Dr Ilias Nitsos - Researcher Profile

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Vlassaks, E., Gavilanes, A.W., Bieghs, V., Reinartz, A., Gassler, N., Van Gorp, P.J., Gijbels, M.J., Bekers, O., Zimmermann, L.J., Pillow, J., Polglase, G., Nitsos, I., Newnham, J.P., Kallapur, S.G., Jobe, A.H., Shiri-Sverdlov, R., Kramer, B.W., 2012, Antenatal exposure to chorioamnionitis affects lipid metabolism in 7-week-old sheep, Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease [P], vol 3, issue 2, Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom, pp. 103-110.

Polglase, G., Nitsos, I., Baburamani, A., Crossley, K., Slater, M., Gill, A., Allison, B., Moss, T., Pillow, J., Hooper, S., Kluckow, M., 2012, Inflammation in utero exacerbates ventilation-induced brain injury in preterm lambs, Journal of Applied Physiology [E], vol 112, issue 3, American Physiological Society, United States, pp. 481-489.

Kuypers, E., Collins, J.J., Kramer, B.W., Ofman, G., Nitsos, I., Pillow, J., Polglase, G., Kemp, M.W., Newnham, J.P., Gavilanes, A.W., Nowacki, R., Ikegami, M., Jobe, A.H., Kallapur, S.G., 2012, Intra-amniotic LPS and antenatal betamethasone: inflammation and maturation in preterm lamb lungs, American Journal Of Physiology-Lung Cellular And Molecular Physiology [P], vol 302, issue 4, American Physiological Society, United States, pp. L380-L389.

Kuypers, E., Collins, J.J., Jellema, R.K., Wolfs, T.G., Kemp, M.W., Nitsos, I., Pillow, J., Polglase, G., Newnham, J.P., Germeraad, W.T., Kallapur, S.G., Jobe, A.H., Kramer, B.W., 2012, Ovine fetal thymus response to lipopolysaccharide-induced chorioamnionitis and antenatal corticosteroids, PLoS ONE [P], vol 7, issue 5 (Art. No: e38257), Public Library of Science, United States, pp. 1-10.

Li, S., Nitsos, I., Polglase, G., Braun, T., Moss, T., Newnham, J., Challis, J., 2012, The effects of dexamethasone treatment in early gestation on hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal responses and gene expression at 7 months of postnatal age in sheep, Reproductive Sciences [P], vol 19, issue 3, Sage Publications, Inc., United States, pp. 260-270.

Dando, S.J., Nitsos, I., Kallapur, S.G., Newnham, J.P., Polglase, G., Pillow, J., Jobe, A.H., Timms, P., Knox, C.L., 2012, The role of the multiple banded antigen of Ureaplasma parvum in intra-amniotic infection: Major virulence factor or decoy?, PLoS ONE [P], vol 7, issue 1 Art. No: e29856), Public Library of Science, United States, pp. 1-15.

Polglase, G., Kluckow, M., Gill, A., Allison, B., Moss, T., Dalton, R., Pillow, J., Nitsos, I., Andersen, C., Hooper, S., 2011, Cardiopulmonary haemodynamics in lambs during induced capillary leakage immediately after preterm birth, Clinical And Experimental Pharmacology And Physiology [P], vol 38, issue 4, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia, Australia, pp. 222-228.

Kallapur, S., Kramer, B., Knox, C., Berry, C., Collins, J., Kemp, M., Nitsos, I., Polglase, G., Robinson, J., Hillman, N., Newnham, J., Chougnet, C., Jobe, A., 2011, Chronic fetal exposure to Ureaplasma parvum suppresses innate immune responses in sheep, Journal Of Immunology [P], vol 187, issue 5, American Association of Immunologists, United States, pp. 2688-2695.

Braun, T., Li, S., Moss, T., Connor, K., Doherty, D., Nitsos, I., Newnham, J., Challis, J., Sloboda, D., 2011, Differential appearance of placentomes and expression of prostaglandin H synthase type 2 in placentome subtypes after betamethasone treatment of sheep late in gestation, Placenta [P], vol 32, issue 4, Elsevier Ltd, UK, pp. 295-303.

Lee, A., Lambermont, V., Pillow, J., Polglase, G., Nitsos, I., Newnham, J., Beilharz, M., Kallapur, S., Jobe, A., Kramer, B., 2011, Fetal responses to lipopolysaccharide-induced chorioamnionitis alter immune and airway responses in 7-week-old sheep, American Journal Of Obstetrics And Gynecology [P], vol 204, issue 4, Mosby, Inc., United States, pp. e17-e24.

Musk, G., Polglase, G., Bunnell, J., McLean, C., Nitsos, I., Song, Y., Pillow, J., 2011, High positive end-expiratory pressure during high-frequency jet ventilation improves oxygenation and ventilation in preterm lambs, Pediatric Research [P], vol 69, issue 4, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, United States, pp. 319-324.

Wolfs, T., Kallapur, S., Polglase, G., Pillow, J., Nitsos, I., Newnham, J., Chougnet, C., Kroon, E., Spierings, J., Willems, C., Jobe, A., Kramer, B., 2011, IL-1alpha mediated chorioamnionitis induces depletion of FoxP3+ cells and ileal inflammation in the ovine fetal gut, PLoS ONE [P], vol 6, issue 3 (Art. No: e18355), Public Library of Science, United States, pp. 1-9.

Berry, C., Nitsos, I., Hillman, N., Pillow, J.J., Polglase, G., Kramer, B., Kemp, M., Newnham, J., Jobe, A., Kallapur, S., 2011, Interleukin -1 in lipopolysaccharide induced chorioamnionitis in the fetal sheep, Reproductive Sciences [P], vol 18, issue 11, Sage Publications Inc, USA, pp. 1092-1102.

Kallapur, S., Kramer, B., Nitsos, I., Pillow, J., Collins, J., Polglase, G., Newnham, J., Jobe, A., 2011, Pulmonary and systemic inflammatory responses to intraamniotic IL-1alpha in fetal sheep, American Journal Of Physiology-Lung Cellular And Molecular Physiology [P], vol 301, issue 3, American Physiological Society, United States, pp. L285-L295.

Andersen, C., Pillow, J., Gill, A., Allison, B., Moss, T., Hooper, S., Nitsos, I., Kluckow, M., Polglase, G., 2011, The cerebral critical oxygen threshold of ventilated preterm lambs and the influence of antenatal inflammation, Journal of Applied Physiology Respiratory Environmental and Exercise Physiology [P], vol 111, issue 3, American Physiological Society, United States, pp. 775-781.

Nitsos, I., Newnham, J.P., Rees, S.M., Harding, R.L., Moss, T.J., 2011, The impact of chronic intrauterine inflammation on the physiologic and neurodevelopmental consequences of intermittent umbilical cord occlusion in fetal sheep, Reproductive Sciences [P], vol E, Sage Publications, Inc., USA, pp. 1-13.

Hillman, N., Kallapur, S., Pillow, J., Moss, T., Polglase, G., Nitsos, I., Jobe, A., 2010, Airway injury from initiating ventilation in preterm sheep, Pediatric Research [P], vol 67, issue 1, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, United States, pp. 60-65.

Collins, J., Kallapur, S., Knox, C., Nitsos, I., Polglase, G., Pillow, J., Kuypers, E., Newnham, J., Jobe, A., Kramer, B., 2010, Inflammation in fetal sheep from intra-amniotic injection of Ureaplasma parvum, American Journal Of Physiology-Lung Cellular And Molecular Physiology [P], vol 299, issue 6, American Physiological Society, United States, pp. L852-L860.

Hillman, N., Kallapur, S., Pillow, J., Nitsos, I., Polglase, G., Ikegami, M., Jobe, A., 2010, Inhibitors of inflammation and endogenous surfactant pool size as modulators of lung injury with initiation of ventilation in preterm sheep, Respiratory Research [P], vol 11, issue 151, BioMed Central Ltd, United Kingdom, pp. 1-8.

Polglase, G., Hooper, S.B., Gill, A.W., Allison, B.J., Crossley, K.J., Moss, T.J.M., Nitsos, I., Pillow, J.J., Kluckow, M., 2010, Intrauterine inflammation causes pulmonary hypertension and cardiovascular sequelae in preterm lambs, Journal Of Applied Physiology [P], vol 108, issue 6, American Physiological Society, USA, pp. 1757-1765.

Dando, S., Nitsos, I., Newnham, J., Jobe, A., Moss, T., Knox, C., 2010, Maternal administration of erythromycin fails to eradicate intrauterine ureaplasma infection in an ovine model, Biology of Reproduction [E], vol 83, issue 4, Society for the Study of Reproduction, United States, pp. 616-622.

Kramer, B.W., Kallapur, S.G., Moss, T.J.M., Nitsos, I., Polglase, G.P., Newnham, J.P., Jobe, A.H., 2010, Modulation of fetal inflammatory response on exposure to lipopolysaccharide by chorioamnion, lung, or gut in sheep, American Journal Of Obstetrics And Gynecology [P], vol 202, issue 1, Mosby Inc, USA, pp. 77.e1-77.e9.

Shah, T., Hillman, N., Nitsos, I., Polglase, G., Pillow, J., Newnham, J., Jobe, A., Kallapur, S., 2010, Pulmonary and systemic expression of monocyte chemotactic proteins in preterm sheep fetuses exposed to lipopolysaccharide-induced chorioamnionitis, Pediatric Research [P], vol 68, issue 3, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, United States, pp. 210-215.

Polglase, G., Dalton, R., Nitsos, I., Knox, C., Pillow, J., Jobe, A., Moss, T., Newnham, J., Kallapur, S., 2010, Pulmonary vascular and alveolar development in preterm lambs chronically colonized with Ureaplasma parvum, American Journal Of Physiology-Lung Cellular And Molecular Physiology [P], vol 299, issue 2, American Physiological Society, United States, pp. L232-L241.

Knox, C.L., Dando, S.J., Nitsos, I., Kallapur, S.G., Jobe, A.H., Payton, D., Moss, T.J.M., Newnham, J.P., 2010, The severity of chorioamnionitis in pregnant sheep is associated with in vivo variation of the surface-exposed multiple-banded antigen/gene of Ureaplasma parvum, Biology Of Reproduction [P], vol 83, issue 3, Society for the Study of Reproduction, USA, pp. 415-426.

Kunzmann, S., Glogger, K., Been, J.V., Kallapur, S.G., Nitsos, I., Moss, T.J.M., Speer, C.P., Newnham, J.P., Jobe, A.H., Kramer, B.W., 2010, Thymic changes after chorioamnionitis induced by intraamniotic lipopolysaccharide in fetal sheep, American Journal Of Obstetrics And Gynecology [P], vol 202, issue 5, Mosby Inc., USA, pp. 476.e1-476.e9.

Polglase, G., Hillman, N., Pillow, J., Nitsos, I., Newnham, J., Knox, C., Kallapur, S., Jobe, A., 2010, Ventilation-mediated injury after preterm delivery of Ureaplasma parvum colonized fetal lambs, Pediatric Research [P], vol 67, issue 6, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, United States, pp. 630-635.

Cheah, F., Pillow, J., Kramer, B., Polglase, G., Nitsos, I., Newnham, J., Jobe, A., Kallapur, S., 2009, Airway inflammatory cell responses to intra-amniotic lipopolysaccharide in a sheep model of chorioamnionitis, American Journal Of Physiology-Lung Cellular And Molecular Physiology [P], vol 296, issue 3, American Physiological Society, United States, pp. 384-393.

Jobe, A.H., Nitsos, I., Pillow, J.J., Polglase, G., Kallapur, S.G., Newnham, J.P., 2009, Betamethasone dose and formulation for induced lung maturation in fetal sheep, American Journal Of Obstetrics And Gynecology [P], vol 201, issue 6, Mosby Inc, USA, pp. 611.e1-611.e7.

Polglase, G.R., Hooper, S.B., Gill, A.W., Allison, B.J., McLean, C.J., Nitsos, I., Pillow, J.J., Kluckow, M., 2009, Cardiovascular and pulmonary consequences of airway recruitment in preterm lambs, Journal of Applied Physiology, vol 106, issue 4, American Physiological Society, USA, pp. 1347-1355.

Braun, T., Li, S., Sloboda, D., Li, W., Audette, M.C., Moss, T.J.M., Matthews, S.G., Polglase, G.R., Nitsos, I., Newnham, J.P., Challis, J.R.G., 2009, Effects of maternal dexamethasone treatment in early pregnancy on pituitary-adrenal axis in fetal sheep, Endocrinology [P], vol 150, issue 12, The Endocrine Society, USA, pp. 5466-5477.

Kallapur, S.G., Nitsos, I., Moss, T.J.M., Polglase, G.R., Pillow, J.J., Cheah, F., Kramer, B.W., Newnham, J.P., Ikegami, M., Jobe, A.H., 2009, IL-1 mediates pulmonary and systemic inflammatory responses to chorioamnionitis induced by lipopolysaccharide, American Journal Of Respiratory And Critical Care M..., vol 179, issue 10, American Thoracic Society, USA, pp. 955-961.

Kallapur, S.G., Moss, T.J.M., Auten Jr., R.L., Nitsos, I., Pillow, J.J., Kramer, B.W., Maeda, D.Y., Newnham, J.P., Ikegami, M., Jobe, A.H., 2009, IL-8 signaling does not mediate intra-amniotic LPS-induced inflammation and maturation in preterm fetal lamb lung, American Journal Of Physiology-Lung Cellular And M..., vol 297, issue 3, American Physiological Society, USA, pp. L512-L519.

Kramer, B.W., Kallapur, S.G., Moss, T., Nitsos, I., Newnham, J.P., Jobe, A.H., 2009, Intra-amniotic LPS modulation of TLR signaling in lung and blood monocytes of fetal sheep, Innate Immunity [P], vol 15, issue 2, Sage Publications Ltd, UK, USA, pp. 101-107.

Moss, T.J.M., Nitsos, I., Knox, C.L., Polglase, G.R., Kallapur, S.G., Ikegami, M., Jobe, A.H., Newnham, J.P., 2009, Ureaplasma colonization of amniotic fluid and efficacy of antenatal corticosteroids for preterm lung maturation in sheep, American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, vol 200, issue 1, Mosby, Inc., USA, pp. 96.e1-96.e6.

Kramer, B., Albertine, K., Moss, T., Nitsos, I., Ladenburger, A., Speer, C., Newnham, J., Jobe, A., 2008, All-trans retinoic acid and intra-amniotic endotoxin-mediated effects on fetal sheep lung, Anatomical Record-Advances In Integrative Anatomy And Evolutionary Biology [P], vol 291, issue 10, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., United States, pp. 1271-1277.

Polglase, G.R., Moss, T., Nitsos, I., Allison, B.J., Pillow, J.J., Hooper, S.B., 2008, Differential effect of recruitment maneuvres on pulmonary blood flow and oxygenation during HFOV in preterm lambs, Journal of Applied Physiology, vol 105, issue 2, American Physiological Society, United States, pp. 603-610.

Moss, T., Knox, C., Kallapur, S., Nitsos, I., Theodoropoulos, C., Newnham, J., Ikegami, M., Jobe, A., 2008, Experimental amniotic fluid infection in sheep: Effects of Ureaplasma parvum serovars 3 and 6 on preterm or term fetal sheep, American Journal Of Obstetrics And Gynecology [P], vol 198, issue 1, Mosby Inc., United States, pp. 122.e1-122.e8.

Polglase, G.R., Hillman, N.H., Pillow, J.J., Cheah, F., Nitsos, I., Moss, T., Kramer, B.W., Ikegami, M., Kallapur, S.G., Jobe, A.H., 2008, Positive end-expiratory pressure and tidal volume during initial ventilation of preterm lambs, Pediatric Research, vol 64, issue 5, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, United States, pp. 517-522.

Burrage, D., Green, L., Moss, T., Sloboda, D., Nitsos, I., Newnham, J., Hanson, M., 2008, The carotid bodies influence growth responses to moderate maternal undernutrition in late-gestation fetal sheep, BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology [E], vol 115, issue 2, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd., United Kingdom, pp. 261-268.

Hillman, N., Moss, T., Nitsos, I., Kramer, B., Bachurski, C., Ikegami, M., Jobe, A., Kallapur, S., 2008, Toll-like receptors and agonist responses in the developing fetal sheep lung, Pediatric Research [P], vol 63, issue 4, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, United States, pp. 388-393.

Jobe, A., Moss, T., Nitsos, I., Ikegami, M., Kallapur, S., Newnham, J., 2007, Betamethasone for lung maturation: Testing dose and formulation in fetal sheep, American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology [E], vol 197, issue 5, Mosby, Inc., United States, pp. 523.e1-523.e6.

Hillman, N., Moss, T., Kallapur, S., Bachurski, C., Pillow, J., Polglase, G., Nitsos, I., Kramer, B., Jobe, A., 2007, Brief, large tidal volume ventilation initiates lung injury and a systemic response in fetal sheep, American Journal Of Respiratory And Critical Care Medicine [P], vol 176, issue 6, American Thoracic Society, United States, pp. 575-581.

Polglase, G., Nitsos, I., Jobe, A., Newnham, J., Moss, T., 2007, Maternal and intra-amniotic corticosteroid effects on lung morphometry in preterm lambs, Pediatric Research [P], vol 62, issue 1, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, United States, pp. 32-36.

Sloboda, D., Moss, T., Li, S., Doherty, D., Nitsos, I., Challis, J., Newnham, J., 2007, Prenatal betamethasone exposure results in pituitary-adrenal hyporesponsiveness in adult sheep, American Journal Of Physiology-Endocrinology And Metabolism [P], vol 292, issue 1, American Physiological Society, United States, pp. E61-E70.

Kallapur, S., Jobe, A., Ball, M., Nitsos, I., Moss, T., Hillman, N., Newnham, J., Kramer, B., 2007, Pulmonary and systemic endotoxin tolerance in preterm fetal sheep exposed to chorioamnionitis, Journal Of Immunology [P], vol 179, issue 12, American Association of Immunologists, United States, pp. 8491-8499.

Nitsos, I., Rees, S.M., Duncan, J., Kramer, B.W., Harding, R., Newnham, J.P., Moss, T.J.M., 2006, Chronic exposure to intra-amniotic lipopolysaccharide affects the ovine fetal brain, Journal of The Society for Gynecologic Investigation, vol 13, issue 4, Elsevier, New York USA, pp. 239-247.

Sosenko, I., Kallapur, S., Nitsos, I., Moss, T., Newnham, J., Ikegami, M., Jobe, A., 2006, IL-1alpha causes lung inflammation and maturation by direct effects on preterm fetal lamb lungs, Pediatric Research [P], vol 60, issue 3, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, United States, pp. 294-298.

Kallapur, S., Nitsos, I., Moss, T., Kramer, B., Newnham, J., Ikegami, M., Jobe, A., 2005, Chronic endotoxin exposure does not cause sustained structural abnormalities in the fetal sheep lungs, American Journal Of Physiology-Lung Cellular And Molecular Physiology [P], vol 288, issue 5, American Physiological Society, United States, pp. L966-L974.

Moss, T.J.M., Doherty, D.A., Nitsos, I., Sloboda, D., Harding, R., Newnham, J.P., 2005, Effects into adulthood of single or repeated antenatal corticosteroids in sheep, American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, vol 192, issue 1, Mosby, Inc., USA, pp. 146-152.

Kramer, B., Ikegami, M., Moss, T.J.M., Nitsos, I., Newnham, J., Jobe, A., 2005, Endotoxin-induced chorioamnionitis modulates innate immunity of monocytes in preterm sheep, American Journal Of Respiratory And Critical Care Medicine [P], vol 171, issue 1, American Thoracic Society, United States, pp. 73-77.

Moss, T., Nitsos, I., Ikegami, M., Jobe, A., Newnham, J., 2005, Experimental intrauterine Ureaplasma infection in sheep, American Journal Of Obstetrics And Gynecology [P], vol 192, issue 4, Mosby, Inc., United States, pp. 1179-1186.

Sloboda, D., Moss, T., Li, S., Doherty, D., Nitsos, I., Challis, J., Newnham, J., 2005, Hepatic glucose regulation and metabolism in adult sheep: Effects of prenatal betamethasone, American Journal Of Physiology-Endocrinology And Metabolism [P], vol 289, issue 4, American Physiological Society, United States, pp. 721-728.

Mulrooney, N., Champion, Z., Moss, T.J.M., Nitsos, I., Ikegami, M., Jobe, A., 2005, Surfactant and physiologic responses of preterm lambs to continuous positive airway pressure, American Journal Of Respiratory And Critical Care Medicine [P], vol 171, issue 5, American Thoracic Society, United States, pp. 488-493.

Newnham, J., Shub, A., Jobe, A., Bird, P., Ikegami, M., Nitsos, I., Moss, T., 2005, The effects of intra-amniotic injection of periodontopathic lipopolysaccharides in sheep, American Journal Of Obstetrics And Gynecology [P], vol 193, issue 2, Mosby, Inc., United States, pp. 313-321.

Kramer, B., Ikegami, M., Moss, T., Nitsos, I., Newnham, J., Jobe, A., 2004, Antenatal betamethasone changes cord blood monocyte responses to endotoxin in preterm lambs, Pediatric Research [P], vol 55, issue 5, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, United States, pp. 764-768.

Newnham, J., Kallapur, S., Kramer, B., Moss, T., Nitsos, I., Ikegami, M., Jobe, A., 2003, Betamethasone effects on chorioamnionitis induced by intra-amniotic endotoxin in sheep, American Journal Of Obstetrics And Gynecology [P], vol 189, issue 5, Mosby, Inc, United States, pp. 1458-1466.

Moss, T., Nitsos, I., Newnham, J., Ikegami, M., Jobe, A., 2003, Chorioamnionitis induced by subchorionic endotoxin infusion in sheep, American Journal Of Obstetrics And Gynecology [P], vol 189, issue 6, Mosby, Inc, United States, pp. 1771-1776.

Moss, T.J., Nitsos, I., Harding, R., Newnham, J.P., 2003, Differential effects of maternal and fetal betamethasone injections in late-gestation fetal sheep, Journal of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation, vol 10, issue 8, Elsevier, New York USA, pp. 474-479.

Moss, T., Mulrooney, N., Nitsos, I., Ikegami, M., Jobe, A., Newnham, J., 2003, Intra-amniotic corticosteroids for preterm lung maturation in sheep, American Journal Of Obstetrics And Gynecology [P], vol 189, issue 5, Mosby, Inc, United States, pp. 1389-1395.

Ikegami, M., Moss, T., Kallapur, S., Mulrooney, N., Kramer, B., Nitsos, I., Bachurski, C., Newnham, J., Jobe, A., 2003, Minimal lung and systemic responses to TNF-alpha in preterm sheep, American Journal Of Physiology-Lung Cellular And Molecular Physiology [P], vol 285, issue 1, American Physiological Society, United States, pp. 121-129.

Moss, T.J., Doherty, D.A., Nitsos, I., Harding, R., Newnham, J.P., 2003, Pharmacokinetics of betamethasone after maternal or fetal intramuscular administration, American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, vol 189, issue 6, Mosby, Inc., St Louis USA, pp. 1751-1757.

Crossley, K.J., Nitsos, I., Walker, D.W., Lawrence, A.J., Beart, P.M., Hirst, J.J., 2003, Steroid-sensitive GABAA receptors in the fetal sheep brain, Neuropharmacology, vol 45, issue 4, Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford UK, pp. 461-472.

Nitsos, I., Moss, T.J.M., Cock, M.L., Harding, R., Newnham, J.P., 2002, Fetal responses to intra-amniotic endotoxin in sheep, Journal of the Society for Gynecological Investigation, vol 9, issue 2, Elsevier Science Inc, New York NY USA, pp. 80-85.

Nicholls, T.A., Nitsos, I., Smythe, G.A., Walker, D.W., 2001, Kynurenine production and catabolism in fetal sheep with embolized or nonembolized placentas, American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, vol 185, issue 4, Mosby Inc, St Louis MO USA, pp. 988-995.

Nicholls, T.A., Lacey, B.M., Nitsos, I., Smythe, G.A., Walker, D.W., 2001, Regional changes in kynurenic acid, quinolinic acid, and glial fibrillary acidic protein concentrations in the fetal sheep brain after experimentally induced placental insufficiency, American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, vol 184, issue 2, Mosby Inc, St Louis MO USA, pp. 203-208.

Walker, D.M., Lee, B., Nitsos, I., 2000, Effects of hypoxia on respiratory activity in the foetus, Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology, vol 27, Blackwells, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 110-113.

Nitsos, I., Walker, D.M., 1999, Characterisation of pontine neurons which respond to hypoxia in fetal sheep, Neuroscience Letters, vol 266 issue 1, Elsevier Science, http://www.elsevier.com, pp. 33-36.

Walker, D.M., Curtis, B., Lacey, B., Nitsos, I., 1999, Concentrations of Kynurenic acid in the brain and cerebrospinal fluid of fetal, newborn and adult sheep, Pediatric Research, vol 45, International Pediatric Research Foundation Inc, Baltimore MD USA, pp. 820-826.

Lee, B., Nitsos, I., Walker, D.M., 1999, Effects of the respiratory stimulant Almitrine on breathing and FOS expression in the brain of fetal and newborn sheep, Pediatric Research, vol 45 issue 4, International Pediatric Research Foundation Inc, Baltimore MD USA, pp. 531-543.

Nitsos, I., Walker, D.M., 1999, The distribution of FOS-immunoreactive neurons in the brainstem, midbrain and diencephalon of fetal sheep in response to acute hypoxia in mid and late gestation fetal sheep, Developmental Brain Research, vol 114 issue 1, Elsevier Science, http://www.elsevier.com, pp. 9-26.

Nicholls, T., Walker, D.M., Nitsos, I., 1999, Tryptophan metabolism in pregnant sheep: increased fetal kynurenine production in response to maternal tryptophan loading, American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, vol 181, Mosby, http://www.mosby.com, pp. 1452-1460.

Conference Proceedings

Nitsos, I., Walker, D.M., 1998, Characterisation of pontine neurons with cervical projections which express FOS protein in response to hypoxia in fetal sheep, Proceedings of the Australian Neuroscience Society, Canberra ACT 27-30 January 1998, Australian Neuroscience Society, Sydney NSW Australia, p. 75.

Lacey, B., Nitsos, I., Walker, D.M., 1998, Does carbon monoxide exposure during pregnancy ablate the postpartum decrease of glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) in the brains of maternal and newborn guinea pigs?, Proceedings of the 2nd Annual Perinatal Society of Australia and New Zealand Congress, Alice Springs NT 29 March - 1 April 1998, Wyeth Clinical Services, Sydney NSW Australia, p. 198.

Hirst, J.J., Minekus, M.P., Nitsos, I., Walker, D.M., 1998, GABAA subunit expression in the fetal brain: evidence for pregnant esteroid regulation of fetal behavioural activity, Proceedings of the 2nd Annual Congress of the Perinatal Society of Australia and New Zealand, Alice Springs NT 29 March - 1 April 1998, Perinatal Society of Australia and New Zealand, Paramatta NSW, p. 29.

Nitsos, I., Walker, D.M., 1998, Increased production of the neuroactive precursor kynurenine from tryptophan in late gestation fetal sheep, Proceedings of the 2nd Perinatal Society of Australia and New Zealand Congress, Alice Springs NT 29 March-1 April 1998, Wyeth Clinical Services, Sydney NSW Australia, p. 31.

Nitsos, I., Rajan, R., Walker, D.M., 1997, Characterisation of spinal projecting neurons in the pons which express Fos immunoreactivity during hypoxia in fetal sheep, Proceedings Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans USA,25-30 October, Society for Neuroscience, USA, p. 436.

Curtis, B., Nitsos, I., Walker, D.M., 1997, Concentrations of kynurenic acid in brain and cerebrospinal fluid of fetal, newborn and adult sheep, Symposium on Fetal and Neonatal Physiology, Cambridge UK, 25-29 June 1997, R & W Publications Ltd, Cambridge UK, p. 85.

Nitsos, I., Walker, D.M., 1997, FOS-immunoreactive neurons in the brain of fetal sheep in response to acute hypoxia at 100 and 133 days gestation, 24th Annual Meeting, Fetal & Neonatal Physiological Society, St Margherita Ligure Genoa Italy, 15-18 June 1997, Fetal & Neonatal Physiological Society, Genoa Italy, p. 88.

Nitsos, I., Walker, D.M., 1997, The distribution fos-immunoreactive neurons in the brain of fetal sheep in response to acute hypoxia, 11th Australian SIDS Conference 1997, Melbourne,20-22 June 1997, National SIDS Council of Australia, Melbourne Vic Australia, p. 134.