Associate Professor Stewart Head
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Book Chapters
Friedrich O; Head SI, 2017, 'Quantitative ratiometric Ca2+imaging to assess cell viability', in Methods in Molecular Biology, pp. 171 - 193, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-6960-9_14
Head S, 2012, 'A Two Stage Model of Skeletal Muscle Necrosis in Muscular Dystrophy - The Role of Fiber Branching in the Terminal Stage', in Hegde M; Ankala A (ed.), Muscular Dystrophy, INTECH, Croatia, pp. 475 - 498, http://www.intechopen.com/books/muscular-dystrophy
Head S; Anderson JL; Morley JW, 2012, 'Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and Brain Function', in Hegde M; Ankala A (ed.), Muscular Dystrophy, InTech, Croatia, pp. 91 - 121, http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/24928
Journal articles
Haug M; Reischl B; Nübler S; Kiriaev L; Mázala DAG; Houweling PJ; North KN; Friedrich O; Head SI, 2022, 'Absence of the Z-disc protein α-actinin-3 impairs the mechanical stability of Actn3KO mouse fast-twitch muscle fibres without altering their contractile properties or twitch kinetics', Skeletal Muscle, vol. 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13395-022-00295-8
Ronaldson SM; Stephenson DG; Head SI, 2022, 'Calcium and strontium contractile activation properties of single skinned skeletal muscle fibres from elderly women 66-90 years of age.', J Muscle Res Cell Motil, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10974-022-09628-y
Kiriaev L; Houweling PJ; North KN; Head SI, 2022, 'Loss of α-actinin-3 confers protection from eccentric contraction damage in fast-twitch EDL muscles from aged mdx dystrophic mice by reducing pathological fibre branching', Human Molecular Genetics, vol. 31, pp. 1417 - 1429, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/hmg/ddab326
Chan S; Kueh SLL; Morley JW; Head SI, 2022, 'Sarcoplasmic reticulum calcium handling in unbranched, immediately post-necrotic fast-twitch mdx fibres is similar to wild-type littermates.', Exp Physiol, vol. 107, pp. 601 - 614, http://dx.doi.org/10.1113/EP090057
Kiriaev L; Kueh S; Morley JW; North KN; Houweling PJ; Head SI, 2021, 'Lifespan Analysis of Dystrophic mdx Fast-Twitch Muscle Morphology and Its Impact on Contractile Function', Frontiers in Physiology, vol. 12, pp. 771499, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2021.771499
Haug M; Reischl B; Nübler S; Kiriaev L; Mázala DAG; Houweling PJ; North KN; Friedrich O; Head SI, 2021, 'Absence of the Z-disc Protein α-actinin-3 Impairs the Mechanical Stability of Actn3KO Mouse Fast- twitch Muscle Fibres without Altering their Contractile Properties or Twitch Kinetics', , http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-1062721/v1
Kiriaev L; Kueh S; Morley JW; Houweling PJ; Chan S; North KN; Head SI, 2021, 'Dystrophin-negative slow-twitch soleus muscles are not susceptible to eccentric contraction induced injury over the lifespan of the mdx mouse', American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology, vol. 321, pp. C704 - C720, http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/ajpcell.00122.2021
Kiriaev L; Perry BD; Mahns DA; Shortland PJ; Redwan A; Morley JW; Head SI, 2021, 'Minocycline Treatment Reduces Mass and Force Output From Fast-Twitch Mouse Muscles and Inhibits Myosin Production in C2C12 Myotubes', Frontiers in Physiology, vol. 12, pp. 696039, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2021.696039
Kiriaev L; Kueh S; Morley JW; North KN; Houweling PJ; Head SI, 2020, 'Isolated extensor digitorum longus muscles from old mdx dystrophic mice show little force recovery 120 minutes after eccentric damage', The FASEB Journal, vol. 34, pp. 1 - 1, http://dx.doi.org/10.1096/fasebj.2020.34.s1.00260
Kiriaev L; Kueh S; Morley JW; North KN; Houweling PJ; Head SI, 2020, 'Isolated Extensor Digitorum Longus Muscles from Old mdx Dystrophic Mice Show Little Force Recovery 120 Minutes after Eccentric Damage', Biophysical Journal, vol. 118, pp. 121a - 121a, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2019.11.801
Friedrich O; Haug M; Reischl B; Prölß G; Kiriaev L; Head SI; Reid MB, 2019, 'Single muscle fibre biomechanics and biomechatronics – The challenges, the pitfalls and the future', International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, vol. 114, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocel.2019.105563
Kiriaev L; Kueh S; Morley JW; North KN; Houweling PJ; Head SI, 2018, 'Branched fibers from old fast-twitch dystrophic muscles are the sites of terminal damage in muscular dystrophy', American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology, vol. 314, pp. C662 - C674, http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/ajpcell.00161.2017
Garton FC; Houweling PJ; Vukcevic D; Meehan LR; Lee FXZ; Lek M; Roeszler KN; Hogarth MW; Tiong CF; Zannino D; Yang N; Leslie S; Gregorevic P; Head SI; Seto JT; North KN, 2018, 'The Effect of ACTN3 Gene Doping on Skeletal Muscle Performance', American Journal of Human Genetics, vol. 102, pp. 845 - 857, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajhg.2018.03.009
Haug M; Reischl B; Prölß G; Pollmann C; Buckert T; Keidel C; Schürmann S; Hock M; Rupitsch S; Heckel M; Pöschel T; Scheibel T; Haynl C; Kiriaev L; Head SI; Friedrich O, 2018, 'The MyoRobot: A novel automated biomechatronics system to assess voltage/Ca2+ biosensors and active/passive biomechanics in muscle and biomaterials', Biosensors and Bioelectronics, vol. 102, pp. 589 - 599, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bios.2017.12.003
Head SI, 2017, 'Antioxidant therapy in a mouse model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy: some promising results but with a weighty caveat', Journal of Physiology, vol. 595, pp. 7015, http://dx.doi.org/10.1113/JP275232
Hogarth MW; Houweling PJ; Thomas KC; Gordish-Dressman H; Bello L; Pegoraro E; Hoffman EP; Head SI; North KN, 2017, 'Evidence for ACTN3 as a genetic modifier of Duchenne muscular dystrophy', Nature Communications, vol. 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14143
Hogarth MW; Garton FC; Houweling PJ; Tukiainen T; Lek M; Macarthur DG; Seto JT; Quinlan KGR; Yang N; Head SI; North KN, 2016, 'Analysis of the ACTN3 heterozygous genotype suggests that α-actinin-3 controls sarcomeric composition and muscle function in a dose-dependent fashion', Human Molecular Genetics, vol. 25, pp. 866 - 877, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/hmg/ddv613
Cooper ST; Head SI, 2015, 'Membrane Injury and Repair in the Muscular Dystrophies', Neuroscientist, vol. 21, pp. 653 - 668, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1073858414558336
Houweling P; Seto J; Garton F; Quinlan K; Head S; North K, 2015, 'A gene for speed: The influence of ACTN3 on muscle performance in health and disease', NEUROMUSCULAR DISORDERS, vol. 25, pp. S185 - S185, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nmd.2015.06.011
Head SI; Chan S; Houweling PJ; Quinlan KGR; Murphy R; Wagner S; Friedrich O; North KN, 2015, 'Altered Ca2+ kinetics associated with α-actinin-3 deficiency may explain positive selection for ACTN3 null allele in human evolution', PLoS genetics, vol. 11, pp. e1004862, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1004862
Yu ZY; Tan JC; McMahon AC; Iismaa SE; Xiao H; Kesteven SH; Reichelt ME; Mohl MC; Smith NJ; Fatkin D; Allen D; Head SI; Graham RM; Feneley MP, 2014, 'RhoA/ROCK signaling and pleiotropic α
Head SI; Houweling PJ; Chan S; Chen G; Hardeman EC, 2014, 'Properties of regenerated mouse extensor digitorum longus muscle following notexin injury', Experimental Physiology, vol. 99, pp. 664 - 674, http://dx.doi.org/10.1113/expphysiol.2013.077289
Head SI; Arber MB, 2013, 'An active learning mammalian skeletal muscle lab demonstrating contractile and kinetic properties of fast- and slow-twitch muscle', American Journal of Physiology - Advances in Physiology Education, vol. 37, pp. 405 - 414, http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/advan.00155.2012
Yu Z; Tan J; McMahon A; Iismaa S; Xiao X; Kesteven S; Reichelt M; Mohl M; Dai Y; Sketchley A; Yang L; Gong H; Fatkin D; Allen D; Head S; Graham R; Feneley M, 2013, 'Studies of a Mouse Model of Cardiac α1A-Adrenergic Receptor Overexpression Provide Evidence For a Critical Role of RhoA/ROCK Signalling in Cardiac Contractility', Heart, Lung and Circulation, vol. 22, pp. S59 - S59, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hlc.2013.05.143
Head S, 2012, 'Does skeletal muscle fiber branching play a role in the inability of old EDL dystrophic muscle to resist large passive stretches?', Journal of Applied Physiology, vol. 112, pp. 331, http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/japplphysiol.01355.2011
Chan S; Head SI, 2011, 'The role of branched fibres in the pathogenesis of Duchenne muscular dystrophy', Experimental Physiology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1113/expphysiol.2010.056713
Head SI; Greenaway B; Chan SM, 2011, 'Incubating Isolated Mouse EDL Muscles with Creatine Improves Force Production and Twitch Kinetics in Fatigue Due to Reduction in Ionic Strength', PLoS One, vol. 6, pp. 1 - 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0022742
Head SI; Chan SM, 2011, 'The role of branched fibres in the pathogenesis of Duchenne muscular dystrophy', Experimental Physiology, vol. 96, pp. 564 - 571, http://dx.doi.org/10.1113/expphysiol.2010.056713
Chan SM; Seto JT; Houweling PJ; Yang N; North K; Head SI, 2011, 'Properties of extensor digitorum longus muscle and skinned fibers from adult and aged male and female ACTN3 knockout mice', Muscle and Nerve, vol. 43, pp. 37 - 48, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mus.21778
Kueh SL; Dempster JA; Head SI; Morley JW, 2011, 'Reduced postsynaptic GABAA receptor number and enhanced gaboxadol induced change in holding currents in Purkinje cells of the dystrophin-deficient mdx mouse', Neurobiology of Disease, vol. 43, pp. 558 - 564, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nbd.2011.05.002
Nikolova V; Leimena C; Xiao X; Kesteven SH; Tan J; Yeo LS; Yu ZY; Zhang Q; Carlton A; Head SI; Shanahan C; Feneley MP; Fatkin D, 2011, 'Nesprin-1 and actin contribute to nuclear and cytoskeletal defects in lamin A/C-deficient cardiomyopathy', Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, vol. 50, pp. 479 - 486, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.yjmcc.2010.12.001
Seto JT; Lek M; Quinlan KG; Houweling PJ; Zheng XF; Garton F; MacArthur DG; Raftery JM; Garvey SM; Hauser MA; Yang N; Head SI; North K, 2011, 'Deficiency of alpha-actinin-3 is associated with increased susceptibility to contraction-induced damage and skeletal muscle remodeling', Human Molecular Genetics, vol. 20, pp. 2914 - 2927, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/hmg/ddr196
Head SI, 2011, 'Old men still have the skeletal muscle contractile function to get up and go even after they have had their leg in a cast.', The Journal of Physiology, vol. 589, pp. 4639 - 4640, http://dx.doi.org/10.1113/jphysiol.2011.218826
Head SI; Ha TN, 2011, 'Acute inhibitory effects of clenbuterol on force, Ca2+ transients and action potentials in rat soleus may not involve the â2-adrenoceptor pathway', Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology, vol. 38, pp. 638 - 646, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1681.2011.05574.x
Chan SM; Head SI, 2010, 'Age- and Gender-Related Changes in Contractile properties of non-atrophied EDL muscle', PLoS One, vol. 5, pp. 1 - 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0012345
Anderson JL; Morley JW; Head SI, 2010, 'Enhanced homosynaptic LTD in cerebellar Purkinje cells of the dystrophic MDX mouse', Muscle and Nerve, vol. 41, pp. 329 - 334, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mus.21467
Head SI, 2010, 'Branched fibres in old dystrophic mdx muscle are associated with mechanical weakening of the sarcolemma, abnormal Ca2+ transients and a breakdown of Ca2+ homeostasis during fatigue.', Experimental Physiology, vol. 95, pp. 641 - 656, http://dx.doi.org/10.1113/expphysiol.2009.052019
Chan SM; Seto J; MacArthur D; Yang N; North K; Head SI, 2008, 'A gene for speed: contractile properties of isolated whole EDL muscle from an alpha-actinin-3 knockout mouse', American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology, vol. 295, pp. C897 - C904, http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/ajpcell.00179.2008
MacArthur DG; Seto JT; Chan S; Quinlan KG; Raftery JM; Turner N; Nicholson MD; Kee AJ; Hardeman EC; Gunning PW; Cooney GJ; Head SI; Yang N; North KN, 2008, 'An Actn3 knockout mouse provides mechanistic insights into the association between alpha-actinin-3 deficiency and human athletic performance', Human Molecular Genetics, vol. 17, pp. 1076 - 1086, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/hmg/ddm380
Kueh SL; Head SI; Morley JW, 2008, 'GABA(A) receptor expression and inhibitory post-synaptic currents in cerebellar purkinje cells in dystrophin-deficient mdx mice', Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology, vol. 35, pp. 207 - 210, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1681.2007.04816.x
Chan SM; Head SI; Morley JW, 2007, 'Branched fibers in dystrophic mdx muscle are associated with a loss of force following lengthening contractions', American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology, vol. 293, pp. C985 - C992, http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/ajpcell.00128.2007
Anderson JL; Head SI; Morley JW, 2005, 'Synaptic plasticity in the dy2J mouse model of laminin [alpha]2-deficient congenital muscular dystrophy', Brain Research, vol. 1042, pp. 23 - 28, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.brainres.2005.02.001
Bakker AJ; Parkinson A; Head SI, 2005, 'Contractile properties of single-skinned skeletal muscle fibres of the extensor digitorum longus muscle of the Australian short-nosed echidna', Australian Journal of Zoology, vol. 53, pp. 237 - 240, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/ZO05011
Anderson JL; Head SI; Morley JW, 2004, 'Long-term depression is reduced in cerebellar Purkinje cells of dystrophin-deficient mdx mice', Brain Research, vol. 1019, pp. 289 - 292, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.brainres.2004.06.011
Head SI; Liangas G; Bakker AJ, 2004, 'EDL and soleus muscles of the C57BL6J/dy(2j) laminin-alpha(2)-deficientdystrophic mouse are not vulnerable to eccentric contractions', Experimental Physiology, vol. 89, pp. 531 - 539, http://dx.doi.org/10.1113/expphysiol.2004.027383
Yeung EW; Head SI; Allen DG, 2003, 'Gadolinium reduces short-term stretch-induced muscle damage in isolated mdx mouse muscle fibres', Journal of Physiology, vol. 552, pp. 449 - 458, http://dx.doi.org/10.1113/jphysiol.2003.047373
Head S, 2003, 'Smoke free hospitals - Smoke free hospitals are unethical', BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL, vol. 327, pp. 104 - 104, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.327.7406.104-a
Burrell JH; Boyn AM; Kumarasamy V; Hsieh A; Head SI; Lumbers ER, 2003, 'Growth and Maturation of Cardiac Myocytes in Fetal Sheep in the Second Half of Gestation', Anatomical Record - Part A Discoveries in Molecular, Cellular, and Evolutionary Biology, vol. 274, pp. 952 - 961, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ar.a.10110
Rae C; Griffin JL; Blair DH; Bothwell JH; Bubb WA; Maitland A; Head S, 2002, 'Abnormalities in brain biochemistry associated with lack of dystrophin: Studies of the mdx mouse', Neuromuscular Disorders, vol. 12, pp. 121 - 129, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0960-8966(01)00253-X
Anderson JL; Head SI; Rae CD; Morley JW, 2002, 'Brain Function in Duchenne muscular dystrophy', Brain, vol. 125, pp. 4 - 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/brain/awf012
Anderson JL; Williams GD; Head SI, 2001, 'The Role of Nitric Oxide in Diaphragmatic Dysfunction in Endotoxemic Rats', Muscle and Nerve, vol. 24, pp. 30 - 36, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/1097-4598(200101)24:1<30::AID-MUS3>3.0.CO;2-W
Parkinson A; Bakker AJ; Head SI, 2001, 'Morphology and organization of muscle fibres in the thoracic coxal muscle receptor organ and the associated promotor muscle, in a crayfish, Cherax destructor, and mud crab, Scylla serrata', ACTA Zoologica, vol. 82, pp. 251 - 260, http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1463-6395.2001.00088.x
Blazev R; Hussain M; Bakker AJ; Head SI; Lamb GD, 2001, 'Effects of the PKA inhibitor H-89 on excitation-contraction coupling in skinned and intact skeletal muscle fibres', Journal of Muscle Research and Cell Motility, vol. 22, pp. 277 - 286, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11763200
Parkinson AL; Bakker AJ; Head SI, 2000, 'Ca2+- and Sr2+-activation properties of muscle fibres from a muscle receptor organ and the associated extrafusal muscle of the crab and crayfish', Journal of Muscle Research and Cell Motility, vol. 21, pp. 663 - 671, http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1005656528208
Parkinson AL; Bakker AJ; Head SI, 2000, 'Morphology and organization of muscle fibres in the thoracic coxal muscle receptor organ and the associated promotor muscle, in a crayfish, Cherax destructor, and mud crab, Scylla serrata', Acta Zoologica, vol. 82, pp. 251 - 251, http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1463-6395.2000.00088.x
Bakker AJ; Head SI; Wareham AC; Stephenson DG, 1998, 'Effect of clenbuterol on sarcoplasmic reticulum function in single skinned mammalian skeletal muscle fibers', AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-CELL PHYSIOLOGY, vol. 274, pp. C1718 - C1726, http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/ajpcell.1998.274.6.C1718
Majeed A; Head S, 1998, 'Capitation based prescribing budgets will not work', BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL, vol. 316, pp. 748 - 750, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.316.7133.748
Head SI; Bakker AJ; Wareham AC; Stephenson DK, 1998, 'Effect of clenbuterol on sarcoplasmic reticulum function in single skinned mammalian skeletal muscle fibres', American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology, vol. 274, pp. C1718 - C1726
Hussain M; Bakker AJ; Head SI, 1997, 'Effects of protein kinase A (PKA) inhibition on excitation-contraction coupling (ECC) in isolated fast-twitch mouse skeletal muscle.', JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON, vol. 504P, pp. P233 - P233, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:A1997YJ42400315&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
Bakker AJ; Head SI; Stephenson G, 1997, 'Time course of calcium transients derived from fura-2 fluorescence measurements in single fast twitch fibres of adult mice and rat myotubules developing in primary culture.', Cell Calcium, vol. 21, pp. 359 - 364, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0143-4160(97)90029-4
Bakker AJ; Head SI; Stephenson DK, 1996, 'Measurement of membrane potential and myoplasmic (Ca2+) in developing rat myotubes at rest and in response to stimulation', Cell Calcium, vol. 19, pp. 409 - 418, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0143-4160(96)90114-1
HEAD S, 1994, 'PRIVATISATION OF NHS PRESCRIBING', BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL, vol. 309, pp. 957 - 957, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.309.6959.957a
Bordas J; Lewy J; Head S; Williams D; Stephenson G; Moens P; Baatsen P; Maréchal G, 1994, 'Correspondence', Journal of Muscle Research and Cell Motility, vol. 15, pp. 489 - 492, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00122122
HEAD S; WILLIAMS D; STEPHENSON G, 1994, 'UNTITLED', JOURNAL OF MUSCLE RESEARCH AND CELL MOTILITY, vol. 15, pp. 490 - 491, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:A1994PC80100012&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
HUSSAIN M; WAREHAM AC; HEAD SI, 1994, 'MECHANISM OF ACTION OF A K+ CHANNEL ACTIVATOR BRL-38227 ON ATP-SENSITIVE K+ CHANNELS IN MOUSE SKELETAL-MUSCLE FIBERS', JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON, vol. 478, pp. 523 - 532, http://dx.doi.org/10.1113/jphysiol.1994.sp020271
Head S; Williams D; Stephenson G; Moens P; Baatsen P; Marechal G, 1994, 'Letter to the editor [2]', Journal of Muscle Research and Cell Motility, vol. 15, pp. 490 - 491
Head SI, 1993, 'Membrane potential, resting calcium and calcium transients in isolated muscle fibres from normal and dystrophic mice.', The Journal of Physiology, vol. 469, pp. 11 - 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.1113/jphysiol.1993.sp019801
BAKKER AJ; HEAD SI; WILLIAMS DA; STEPHENSON DG, 1993, 'CA-2+ LEVELS IN MYOTUBES GROWN FROM THE SKELETAL-MUSCLE OF DYSTROPHIC (MDX) AND NORMAL MICE', JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON, vol. 460, pp. 1 - 13, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:A1993KG92100001&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
WILLIAMS DA; HEAD SI; LYNCH GS; STEPHENSON DG, 1993, 'CONTRACTILE PROPERTIES OF SKINNED MUSCLE-FIBERS FROM YOUNG AND ADULT NORMAL AND DYSTROPHIC (MDX) MICE', JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON, vol. 460, pp. 51 - 67, http://dx.doi.org/10.1113/jphysiol.1993.sp019458
HEAD SI; WILLIAMS DA; STEPHENSON DG, 1992, 'ABNORMALITIES IN STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF LIMB SKELETAL-MUSCLE FIBERS OF DYSTROPHIC MDX MICE', PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, vol. 248, pp. 163 - 169, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.1992.0058
HEAD SI; BUSH BMH, 1992, 'PROPRIOCEPTIVE INPUT FROM 2 BASAL JOINT STRETCH RECEPTORS TO LEG MOTONEURONS IN THE ISOLATED THORACIC GANGLION OF THE SHORE CRAB', JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY, vol. 163, pp. 187 - 208, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:A1992HG32000012&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
HEAD SI; BUSH BMH, 1991, 'REFLEX ACTIONS OF ONE PROPRIOCEPTOR ON THE MOTONEURONS OF A MUSCLE RECEPTOR AND THEIR CENTRAL MODULATION IN THE SHORE CRAB', JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON, vol. 437, pp. 49 - 62, http://dx.doi.org/10.1113/jphysiol.1991.sp018582
HEAD SI; BUSH BMH, 1991, 'PROPRIOCEPTIVE REFLEX INTERACTIONS WITH CENTRAL MOTOR RHYTHMS IN THE ISOLATED THORACIC GANGLION OF THE SHORE CRAB', JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY A-NEUROETHOLOGY SENSORY NEURAL AND BEHAVIORAL PHYSIOLOGY, vol. 168, pp. 445 - 459, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00199604
WILLIAMS DA; HEAD SI; BAKKER AJ; STEPHENSON DG, 1990, 'RESTING CALCIUM CONCENTRATIONS IN ISOLATED SKELETAL-MUSCLE FIBERS OF DYSTROPHIC MICE', JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON, vol. 428, pp. 243 - 256, http://dx.doi.org/10.1113/jphysiol.1990.sp018210
HEAD SI; STEPHENSON DG; WILLIAMS DA, 1990, 'PROPERTIES OF ENZYMATICALLY ISOLATED SKELETAL FIBERS FROM MICE WITH MUSCULAR-DYSTROPHY', JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON, vol. 422, pp. 351 - 367, http://dx.doi.org/10.1113/jphysiol.1990.sp017988
Conference Papers
Yu Z-Y; Tan J-C; McMahon AC; Lismaa SF; Xiao X-H; Kesteven SH; Reichelt ME; Mohl MC; Dai Y; Sketchley AE; Yanq LL; Gong H; Smith NJ; Fatkin D; Allen D; Head SI; Graham RM; Feneley MP, 2013, 'Critical Role of RhoA/ROCK Signaling in Cardiac Contractility', in CIRCULATION, LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, TX, Dallas, presented at Scientific Sessions and Resuscitation Science Symposium of the American-Heart-Association, TX, Dallas, 16 November 2013 - 17 November 2013, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000332162903138&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
Wallis T; Rae CD; Bubb WA; Griffin JL; Head SI, 2005, 'Creatine benefits cortical metabolism in the murine model of duchenne muscular dystrophy', in JOURNAL OF NEUROCHEMISTRY, WILEY-BLACKWELL PUBLISHING, INC, AUSTRIA, Innsbruck, pp. 244 - 245, presented at 20th Biennial Meeting of the International-Society-for-Neurochemistry/European-Society-for-Neurochemistry, AUSTRIA, Innsbruck, 21 August 2005 - 26 August 2005, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000231673401283&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
Head SI; Anderson JL; Morley JW, 2002, 'Effect of bicuculline on EPSP amplitude in Purkinje cells of mdx mice', in JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON, CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS, ENGLAND, UNIV LEEDS, LEEDS, pp. 70P - 70P, presented at Meeting of the Physiological-Society, ENGLAND, UNIV LEEDS, LEEDS, 10 September 2002 - 12 September 2002, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000180164600132&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
Lumbers ER; Burrell JH; Kumarasamy V; Head SI, 2002, 'Effects of cortisol on age dependent changes in maturation of fetal sheep cardiac myocytes.', in FASEB JOURNAL, FEDERATION AMER SOC EXP BIOL, pp. A101 - A102, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000174533600562&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
Lumbers ER; Yu ZZ, 2002, 'Effects of age on baroreceptor mediated changes in heart rate variability of sheep.', in FASEB JOURNAL, FEDERATION AMER SOC EXP BIOL, pp. A101 - A101, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000174533600561&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
Williams GD; Anderson JL; Head SI, 2000, 'The role of inducible nitric oxide synthase and poly-ADP-ribose polymerase in diaphragmatic dysfunction in the endotoxaemic rat.', in CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE, LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, pp. A126 - A126, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000166212200348&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
Head SI; Bakker AJ; Parkinson AL, 2000, 'The contractile properties of single skinned skeletal muscle fibres of the echidna', in JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON, CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS, pp. 280P - 280P, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000085937100396&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
Head SI; Bakker AJ; Wareham AC; Stephenson DG, 1997, 'Effects of the beta-agonist clenbuterol on sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ release, loading and leak in skinned fast- and slow-twitch mammalian skeletal muscle fibres.', in JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON, CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS, pp. P226 - P226, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:A1997YJ42400305&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
HILL RH; HEAD SI; BAKER SE; NEEDHAM LL, 1995, 'URINARY PESTICIDE-RESIDUES AMONG 1,000 ADULTS IN THE UNITED-STATES', in ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, AMER CHEMICAL SOC, pp. 93 - AGRO, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:A1995QP23200243&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
HEAD SI; LYNCH GS; STEPHENSON DG; WILLIAMS DA, 1993, 'CONTRACTILE PROPERTIES OF ISOLATED SKINNED SKELETAL-MUSCLE FIBERS FROM NORMAL AND DYSTROPHIC (MDX) MICE', in JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON, CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS, pp. P16 - P16, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:A1993KG43100015&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
HUSSAIN M; HEAD SI; WAREHAM AC, 1993, 'BRL-38227 CAUSED MAGNESIUM-DEPENDENT ACTIVATION OF ATP-SENSITIVE POTASSIUM CHANNELS (KATP) IN ISOLATED SINGLE FIBERS FROM MOUSE SKELETAL-MUSCLE', in JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON, CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS, pp. P355 - P355, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:A1993LN79200347&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
BAKKER AJ; HEAD SI; STEPHENSON DG; WILLIAMS DA, 1989, 'CALCIUM LEVELS IN ISOLATED SKELETAL-MUSCLE FIBERS FROM PHENOTYPICALLY NORMAL AND DYSTROPHIC MICE (129/REJ+/C,DY/DY)', in JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON, CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS, pp. P51 - P51, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:A1989U587300083&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
BUSH BMH; HEAD SI, 1985, 'PROPRIOCEPTIVE REFLEX INTEGRATION IN THE SHORE CRAB - AN ISOLATED GANGLION-MUSCLE-JOINT RECEPTOR PREPARATION', in JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON, CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS, pp. P25 - P25, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:A1985AMT3300052&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
Conference Abstracts
Wagner S; Chan S; Murphy R; Houweling PJ; Quinlan KGR; North KN; Head SI; Friedrich O, 2015, 'Speed of shortening is not altered in the alpha-actinin-3 (ACTN3) 'gene of speed' knock-out mutation in fast-twitch skeletal muscle', in ACTA PHYSIOLOGICA, WILEY-BLACKWELL, Vol. 213, pp. 66 - 66, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000362554200139&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
Working Papers
Kiriaev L; Kueh S; Morley JW; North KN; Houweling PJ; Head SI, 2021, Lifespan analysis of dystrophic mdx fast-twitch muscle morphology and its impact on contractile function, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2021.09.07.459226, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2021.09.07.459226
Preprints
Ronaldson SM; Stephenson DG; Head SI, 2022, Calcium and strontium contractile activation properties of single skinned skeletal muscle fibres from elderly women 66-90 years of age, http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-1643986/v1
Chan S; Kueh SLL; Morley JW; Head SI, 2021, SR Ca2+ handling in unbranched, immediately post-necrotic fast-twitch mdx fibres is similar to wt littermates, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2021.11.29.470495
Ronaldson SM; Stephenson DG; Head SI, 2021, Calcium and strontium contractile activation properties of single skinned skeletal muscle fibres from elderly women 66-90 years of age, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2021.11.08.466855
Haug M; Reischl B; Nübler S; Kiriaev L; Mázala DAG; Houweling PJ; North KN; Friedrich O; Head SI, 2021, Absence of the Z-disc protein α-actinin-3 impairs the mechanical stability of Actn3KO mouse fast-twitch muscle fibres without altering their contractile properties or twitch kinetics, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2021.11.09.467867
Kiriaev L; Houweling PJ; North KN; Head SI, 2021, Loss of α-actinin-3 confers protection from eccentric contraction damage in fast-twitch EDL muscles from aged mdx dystrophic mice by reducing pathological fibre branching, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2021.10.01.462704