when salt-depleted, even at concentrations that they typ..

The intersection of stress and reward: BNST modulation of aversive and appetitive states

Sarah Ch'ng, Jingjing Fu, Robyn M Brown, Stuart J McDougall, Andrew J Lawrence

Journal article  |  2018  |  PROGRESS IN NEURO-PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY & BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY

The bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (BNST) is widely acknowledged as a brain structure that regulates stress and anxiety state..

Glucose Availability Predicts the Feeding Response to Ghrelin in Male Mice, an Effect Dependent on AMPK in AgRP Neurons

Sarah H Lockie, Romana Stark, Mathieu Mequinion, Sarah Ch'ng, Dong Kong, David C Spanswick, Andrew J Lawrence, Zane B Andrews

Journal article  |  2018  |  ENDOCRINOLOGY

Metabolic feedback from the periphery to the brain results from a dynamic physiologic fluctuation of nutrients and hormones, inclu..

Investigational drugs for alcohol use disorders: a review of preclinical data

Sarah S Ch'Ng, Andrew J Lawrence

Journal article  |  2018  |  EXPERT OPINION ON INVESTIGATIONAL DRUGS

INTRODUCTION: Alcohol use disorders (AUDs) are one of the leading causes of preventable death in the developed world. In the U.S.,..

Neuropeptide systems in the mouse bed nucleus of the stria terminalis

Sarah Sulaiman Ch'ng

Thesis / Dissertation  |  2017

The bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (BNST) is a basal forebrain structure that exhibits complex neurochemical and hodological ..

Distribution of the orexin-1 receptor ((OXR)-R-1.) in the mouse forebrain and rostral brainstem: A characterisation of OX1R-eGFP mice

Sarah Sulaiman Ch'ng, Andrew J Lawrence

Journal article  |  2015  |  JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL NEUROANATOMY

We have utilised a transgenic reporter mouse in which green fluorescent protein (GFP) expression is driven by the orexin-1 recepto..