Ms Suzy Alexander
Conjoint Research Assistant
Queensland Brain Institute
+61 7 334 66359
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
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 ... Jolly, Lachlan A. (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
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
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
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