The Ritchie Centre

2008 Publications

Journal Articles
Cassaglia PA, Griffiths RI, Walker AM (2008) Sympathetic nerve activity in the superior cervical ganglia increases in response to imposed increases in arterial pressure. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 294:R1255-1261.

Edwards BA, Sands SA, Skuza EM, Stockx EM, Brodecky V, Wilkinson MH, Berger PJ (2008) Increased peripheral chemosensitivity via dopaminergic manipulation promotes respiratory instability in lambs. Respir Physiol Neurobiol 164:419-428.

Fischer D, Schloesser R, Buxmann H, Veldman A (2008) Recombinant activated Factor VII as a hemostatic agent in very low birth weight preterms with gastrointestinal hemorrhage and disseminated intravascular coagulation. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol 30:337-342.

Fitzgerald DA, Massie RJ, Nixon GM, Jaffe A, Wilson A, Landau LI, Twiss J, Smith G, Wainwright C, Harris M (2008) Infants with chronic neonatal lung disease: recommendations for the use of home oxygen therapy. Med J Aust 189:578-582.

Goff EA, O'Driscoll DM, Simonds AK, Trinder J, Morrell MJ (2008) The cardiovascular response to arousal from sleep decreases with age in healthy adults. Sleep 31:1009-1017.

Hamilton GS, Solin P, Walker A (2008) Coronary blood flow becomes uncoupled from myocardial work during obstructive sleep apnea in the presence of endothelial dysfunction. Sleep 31:809-816.

Hsiao KH, Nixon GM (2008) The effect of treatment of obstructive sleep apnea on quality of life in children with cerebral palsy. Res Dev Disabil 29:133-140.

Nixon GM, Charbonneau I, Kermack AS, Brouillette RT, McFarland DH (2008) Respiratory-swallowing interactions during sleep in premature infants at term.   Respir Physiol Neurobiol 160:76-82.

Nixon GM, Thompson JM, Han DY, Becroft DM, Clark PM, Robinson E, Waldie KE, Wild CJ, Black PN, Mitchell EA (2008) Short sleep duration in middle childhood: risk factors and consequences. Sleep 31:71-78.

Richardson HL, Walker AM, Horne RS (2008) Sleep position alters arousal processes maximally at the high-risk age for sudden infant death syndrome. J Sleep Res 17:450-457.

Spruyt K, Aitken RJ, So K, Charlton M, Adamson TM, Horne RS (2008) Relationship between sleep/wake patterns, temperament and overall development in term infants over the first year of life. Early Hum Dev 84:289-296.

Stockx EM, Cooke IR, Berger PJ (2008) In utero model for pharmacologically investigating spontaneous activity during early ontogeny. J Neurosci Methods 171:53-59.

Tonkin SL, McIntosh CG, Nixon GM, Rowley S, Gunn AJ (2008) Can we reduce episodes of haemoglobin desaturation in full-term babies restrained in car seats?   Acta Paediatr 97:105-111.

Verbeek MM, Richardson HL, Parslow PM, Walker AM, Harding R, Horne RS (2008) Arousal and ventilatory responses to mild hypoxia in sleeping preterm infants. J Sleep Res 17:344-353.

Witcombe NB, Yiallourou SR, Walker AM, Horne RS (2008) Blood pressure and heart rate patterns during sleep are altered in preterm-born infants: implications for sudden infant death syndrome. Pediatrics 122:e1242-1248.

Wong FY, Barfield CP, Campbell L, Brodecky VA, Walker AM (2008) Validation of cerebral venous oxygenation measured using near-infrared spectroscopy and partial jugular venous occlusion in the newborn lamb. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab 28:74-80.

Wong FY, Leung TS, Austin T, Wilkinson M, Meek JH, Wyatt JS, Walker AM (2008) Impaired autoregulation in preterm infants identified by using spatially resolved spectroscopy. Pediatrics 121:e604-611.

Yiallourou SR, Walker AM, Horne RS (2008) Effects of sleeping position on development of infant cardiovascular control.   Arch Dis Child 93:868-872.

Yiallourou SR, Walker AM, Horne RS (2008) Prone sleeping impairs circulatory control during sleep in healthy term infants: implications for SIDS. Sleep 31:1139-1146.