Publications

Journal Articles

1. O'Keeffe, S., Beynon, A., Davies, J., Moynagh, P., Coogan, A. & Silver, R. (2017). NF-κB signalling is involved in immune-modulation, but not basal functioning, of the mouse suprachiasmatic circadian clock. European Journal of Neuroscience 45(8), 1111-1123.

   https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa33089 doi:10.1111/ejn.13553
2. Santos, V., Stark, R., Rial, D., Silva, H., Bayliss, J., Lemus, M., Davies, J., Cunha, R., Prediger, R. & Andrews, Z. (2017). Acyl ghrelin improves cognition, synaptic plasticity deficits and neuroinflammation following amyloid beta (Aβ1-40) administration in mice. Journal of Neuroendocrinology

   https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa33091 doi:10.1111/jne.12476
3. Hopkins, A., Nelson, T., Guschina, I., Parsons, L., Lewis, C., Brown, R., Christian, H., Davies, J. & Wells, T. (2017). Unacylated ghrelin promotes adipogenesis in rodent bone marrow via ghrelin O-acyl transferase and GHS-R1a activity: evidence for target cell-induced acylation. Scientific Reports 7, 45541

   https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa33090 doi:10.1038/srep45541
4. Churm, R., Davies, J., Stephens, J. & Prior, S. (2016). Ghrelin function in human obesity and type 2 diabetes: a concise review. Obesity Reviews

   https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa31341 doi:10.1111/obr.12474
5. Golding, D., Rees, D., Davies, J., Relkovic, D., Furby, H., Guschina, I., Hopkins, A., Davies, J., Resnick, J., Isles, A. & Wells, T. (2016). Paradoxical leanness in the imprinting centre deletion mouse model for Prader-Willi syndrome. Journal of Endocrinology, JOE-16-0367

   https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa31060 doi:10.1530/JOE-16-0367
6. Bayliss, J., Lemus, M., Stark, R., Santos, V., Thompson, A., Rees, D., Galic, S., Elsworth, J., Kemp, B., Davies, J. & Andrews, Z. (2016). Ghrelin-AMPK Signaling Mediates the Neuroprotective Effects of Calorie Restriction in Parkinson's Disease. Journal of Neuroscience 36(10), 3049-3063.

   https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa26033 doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4373-15.2016
7. Alquier, T., Bayliss, J., Lemus, M., Santos, V., Deo, M., Davies, J., Kemp, B., Elsworth, J. & Andrews, Z. (2016). Metformin Prevents Nigrostriatal Dopamine Degeneration Independent of AMPK Activation in Dopamine Neurons. PLOS ONE 11(7), e0159381

   https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa29599 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0159381
8. Davies, J. (in press). Short-term calorie restriction enhances adult hippocampal neurogenesis and remote fear memory in a Ghsr-dependent manner. Psychoneuroendocrinology 63

   https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa23742
9. Kent, B., Beynon, A., Hornsby, A., Bekinschtein, P., Bussey, T., Davies, J. & Saksida, L. (in press). The orexigenic hormone acyl-ghrelin increases adult hippocampal neurogenesis and enhances pattern separation. Psychoneuroendocrinology 51

   https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa19690
10. Johnston, A., Kang, J., Shen, W., Pickrell, W., Cushion, T., Davies, J., Baer, K., Mullins, J., Hammond, C., Chung, S., Thomas, R., White, C., Smith, P., Macdonald, R. & Rees, M. (2014). A Novel GABRG2 mutation, p.R136*, in a family with GEFS+ and extended phenotypes. Neurobiology of Disease 64, 131-141.

    https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa18638 doi:10.1016/j.nbd.2013.12.013
11. Beynon, A., Brown, M., Wright, R., Rees, M., Sheldon, I. & Davies, J. (2013). Ghrelin inhibits LPS-induced release of IL-6 from mouse dopaminergic neurones. Journal of Neuroinflammation 10(1), 40

    https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa20494 doi:10.1186/1742-2094-10-40
12. Wells, T. Davies, J. Guschina, I. Ball, D. Davies, J. Davies, V. Evans, B. & Votruba, M. (2012). Opa3, a novel regulator of mitochondrial function, controls thermogenesis and abdominal fat mass in a mouse model for Costeff syndrome. Human Molecular Genetics 21(22), 4836

    https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa12321 doi:doi:10.1093/hmg/dds315
13. Davies, J. Klein, D. & Carter, D. (2011). Selective Genomic Targeting by FRA-2/FOSL2 Transcription Factor: REGULATION OF THE Rgs4 GENE IS MEDIATED BY A VARIANT ACTIVATOR PROTEIN 1 (AP-1) PROMOTER SEQUENCE/CREB-BINDING PROTEIN (CBP) MECHANISM. Journal of Biological Chemistry 286(17), 15227-39.

    https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa9832 doi:10.1074/jbc.M110.201996
14. Glad, C. Kitchen, E. Russ, G. Harris, S. Davies, J. Gevers, E. Gabrielsson, B. & Wells, T. (2011). Reverse Feeding Suppresses the Activity of the GH Axis in Rats and Induces a Preobesogenic State. Endocrinology 152(3), 869

    https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa10231 doi:10.1210/en.2010-0713
15. Davies, J. Kotokorpi, P. Eccles, S. Barnes, S. Tokarczuk, P. Allen, S. Whitworth, H. Guschina, I. Evans, B. Mode, A. Zigman, J. & Wells, T. (2009). Ghrelin Induces Abdominal Obesity Via GHS-R-Dependent Lipid Retention. Molecular Endocrinology 23(6), 914

    https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa9833 doi:10.1210/me.2008-0432
16. El-Kasti, M. Christian, H. Huerta-Ocampo, I. Stolbrink, M. Gill, S. Houston, P. Davies, J. Chilcott, J. Hill, N. Matthews, D. Carter, D. & Wells, T. (2008). The Pregnancy-Induced Increase in Baseline Circulating Growth Hormone in Rats is not Induced by Ghrelin. Journal of Neuroendocrinology 20(3), 309

    https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa9835 doi:10.1111/j.1365-2826.2008.01650.x