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Anatomy and Physiology

Journal Articles

McDonald S.J., Dooley P.C., McDonald A.C., Djouma E., Schuijers J.A., Ward A.R. & Grills B.L. (2010). The α₁ adrenergic receptor agonist, phenylephrine, actively contracts early rat rib fracture callus ex vivo. J. Orthop. Res. in press. 

McDonald S.J., Dooley P.C., McDonald A.C., Schuijers J.A., Ward A.R. and Grills B.L. (2009). Early fracture callus displays smooth muscle-like viscoelastic properties ex vivo: Implications for fracture healing. J. Orthop. Res. 27(11): 1508-1513.

McDonald, A.C., Schuijers, J.A., Gundlach, A.L. and Grills, B.L. (2007) Galanin treatment offsets the inhibition of bone formation and downregulates the increase in mouse calvarial expression of TNFα and GalR2 mRNA induced by chronic daily injections of an injurious vehicle. Bone 40: 895-903.

McDonald, A C, Schuijers, J, Shen, P J, Gundlach, A & Grills, B, Expression of galanin and galanin receptor-1 in normal bone and during fracture repair in the rat., Bone, 33 (5), 2003, 788-797.

Conference Presentations

McDonald, S.J., Dooley, P.C., McDonald, A.C., Schuijers, J.A., Ward, A.R. and Grills, B.L. (2007). Early, soft fracture callus exhibits the smooth muscle-associated traits of stress-relaxation and reverse stress-relaxation: implications for the fracture repair process. Proc. ANZBMS, 17.

Tyndall, A.K., McDonald, A.C., Mensa-Ababio, A., Schuijers, J.A., Gundlach, A.L., NA Sims, N.A. and Grills, B.L. (2006). Human relaxin-2 administration increases rat trabecular bone volume by inhibiting remodeling. Proc. ANZBMS, 16: 139.

McDonald, S.J., Dooley, P.C., McDonald, A.C., Schuijers, J.A. and Grills, B.L. (2006). Both phenylephrine and sodium nitroprusside cause contraction of early, soft tissue fracture callus ex vivo. Proc. ANZBMS, 16:148.

Mcdonald, A C, Schuijers, J, Gundlach, A & Grills, B, Daily subcutaneous injection of vehicle onto mouse calvaria inhibits mineral apposition rate and upregulates osseous mRNA of TNFa, IL-1B, collagen type 1 and MMP-2, in Ego Seeman (ed/s), Australian & New Zealand Bone & Mineral Society 2005 Annual Scientific Meeting. Final Program & Abstract Book (Australian & New Zealand Bone & Mineral Society (ANZBMS) : Australia, 2005) 94.

AC McDonald, JA Schuijers, AL Gundlach, BL Grills. Daily subcutaneous injection of vehicle onto mouse calvaria inhibits mineral apposition rate and upregulates osseous mRNA of TNF?, IL-1?, collagen type I and MMP-2. Proc. ANZBMS, 15: 95 (2005).

AC McDonald, JA Schuijers, AL Gundlach, BL Grills. The effects of exogenous galanin application on bone formation in mouse calvaria. Proc. ANZBMS, 14: 73 (2004).

AC McDonald, JA Schuijers, M.Yao, P-J Shen, AL Gundlach, BL Grills. Galanin Concentrations And Localization In Normal And Fractured Bone In The Rat Suggest A Role For The Peptide In Skeletal Metabolism. Proc. ANZBMS, 12: 98 (2002).