Dr Rita Machaalani

• Research interests
• Publications

Research interests

Publications

2009

Kashem, M, Sarker, R, Des Etages, H, Machaalani, R, King, N, McGregor, I, Matsumoto, I. Comparative proteomics in the corpus callosal sub-regions of postmortem human brain. Neurochemistry international. 2009; 55:483-90

Browne, C, Sharma, N, Waters, K, Machaalani, R. The effects of nicotine on the alpha-7 and beta-2 nicotinic acetycholine receptor subunits in the developing piglet brainstem. International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience. 2009; 0:0

Tang, S, Machaalani, R, Kashem, M, Matsumoto, I, Waters, K. Intermittent Hypercapnic Hypoxia Induced Protein Changes in the Piglet Hippocampus Identified by MALDI-TOF-MS. Neurochemical Research. 2009; 34:2215-2225

Machaalani, R, Say, M, Waters, K. Serotoninergic receptor 1A in the sudden infant death syndrome brainstem medulla and associations with clinical risk factors. Acta neuropathologica. 2009; 117:257-65

2008

Tang, S, Machaalani, R, Waters, K. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and TrkB in the piglet brainstem after post-natal nicotine and intermittent hypercapnic hypoxia. Brain research. 2008; 1232:195-205

Machaalani, R, Makris, A, Thornton, C, Hennessy, A. Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor 1 (Flt1) and Apoptosis in the Preeclamptic Placenta and Effects of in vivo Anti-hypertensive Exposure. Hypertension in pregnancy : official journal of the International Society for the Study of Hypertension in Pregnancy. 2008; 27:361-73

Machaalani, R, Waters, K. Neuronal cell death in the Sudden Infant Death Syndrome brainstem and associations with risk factors. Brain. 2008; 131:218-228

2007

Machaalani, R, Radford, J, Waters, K. Tissue fixation effects on immunohistochemical staining of caspase-3 in brain tissue. Applied immunohistochemistry & molecular morphology : AIMM / official publication of the Society for Applied Immunohistochemistry. 2007; 15:463-470

Machaalani, R, Arlotto, M, Waters, K, Gozal, E, Berger, F, Dematteis, M. A Novel Method of Tissue Collection and Storage: Validation Using SELDI-TOF MS Analysis. Clinical chemistry. 2007; 53:1387-1389

Say, M, Machaalani, R, Waters, K. Changes in serotoninergic receptors 1A and 2A in the piglet brainstem after intermittent hypercapnic hypoxia (IHH) and nicotine. Brain research. 2007; 1152:17-26

Machaalani, R, Rodriguez, M, Waters, K. Active caspase-3 in the sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) brainstem. Acta neuropathologica. 2007; 113:577-584

2006

Fanous, A, Machaalani, R, Waters, K. N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor 1 changes in the piglet brainstem after nicotine and/or intermittent hypercapnic-hypoxia. Neuroscience. 2006; 142:401-9

Machaalani, R, Waters, K. Postnatal nicotine and/or intermittent hypercapnic hypoxia effects on apoptotic markers in the developing piglet brainstem medulla. Neuroscience. 2006; 142:107-17

2005

Waters, K, Machaalani, R. Role of NMDA receptors in development of respiratory control. Respiratory physiology & neurobiology. 2005; 149:123-30

Machaalani, R, Waters, K, Tinworth, K. Effects of postnatal nicotine exposure on apoptotic markers in the developing piglet brain. Neuroscience. 2005; 132:325-33

2004

Peiris, T, Machaalani, R, Waters, K. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor mRNA and protein in the piglet brainstem and effects of Intermittent Hypercapnic Hypoxia. Brain research. 2004; 1029:11-23

Waters, K, Machaalani, R. NMDA receptors in the developing brain and effects of noxious insults. Neuro-Signals. 2004; 13:162-74

2003

Machaalani, R, Waters, K. NMDA receptor 1 expression in the brainstem of human infants and its relevance to the sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). Journal of neuropathology and experimental neurology. 2003; 62:1076-1085

Machaalani, R, Waters, K. Increased neuronal cell death after intermittent hypercapnic hypoxia in the developing piglet brainstem. Brain research. 2003; 985:127-134

Machaalani, R, Waters, K. Correlations between brainstem NMDA receptor changes and active neuronal cell death after intermittent hypercapnic hypoxia in the developing piglet. Brain research. 2003; 975:141-8

2002

Relf, B, Machaalani, R, Waters, K. Retrieval of mRNA from paraffin-embedded human infant brain tissue for non-radioactive in situ hybridization using oligonucleotides. Journal Of Neuroscience Methods. 2002; 115:129-136

Machaalani, R, Waters, K. Distribution and quantification of NMDA R1 and mRNA and protein in the piglet brainstem and effects of intermittent hypercapnic hopoxia (IHH). Brain Research. 2002; 951:293-300