Research Fellowship 2007 - McKinley

Protecting retinal ganglion cells

TZ Khatib, KR Martin

2017-02-01

Retinal ganglion cell degeneration underlies several conditions which give rise to significant visual compromise, including glauco..

Role of an excitatory preoptic-raphé pathway in febrile vasoconstriction of the rat's tail

M Tanaka, MJ McKinley, RM McAllen

2013-12-15

Heat dissipation from the rat's tail is reduced in response to cold and during fever. The sympathetic premotor neurons for this me..

Brain regions influenced by the lateral parabrachial nucleus in angiotensin II-induced water intake

PJ Davern, MJ McKinley

2013-11-12

This study examined which brain regions are influenced by an inhibitory lateral parabrachial nucleus (LPBN) mechanism that affects..

Retinal ganglion cell survival and axon regeneration in WldS transgenic rats after optic nerve crush and lens injury

B Lorber, A Tassoni, ND Bull, MM Moschos, KR Martin

2012-06-06

Background: We have previously shown that the slow Wallerian degeneration mutation, whilst delaying axonal degeneration after opti..

Neural regulation of inflammation: No neural connection from the vagus to splenic sympathetic neurons

BO Bratton, D Martelli, MJ Mckinley, D Trevaks, CR Anderson, RM Mcallen

2012-01-01

The 'inflammatory reflex' acts through efferent neural connections from the central nervous system to lymphoid organs, particularl..

Relation of addiction genes to hypothalamic gene changes subserving genesis and gratification of a classic instinct,,sodium appetite

WB Liedtke, MJ McKinley, LL Walker, H Zhang, AR Pfenning, J Drago, SJ Hochendoner, DL Hilton, AJ Lawrence, DA Denton

2011-07-26

Sodium appetite is an instinct that involves avid specific intention. It is elicited by sodium deficiency, stress-evoked adrenocor..

Preoptic-raphé connections for thermoregulatory vasomotor control

M Tanaka, MJ McKinley, RM McAllen

2011-03-30

Blood flow to glabrous skin such as the rat's tail determines heat dissipation from the body and is regulated by sympathetic vasoc..

Forebrain regions affected by lateral parabrachial nucleus serotonergic mechanisms that influence sodium appetite

PJ Davern, MJ McKinley

2010-06-21

Blockade of serotonergic receptors in the lateral parabrachial nucleus (LPBN), via bilateral injections of nonselective 5-hydroxyt..

Multiple thermoregulatory effectors with independent central controls

RM McAllen, M Tanaka, Y Ootsuka, MJ McKinley

2010-05-01

This review first considers how mammalian body temperature regulation evolved, and how the brain's responses to thermoregulatory c..

Changes in angiotensin type 1 receptor binding and angiotensin-induced pressor responses in the rostral ventrolateral medulla of angiotensinogen knockout mice

D Chen, L Hazelwood, LL Walker, BJ Oldfield, MJ McKinley, AM Allen

2010-02-01

ANG II, the main circulating effector hormone of the renin-angiotensin system, is produced by enzymatic cleavage of angiotensinoge..

Specific control of sympathetic nerve activity to the mammalian heart and kidney

CN May, R Frithiof, SG Hood, RM McAllen, MJ McKinley, R Ramchandra

2010-01-01

There is a large body of evidence indicating that sympathetic nerves to individual organs are specifically controlled, but only fe..

Functional correlates of activity in neurons projecting from the lamina terminalis to the ventrolateral periaqueductal gray

A Uschakov, D McGinty, R Szymusiak, MJ McKinley

2009-12-01

The lamina terminalis (LT) consists of the organum vasculosum of the LT (OVLT), the median preoptic nucleus (MnPO) and the subforn..

Roles of two preoptic cell groups in tonic and febrile control of rat tail sympathetic fibers

M Tanaka, MJ McKinley, RM McAllen

2009-04-01

In response to cold and in fever, heat dissipation from the skin is reduced by sympathetic vasoconstriction. The preoptic region h..

Basis for the preferential activation of cardiac sympathetic nerve activity in heart failure

R Ramchandra, SG Hood, DA Denton, RL Woods, MJ McKinley, RM McAllen, CN May

2009-01-20

In heart failure (HF) , sympathetic nerve activity is increased. Measurements in HF patients of cardiac norepinephrine spillover, ..