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Publications

Papers:

  1. Khang, N., Rose, S.E., Janke, A.I., McMahon, K.L., O’Dowd, B., de Zubicaray, G., Strudwick, M.W., Chalk, J.B. and Zhang, J.  Integrity of the cingulum in Mild Cognitive Impairment: A DTI-tractography study.  Submitted to NeuroReport in June 2006.
  2. Rose, S.E., McMahon, K.L., Janke, A.L., O’Dowd, B.S., de Zubicaray, G., Strudwick, M.W. and Chalk, J.B. (2006).  MRI diffusion indices and neuropsychological assessment performance in amnestic mild cognitive impairment.  Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry
  3. Gibbs, M.E., O’Dowd, B.S., Hertz, E. and Hertz, L. (2006).  Astrocytic energy metabolism consolidates memory in young chick.  Neuroscience (in press).
  4. O’Dowd, B., Chalk, J. and DeZubicaray, G. (2004).  Quantitative and qualitative impairments in semantic fluency, but not phonetic fluency, as a potential risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease. Brain Impairment, 5 (2) 177-186.
  5. Hertz, L., O’Dowd, B.S., Ng, K.T. and Gibbs, M.E. (2003). Reciprocal changes in forebrain contents of glycogen and of glutamate/glutamine during early memory consolidation in the day-old chick, Brain Research, 994, 226-233.
  6. Hertz, L., Peng, L., Kjeldsen, C.D., O’Dowd, B.S. and Dienel, G.A. (2003).  Ion, transmitter and drug effects on energy metabolism in astrocytes.  Advances in Molecular and Cell Biology, 31, 435-461.
  7. O’Dowd, B.S. and de Zubicaray, G.I. (2003).  Progressive dysgraphia in a case of posterior cortical atrophy.  Neurocase, 9 (3), 251-260.
  8.  Kim T. Ng, Ciaran Regan, and Brona O’Dowd (1998).  Astrocytic involvement in learning.  In P. Laming, E. Sykova, A. Reichenbach, G.I. Hatton and H. Bauer (eds), Glial Cells: Their Role in Behaviour, Chapter 15, (pp. 315-338).  Cambridge University Press: New York.
  9. Batton, C., O’Dowd, B.S., Noone, D.F., Kril, J. and Robinson, S.R. (1997).  Ferritin-rich microglia are concentrated within b-amyloid plaques.  Alzheimer’s Research, 3, 23-28.
  10. O’Dowd, B.S., Zhao, W.Q.,  Ng, K.T. and Robinson, S.R. (1997).  Distribution of glutamine synthetase in the chick forebrain: Implications for passive avoidance learning.  Journal of Brain Research, 2, 147-152.
  11. O’Dowd, B.S., Zhao, W.Q., Ng, K.T. and Robinson, S.R. (1997).  Differential amnestic effect of S-100b and S-100a antisera on passive avoidance learning in day-old chicks.  Neurobio Learning Mem, 67, 197-206.
  12. Ng, K.T., O’Dowd, B.S., Rickard, N., Robinson, S.R., Gibbs, M.E., Rainey, C., Zhao, W.Q., Sedman, G.L.  and Hertz, L. (1997).  Complex roles of glutamate in the Gibbs-Ng model of one-trial aversive learning in the newborn chick. Neuroscience and Behavioural Reviews, 21 (1), 45-54.
  13. Robinson, S.R., Noone, D.F. and O’Dowd, B.S. (1996).  Ependymocytes and supra-ependymal axons in rat brain contain glutamate.  Glia, 17, 345-348.
  14. Hertz, L., Gibbs, M.E., O’Dowd, B.S., Ng, K.T., Sedman, G.L., Robinson, S.R., Peng, L., Huang, R., Hertz, E., Hajek, I., Sykova, E. and Ng., K.T. (1996).  Astrocyte-neuron interaction during one-trial aversive learning in the neonate chick. Neuroscience and Behavioural Reviews, 20 (3), 537-551.
  15. Gibbs, M.E., O’Dowd, B.S, Hertz, L., Robinson, S.R., Sedman, G.L. and Ng, K.T. (1996).  Inhibition of glutamine synthetase prevents memory consolidation. Cognitive Brain Research, 4, 57-64.
  16. O’Dowd, B.S., Barrington, J., Ng., K.T., Hertz, E. and Hertz, L. (1995). Glycogenolytic response of primary chick and mouse cultures of astrocytes to noradrenaline across development. Developmental Brain Research, 88, 220-224.
  17. O’Dowd, B.S., Gibbs, M.E., Sedman, G.L. and Ng, K.T. (1994). Astrocytes implicated in the energizing of intermediate memory processes in neonate chicks.  Cognitive Brain Research, 2, 93-102.
  18. O’Dowd, B.S., Gibbs, M.E., Ng, K.T., Hertz, E. and Hertz, L. (1994).  Astrocytic glycogenolysis energizes memory processes in neonate chicks. Developmental Brain Research, 78 (1), 137-141.
  19. Hertz, L., Ocherashvilli, E. and O’Dowd, B. (1994). Glial Cells. Encyclopedia of Human Behavior, 2, 429-439.
  20. Ng, K.T., Gibbs, M.E., Sedman, G.L., Sykova, E., Svoboda, J., Jendelova, P., O’Dowd, B., Rickard, N. and Crowe, S.F. (1992). Ion involvement in memory formation: the potential role of astrocytes.  In A.C.H. Y, L. Hertz, M.D. Norenberg, E. Sykova and S.G. Waxman (Eds.) Progress in Brain Research, Volume, 94, (pp. 109-115).  Elsevier Science Publishers.
  21. Sedman, G., O’Dowd, B., Rickard, N., Gibbs, M.E. and Ng., K.T. (1992).  Brain metabolic activity associated with long-term memory consolidation.  Molecular Neurobiology, 5, 351-354.
  22. Ng., K.T., Gibbs, M.E., Crowe, S.F., Sedman, G.L., Hua, F., Zhao, W., O’Dowd, B., Rickard, N., Gibbs, C.L., Sykova, E., Svoboda, J. and Jendelova, P. (1992). Molecular mechanisms of memory formation.  Molecular Neurobiology, 5, 333-350.

Abstracts:

  1. Wang, D., McKinnon, D., O’Dowd, B. Chalk, J., DeZubicaray, G., Strudwick, M., Cowin, G., McMahon, K., Rose, S., Galloway, G., and Doddrell, D.M. (2006).  Hippocampal change in people with mild cognitive impairment measured using two T1-weighted 3D MRI scans at each time point. ISMRM meeting in 2006
  2. D.J. Roybal, Rebecca A. Kiralee, H. Hayashi, Greig I. de Zubicaray, Brona S. O’Dowd, Jonathan B. Chalk, Andrew L. Janke, Katie L. McMahon, Gary J. Cowin, Mark Strudwick, Martina K. Bryant, David M. Doddrell, Paul M. Thompson (May 2005).  Mapping ApoE2 and Gender Effects on Hippocampal Atrophic Rates: A Longitudinal MRI Study of Normal Aging.  Presented at Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Geriatric Society, Orlando, FL, USA Journal of the American Geriatric Society. 53(S4), P11.
  3. O’Dowd, B.S. and Robinson, S.R. (1999).  Effects of iron-induced oxidative damage on S-100b expression in the rat cortex.  Proc. Aust. Neurosci.  Nineteenth Annual Meeting. Brisbane 2002.
  4. Robinson, S.R., O’Dowd, B.S. and Bishop. G.M. (1998).  b-amyloid peptide fails to activate microglial ferritin expression in vivo.  6th International Conference on Alzheimer’s disease.
  5. Bishop, G.M., O’Dowd, B.S. and Robinson, S.R. (1998).  Human b-amyloid peptide is not neurotoxic to rat cerebral cortex.  6th International Conference on Alzheimer’s disease.
  6. O’Dowd, B.S. and Robinson, S.R. (1998).  Effects of iron on S-100b expression in the rat cortex.  6th International Conference on Alzheimer’s disease.
  7. Bishop, G.M., O’Dowd, B.S. & Robinson, S.R.(1998). Human b-amyloid peptide injected into rat cerebral cortex is not neurotoxic and does not induce microglial reactivity.  Proc. Aust.. Neurosci. Soc.. 9, 200.
  8. Batton, C., O’Dowd, B.S., Noone, D.F., Kril, J. and Robinson, S.R. (1997).  Ferritin-rich  microglia are concentrated within b-amyloid plaques.  Proc. Aust. Neurosci. Soc.. 8, 185.
  9. O’Dowd, B.S. and Robinson, S.R. (1997).  Expression of S-100aa protein in hippocampal neurons in Alzheimer’s disease and in age-matched control brains.  Proc. Aust. Neurosci. Soc..  8, 185.
  10. O’Dowd, B.S., Zhao, W.Q., Ng, K.T., Francis, A. and Robinson, S.R.  (1996). Amnestic effect of monoclonal S-100b and S-100a antisera on one-trial passive avoidance memory formation in day-old chicks.  Abstracts of International Neuroscience, 22, 1394.
  11. O’Dowd, B.S., Zhao, W.Q., Ng, K.T. and Robinson, S.R. (1996).  Monoclonal S-100a antibody has an amnestic effect on one-trial passive avoidance memory formation in day-old chicks.  Proc. Aust. Neurosci. Soc..   7, 80.
  12. Ng, K.T., O’Dowd, B.S., Rickard, N., Sedman, G.L., Zhao, W., Hertz, L. and Gibbs, M.E. (1994).  Complex roles of glutamate in the Gibbs-Ng model of one-trial, aversive learning in the newborn chick.  .Abstracts of the International Behavioural Neuroscience Society, 3, 24.
  13. Hertz, E., Peng, L., Zhang, X., O’Dowd, B.S. and Hertz, L. (1994).  Turnover of glycogen in astrocytes.  Proc. Aust. Neurosci. Soc., 5, 267.
  14. O’Dowd, B.S., Hertz, L., Gibbs, M.E. Sedman, G.L. and Ng., K.T. (1994). Does metabolic activity in astrocytes contribute to the consolidation of passive avoidance memory in day-old chicks? Proc. Aust. Neurosci. Soc., 5, 260.
  15. Hertz, L., O’Dowd, B., Gibbs, M.E., and Ng, K.T. (1993). Astrocyte-neuron interactions in memory processing,  Abstracts of the International Behavioural Neuroscience Society, 2, 16.
  16. O’Dowd, B.S., Gibbs, M.E. Sedman, G.L. and Ng., K.T. (1993). Inhibition of astrocytic metabolism with fluoroacetate interferes with one-trial passive avoidance memory in day-old chicks. Proceedings of the Australian Neuroscience Society, Thirteenth Annual Meeting, 4, 161.

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