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Brian J. Morris is a researcher affiliated with the University of Glasgow in the United Kingdom. Their work primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Neuroscience, with a significant focus on genetics and molecular biology subfields as well as cellular and molecular neuroscience.

The scientist has contributed to topics including:

  • BRCA gene mutations in cancer
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Immune Response and Inflammation
  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • Tryptophan and brain disorders

Recent papers authored by Brian J. Morris cover a range of biomedical and neuroscience subjects. Selected works include:

  • Impact of a Cancer Gene Variant Reclassification Program Over a 20-Year Period, 2020, JCO Precision Oncology
  • Enzymatic Degradation of Cortical Perineuronal Nets Reverses GABAergic Interneuron Maturation, 2022, Molecular Neurobiology
  • 16p11 Duplication Disrupts Hippocampal-Orbitofrontal-Amygdala Connectivity, Revealing a Neural Circuit Endophenotype for Schizophrenia, 2020, Cell Reports
  • Distinct trans-placental effects of maternal immune activation by TLR3 and TLR7 agonists: implications for schizophrenia risk, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • BDNF and JNK Signaling Modulate Cortical Interneuron and Perineuronal Net Development: Implications for Schizophrenia-Linked 16p11.2 Duplication Syndrome, 2020, Schizophrenia Bulletin

Brian J. Morris has frequently published in a number of venues, including:

  • JCO Precision Oncology
  • Scientific Reports
  • Journal of Psychopharmacology
  • Molecular Metabolism
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Collaboration is a notable aspect of their research, with frequent coauthors being:

  • Judith A. Pratt
  • Elisha Hughes
  • Rebecca L. Openshaw
  • David M. Thomson
  • Emma J. Mitchell

Best Publications

  • PCP: from pharmacology to modelling schizophrenia.

    Brian J Morris;Susan M Cochran;Judith A Pratt;Judith A Pratt

  • Neuronal localisation of neuropeptide Y gene expression in rat brain

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  • Inflammation of the hind limb as a model of unilateral, localized pain: influence on multiple opioid systems in the spinal cord of the rat

    M J Millan;A Członkowski;B J Morris;C Stein

  • Induction of metabolic hypofunction and neurochemical deficits after chronic intermittent exposure to phencyclidine: differential modulation by antipsychotic drugs.

    Susan M Cochran;Matthew Kennedy;Matthew Kennedy;Clare E McKerchar;Lucinda J Steward;Lucinda J Steward

  • Distinct GABAA receptor α subunit mRNAs show differential patterns of expression in bovine brain

    William Wisden;Brian J. Morris;Mark G. Darlison;Stephen P. Hunt

  • Dopaminergic regulation of striatal proenkephalin mRNA and prodynorphin mRNA: contrasting effects of D1 and D2 antagonists.

    B.J. Morris;V. Höllt;A. Herz

  • Advancing schizophrenia drug discovery: optimizing rodent models to bridge the translational gap

    Judith Pratt;Catherine Winchester;Neil Dawson;Brian Morris

  • Impairment in perceptual attentional set-shifting following PCP administration: a rodent model of set-shifting deficits in schizophrenia.

    Alice Egerton;Alice Egerton;Lee Reid;Clare E. McKerchar;Brian J. Morris

  • Electrical stimulation in vivo increases the expression of proenkephalin mRNA and decreases the expression of prodynorphin mRNA in rat hippocampal granule cells.

    B J Morris;K J Feasey;G ten Bruggencate;A Herz

  • Dynamic changes in NADPH-diaphorase staining reflect activity of nitric oxide synthase: evidence for a dopaminergic regulation of striatal nitric oxide release

    B.J. Morris;C.S. Simpson;S. Mundell;K. Maceachern

  • Stimulation of Immediate Early Gene Expression in Striatal Neurons by Nitric Oxide

    Brian J. Morris

  • Regulation of the neuronal proteasome by Zif268 (Egr1).

    Allan B. James;Ann-Marie Conway;Brian J. Morris

  • Distinct distribution of opioid receptor types in rat lumbar spinal cord.

    B J Morris;A Herz

  • Subchronic and chronic PCP treatment produces temporally distinct deficits in attentional set shifting and prepulse inhibition in rats

    Alice Egerton;Lee Reid;Sandie McGregor;Sandie McGregor;Susan M. Cochran;Susan M. Cochran

  • Localization of prodynorphin messenger RNA in rat brain by in situ hybridization using a synthetic oligonucleotide probe

    B.J. Morris;I. Haarmann;B. Kempter;V. Höllt

  • Association of a functional inducible nitric oxide synthase promoter variant with complications in type 2 diabetes

    Brian J. Morris;M. Andrea Markus;Cheryl L. Glenn;David J. Adams

  • Increased expression of dendritic mRNA following the induction of long-term potentiation

    L.A Roberts;C.H Large;M.J Higgins;T.W Stone

  • ZNF265--a novel spliceosomal protein able to induce alternative splicing.

    David J. Adams;Louise van der Weyden;Akila Mayeda;Stefan Stamm

  • Genomic profiling of the neuronal target genes of the plasticity-related transcription factor – Zif268

    Allan B. James;Ann-Marie Conway;Brian J. Morris

  • Subanaesthetic Ketamine Treatment Alters Prefrontal Cortex Connectivity With Thalamus and Ascending Subcortical Systems

    Neil Dawson;Brian J. Morris;Judith A. Pratt

  • Regulation of Neuronal Cell Adhesion Molecule Expression by NF-κB

    Carol S. Simpson;Brian J. Morris

  • Acute and delayed effects of phencyclidine upon mRNA levels of markers of glutamatergic and GABAergic neurotransmitter function in the rat brain.

    Susan M. Cochran;Masatake Fujimura;Brian J. Morris;Judith A. Pratt;Judith A. Pratt

  • The thalamic reticular nucleus: a functional hub for thalamocortical network dysfunction in schizophrenia and a target for drug discovery

    Judith A Pratt;Brian J Morris

  • Distinct regional expression of nicotinic acetylcholine receptor genes in chick brain

    Brian J. Morris;Andrew A. Hicks;William Wisden;Mark G. Darlison

  • Localization of GABAA receptor α-subunit mRNAs in relation to receptor subtypes

    William Wisden;Brian J. Morris;Mark G. Darlison;Stephen P. Hunt

  • Changes in hippocampal gene expression associated with the induction of long-term potentiation

    Lindsay A. Roberts;Michael J. Higgins;Celestine T. O'Shaughnessy;Trevor W. Stone

  • Restored plasticity in a mouse model of neurofibromatosis type 1 via inhibition of hyperactive ERK and CREB.

    Clare Guilding;Kara McNair;Trevor W. Stone;Brian J. Morris

Frequent Co-Authors

Alice Egerton
Alice Egerton King's College London
Nicholas J. Brandon
Nicholas J. Brandon Neumora Therapeutics Inc
William Wisden
William Wisden Imperial College London
Stuart Cobb
Stuart Cobb University of Glasgow
Mark G. Darlison
Mark G. Darlison Edinburgh Napier University
Gavin P. Reynolds
Gavin P. Reynolds Sheffield Hallam University
Stephen P. Hunt
Stephen P. Hunt University College London
Andrew D. Randall
Andrew D. Randall University of Exeter
Andrew A. Hicks
Andrew A. Hicks University of Lübeck

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