Network Member Profile
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Dr Janna Morrison
Department:
Sansom Institute, School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences
Organisation:
University of South Australia
Address:
GPO 2471, Adelaide SA 5001
Telephone: 08 8302 2166 Facsimile: 08
8302 2389
Email: janna.morrison
@unisa.edu.au
Web
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Current Field of Study
- Fetal growth restriction and cardiovascular development
Australian Collaborators
- Prof Caroline McMillen (UniSA, Adelaide, SA)
- Dr. Giuseppe Posterino (Uni of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA)
- Prof. Doug Brooks (UniSA, Adeliade, SA)
- Dr. Andrew Davey (UniSA, Adelaide, SA)
- Dr Jenny Hiscock (UniSA, Adelaide, SA)
- Dr Sandy Orgeig (UniSA, Adelaide, SA)
International Collaborators
- Dr Cathie Coulter (Washington, Seattle, Washingon, USA)
- Dr Dan Rurak (Uni of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada)
Facilities
- Fetal sheep surgery capability
Lab Members
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Dr Janna Morrison
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Head of the Lab
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| Ms Melissa Walker |
Research Assistant |
| Ms Stacey Dunn |
Research Assistant |
| Ms Kimberley Botting |
PhD Student |
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Mr Poh Seng Soo
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Honours Student
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| Ms Heather Forbes |
Honours Student |
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Mr William Wang
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Honours Student
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Recent Grant Income
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Description
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CIs
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Type of Grant
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Year
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Income p.a.
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| Intrauterine Growth Restriction and Development
of the Peripheral and Coronary Vasculature |
IC McMillen & JL Morrison |
NHMRC Project Grant |
2007-2009 |
$140,000 |
| Mechanisms involved in reduced cardiac contractility
as a consequence of growth restriction during fetal development |
JL Morrison & G Posterino |
NHMRC Project Grant |
2007-2009 |
$101,600 |
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JL Morrison, B Muhlhausler, E Parkinson-Lawrence,
D Brooks, C McMillen, A Evans |
NHMRC Equipment Grant |
2007 |
$16,500 |
Recent Publications
JL Morrison, K.J. Botting, J.L. Dyer, S.J. Williams, K.L. Thornburg, I.C. McMillen,
Restriction of placental function alters heart development in the sheep fetus,
American Journal of Physiology, Accepted, March 2007.
T Spencer, KJ Botting, *JL Morrison and *GS Posterino, Contractile and Ca2+-handling
properties of the right ventricular papillary muscle in the late gestation sheep
fetus, Journal of Applied Physiology, 101(3) (2006) 728-33. *Co-senior authors.
IF, 3.03; # of Cit, 0. (ranked 33 of 75 physiology journals)
S Sood, JL Morrison, H Liu and RL Horner, Role of Endogenous Serotonin in Modulating
Genioglossus Muscle Activity in Awake and Sleeping Rats, American Journal of
Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 172(10) (2005) 1338-47. IF, 8.69; #
of Cit, 7. (ranked 3 of 33 in respiratory system journals)
JL Morrison, D.W. Rurak, C. Chien, D.J. Kennaway, N. Gruber, I.C. McMillen and
K.W. Riggs, Fetal circadian rhythm in melatonin, prolactin and behavioural state
after maternal fluoxetine infusion, Journal of the Society of Gynecologic Investigation,
12 (2005) 356-364. Editorial on this paper by J.R. Niebyl, Antidepressant Use
in Pregnancy, 12 (2005) 297. IF, 2.88; # of Cit, 2. (ranked 8 of 57 obstetrics
and gynaecology journals)
L. Danielson, I.C. McMillen, J.L. Dyer, JL Morrison, Enhanced blood pressure
response to sympathetic blockade in placentally restricted sheep fetuses, Journal
of Physiology, 563(2) (2005) 611-20. IF, 4.48; # of Cit, 1. (ranked 10 of 75
Physiology journals)
JL Morrison, L. Carmichael, J. Homan, S. White and B.S. Richardson, Cerebral
blood flow during spontaneous and cholinergically induced behavioural states
in the sheep fetus, Pediatric Research 57 (2005) 1-7. IF, 3.29; # of Cit, 0.
(ranked 6 of 73 Pediatric journals)
JL Morrison, KW Riggs C Chien N Gruber IC McMillen DW Rurak, Chronic maternal
fluoxetine infusion in pregnant sheep: effects on the maternal and fetal hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal
axes, Pediatric Research, 56(1) (2004) 40-6. IF, 3.29; # of Cit, 4. (ranked
6 of 73 Pediatric journals)
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