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Mrs Suzy Alexander

Industry Fellow
Queensland Brain Institute
suzy.alexander@uq.edu.au

Publications

Book Chapter (1)
Journal Articles (30)
Conference Papers (5)
Data Collection (1)

Book Chapter

Eyles, Darryl, Burne, Thomas H.J., Alexander, Suzy, Cui, Xiaoying and McGrath, John J. (2011). The developmental vitamin D (DVD) model of schizophrenia. Animal Models of Schizophrenia and Related Disorders. (pp. 113-125) edited by Patricio O’Donnell and Wolfgang Walz. New York , NY, U.S.A.: Humana Press. doi: 10.1007/978-1-61779-157-4_5

Journal Articles

Cui, Xiaoying, Pertile, Renata Aparecida Nedel, Alexander, Suzy, Ali, Asad and Eyles, Darryl (2026). Developmental-vitamin D deficiency epigenetically regulates cell cycling genes in the embryonic mesencephalon via DNA methylation. Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 261 107015, 107015. doi: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2026.107015
Conn, Kyna-Anne, Das, Joyosmita, Alexander, Suzy, Burne, Thomas HJ. and Kesby, James P. (2025). Suppression of the dorsomedial striatum impairs reversal learning in response to probabilistic uncertainty and disrupts corticostriatal function in mice. Neuropharmacology, 278 110568, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2025.110568
Flintoff, Jonathan Martin, Alexander, Suzy, Kesby, James Paul and Burne, Thomas Henry (2024). The dynamic strategy shifting task: Optimisation of an operant task for assessing cognitive flexibility in rats. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 15 1303728, 1-16. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1303728
Akefe, Isaac O, Saber, Saber H., Matthews, Benjamin, Venkatesh, Bharat G., Gormal, Rachel S., Blackmore, Daniel G., Alexander, Suzy, Sieriecki, Emma, Gambin, Yann, Bertran-Gonzalez, Jesus, Vitale, Nicolas, Humeau, Yann, Gaudin, Arnaud, Ellis, Sevannah A., Michaels, Alysee A., Xue, Mingshan, Cravatt, Benjamin, Joensuu, Merja, Wallis, Tristan P. and Meunier, Frédéric A. (2024). The DDHD2-STXBP1 interaction mediates long-term memory via generation of saturated free fatty acids. The EMBO Journal, 43 (4), 533-567. doi: 10.1038/s44318-024-00030-7
Conn, Kyna-Anne, Alexander, Suzy, Burne, Thomas H.J. and Kesby, James P. (2023). Antagonism of D2 receptors via raclopride ameliorates amphetamine-induced associative learning deficits in male mice. Behavioural Brain Research, 454 114649, 114649. doi: 10.1016/j.bbr.2023.114649
Young, Madison K., Conn, Kyna-Anne, Das, Joyosmita, Zou, Simin, Alexander, Suzy, Burne, Thomas H.J. and Kesby, James P. (2023). Activity in the dorsomedial striatum underlies serial reversal learning performance under probabilistic uncertainty. Biological Psychiatry Global Open Science, 3 (4), 1030-1041. doi: 10.1016/j.bpsgos.2022.08.005
Madge, Harrison Y. R., Alexander, Suzy, Azuar, Armira, Zhang, Jiahui, Koirala, Prashamsa, Burne, Thomas H., Toth, Istvan and Stephenson, Rachel J. (2023). Synthetic anti-cocaine nanoaccine successfully prevents cocaine-induced hyperlocomotion. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 66 (17), 12407-12419. doi: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.3c00889
Conn, Kyna-Anne, Zou, Simin, Das, Joyosmita, Alexander, Suzy, Burne, Thomas HJ. and Kesby, James P. (2023). Activating the dorsomedial and ventral midbrain projections to the striatum differentially impairs goal-directed action in male mice. Neuropharmacology, 234 109550, 109550. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2023.109550
Tamang, Man Kumar, Ali, Asad, Pertile, Renata Nedel, Cui, Xiaoying, Alexander, Suzy, Nitert, Marloes Dekker, Palmieri, Chiara and Eyles, Darryl (2023). Developmental vitamin D-deficiency produces autism-relevant behaviours and gut-health associated alterations in a rat model. Translational Psychiatry, 13 (1) 204, 1-12. doi: 10.1038/s41398-023-02513-3
Brandon, Anastasia, Cui, Xiaoying, Luan, Wei, Ali, Asad Amanat, Pertile, Renata Aparecida Nedel, Alexander, Suzanne Adele and Eyles, Darryl Walter (2022). Prenatal hypoxia alters the early ontogeny of dopamine neurons. Translational Psychiatry, 12 (1) 238, 238. doi: 10.1038/s41398-022-02005-w
Al-Amin, Md. Mamun, Sullivan, Robert K. P., Alexander, Suzy, Carter, David A., Bradford, DanaKai and Burne, Thomas H. J. (2022). Impaired spatial memory in adult vitamin D deficient BALB/c mice is associated with reductions in spine density, nitric oxide, and neural nitric oxide synthase in the hippocampus. AIMS Neuroscience, 9 (1), 31-56. doi: 10.3934/Neuroscience.2022004
Ali, Asad, Alexander, Suzanne, Ko, Pauline, Cuffe, James S. M., Whitehouse, Andrew J. O., McGrath, John J. and Eyles, Darryl (2021). Developmental vitamin D deficiency in pregnant rats does not induce preeclampsia. Nutrients, 13 (12) 4254, 4254. doi: 10.3390/nu13124254
Kojic, Marija, Gawda, Tomasz, Gaik, Monika, Begg, Alexander, Salerno-Kochan, Anna, Kurniawan, Nyoman D., Jones, Alun, Drożdżyk, Katarzyna, Kościelniak, Anna, Chramiec-Głąbik, Andrzej, Hediyeh-Zadeh, Soroor, Kasherman, Maria, Shim, Woo Jun, Sinniah, Enakshi, Genovesi, Laura A., Abrahamsen, Rannvá K., Fenger, Christina D., Madsen, Camilla G., Cohen, Julie S., Fatemi, Ali, Stark, Zornitza, Lunke, Sebastian, Lee, Joy, Hansen, Jonas K., Boxill, Martin F., Keren, Boris, Marey, Isabelle, Saenz, Margarita S., Brown, Kathleen ... Wainwright, Brandon J. (2021). Elp2 mutations perturb the epitranscriptome and lead to a complex neurodevelopmental phenotype. Nature Communications, 12 (1) 2678, 2678. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-22888-5
Ali, Asad Amanat, Cui, Xiaoying, Pertile, Renata Aparecida Nedel, Li, Xiang, Medley, Gregory, Alexander, Suzanne Adele, Whitehouse, Andrew J. O., McGrath, John J. and Eyles, Darryl Walter (2020). Developmental vitamin D deficiency increases foetal exposure to testosterone. Molecular Autisum, 11 (1) 96, 96. doi: 10.1186/s13229-020-00399-2
Johnson, Brett V., Kumar, Raman, Oishi, Sabrina, Alexander, Suzy, Kasherman, Maria, Vega, Michelle Sanchez, Ivancevic, Atma, Gardner, Alison, Domingo, Deepti, Corbett, Mark, Parnell, Euan, Yoon, Sehyoun, Oh, Tracey, Lines, Matthew, Lefroy, Henrietta, Kini, Usha, Van Allen, Margot, Grønborg, Sabine, Mercier, Sandra, Küry, Sébastien, Bézieau, Stéphane, Pasquier, Laurent, Raynaud, Martine, Afenjar, Alexandra, Billette de Villemeur, Thierry, Keren, Boris, Désir, Julie, Van Maldergem, Lionel, Marangoni, Martina ... Undiagnosed Diseases Network (2020). Partial loss of USP9X function leads to a male neurodevelopmental and behavioural disorder converging on TGFβ signalling. Biological Psychiatry, 87 (2), 100-112. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2019.05.028
Overeem, Kathie, Alexander, Suzy, Burne, Thomas H J, Ko, Pauline and Eyles, Darryl W (2019). Developmental vitamin D deficiency in the rat impairs recognition memory, but has no effect on social approach or hedonia. Nutrients, 11 (11) 2713, 2713. doi: 10.3390/nu11112713
Ali, Asad, Vasileva, Svetlina, Langguth, Mia, Alexander, Suzanne, Cui, Xiaoying, Whitehouse, Andrew, McGrath, John J. and Eyles, Darryl (2019). Developmental vitamin D deficiency produces behavioral phenotypes of relevance to Autism in an animal model. Nutrients, 11 (5) 1187, 1187. doi: 10.3390/nu11051187
Lefevre, Emilia, Gooch, Helen, Josh, Peter, Alexander, Suzy, Eyles, Darryl W. and Burne, Thomas H. J. (2018). Functional and molecular changes in the nucleus accumbens of MK-801-sensitized rats. Behavioural Pharmacology, 30 (5), 1-395. doi: 10.1097/FBP.0000000000000447
Langguth, M., Fassin, M., Alexander, S., Turner, K. M. and Burne, T. H. J. (2018). No effect of prenatal vitamin D deficiency on autism-relevant behaviours in multiple inbred strains of mice. Behavioural Brain Research, 348, 42-52. doi: 10.1016/j.bbr.2018.04.004
Ali, Asad, Cui, Xiaoying, Alexander, Suzanne and Eyles, Darryl (2018). The placental immune response is dysregulated developmentally vitamin D deficient rats: Relevance to autism. The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 180, 73-80. doi: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2018.01.015
Kesby, James P., Turner, Karly M., Alexander, Suzanne, Eyles, Darryl W., McGrath, John J. and Burne, Thomas H.J. (2017). Developmental vitamin D deficiency alters multiple neurotransmitter systems in the neonatal rat brain. International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience, 62 (C), 1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2017.07.002
Lefevre, Emilia M., Medley, Gregory A., Reeks, Timothy, Alexander, Suzy, Burne, Thomas H. J. and Eyles, Darryl W. (2017). Effect of the glucocorticoid receptor antagonist RU486 on MK-801 induced behavioural sensitization. PLoS One, 12 (4) e0176156, e0176156. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0176156
Luan, Wei, Hammond, Luke Alexander, Cotter, Edmund, Osborne, Geoffrey William, Alexander, Suzanne Adele, Nink, Virginia, Cui, Xiaoying and Eyles, Darryl Walter (2017). Developmental vitamin D (DVD) deficiency reduces Nurr1 and TH expression in post-mitotic dopamine neurons in rat mesencephalon. Molecular Neurobiology, 55 (3), 2443-2453. doi: 10.1007/s12035-017-0497-3
Moe, Aung Aung Kywe, Kurniawan, Nyoman D., Alexander, Suzanne, Cui, Xiaoying, Burne, Thomas H. J. and Eyles, Darryl W. (2016). Risperidone induces long-lasting changes in the conditioned avoidance response and accumbal gene expression selectively in animals treated as adolescents. Neuropharmacology, 108, 264-274. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2016.04.035
Oishi, Sabrina, Premaratne, Susitha, Harvey, Tracey J., Iyer, Swati, Dixon, Chantelle, Alexander, Suzanne, Burne, Thomas H. J., Wood, Stephen A. and Piper, Michael (2016). Usp9x-deficiency disrupts the morphological development of the postnatal hippocampal dentate gyrus. Scientific Reports, 6 (1) 25783, 25783.1-25783.13. doi: 10.1038/srep25783
Cui, Xiaoying, Lefevre, Emilia, Turner, Karly M., Coelho, Carlos M., Alexander, Suzy, Burne, Thomas H. J. and Eyles, Darryl W. (2014). MK-801-induced behavioural sensitisation alters dopamine release and turnover in rat prefrontal cortex. Psychopharmacology, 232 (3), 509-517. doi: 10.1007/s00213-014-3689-9
Burne, T. H. J., Alexander, S., Turner, K. M., Eyles, D. W. and McGrath, J. J. (2014). Developmentally vitamin D-deficient rats show enhanced prepulse inhibition after acute δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol. Behavioural Pharmacology, 25 (3), 236-244. doi: 10.1097/FBP.0000000000000041
Lanham, S. A., Roberts, C., Habgood, A. K., Alexander, S., Burne, T. H. J., Eyles, D. W., Trueman, C. N., Cooper, M., McGrath, J. J. and Oreffo, R. O. C. (2013). Effect of vitamin D deficiency during pregnancy on offspring bone structure, composition and quality in later life. Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease, 4 (1), 49-55. doi: 10.1017/S2040174412000542
Kesby, James P., O'Loan, Jonathan C., Alexander, Suzanne, Deng, Chao, Huang, Xu-Feng, McGrath, John J., Eyles, Darryl W. and Burne, Thomas H. J. (2012). Developmental vitamin D deficiency alters MK-801-induced behaviours in adult offspring. Psychopharmacology, 220 (3), 455-463. doi: 10.1007/s00213-011-2492-0
Burne, Thomas H.J., O'Loan, Jonathan, Splatt, Karisha, Alexander, Suzanne, McGrath, John J. and Eyles, Darryl (2011). Developmental vitamin D (DVD) deficiency alters pup retrieval but not isolation-induced pup ultrasonic vocalizations in the rat. Physiology and Behavior, 102 (2), 201-204. doi: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2010.11.006

Conference Papers

Madge, Harrison, Alexander, Suzy, Azuar, Armira, Zhang, Jiahui, Koirala, Prashamsa, Burne, Thomas, Toth, Istvan and Stephenson, Rachel (2024). Synthetic anti-cocaine nano-vaccine successfully prevents cocaine-induced hyperlocomotion. 37th European Peptide Symposium 14th International Peptide Symposium, Florence, Italy, 25-29 August 2024. Oxford, United Kingdom: John Wiley & Sons.
Luan, W., Alexander, S., Osborne, G., Nink, V., Cui, X. and Eyles, D. (2015). Histo-cytometric analysis of prenatal mesencephalic dopaminergic terminal specification based on NURR1 and tyrosine hydroxylase. 25th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for Neurochemistry Jointly with the 13th Meeting of the Asian Pacific Society for Neurochemistry in Conjunction with the 35th Meeting of the Australasian Neuroscience Society, Cairns, QLD Australia, 23-27 August 2015. Chichester, West Sussex United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell. doi: 10.1111/jnc.13188
Moe, A. A. K., Cui, X., Kurniawan, N. D., Alexander, S., Burne, T. H. J. and Eyles, D. W. (2015). Differential short- and long-term behavioural effects of chronic antipsychotic treatment in adolescent and adult rats. 25th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for Neurochemistry Jointly with the 13th Meeting of the Asian Pacific Society for Neurochemistry in Conjunction with the 35th Meeting of the Australasian Neuroscience Society, Cairns, QLD Australia, 23-27 August 2015. Chichester, West Sussex United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell. doi: 10.1111/jnc.13188
Burne, Thomas H., Turner, K., Alexander, S., Eyles, D. W. and McGrath, J. (2011). Modelling cognitive symptoms in the DVD-deficient rodent model of schizophrenia. 13th International Congress on Schizophrenia Research (ICOSR), Colorado Springs CO, United States, 2-6 April 2011. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/schbul/sbq173
Lanham, Stuart, Roberts, Carol, Habgood, Angela, Alexander, Suzanne, Burne, Thomas H. J., Eyles, Darryl W., Trueman, Clive N., Cooper, Matthew, Cooper, Cyrus, McGrath, John J. and Oreffo, Richard O. C. (2011). Maternal vitamin D deficiency effects offspring bone quality throughout the lifecourse. World Congress on Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (7th, DOHaD, 2011), Portland, Oregon, U.S.A., 18-21 September 2011. CAMBRIDGE: CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS. doi: 10.1017/S2040174411000481

Data Collection

Eyles, Darryl, Vasileva, Svetlina, Siskind, Dan, Alexander, Suzy, Gratten, Jake, Ko, Pauline and Vasileva, Svetlina (2024). TRS-BIOME. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/23fd2eb
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