Professor Roger Dampney

• Research interests
• Competitive grants
• Publications

Research interests

Current national competitive grants

Publications

2010

Iigaya, K, Horiuchi, J, McDowall, L, Dampney, R. Topographical specificity of regulation of respiratory and renal sympathetic activity by the midbrain dorsolateral periaqueductal gray. American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology. 2010; :

2009

Dampney, R. Blood pressure regulation by C1 neurons in the rostral ventrolateral medulla: new light on the subject. The Journal of Physiology. 2009; 587:5513

Horiuchi, J, McDowall, L, Dampney, R. Vasomotor and respiratory responses evoked from the dorsolateral periaqueductal grey are mediated by the dorsomedial hypothalamus. The Journal of Physiology. 2009; 587:5149-5162

2008

Horiuchi, J, McDowall, L, Dampney, R. Role of 5-HT(1A) receptors in the lower brainstem on the cardiovascular response to dorsomedial hypothalamus activation. Autonomic neuroscience : basic & clinical. 2008; 142:71-6

Dampney, R, Horiuchi, J, McDowall, L. Hypothalamic mechanisms coordinating cardiorespiratory function during exercise and defensive behaviour. Autonomic neuroscience : basic & clinical. 2008; 142:3-10

Dampney, R. Brain Angiotensin and Heart Failure. Further Evidence for a Critical Role of Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases. Hypertension. 2008; 52:621-2

Dampney, R. Is the RVLM a key site for sex-related differences in blood pressure regulation? Focus on "Sex differences in angiotensin signaling in bulbospinal neurons...". American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology. 2008; 295:R1147-8

Dampney, R. Cardiovascular and Respiratory Reflexes: Physiology and Pharmacology. In: Clinical Autonomic Disorders. Baltimore: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins 2008. p. 43-56.

2007

Tan, P, Killlinger, S, Horiuchi, J, Dampney, R. BARORECEPTOR REFLEX MODULATION BY CIRCULATING ANGIOTENSIN II IS MEDIATED BY AT1 RECEPTORS IN THE NUCLEUS TRACTUS SOLITARII. American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology. 2007; 293:R2267-78

McDowall, L, Horiuchi, J, Dampney, R. EFFECTS OF DISINHIBITION OF NEURONS IN THE DORSOMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMUS ON CENTRAL RESPIRATORY DRIVE. American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology. 2007; 293:R1728-35

Dampney, R, Tan, P, Sheriff, M, Fontes, M, Horiuchi, J. Cardiovascular effects of angiotensin II in the rostral ventrolateral medulla: the push-pull hypothesis. Current hypertension reports. 2007; 9:222-227

Pickering, A, Paton, J, Dampney, R, Polson, J, Boscan, P. Differential baroreflex control of sympathetic drive by angiotensin II in the nucleus tractus solitarii. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-REGULATORY INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY. 2007; 293:R1954-R1960

2006

Horiuchi, J, McDowall, L, Dampney, R. Differential control of cardiac and sympathetic vasomotor activity from the dorsomedial hypothalamus. Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology. 2006; 33:1265-8

McDowall, L, Dampney, R. Calculation of the Threshold and Saturation Points of Sigmoidal Baroreflex Function Curves. American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology. 2006; 291:H2003-7

Dampney, R. Angiotensin type 1A receptors on glial cells in rostral ventrolateral medulla and hypertension. Hypertension. 2006; 47:1052-3

McDowall, L, Horiuchi, J, Killinger, S, Dampney, R. Modulation of the Baroreceptor Reflex by the Dorsomedial Hypothalamic Nucleus and Perifornical Area. American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology. 2006; 290:R1020-6

McDowall, L, Horiuchi, J, Killinger, S, Dampney, R. Modulation of the baroreceptor reflex by the dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleus and perifornical area. American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology. 2006; 290:R1020-R1026

Sheriff, M, Fontes, M, Killinger, S, Horiuchi, J, Dampney, R. Blockade of AT1 receptors in the rostral ventrolateral medulla increases sympathetic activity under hypoxic conditions. American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology. 2006; 290:R733-40

Horiuchi, J, Dampney, R. Sympathetic descending pathway and neuro-transmitters of the cardiovascular response during acute stress. Neuroscience Research. 2006; 55:S21-S21

2005

Dampney, R. Neural mechanisms in obesity-related hypertension. Experimental Physiology. 2005; 90:671-671

McDowall, L, Killinger, S, Dampney, R. Baroreflex modulation rather than inhibition by disinhibition of nuclei in the vicinity of the hypothalamic defence area. Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology. 2005; 32:A22-A22

Tan, P, Dampney, R. The role of AT1 receptors in the area postrema in the modulation of the cardiac and sympathetic components of the baroreflex by circulating angiotensin II. Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology. 2005; 32:A2-A2

Horiuchi, J, Wakabayashi, S, Dampney, R. Activation of 5-hydroxytryptamine 1A receptors suppresses the cardiovascular response evoked from the dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleus. Hypertension. 2005; 46:173-9

Dampney, R, Sheriff, M, Horiuchi, J, Killinger, S, Carrive, P. Effect of chronic angiotensin II infusion on the cardiovascular response to disinhibition of the paraventricular and dorsomedial hypothalamic nuclei. Faseb Journal. 2005; 19:A1587-A1588

Horiuchi, J, Wakabayashi, S, Dampney, R. Role of 5-HT1A receptors in the cardiovascular response elicited from the dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleus in the rat. Faseb Journal. 2005; 19:A598-A598

McDowall, L, Horiuchi, J, Killinger, S, Dampney, R. The dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleus and perifornical area modulate rather than inhibit the baroreflex in rats. Faseb Journal. 2005; 19:A598-A598

Sheriff, M, Fontes, M, Killinger, S, Dampney, R. Blockade of angiotensin type 1 receptors (AT1) in the rostral ventrolateral medulla increases sympathetic activity under hypoxic conditions. Faseb Journal. 2005; 19:A593-A593

Tan, P, Potas, J, Killinger, S, Horiuchi, J, Goodchild, A, Pilowsky, P, Dampney, R. Angiotensin II evokes hypotension and renal sympathoinhibition from a highly restricted region in the nucleus tractus solitarii. Brain research. 2005; 1036:70-6

Dampney, R, Horiuchi, J, Killinger, S, Sheriff, M, Tan, P, McDowall, L. Long-term regulation of arterial blood pressure by hypothalamic nuclei: some critical questions. Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology. 2005; 32:419-25

2004

Horiuchi, J, Killinger, S, Dampney, R. Contribution to sympathetic vasomotor tone of tonic glutamatergic inputs to neurons in the RVLM. American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology. 2004; 287:R1335-43

Horiuchi, J, McAllen, R, Allen, A, Killinger, S, Fontes, M, Dampney, R. Descending vasomotor pathways from the dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleus: role of medullary raphe and RVLM. American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology. 2004; 287:R824-32

Potas, J, Briscoe, H, Horiuchi, J, Killinger, S, Dampney, R. Renal sympathetic and cardiac changes associated with anaphylactic hypotension. Autonomic neuroscience : basic & clinical. 2004; 112:25-30

Potas, J, Dampney, R. Evidence that venoconstriction reverses the phase II sympathoinhibitory and bradycardic response to haemorrhage. Autonomic neuroscience : basic & clinical. 2004; 111:1-6

2003

Dampney, R, Horiuchi, J. Functional organisation of central cardiovascular pathways: studies using c-fos gene expression. Progress in neurobiology. 2003; 71:359-84

Dampney, R, Polson, J, Potts, P, Hirooka, Y, Horiuchi, J. Functional organization of brain pathways subserving the baroreceptor reflex: studies in conscious animals using immediate early gene expression. Cellular and molecular neurobiology. 2003; 23:597-616

Marsh, A, Fontes, M, Killinger, S, Pawlak, D, Polson, J, Dampney, R. Cardiovascular responses evoked by leptin acting on neurons in the ventromedial and dorsomedial hypothalamus. Hypertension. 2003; 42:488-93

Potas, J, Dampney, R. Sympathoinhibitory pathway from caudal midline medulla to RVLM is independent of baroreceptor reflex pathway. American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology. 2003; 284:R1071-8

Dampney, R, Horiuchi, J, Tagawa, T, Fontes, M, Potts, P, Polson, J. Medullary and supramedullary mechanisms regulating sympathetic vasomotor tone. Acta physiologica Scandinavica. 2003; 177:209-18

2002

Polson, J, Mrljak, S, Potts, P, Dampney, R. Fos expression in spinally projecting neurons after hypotension in the conscious rabbit. Autonomic neuroscience : basic & clinical. 2002; 100:10-20

Horiuchi, J, Dampney, R. Evidence for tonic disinhibition of RVLM sympathoexcitatory neurons from the caudal pressor area. Autonomic neuroscience : basic & clinical. 2002; 99:102-10

Dampney, R, Coleman, M, Fontes, M, Hirooka, Y, Horiuchi, J, Li, Y, Polson, J, Potts, P, Tagawa, T. Central mechanisms underlying short- and long-term regulation of the cardiovascular system. Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology. 2002; 29:261-8

Dampney, R, Fontes, M, Hirooka, Y, Horiuchi, J, Potts, P, Tagawa, T. Role of angiotensin II receptors in the regulation of vasomotor neurons in the ventrolateral medulla. Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology. 2002; 29:467-72

2001

Fontes, M, Tagawa, T, Polson, J, Cavanagh, S, Dampney, R. Descending pathways mediating cardiovascular response from dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleus. American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology. 2001; 280:H2891-901

Evans, R, Ventura, S, Dampney, R, Ludbrook, J. Neural mechanisms in the cardiovascular responses to acute central hypovolaemia. Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology. 2001; 297:446-457

2000

Tagawa, T, Fontes, M, Dampney, R, Allen, A, Potts, P. The physiological role of AT1 receptors in the ventrolateral medulla. Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research. 2000; 33:643-652

Dampney, R, Ludbrook, J, Gillman-Gaspari, T, Horiuchi, J, Potts, P. Activation of brain neurons following central hypervolaemia and hypovolaemia: contribution of baroreceptor and non-baroreceptor inputs. Neuroscience. 2000; 95:499-511

Dampney, R, Allen, A, Horiuchi, J, Potts, P. Does angiotensin II have a significant tonic action on cardiovascular neurons in the rostral and caudal VLM?. American Journal of Physiology: Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology. 2000; 279:R1392-R1402

Dampney, R, Horiuchi, J, Coleman, M, Potts, P. The cardiovascular effects of angiotensin-(1-7) in the rostral and caudal ventrolateral medulla of the rabbit. Brain Research. 2000; 877:58-64

Dampney, R, Tagawa, T, Horiuchi, J, Fontes, M, Polson, J, Potts, P. What drives the tonic activity of presympathetic neurons in the rostral ventrolateral medulla?. Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology. 2000; 27:1049-1053