ANSTO's research capabilities, led by the OPAL nuclear research reactor and associated instruments provide access to users investigating areas as diverse as materials, life sciences, climate change and mining/engineering.
Publications and Conference Presentations 2006
Peer-reviewed papers
Emett, M., Zaw, M.. Photo-oxidation of Arsenic in Potable Water Supplies. CSIRO Publication in Managing Arsenic in the Environment- From Soil to Human Health. (Edited by R. Naidu et al.). Chapter 21. 379-388 (2006).
Homes, T.P., Mattner, F., Keller, P. A., Katsifis, A. Synthesis and in vitro Binding of N,N-Dialkyl-2-phenylindol-3-ylglyoxylamides for the Peripheral Benzodiazepine Binding Sites. Bioorg Med Chem. 2006;14 (11):3938-3946.
Huang, X. F., Zavitsanou, K., Huang, X., Yu, Y., Wang, H. Q., Chen, F., Lawrence, A. J., Deng, C. Dopamine transporter and D2 receptor binding densities in mice prone or resistant to chronic high fat diet-induced obesity, Behav Brain Res 2006;175:415-419.
Huang, X. F., Han, M., Huang, X., Zavitsanou, K., Deng, C. Olanzapine differentially affects 5-HT 2A and 2C receptor mRNA expression in the rat brain Behav Brain Res. 2006;171(2):355-362. (2006)
Huang, X. F., Deng, C., Zavitsanou, K. Neuropeptide Y mRNA expression levels following chronic olanzapine, clozapine and haloperidol administration in rats. Neuropeptides. 40(3):213-219. (2006)
Mattner, F., Mardon, K., Loc'h, C., Katsifis, A. Pharmacological evaluation of an [123I]labelled imidazopyridine-3-acetamide for the study of benzodiazepine receptors Life Sciences; 79(3): 287-294. (2006)
Mo, L., Cassette, P., Baldock, C. The influence of rejection of a fraction of the single photoelectron peak in liquid scintillation counting. Nuc Instruments Meth Phys Res A. 558: 490-496. (2006)
Mo, L., Reinhard, M. I., Davies, J. B., Alexiev, D., Baldock, C. Calibration of the Capintec CRC-712M dose calibrator for 18F. App. Rad. Isot. 64: 485-489. (2006)
Weidenhofer, J., Yip, J., Zavitsanou, K., Huang, X. F., Chahl, L., Tooney, P. Immunohistochemical localization of the NK1 receptor in the human amygdala : preliminary investigation in schizophrenia Prog Neuro-Psychoph, 30:1313-1321. (2006)
Conference Proceedings
Dedeurwaerdere, S., Gregoire, M. C., Roselt, P., Binns, D., Katsifis, A., Hicks, R., O'Brien, T., Myers, D. 'Evaluation of [18F]fluoroflumazenil for in vivo PET imaging of GABAA/cBZR density in small animal models of epilepsy' American Epilepsy Society Annual Meeting. (2006)
Gallezot, J. D., Delforge, J., Carson, R. E., Gregoire, M. C. 'Modeling of ligand-receptor interactions for a nicotinic agonist: Is it possible to discriminate multiple affinity states in vivo with PET' Neuro-Receptor Mapping Meeting (Neuroimage). (2006)
Huang, X. F., Deng, C., Zavitsanou, K. Differential regulation of brain NPY mRNA in rats treated with olanzapine, clozapine and haloperidol, Proceedings of the 26th Annual Meeting of the Australian Neuroscience Society, ISSN No 1034-3237, Vol 17, pg 105. (2006)
Huang, X., Chao, D., Han, M., Zavitsanou, K., Huang, X. F. Central 5-HT2 receptor mRNA expression pattern following chronic olanzapine treatment in rats, Proceedings of the 26th Annual Meeting of the Australian Neuroscience Society, ISSN No 1034-3237, Vol 17, pg 139. (2006)
Kench, P. L., Quinlivan, M. O., Gregoire, M. C., Berghofer, P., Katsifis, A., Meikle, S. R. 'Performance characteristics of a dual detector small animal SPECT-CT camera' ANZSNM (2006)
Le Van So , Standard Procedure for the preparation of PZC based chromatographic Tc-99m generator to be available for clinical application. Proceedings of the 2003 Workshop on the utilization of Research Reactors, January 12-16, 2004, Serpong , Jakarta , Indonesia, JAEA Conf 2006-001, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, March (2006)
Lin, H. Q., Nguyen, V. N., Ballantyne, P., Berghofer, P., Chapman, J., Katsifis, K., Barb, C., Larkin, M., Burch, W. M. Application of a Tumour Calculation Method to Biodistribution Studies with the Mouse B16F10 Lung Metastasis Model. 15th World Congress of Pharmacology. Beijing, China; July 2-7, (2006)
Mattner, F., Katsifis, A., Mana, P., Linares, D., Ballantyne, P., Berghofer, P., Pham, T., Willenborg, D. 'Evaluation of CLINDE, a radiolabelled peripheral benzodiazepine receptor ligand in a murine model of neuro-inflammation: potential probe for assessing neurodegeneration' Annual Meeting of the Australian Neuroscience Society 31 Jan- 3 Feb 2006, Sydney, Australia. (2006)
Mo, L., Alexiev, D., Baldock, C. Uncertainty evaluation of thermal neutron flux determination over the energy range 0 – 0.625 eV. Proceedings of the International Metrology Conference, April 3-7, 2006, Casablanca, Morocco. (2006)
Newell, K. A., Zavitsanou, K., Huang, X. F. NMDA and muscarinic M1/4 receptor binding density is decreased 2 weeks after, but not immediately after chronic PCP treatment, Proceedings of the 26th Annual Meeting of the Australian Neuroscience Society, ISSN No 1034-3237, Vol 17, pg 105. (2006)
Zavitsanou, K., Nguyen, V.H., Han, M., Katsifis, A., Huang, X. F. Effects of typical and atypical antipsychotic drugs on rat brain muscarinic receptors, Australian Science Society, 26th Annual Meeting, January 31-February 3, 2006, Sydney, NSW, Australia. (2006)
Zavitsanou, K., Nguyen, V. H., Han, M., Katsifis, A., Huang, X. F. Effects of typical and atypical antipsychotic drugs on rat brain muscarinic receptors, Proceedings of the 26th Annual Meeting of the Australian Neuroscience Society, ISSN No 1034-3237, Vol 17, pg 104. (2006)
Zavitsanou, K., Nguyen, V. H., Newell, K., Ballantyne, P., Huang, X. F. Increased [3H]MK801 binding in the cingulated cortex of the rat after a single injection of phencyclidine, Proceedings of the 26th Annual Meeting of the Australian Neuroscience Society, ISSN No 1034-3237, Vol 17, pg 10. (2006)
