James Brock

Zinc drives vasorelaxation by acting in sensory nerves, endothelium and smooth muscle

Ashenafi H Betrie, James A Brock, Osama F Harraz, Ashley Bush, Guo-Wei He, Mark T Nelson, James A Angus, Christine E Wright, Scott Ayton

Journal article  |  2021  |  NATURE COMMUNICATIONS

Zinc, an abundant transition metal, serves as a signalling molecule in several biological systems. Zinc transporters are genetical..

Early urinary tract infection after spinal cord injury: a retrospective inpatient cohort study

Louise M Goodes, Gabrielle K King, Alethea Rea, Kevin Murray, Peter Boan, Anne Watts, Jen Bardsley, Carly Hartshorn, Jeffrey Thavaseelan, Matthew Rawlins, James A Brock, Sarah A Dunlop

Journal article  |  2020  |  SPINAL CORD

STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective audit. OBJECTIVES: Examine factors associated with urinary tract infection (UTI), UTI incidence and im..

Reply to Letter re: "Optimal Bladder Management Following Spinal Cord Injury: Evidence, Practice and a Cooperative Approach Driving Future Directions in Australia"

Denise May Goodwin, James Brock, Sarah Dunlop, Louise Goodes, James Middleton, Andrew Nunn, Breanna Wright, Peter Bragge

Journal article  |  2019  |  ARCHIVES OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION

The Effects of Diabetes and High-Fat Diet on Polymodal Nociceptor and Cold Thermoreceptor Nerve Terminal Endings in the Corneal Epithelium

Abdulhakeem S Alamri, James A Brock, Chandana B Herath, Indu G Rajapaksha, Peter W Angus, Jason J Ivanusic

Journal article  |  2019  |  INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE

PURPOSE: There is a substantial body of evidence indicating that corneal sensory innervation is affected by pathology in a range o..

Optimal Bladder Management Following Spinal Cord Injury: Evidence, Practice and a Cooperative Approach Driving Future Directions in Australia

Denise May Goodwin, James Brock, Sarah Dunlop, Louise Goodes, James Middleton, Andrew Nunn, Breanna Wright, Peter Bragge

Journal article  |  2018  |  ARCHIVES OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION

We examined spinal cord injury (SCI) catheterization practices in Australia to understand practice patterns and consistency with r..

The neurochemistry and morphology of functionally identified corneal polymodal nociceptors and cold thermoreceptors

Abdulhakeem S Alamri, Rhiannon J Wood, Jason J Ivanusic, James A Brock

Journal article  |  2018  |  PLOS ONE

It is generally believed that the unencapsulated sensory nerve terminals of modality specific C- and Aδ-neurons lack structural sp..

Changes in sympathetic neurovascular function following spinal cord injury

Hussain Al Dera, James A Brock

Journal article  |  2018  |  AUTONOMIC NEUROSCIENCE-BASIC & CLINICAL

The effects of spinal cord injury (SCI) on sympathetic neurovascular transmission have generally been ignored. This review describ..

TFOS DEWS II pain and sensation report

Carlos Belmonte, Jason J Nichols, Stephanie M Cox, James A Brock, Carolyn G Begley, David A Bereiter, Darlene A Dartt, Anat Galor, Pedram Hamrah, Jason J Ivanusic, Deborah S Jacobs, Nancy A McNamara, Mark I Rosenblatt, Fiona Stapleton, James S Wolffsohn

Journal article  |  2017  |  OCULAR SURFACE

Pain associated with mechanical, chemical, and thermal heat stimulation of the ocular surface is mediated by trigeminal ganglion n..

Spinal cord thermosensitivity: An afferent phenomenon?

James A Brock, Robin M McAllen

Journal article  |  2016  |  Temperature (Austin)

We review the evidence for thermoregulatory temperature sensors in the mammalian spinal cord and reach the following conclusions. ..

Angiotensin II increases nerve-evoked contractions in mouse tail artery by a T-type Ca2 channel-dependent mechanism

Trent F Reardon, Brid P Callaghan, James A Brock

Journal article  |  2015  |  EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY

Angiotensin II (Ang II) increases sympathetic nerve-evoked contractions of arterial vessels. Here the mechanisms underlying this e..