Academic Qualifications
1963 Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical) [Melbourne]
1977 Doctor of Science (Neuroscience) [Sydney]
Awards and Honours
1981 Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
1989 - 1991 President, Australian Neuroscience Society
1996 Ramaciotti Medal (Ramaciotti Foundation)
1999 Burnet Medal (Australian Academy of Science)
2001 Distinguished Achievement Medallion (Australian Neuroscience
Society)
2001 Officer, Order of Australia (AO)
2001- 2003 President, International Society for Autonomic Neuroscience
2001- University Chair (University of Sydney)
2001 Excellence in Science (Tall Poppy) Award (Australian Institute
of Political Science)
2002 Academia Ophthalmologica Internationalis Award
2003 Centenary Medal
Awards of the National Heart Foundation for
Excellence in Research
1996 Goddard Research Award
1998 Renensson Research Award
1999 Malcolm Research Award
2000 Almgren Research Award
2001 Almgren Research Award
Recent Academic Appointments
1982 - 1990 Director, Special Research Centre of Excellence
in Neurobiology (ARC), University of Sydney
1983 - 2000 Professor of Physiology (Personal Chair), University
of Sydney
2001 - Professor & University Chair, University of Sydney
Recent Invited Lectures
1996 Opening Plenary Lecture, World Congress of Neuroscience
(Kyoto)
1999 Burnet Lecture, Australian Academy of Science (Canberra)
1999 Cade Lecture, Mental Health Institute (Melbourne)
2001 Sesquicentenary Lecture of the University of Sydney (Sydney)
2001 Doyle Lecture, High Blood Pressure Research Council of
Australia (Melbourne)
2001 Plenary Lecture, International Conference, Research Society
on Alcoholism (Montreal)
2002 Featured Speaker, XIV World Congress of Cardiology (Sydney)
2002 Academia Ophthalmologica Internationalis Oration (Sydney)
Recent Government
Appointments
2003 National Research Infrastructure Task Force (DEST) Working
Party
2003 Brain and Mind Disorders (PMSEIC)
2001-2007 Neuroscience and Neurology National Programs (NHMRC)
Recent Appointments to
Boards and Councils
2003 - Mental Health Research Institute (Vic, Member, Advisory
Council)
2003 - Brain and Mind Australia (Chair)
2003 - Neuroscience and Mental Health Ltd (Convenor)
2002 - Mental Health and Neuroscience Institute (Chair of Advisory
Council)
2002- Mental Health Council of Australia (Member of Board,
pending)
2002 - Neuroscience Australia Ltd (Director on Board)
2002 - Institute for Biomedical Research (Member of Board)
2001 - 2003 International Society for Autonomic Neuroscience
(Chair of Council)
1996 - 2001 International Brain Research Organization (Member
of Council)
Theses
1965 MSc Thesis, Melbourne University: A study of transmission
from autonomic nerves to smooth muscle
1967 PhD Thesis, Melbourne University: A study of transmission
from autonomic nerves to smooth muscle
International Committees
International Union of Physiological Sciences, Scientific Committee
(Member) 1980 - 1983
International Brain Research Organization, Council (Member)
1989-1991
International Society for Autonomic Neuroscience (ISAN), Inaugral
Committee (Chair) 1994 - 1996
World Congress of Neurosciences, Scientific Committee (Member)
1994
International Society for Autonomic Neuroscience, Council (Executive
President), 1996 - 1998
International Catecholamine Conference, Scientific Committee
(Member), 2000 -
International Society for Autonomic Neuroscience, President,
2001 - 2003
National Committees
Federation of Australian Scientific & Technological Societies
[FASTS], Inaugural Committee (Chair) 1984 - 1986
Australian Societies for Experimental Biology, Planning Committee
for Bicentenary of Medical and
Biological Sciences in Australia (Chair) 1985 - 1988
Other National Committees
Churchill Trust (NSW Panel) 2003-
Australian Neural Networks Inaugural Conference (Co-Chair)
1990
Australia Prize Committee (Member) 1992
Australia Prize Sub-Committee (Member) 1995
Australian Medial Research and Development Corporation (Advisory
Member) 1992 - 1997
Monash University Science Review (Member) 1992
Australian National University Neuroscience Reviews (Chair)
1986, 1988, 1989
Australian National University School of Biological Sciences
Review (Member) 1986
Australian National University John Curtin School Review (Member)
1988
Australian National University Development Committee Reviews
1989 - 1992
Australian Academy of Sciences
National Committee for Physiology (Chair) 1984 - 1986
Annual General Meeting Symposium on Science and Society (Chair)
1986
Frederick White Research Prize (Chair) 1989
Sectional Committee 8 for Election (Chair) 1988 - 1989
Science Policy Committee (Member) 1985 - 1995
Australian Science and Technology Information Service (Member)
1988 - 1989
Sectional Committees 6 and 8 for Election (Member) 1983 - 1987
Boden Conference Research Committee (Member) 1988 - 1996
Science and Industry Forum (Member) 1990 - 1993
Science Policy Committee (NSW) (Member) 1991 - 1994
Australian Human Frontiers Program Entry Committee (Member)
1989 - 1990
Austraila's Science Future, Mind and Brain Symposium (Chair)
2000
University of Sydney
Institute for Biomedical Research (IBR), Inaugral Committee
(Chair) 1995 - 1996
Sydney University Neuroscience (SUN), Convenor 2000 -
Recent Editorship of Journals
Journal of the Autonomic Nervous System (Review Editor)
1997 -
Neuroscience News (Associate Editor) 1997 -
Progress in Neurobiology (Associate Editor) 1997 -
NeuroReport (Editor) 2001 -
Books & Monographs
'Autonomic Neuromuscular Transmission'
Publisher: Cambridge University Press; ISBN 0521084636
'Optimising Research and Development in Australia'
Publisher: Australian Academy of Science; ISBN 0858471388
'The Idea of Consciousness: Synapses and the Mind'
Publisher: Harwood Academic; ISBN 9057022036
'History of the Synapse'
Publisher: Harwood Academic; IISBN 9058231321
'Philosophical Foundations of Neuroscience'
Publisher: Blackwell; In press(with P.M.S.Hacker)
Publications 1963 - 2002
1. Bennett, M.R., Burnstock, G. & Holman, M.E. (1963) Effect
of potassium and chloride ions on inhibitory potential recorded
in guinea-pig taenia coli. J Physiol. (Lond.) 169: P33.
2. Burnstock, G., Campbell, G., Bennett, M. & Holman, M.E.
(1963) The effects of drugs on transmission of inhibition from
autonomic nerves to smooth muscle of guinea pig taenia coli. Biochem.
Pharmacol. 12 (Suppl.): 134.
3. Burnstock, G, Campbell, G, Bennett, M. & Holman, M.E.
(1963) Inhibition of
smooth muscle of taenia coli. Nature (Lond.) 200: 581-582.
4. Bennett, M.R. (1966a). Rebound excitation of the smooth muscle
cells of the
guinea-pig taenia coli after stimulation of intramural inhibitory
nerves. J. Physiol. (Lond.) 185: 124-131.
5. Bennett, M.R. (1966b). Transmission from intramural excitatory
nerves to the
smooth muscle cells of the guinea-pig taenia coli. J. Physiol.
(Lond.) 185: 132-147.
6. Bennett, M.R. (1966c). A model of the membrane of smooth muscle
cells of the guinea-pig taenia coli muscle during transmission
from inhibitory and excitatory nerves. Nature (Lond.) 211: 1149-1152.
7. Bennett, M.R. & Burnstock, G. (1966). Application of the
sucrose-gap method to determine the ionic basis of the membrane
potential of smooth muscle. J. Physiol. (Lond.) 183: 637-648.
8. Bennett, M.R. & Merrillees, N.C.R. (1966). An analysis
of the transmission of
excitation from autonomic nerves to smooth muscle. J. Physiol.
(Lond.) 185:520-535.
9. Bennett, M.R., Burnstock, G. & Holman, M.E. (1966a). Transmission
fromintramural inhibitory nerves to the smooth muscle of the guinea-pig
taenia coli. J. Physiol. (Lond.) 182: 541-558.
10.Bennett, M.R., Burnstock, G. & Holman, M.E. (1966b). Transmission
from perivascular inhibitory nerves to the smooth muscle of the
guineapig taenia coli. J. Physiol. (Lond.) 182: 527-540.
11. Bennett, M.R. (1967a). Transmission from intramural excitatory
nerves to the smooth muscle cells of the rat seminal vesicles.
Nature (Lond.) 215: 60-61.
12. Bennett, M.R. (1967b). The effect of intracellular current
pulses in the smooth muscle cells of the guinea-pig vas deferens
at rest and during transmission. J. Gen. Physiol. 50: 2459-2475.
13. Bennett, M.R. (1967c). The effect of cations on the electrical
properties of the smooth muscle cells of the guinea-pig vas deferens.
J. Physiol. (Lond.)
190: 465-479.
14. Bennett, M.R. (1967d). An analysis of the surface fixed-charge
theory of the squid giant axon membrane. Biophys. J. 7: 151-164.
15. Bennett, M.R. & Rogers, D.C. (1967). A study of the innervation
of the taenia coli. J. Cell Biol. 33: 573-596.
16. Bennett, M.R. & Burnstock, G. (1968). The electrophysiology
of the innervation of intestinal smooth muscles. Handbook of Physiology,
Section 6, Vol. IV: 1709-1732.
17. Bennett, M.R. & Orlov, R. (1968). In vivo synaptic transmission
in the smooth muscle cells of the guinea-pig vas deferens. Fiziol.
Zh. Sechenov.
54: 1434-1439.
18. Bennett, M.R. (1972). Autonomic Neuromuscular Transmission.
Monograph of the Physiological Society No. 30, Cambridge University
Press.
19. Bennett, M.R. & McLachlan, E.M. (1972a). An electrophysiological
analysis of storage of acetylcholine in preganglionic nerve terminals.
J. Physiol. (Lond.) 221: 657-668.
20. Bennett, M.R. & McLachlan, E.M. (1972b). An electrophysiological
analysis of the synthesis of acetylcholine in preganglionic nerve
terminals. J. Physiol. (Lond.) 221: 669-682.
21. Bennett, M.R. (1973a). An electrophysiological analysis of
the storage and release of noradrenaline at sympathetic nerve
terminals. J. Physiol. (Lond.) 229: 515-531.
22. Bennett, M.R. (1973b). An electrophysiological analysis of
the uptake of noradrenaline at sympathetic nerve terminals. J.
Physiol. (Lond.) 229: 533-546.
23. Bennett, M.R. (1973c). Structure and electrical properties
of the autonomic neuromuscular junction. Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc.
Lond. B 265: 25-34.
24. Bennett, M.R., McLachlan, E.M. & Taylor, R.S. (1973a).
The formation of synapses in reinnervated mammalian striated muscle.
J. Physiol.
(Lond.) 233: 481-500.
25. Bennett, M.R., McLachlan, E.M. & Taylor, R.S. (1973b).
The formation of synapses in mammalian striated muscle reinnervated
with autonomic preganglionic nerves. J. Physiol. (Lond.) 233:
501-517.
26. Bennett, M.R., Pettigrew, A. G. & Taylor, R.S. (1973).
The formation of synapses in reinnervated and cross-reinnervated
adult avian muscle.
J. Physiol. (Lond.) 230: 331-357.
27. Bennett, M.R. & Florin, T. (1974). A statistical analysis
of the release of acetylcholine at newly formed synapses in striated
muscle. J. Physiol. (Lond.) 238:93-107.
28. Bennett, M.R., Florin, T. & Woog, R. (1974). The formation
of synapses in
regenerating mammalian striated muscle. J. Physiol. (Lond.) 238:
79-92.
29. Bennett, M.R. & Pettigrew, A. G.(1974a). The formation
of synapses in striated muscle during development. J. Physiol.
(Lond.) 241: 515-545.
30. Bennett, M.R. & Pettigrew, A. G.(1974b). The formation
of synapses in reinnervated and cross-reinnervated striated muscle
during development. J. Physiol. (Lond.) 241: 547-573.
31. Bennett, M.R. & Florin, T. (1975). An electrophysiological
analysis of the effects of Ca ions on adrenergic neuromuscular
transmission. Brit. J. Pharmacol. 55: 97-104.
32. Bennett, M.R., Florin, T. & Hall, R. (1975). The effect
of Ca ions on the binomial statistic parameters which control
acetylcholine release at synapses in striated muscle. J. Physiol.
(Lond.) 247: 429-446.
33. Bennett, M.R. & Middleton, J. (1975a). An electrophysiological
analysis of the effects of reserpine on adrenergic neuromuscular
transmission. Brit. J. Pharmacol. 55: 79-85.
34. Bennett, M.R. & Middleton, J. (1975b). An electrophysiological
analysis of the effects of amine-uptake blocker and a-adrenoceptor
blockers on adrenergic neuromuscular transmission. Brit. J. Pharmacol.
55: 87-95.
35. Bennett, M.R. & Pettigrew, A. G. (1975). The formation
of synapses in amphibian striated muscle during development. J.
Physiol.
(Lond.) 252: 203-239.
36. Bennett, M.R., Florin, T. & Pettigrew, A. G. (1976).
The effect of calcium ions on the binomial statistic parameters
that control acetylcholine release at preganglionic nerve terminals.
J. Physiol. (Lond.) 257: 579-620.
37. Bennett, M.R. & Pettigrew, A.G. (1976). The formation
of neuromuscular synapses. Cold Spring Harb. Symp. Quant. Biol.
40: 409-424.
38. Bennett, M.R. & Fisher, C. (1977). The effects of calcium
ions on the binomial parameters that control acetylcholine release
during trains of nerve impulses at amphibian neuromuscular synapses.
J. Physiol. (Lond.) 271: 673-698.
39. Bennett, M.R., Fisher, C., Florin, T., Quine, M. & Robinson,
J. (1977).
The effect of Ca ions and temperature on the binomial parameters
that control acetylcholine release by a nerve impulse at amphibian
neuromuscular synapses. J. Physiol. (Lond.) 271: 641-672.
40. Bennett, M.R. & Raftos, J. (1977). The formation and
regression of synapses during the re-innervation of axolotl striated
muscles. J. Physiol. (Lond.) 265:261-295.
41. White, W.B. & Bennett, M.R. (1978). The survival and
development of cholinergic neurons in the presence of striated
muscle in vitro. Brain Res. 159: 379-384.
42. Bennett, M.R. & Lavidis, N.A. (1979). The effect of Ca
ions on the secretion of quanta evoked by an impulse at nerve
terminal release sites. J. Gen. Physiol. 74: 429-456.
43. Bennett, M.R., Lindeman, R. & Pettigrew, A.G. (1979).
Segmental innervation of the chick forelimb following embryonic
manipulation. J. Embryol. Exp. Morphol. 54: 141-154.
44. Bennett, M.R., McGrath, P. A. & Davey, D. F. (1979).
The regression of synapses formed by a foreign nerve in a mature
axolotl striated muscle. Brain Res. 173: 451-469.
45. Bennett, M.R. & Nurcombe, V. (1979). The survival and
development of cholinergic neurons in skeletal muscle conditioned
media. Brain Res. 173: 543-548.
46. Bennett, M.R. & White, W. (1979). The survival and development
of cholinergic neurons in potassium enriched media. Brain Res.
173: 549-553.
47. McGrath, P.A. & Bennett, M.R. (1979). The development
of synaptic connections between different segmental motoneurones
and striated muscles in an axolotl limb. Dev. Biol. 69: 133-145.
48. Pettigrew, A. G., Lindeman, R. & Bennett, M.R. (1979).
Development of the segmental innervation of the chick forelimb.
J. Embryol. Exp. Morphol. 49:115-137.
49. Bennett, M.R., Davey, D. F. & Uebel, K. E. (1980). The
growth of segmental nerves from the brachial myotomes into the
proximal muscles of the chick forelimb during development. J.
Comp. Neurol. 189: 335-357.
50. Bennett, M.R., Lai, K. & Nurcombe, V. (1980). Identification
of embryonic motoneurons in vitro: their survival is dependent
on skeletal muscle. Brain Res. 190: 537-542.
51. Bennett, M.R. & Lavidis, N.A. (1980). An electrophysiological
analysis of the effects of morphine on the Ca dependence of neuromuscular
transmission in the mouse vas deferens. Brit. J. Pharmacol. 69:
185-191.
52. Bennett, M.R. & McGrath, P.A. (1980). Segmental innervation
of rotated and supernumerary axolotl hindlimbs. J. Exp. Zool.
214: 1-12.
53. Bennett, M.R. (1981). The development of neuromuscular synapses.
Proc.Aust. Physiol. Pharmacol. Soc. 12: 41-58.
54. Bennett, M.R. & Lai, K. (1981a). The development of topographical
distributions of cutaneous sensory neurons in amphibian ganglia.
Dev. Biol. 86: 212-223.
55. Bennett, M.R. & Lai, K. (1981b). Cell death during development
of the topographical distributions of cutaneous sensory neurons
in amphibian ganglia. Dev. Biol. 86: 224-226.
56. Bennett, M.R. & Lavidis, N.A. (1981). Development of
the topographical distributions of cutaneous sensory neurons in
amphibian ganglia. Brain Res. 254: 448-452.
57. Nurcombe, V. & Bennett, M.R. (1981). Embryonic chick
retinal ganglion cells identified 'in vitro': their survival is
dependent on a factor from the optic tectum. Exp. Brain Res. 44:
249-258.
58. Nurcombe, V., McGrath, P.A. & Bennett, M.R. (1981). Postnatal
death of motor neurons during the development of the brachial
spinal cord of the rat. Neurosci. Lett. 27: 249-254.
59. Bennett, M.R. & Lavidis, N.A. (1982). Variation in quantal
secretion at different release sites along developing and mature
motor nerve branches. Dev. Brain Res. 5: 1-9.
60. Davey, D.F. & Bennett, M.R. (1982). Variation in the
size of synaptic contacts along developing and mature motor-terminal
branches. Dev. Brain Res. 5: 11-22.
61. Freeman, J.M. & Bennett, M.R. (1982). The growth of segmental
nerves from the spinal cord to the hindlimb bud in the axolotl.
Aust. J. Exp. Biol. Med. Sci. 60: 133-146.
62. Lam, K., Sefton, A.J. & Bennett, M.R. (1982). Loss of
axons from the optic nerve of the rat during early postnatal development.
Dev. Brain Res. 3: 487-491.
63. McCaffery, C.A., Bennett, M.R. & Dreher, B. (1982). The
survival of neonatal rat retinal ganglion cells in vitro is enhanced
in the presence of appropriate parts of the brain. Exp. Brain
Res. 48: 377-386.
64. Nurcombe, V. & Bennett, M.R. (1982). Evidence for neuron-survival
and neurite-promoting factors from skeletal muscle: their effects
on embryonic spinal cord. Neurosci. Lett. 34: 89-93.
65. Potts, R.A., Dreher, B. & Bennett, M.R. (1982). The loss
of ganglion cells in the developing retina of the rat. Dev. Brain
Res. 3: 481-486.
66. Armson, P.F. & Bennett, M.R. (1983). Neonatal retinal
ganglion cell cultures of high purity: effect of superior colliculus
on their cell survival. Neurosci. Lett. 38: 181-186.
67. Bennett, M.R. (1983). Development of neuromuscular synapses.
Physiol. Rev.63: 915-1048.
68. Bennett, M.R., Davey, D.F. & Marshall, J.J. (1983). The
growth of nerves in relation to the formation of premuscle cell
masses in the developing chick forelimb. J. Comp. Neurol. 215:
217-227.
69. Bennett, M.R. & Lavidis, N.A. (1982). Development of
the topographical projection of motor neurons to amphibian muscle
accompanies motor neuron death. Brain Res. 254: 448-452. (Dev
Brain Res 2)
70. Bennett, M.R., McGrath, P.A., Davey, D.F. & Hutchinson,
I. (1983). Death of motoneurones during the postnatal loss of
polyneuronal innervation of rat muscles. J. Comp. Physiol. 218:
351-363.
71. Dreher, B., Potts, R.A. & Bennett, M.R. (1983). Evidence
that the early post-natal reduction in the number of rat retinal
ganglion cells is due to a wave of ganglion cell death. Neurosci.
Lett. 36: 255-260.
72. Eagleson, K.L. & Bennett, M.R. (1983). Survival of purified
motor neurones in vitro: effects of skeletal muscle-conditioned
medium. Neurosci. Lett. 38: 187-192.
73. Hill, M.A. & Bennett, M.R. (1983). Cholinergic growth
factor from skeletal muscle elevated following denervation. Neurosci.
Lett. 35: 31-35.
74. Noakes, P.G., Bennett, M.R. & Davey, D.F. (1983). Growth
of segmental nerves to the developing rat diaphragm: absence of
pioneer axons. J. Comp. Neurol. 218: 365-377.
75. Nurcombe, V. & Bennett, M.R. (1983). The growth of neurites
from explants of brachial spinal cord exposed to different components
of wing bud mesenchyme. J. Comp. Neurol. 219: 133-142.
76. Bennett, M.R. & Lavidis, N.A. (1984a). Development of
the topographical projection of motor neurons to a rat muscle
accompanies loss of polyneuronal innervation. J. Neurosci. 4:
2204-2212.
77. Bennett, M.R. & Lavidis, N.A. (1984b). Segmental motor
projections to rat muscles during the loss of polyneuronal innervation.
Dev. Brain Res. 13: 1-7.
78. McCaffery, C.A., Raju, T. R. & Bennett, M.R. (1984).
Effects of cultured astroglia on the survival of neonatal rat
retinal ganglion cells in vitro. Dev. Biol. 104: 441-448.
79. Nurcombe, V., Hill, M.A., Eagleson, K. L. & Bennett,
M.R. (1984). Motor neuron survival and neuritic extension from
spinal cord explants induced by factors released from denervated
muscle. Brain Res. 291: 19-28.
80. Phillips, W.D. & Bennett, M.R. (1984). Differentiation
of fiber types in wing muscles during embryonic development: effect
of neural tube removal. Dev. Biol. 106: 457-468.
81. Bennett, M.R., Fernandez, H. & Lavidis, N.A. (1985).
Development of the mature distribution of synapses on fibres in
the frog sartorius muscle. J. Neurocytol. 14: 981-995.
82. Eagleson, K.L., Raju, T.R. & Bennett, M.R. (1985). Motoneurone
survival is induced by immature astrocytes from developing avian
spinal cord. Dev. Brain Res.17: 95-104.
83. McCaffery, C.A., Raju, T.R. & Bennett, M.R. (1985). Retinal
ganglion cell survival is mediated by cell contact with immature
rat astroglia. Neurosci. Lett. 57: 319-324.
84. Nurcombe, V., Tout, S. & Bennett, M.R. (1985). Motoneurone
survival and neuritic outgrowth promoted by different cell types
in embryonic muscle. Dev. Brain Res. 21: 49-60.
85. Phillips, W.D., Lai, K. & Bennett, M.R. (1985). Spatial
distribution and size of acetylcholine receptor clusters determined
by motor nerves in developing chick muscles. J. Neurocytol. 14:
309-325.
86. Bennett, M.R., Abbott, M., Everett, A.W. & Lavidis, N.A.
(1986). Motoneurone numbers in rat neonatal lateral motor columns:
use of antibody to choline acetyltransferase to identify motoneurones.
Neurosci.
Lett. 63:101-105.
87. Bennett, M.R. & Lavidis, N. (1986). Topographical projections
of segmental nerve to the frog glutaeus muscle during loss of
polyneuronal innervation. J. Physiol. (Lond.) 375: 303-325.
88. Bennett, M.R., Ho, S. & Lavidis, N.A. (1986). Competition
between segmental nerves at endplates in rat gastrocnemius muscle
during loss of polyneuronal innervation. J. Physiol. (Lond.) 381:
351-376.
89. Bennett, M.R., Jones, P. & Lavidis, N.A. (1986a). Transmitter
secretion varies between visualized release sites at amphibian
neuromuscular junctions. Neurosci. Lett. 65: 311-315.
90. Bennett, M.R., Jones, P. & Lavidis, N.A. (1986b). The
probability of quantal secretion along visualized terminal branches
at amphibian (Bufo marinus) neuromuscular synapses. J. Physiol.
(Lond.) 379: 257-274.
91. Eagleson, K.L. & Bennett, M.R. (1986). Motoneurone survival
requirements during development: the change from immature astrocyte
dependence to myotube dependence. Dev. Brain Res. 29: 161-172.
92. Hill, M.A. & Bennett, M.R. (1986). Motoneurone survival
activity in extracts of denervated muscle reduced by prior stimulation
of the muscle. Dev. Brain Res. 24: 305-308.
93. Hulst, J.R. & Bennett, M.R. (1986). Motoneurone survival
factor produced by muscle increases in parallel with messenger
RNA sequences homologous to bNGF-cDNA. Dev. Brain Res. 25: 153-156.
(Brain Res. 390).
94. Noakes, P.G., Everett, A.W. & Bennett, M.R. (1986). The
growth of muscle nerves in relation to the formation of primary
myotubes in the developing chick forelimb. J. Comp. Neurol. 248:
245-256.
95. Phillips, W.D., Everett, A.W. & Bennett, M.R. (1986).
The role of innervation in the establishment of the topographical
distribution of primary myotube types during development. J. Neurocytol.
15: 397-405.
96. Raju, T.R. & Bennett, M.R. (1986). Retinal ganglion cell
survival requirements: a major but transient dependence on Müller
glia during development. Brain Res. 383: 165-176.
97. Armson, P.F., Bennett, M.R. & Raju, T.R. (1987). Retinal
ganglion cell survival and neurite regeneration requirements:
the change from Müller cell dependence to superior colliculi
dependence during development. Dev. Brain Res. 32: 207-216.
98. Bennett, M.R. (1987). Trophic interactions at synapses and
the survival of central neurones. Pontificiae Academiae Scientiarum
Scripta Varia 59: 141-216.
99. Bennett, M.R., Lavidis, N.A. & Armson, F.M. (1987). Changes
in the dimensions of release sites along terminal branches at
amphibian neuromuscular synapses. J. Neurocytol. 16: 221-237.
100. Malik, R. & Bennett, M.R. (1987). Loss of polyneuronal
innervation and establishment of a topographical map in the glutaeus
muscle of Bufo marinus during generation of secondary muscle cells.
Dev. Brain Res. 34: 173-189.
101. Nichol, K.A. & Bennett, M.R. (1987). Motoneurone survival
and neurite regeneration requirements: the role of dorsal root
ganglion cells during development. Dev. Brain Res. 32: 85-94.
102. Noakes, P.G. & Bennett, M.R. (1987). Growth of axons
into developing muscles of the chick forelimb is preceded by cells
that stain with Schwann cell antibodies. J. Comp. Neurol. 259:
330-347.
103. Phillips, W.D. & Bennett, M.R. (1987a). Elimination
of distributed acetylcholine receptor clusters from developing
fast-twitch fibres in an avian muscle. J. Neurocytol. 16: 1-10.
104. Phillips, W.D. & Bennett, M.R. (1987b). Elimination
of distributed synaptic acetylcholine receptor clusters on developing
avian fast-twitch muscle fibres accompanies loss of polyneuronal
innervation. J. Neurocytol. 16: 785-797.
105. Bennett, M.R. & Ho, S. (1988). The formation of topographical
maps in developing rat gastrocnemius muscle during synapse elimination.
J. Physiol. (Lond.) 396: 471-496.
106. Bennett, M.R. & Lavidis, N.A. (1988). Quantal secretion
at release sites of nerve terminals in toad (Bufo marinus) muscle
during formation of topographical maps. J. Physiol. (Lond.) 401:
567-579.
107. Noakes, P.G., Bennett, M.R. & Stratford, J. (1988).
Migration of Schwann cells and axons into developing chick forelimb
muscles following removal of either the neural tube or the neural
crest. J. Comp. Neurol. 277: 214-233.
108. Raju, T.R. & Bennett, M.R. (1988). Lower motoneuron
factors and lower motoneuron death: effects and mechanisms. Aust.
Paediatr. J. 24(Suppl. 1): 48-49.
109. Bennett, M.R. Davies, A.M. & Everett, A.W. (1989). The
development of topographical maps and fibre types in toad (Bufo
marinus) glutaeus muscle during synapse elimination J. Physiol.
(Lond.) 409: 43-61.
110. Bennett, M.R. & Lavidis, N.A. (1989). The probability
of quantal secretion at release sites in different calcium concentrations
in toad (Bufo marinus) muscle. J. Physiol. (Lond.) 418: 219-233.
111. Bennett, M.R., Lavidis, N.A. & Lavidis-Armson, F. (1989).
The probability of quantal secretion at release sites of different
length in toad (Bufo marinus) muscle. J. Physiol. (Lond.) 418:
235-249.
112. Bennett, M.R. & Robinson, J. (1989). Growth and elimination
of nerve terminals at synaptic sites during polyneuronal innervation
of muscle cells: a trophic hypothesis. Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. B
235: 299-320.
113. Brown, D.R., Everett, A.W. & Bennett, M.R. (1989). Compartmental
and topographical distributions of axons in nerves to the amphibian
(Bufo marinus) glutaeus muscle. J. Comp. Neurol. 284: 231-241.
114. Phillips, W.D. & Bennett, M.R. (1989). The distribution
of intracellular acetylcholine receptors and nuclei in developing
avian fast-twitch muscle fibres during synapse elimination. J.
Neurocytol. 18: 241-255.
Publications 1990 - 2000
115. Bennett, M.R. & Robinson, J. (1990).Probabilistic secretion
of quanta from nerve terminals at synaptic sites on muscle cells:
non-uniformity, autoinhibition and the binomial hypothesis. Proc.
Roy. Soc.Lond. B 239: 329-358.
116. Kouts, S. & Bennett, M.R. (1990). The distribution of
intracellular acetylcholine receptors and nuclei in avian slow
muscle fibres during establishment of distributed synapses. J.
Neurocytol . 19: 421-431.
117. Schulz, M., Raju, T., Ralston, G. & Bennett, M.R. (1990).
A retinal ganglion cell neurotrophic factor purified from the
superior colliculus. J. Neurochem. 55: 832-841.
118. Bennett, M.R. & Ho, S. (1991). Probabilistic secretion
of quanta from nerve terminals in avian ciliary ganglia modulated
by adenosine. J. Physiol. (Lond.) 440: 513-527.
119. Bennett, M.R. & Lavidis, N.A. (1991). Probabilistic
secretion of quanta from the release sites of nerve terminals
in amphibian muscle modulated by seasonal changes. Neurosci. Lett.134:
79-82.
120. Bennett, M.R., Karunanithi, S. & Lavidis, N.A. (1991).
Probabilistic secretion of quanta from nerve terminals in toad
(Bufo marinus) muscle modulated by adenosine. J. Physiol. (Lond.)
433: 421-434.
121. Bennett, M.R., Kerr, R. & Nichol, K. (1991). Adenosine
modulation of potassium currents in postganglionic neurones of
cultured avian ciliary ganglia. Brit. J. Pharmacol. 104: 459-465.
122. Gibson, W.G., Robinson, J. & Bennett, M.R. (1991). Probabilistic
secretion of quanta in central nervous system: granule cell synaptic
control of pattern separation and activity regulation. Phil. Trans.
Roy. Soc. Lond. B 332: 199-220.
123. Bennett, M.R. & Ho, S. (1992). Adenosine modulation
of potassium currents in preganglionic nerve terminals of avian
ciliary ganglia. Neurosci. Lett. 137: 41-44.
124. Bennett, M.R., Kerr, R. & Khurana, G. (1992). Adenosine
modulation of calciumcurrents in postganglionic neurones of avian
cultured ciliary ganglia. Brit. J. Pharmacol. 106: 25-32.
125. Bennett, M.R. & Walmsley, B. (1992) What determines
the efficacy of a synaptic connection? International Brain Research
Organization News
20: 6-7.
126. Karunanithi, S., Lavidis, N.A. & Bennett, M.R. (1992).
The effects of adenosine on spontaneous and evoked quantal secretion
from different release sites of amphibian motor-nerve terminals.
Neurosci. Lett. 147: 49-52.
127. Lavidis, N.A. & Bennett, M.R. (1992). Probabilistic
secretion of quanta from visualized sympathetic nerve varicosities
in mouse vas deferens. J. Physiol. (Lond.) 454: 9-26
128. Bennett, M.R. (1993) A consideration of Humphrey's "cerebral
sentient loop" explanation of consciousness. Proc. Roy. Soc.
New South Wales 126: 111-124.
129. Bennett, M.R. (1993) Understanding the brain in the twenty-first
century. Proc. Roy. Soc. New South Wales 126: 167-190.
130. Bennett, M.R. (1993). Quantal secretion at visualized sympathetic
nerve varicosities. News Physiol. Sci. 8: 199-201.
131. Bennett, M.R., Gibson, W.G. & Poznanski, R.R. (1993).
Extracellular current flow and potential during quantal transmission
from varicosities in a smooth muscle syncytium. Phil. Trans. Roy.
Soc. Lond. B.342: 89-99.
132. Cetiner, M. & Bennett, M.R. (1993). Nitric oxide modulation
of calcium-activated potassium channels in postganglionic neurones
and avian cultured ciliary ganglia. Brit. J. Pharmacol.110: 995-1002.
133. Huxlin, K.R., Sefton, A.J., Schulz, M. & Bennett, M.R.
(1993). Effect of proteoglycan purified from rat superior colliculus
on the survival of murine retinal ganglion cells. Dev. Brain Res.
74: 207-217.
134. Karunanithi, S., Lavidis, N.A. & Bennett, M.R. (1993).
Evidence that each nerve varicosity on the surface of the mouse
vas deferens secretes ATP. Neurosci. Lett. 161: 157-160.
135. Khurana, G. & Bennett, M.R. (1993). Nitric oxide and
arachidonic acid modulation of calcium currents in postganglionic
neurones of avian cultured ciliary ganglia Brit J. Pharmacol.
109: 480-485.
136. Lavidis, N.A. & Bennett, M.R. (1993). Probabilistic
secretion of quanta from successive sets of visualized varicosities
along single sympathetic nerve terminals. J. Auton. Nerv. Syst.
43: 41-50.
137. Lavidis, N.A. & Bennett, M.R. (1993). Sympathetic innervation
of the surface of the mouse vas deferens. J. Auton.Nerv.Syst.
45: 87-100.
138. Scott, T.R.D. & Bennett, M.R. (1993). The effect of
ions and second messengers on long-term potentiation of chemical
transmission in avian ciliary ganglia. Brit. J. Pharmacol. 110:
461-469.
139. Scott, T.R.D. & Bennett, M.R. (1993). The effect of
nitric oxide on the efficacy of synaptic transmission through
the chick ciliary ganglion. Brit. J. Pharmacol. 110: 627-632.
140. Bennett, M.R. (1994). Nitric oxide release and long term
potentiation at synapses in autonomic ganglia. Gen. Pharmacol.25:
1541-1551.
141. Bennett, M.R. (1994). The concept of neurotransmitter release.
Introduction to Symposium on Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms
of Neurotransmitter Release, Advances in Second Messenger and
Phosphoprotein Research, 29: 1-29.
142. Bennett, M.R. (1994). Quantal secretion from single visualized
varicosities of sympathetic nerve terminals. Symposium on Molecular
and Cellular Mechanisms of Neurotransmitter Release, Advances
in SecondMessenger and Phosphoprotein Research 29: 399-423.
143. Bennett, M.R., Gibson, W.G. & Robinson, J. (1994). Dynamics
of the CA3 pyramidal neuron autoassociative memory network in
the hippocampus. Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. Lond. B 343: 167-187.
144. Dreher, Z., Nichol, K.A., Schulz, M. Dreher, B. & Bennett,
M.R. (1994). The pattern of expression of a 13 kD protein (CS-32
antigen) in the retina and its target nuclei in developing and
mature rats. Neurosci. Lett. 180: 183-187.
145. Karunanithi, S., Lavidis, N.A. & Bennett, M.R. (1994).
Effect of yohimbine on the contractile response of the mouse vas
deferens to short, low frequency trains of impulses. Eur. J. Pharmacol.
261: 17-24.
146. Larkum, M.E., Warren, D.A. & Bennett, M.R. (1994). Calcium
concentration changes in the calyciform nerve terminal of the
avian ciliary ganglion after tetanic stimulation. J. Auton. Nerv.
Syst. 46: 175-188.
147. Lin, Y.-Q., & Bennett, M.R. (1994). Nitric oxide modulation
of quantal secretion in chick ciliary ganglia. J. Physiol. (Lond.)
481: 385-394.
148. Macleod, G. T, Lavidis, N.A. & Bennett, M.R. (1994).
Calcium dependence of quantal secretion from visualized sympathetic
nerve varicosities on the mouse vas deferens. J. Physiol. (Lond.)
480: 61-70.
149. Nichol, K.A., Everett, A.W., Schulz, M. & Bennett, M.R.
(1994). Retinal ganglion cell survival in vitro maintained by
a chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan from the superior colliculus
carrying the HNK-1 epitope. J.Neurosci. Res. 37: 623-632.
150. Nicolarakis, P.J., Lin, Y.Q. & Bennett, M.R. (1994).
Effect of nitric oxide synthase inhibition on long-term potentiation
at associational-commissural and mossy fibre synapses on CA3 pyramidal
neurones. Brit. J.Pharmacol. 111: 521-524.
151. Balcar, V.J., Dias, L.S., Li, Y. & Bennett, M.R. (1995).
Inhibition of [3H]CGP 39653 binding to NMDA receptors by a P2
antagonist, Suramin. NeuroReport 7(1): 69-72.
152. Balcar, V.J., Li, Y., Killinger, S. & Bennett, M.R.
(1995). Autoradiography of P2x ATP receptors in the rat brain.
Brit. J. Pharmacol. 115: 302-306.
153. Bennett, M.R. (1995). Models and mechanisms of neurotransmission.
Chapter 3, pp.38-54. In: "Neurotransmitter Release and Modulation",
Powis D. & Bunn, S.J. eds., Cambridge University Press.
154. Bennett, M.R. (1995). The origin of Gaussian distributions
of synaptic potentials. Prog. Neurobiol. 46: 331-350.
155. Bennett, M.R. (1995). The neuroscience of syntax, semantics
and qualia. Proc. Roy. Soc. New South Wales 128: 1-12.
156. Bennett, M.R. (1995). The binding problem and consciousness.
Proc. Roy. Soc. New South Wales 128:13-18.
157. Bennett, M.R., Farnell, L. & Gibson, W.G. (1995). Quantal
transmission at purinergic synapses: Stochastic interaction between
ATP and its receptors. J. Theor. Biol. 175: 397-404.
158. Bennett, M.R., Farnell, L., Gibson, W.G. & Karunanithi,
S. (1995). Quantal transmission at purinergic junctions: Stochastic
interaction between ATP and its receptors. Biophys. J. 68: 925-935.
159. Bennett, M.R. & Gibson, W.G. (1995). On the contribution
of quantal secretion from close-contact and loose-contact varicosities
to the synaptic potentials in the vas deferens. Phil. Trans. Roy.
Soc. Lond. B 347: 187-204.
160. Bennett, M.R., Gibson, W.G. & Robinson, J. (1995). Probabilistic
secretion of quanta: spontaneous release at active zones of varicosities,
boutons and endplates. Biophys. J. 69: 42-56.
161. Brain, K.L. & Bennett, M.R. (1995). Calcium in the nerve
terminals of chick ciliary ganglia during facilitation, augmentation
and potentiation. J. Physiol. (Lond.) 489: 637-648.
162. Hakim, M.A., Hirooka, Y., Coleman, M.J., Bennett, M.R. &
Dampney, R.A.L. (1995). Evidence for a critical role of nitric
oxide in the tonic excitation of rabbit renal sympathetic preganglionic
neurones. J.Physiol. (Lond.) 482: 401-407.
163. Huxlin, K.R. & Bennett, M.R. (1995). NADPH-diaphorase
expression in the rat retina after axotomy - a supportive role
for nitric oxide? Eur. J. Neurosci. 7: 2226-2239.
164. Huxlin, K.R., Carr, R., Schulz, M., Sefton, A.J. & Bennett,
M.R. (1995). Trophic effect of collicular proteoglycan on neonatal
rat retinal ganglion cells in situ. Dev. Brain Res. 84: 77-88.
165. Huxlin, K.R., Dreher, B., Schulz, M., Sefton, A.J. &
Bennett, M.R. (1995). Effect of collicular proteoglycan on the
survival of adult rat retinal ganglion cells following axotomy.
Eur. J. Neurosci. 7: 96-107.
166. Karunanithi, S., Phipps, M.C., Robinson, J. & Bennett,
M.R. (1995). Statistics of quantal secretion during long trains
of sympathetic nerve impulses in mouse vas deferens. J. Physiol.
(Lond.) 489: 171-181.
167. Motin, L. & Bennett, M.R. (1995). The effect of P2-purinoceptor
antagonists on glutamatergic transmission in the rat hippocampus.
Brit. J. Pharmacol. 115: 1276-1280.
168. Motin, L.G., Bennett, M.R. & Christie, M.J. (1995).
Opioids acting on delta receptors modulate Ca2+ currents in cultured
postganglionic neurones of avian ciliary ganglia. Neurosci. Lett.
193: 21-24.
169. Nichol, K.A. Chan, N., Davey, D.F. & Bennett, M.R. (1995).
Location of nitric oxide synthase in the developing avian ciliary
ganglion. J. Auton. Nerv. Syst. 51: 91-102.
170. Nichol, K.A., Schulz, M.W. & Bennett, M.R. (1995). Nitric
oxide-mediated death of cultured neonatal ganglion cells: Neuroprotective
properties of glutamate and chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan.
Brain Res. 697: 1-16.
171. Poznanski, R.R., Gibson, W.G. & Bennett, M.R. (1995).
Electrotonic coupling between two CA3 hippocampal pyramidal neurones:
a distributed cable model with somatic gap-junction. Bull. Math.
Biol. 57: 865-881.
172. Thomson, P.C., Lavidis, N.A., Robinson, J. & Bennett,
M.R. (1995). Probabilistic secretion of quanta at somatic motor-nerve
terminals: the fusion-pore model, quantal detection and autoinhibition.
Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. Lond. B 349: 197-214.
173. Warren, D., Lavidis, N.A. & Bennett, M.R. (1995). Quantal
secretion recorded from visualized boutons. Neurosci. Lett. 192:
205-208.
174. Balachandran, C. & Bennett, M.R. (1996). ATP-activated
cationic and anionic conductances in cultured rat hippocampal
neurons. Neurosci. Lett. 204: 73-76.
175. Bennett, M.R. (1996). Consciousness and quantum mechanics.
Proc. Roy. Soc. New South Wales 129: 69-79.
176. Bennett, M.R. (1996). Neuromuscular transmission at an active
zone: the secretosome hypothesis. J. Neurocytol. 25: 869-891.
177. Bennett, M.R. (1996). Autonomic neuromuscular transmission
at a varicosity. Prog. Neurobiol. 50: 505-532.
178. Bennett, M.R., Farnell, L. & Gibson, W.G. (1996). Quantal
transmitter release onto different patterns of receptor distributions
at somatic neuromuscular junctions. J. Theor. Biol. 183: 231-236.
179. Bennett, M.R., Farnell, L. & Gibson, W.G. (1996). Quantal
transmitter release at somatic motor-nerve terminals: stochastic
analysis of the subunit hypothesis. Biophys. J. 70: 654-668.
180. Bennett, M.R. & Huxlin, K.R (1996). Neuronal cell death
in the mammalian nervous system: the calmortin hypothesis.Gen.
Pharmacol. 27: 407-419.
181. Bennett, M.R., Robinson, J., Phipps, M.C., Karunanithi,
S., Lin, Y.Q. & Cottee, L. (1996). Quantal components of spontaneous
excitatory junction potentials at visualized varicosities. J.
Auton. Nerv. Syst. 56: 161-174.
182. Cottee, L., Lavidis, N.A. & Bennett, M.R. (1996). Spatial
relationships between sympathetic varicosities and smooth muscle
cells in the longitudinal layer of the mouse vas deferens.J. Neurocytol.
25: 413-425.
183. Gibson, W,G., Bennett, M.R. & Robinson, J. (1996). Modeling
the spontaneous release of quanta at active zones of varicosities
boutons and endplates. In:"Computational Neuroscience",
pp 9-14. Ed. J.M.Bower. Academic Press, San Diego.
184. Gibson, W.G., Bennett, M.R. & Farnell, L. (1996). Monte
Carlo simulation of quantal transmission at purinergic junctions.
In: "Computational Neuroscience", pp 15-20. Ed J.M.
Bower. Academic Press, San Diego.
185. Lengyel, I., Nichol, K.A., Sim, A.T.R., Bennett, M.R., Dunkley,
P.R & Rostas, J.A.P. (1996). Characterization of the protein
kinase and phosphatase systems in chick ciliary ganglion. Neuroscience
70: 577-588.
186. Lin, Y.Q., Brain, K.L., Nichol, K.A., Morgan, J.J. &
Bennett, M.R. (1996). Vesicle-associated proteins and calcium
in nerve terminals of chick ciliary ganglia during development
of facilitation. J. Physiol. (Lond.) 497: 639-656.
187. Warren, D., Lavidis, N.A. & Bennett, M.R. (1996). Quantal
secretion from visualized boutons on rat pelvic ganglion neurones.
J. Auton. Nerv. Syst. 56: 175-183.
188. Bains, N.P.S., Wilce, J.A., Heuer, K.H., Tunstall, M., Mackay,
J.P., Bennett, M.R., Weiss, A.S. & King, G.F. (1997). Zipping
up transcription factors: rational design of anti-Jun and anti-Fos
peptides. Lettersin Peptide Science 4: 67-77.
189. Bennett, M.R. (1997). "The Idea of Consciousness",
Gordon & Breach /Harwood Academic Publishers.
190. Bennett, M.R. (1997). Non-adrenergic non-cholinergic (NANC)
transmission to smooth muscle: 35 years on. Prog. Neurobiol. 52:
159-195.
191. Bennett, M.R. & Brain, K.L. (1997). Autonomic synaptic
transmission at single boutons and calyces. J. Neurocytol. 26:
577-603.
192. Bennett, M.R., Farnell, L., Gibson, W.G. & Lavidis,
N.A. (1997). Synaptic transmission at visualized sympathetic boutons:
stochastic interaction between acetylcholine and its receptors.
Biophys. J. 72:1595-1606.
193. Bennett, M.R., Gibson, W.G. & Robinson, J. (1997). Probabilistic
secretion of quanta and the synaptosecretosome hypothesis: evoked
release at active zones of varicosities, boutons and endplates.
Biophys.J. 73: 1815-1829.
194. Brain, K.L. & Bennett, M.R. (1997). Calcium in sympathetic
varicosities of mouse vas deferens during facilitation, augmentation
and autoinhibition. J. Physiol. (Lond.) 502: 521-536.
195. Brain, K.L., Cottee, L.J. & Bennett, M.R. (1997). Varicosities
of single sympathetic nerve terminals possess syntaxin zones and
different synaptotagmin N-terminus labelling following stimulation.
J.Neurocytol. 26: 491-500.
196. Hansen, M.A., Barden, J.A., Balcar, V.J., Keay, K &
Bennett, M.R. (1997) Structural motif and characteristics of the
extracellular domain of P2x receptors. Biochem. Biophys. Res.
Commun. 236(3):670-675.
197. Henery, R., Gibson, W.G. & Bennett, M.R. (1997). Quantal
currents and potential in the three-dimensional anisotropic bidomain
model of smooth muscle. Bull. Math. Biol. 59(6): 1047-1075.
198. Ong, W-Y., Motin, L.G., Hansen, M.A., Dias, L.S., Ayrout,
C., Bennett, M.R. & Balcar, V.J. (1997). P2 purinoceptor blocker
suramin antagonises NMDA receptors and protects against excitatory
behaviour caused by NMDA receptor agonist (RS)-(tetrazol-5-yl)-glycine
in rats. J. Neurosci. Res. 49(5): 627-638.
199. Tuyau, M., Hansen, M.A., Coleman, M., Dampney, R.A.L., Balcar,
V.J. & Bennett, M.R. (1997). Autoradiography of [3H]a,b-methylene-ATP
binding to P2X purinoceptor sites in medulla oblongata and spinal
cord of the rat. Neurochem. Int. 30: 159-169.
200. Bennett, M.R. (1998). Monaminergic synapses and schizophrenia:
45 years of neuroleptics. J. Psychopharmacol. 12(3): 289-304.
201. Bennett, M.R. (1998). Neurotransmitter release at individual
sympathetic varicosities, boutons. Presented at 8th International
Catecholamine Conference, Asilomar, Calif, Oct 96. In "Catecholamines:
Bridging Basic Science with Clinical Medicine", Advances
in Pharmacology, Vol 42, pp.98-101. Eds. D.S. Goldstein, G. Eisenhofer
& R. McCarty. Academic Press, San Diego.
202. Bennett, M.R. (1998). Transmission at sympathetic varicosities.
News Physiol. Sci. 13: 79-84.
203. Bennett, M.R. (1998). Synapse formation molecules in muscle
and autonomic ganglia: the dual constraint hypothesis. Prog. Neurobiol.
57: 225-287.
204. Bennett, M.R., Cheung, A. & Brain, K.L. (1998). Sympathetic
neuromuscular transmission at a varicosity in a syncytium. Microscopy
Research and Technique. 42: 433-450.
205. Bennett, M.R., Farnell, L. & Gibson, W.G. (1998). On
the origin of skewed distributions of spontaneous synaptic potentials
in autonomic ganglia. Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond 265: 271-277.
206. Bennett, M.R., Farnell, L. & Gibson, W.G. (1998). Cable
analysis of a motor-nerve terminal branch in a volume conductor.Bull.
Math. Bioll: 61: 1-17
207. Berry, D.M., Yao, M., Barden, J.A., Balcar, V.J., Hansen,
M.A., Bennett, M.R., Keogh, A. & dos Remedios, C.G. (1998).
Alterations in the expression of P2X1 receptors in failing and
non-diseased human atria. Electrophoresis 19: 856-859.
208. Brain, K.L. & Bennett, M.R. (1998). Calcium transients
evoked by action potentials in the somata of chick ciliary neurons.
J. Autonom. Nerv. Syst. 71: 120-133.
209. Coop, A.D., Gibson, W.G. & Bennett, M.R. (1998). Spontaneous
calcium transients in autonomic boutons and varicosities. J. Theor.
Biol. 195: 395-411.
210. Dutton, J.L., Hansen, M.A., Balcar, V.J., Barden, J.A. &
Bennett, M.R. (1998). Development of P2x receptor clusters on
smooth muscle cells in relation to nerve varicosities in the rat
urinary bladder. J.Neurocytol.28:3-15.
211.Hansen, M.A., Balcar, V.J., Barden, J.A. & Bennett, M.R.
(1998). The distribution of single P2x1 -receptor clusters on
smooth muscle cells in relation to nerve varicosities in the rat
urinary bladder. J. Neurocytol. 27: 529-539.
212. Hansen, M.A., Dutton, J.L., Balcar, V.J., Barden, J.A. &
Bennett, M.R. (1998). P2X (purinergic) receptor distributions
in rat blood vessels. J. Auton. Nerv. Syst. 75: 147-155.
213. Henery, R., Robinson, J. & Bennett, M.R. (1998). Methods
for grouping shapes of synaptic currents recorded from sets of
synapses. J. Neurosci. Meth. 86: 79-90.
214. Lengyel, I., Nichol, K.A., Heath, J.W., Little, G.J., Bennett,
M.R. & Rostas, J.A.P. (1998). Alpha and beta subunits of calcium/calmodulin-stimulated
protein kinase II are localised in different neurons in chick
ciliary ganglion. NeuroReport 9: 2753-2755.
215. Lin, Y.Q., Brain, K.L. & Bennett, M.R. (1998). Calcium
in sympathetic boutons of rat superior cervical ganglion during
facilitation, augmentation and potentiation. J. Autonom. Nerv.
Syst.73: 26-37.
216. Macleod, G.T., Khurana, V., Gibson, W.G. & Bennett,
M.R. (1998) Probability of quantal secretion and the mobilization
of vesicles at the active zones of endplates. J. Theor. Biol.
191: 323-334.
217. Worthington, R.A., Hansen, M.A., Bennett, M.R., Barden,
J.A. & Balcar, V.J. (1998). Ligand recognition sites on P2X
recptors studied by quantitative autoradiography of [3H]a,b-methylene-ATP
binding in rat brain. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 249:166-171.
218. Bennett, M.R. (1999). The concept of a calcium sensor in
transmitter release. Prog Neurobiol.59: 243-277.
219. Bennett, M.R. (1999). The concept of long-term potentiation
of transmission at synapses. Prog. Neurobiol.60: 109-137.
220. Bennett, M.R. (1999). One hundred years of adrenaline and
the discovery of
autoreceptors. Clin. Autonom. Res. 9: 145-159.
221. Bennett, M.R. & Balcar, V.J. (1999). Forty years of
amino acid transmission in the brain. Neurochem. Int. 35: 269-280.
222. Lengyel, I., Olesen, L.E., Nichol, K.A., Brain, K.L., Robinson,
P.J., Wang, X., Bennett, M.R. & Rostas, J.A.P. (1999). Protein
phosphorylation in chick ciliary ganglion under conditions that
induce long lasting change in synaptic transmission: phosphoprotein
targets for nitric oxide action. Neuroscience. 90: 607 - 619.
223. Macleod, G.T., Farnell, L., Gibson, W.G. & Bennett,
M.R. (1999). Quantal secretion and nerve-nerve terminal cable
properties at neuromuscular junctions in an amphibian (Bufo marinus).
J. Neurophysiol. 81: 1135-1146.
224. Macleod, G.T., Gan, J.B. & Bennett, M.R. (1999). Vesicle-associated
proteins and quantal release at single active zones of amphibian
(Bufo marinus) motor-nerve terminals. J. Neurophysiol. 82: 1133-1146
225. Dutton, J.L., Hansen, M.A., Balcar, V.J., Barden, J.A. and
Bennett, M.R. (1999) Development of P2x receptor clusters on smooth
muscle cells in relation to nerve varicosities in the rat urinary
bladder. J.Neurocytol. 28: 3-15.
226. Hansen, M.A., Bennett, M.R. & Barden, J.A. (1999) Distribution
of purinergic P2X receptors in the rat heart. J. Auton. Nerv.
Syst. 78: 1-9.
227. Barden,, J.A., Cottee, L.J. and Bennett, M.R. (1999) Vesicle-associated
proteins and P2x receptor clusters at single sympathetic varicosities
in mouse vas deferens. J. Neurocytol. 24: 469-480.
228. Bennett, M.R. (1999) The early history of the synapse: from
Plato to Sherrington. Brain Res. Bull. 50: 95-118.
229. Bennett, M.R., Farnell, L. and Gibson, W.G. (1999) Cable
analysis of a motor-nerve terminal branch in a volume conductor
Bull. Math.
Biol. 61: 1-17.
230. Hansen, M.A., Dutton, J.L., Balcar, V.J., Barden, J.A. and
Bennett, M.R. (1999) P2X (purinergic) receptor distributions in
rat blood vessels. J. Auton. Nerv. Syst. 75: 147-155.
231. O'Connor, S.C., Brain K.L. and Bennett, M.R. (1999) Individual
sympathetic varicosities possess different sensitivities to alpha
2 and P2 receptor agonists and antagonists in mouse vas deferens.
Br. J. Pharmacol. 128: 1739-1753.
232. Worthington, R.A., Dutton, J.L., Poronnik, P., Bennett,
M.R. & Barden, J.A. (1999) Localisation of P2X receptors in
HSG and HEK cells by SDS-PAGE/Western blotting and immunofluorescence.
Electrophoresis20: 2065-2070.
233. Worthington, R.A., Hansen, M.A., Balcar, V.J., Bennett,
M.R. & Barden, J.A. (1999) Analysis of novel P2x subunit-specific
antibodies in rat cardiac and smooth muscle. Electrophoresis 20:
2081-2085.
234. Bennett, M.R. (2000) Synaptic transmission at single boutons
in sympathetic ganglia. News in Physiol. Sci. 15: 98-101.
235. Bennett, M.R. (2000) The concept of transmitter receptors:
100 years on. Neuropharm.39: 523-546.
236. Bennett, M.R., Farnell, L., Gibson, W.G., Macleod, G.T.
& Dickens, P. (2000) Quantal potential fields around individual
active zones of amphibian motor-nerve terminals. Biophys. J. 78:
1106-1118.
237. Bennett, M.R. & Kearns, J.L. (2000) Statistics of transmitter
release at nerve terminals: Prog. Neurobiol. 60: 545-606.
238. Bennett, M.R., Farnell, L., and Gibson, W.G. (2000) The
probability of quantal secretion near a single calcium channel
of an active zone. Biophys.J. 78: 2201-2221.
239. Bennett, M.R., Farnell, L. and Gibson, W.G. (2000) The probability
of quantal secretion within an array of calcium channels of an
active zone. Biophys. J. 78: 2222-2240.
240. Dutton, J.L., Poronnik, P., Li, G.H., Holding, C., Worthington,
R.A., Vandenberg, R.J., Cook, D.I.,Barden, J.A., and Bennett,
M.R. (2000) P2x1 receptor membrane redistribution and down-regulation
visualized using receptor coupled green fluorescent protein chimeras.
Neuropharm.32: 2054-2066
241. Yunaev, M.A., Barden, J.A. and Bennett, M.R. (2000) Changes
in distribution of different subtypes of P2x receptor clusters
on smooth muscle cellls in relation to nerve varicosities in the
pregnant rat urinary bladder. J.Neurocytol. 29: 99-108
242. Bennett, M.R. (2000) NANC transmission at a varicosity:
the individuality of single synapses. Aut. Neuro. 81: 25-30
243. Barden, J.A. and Bennett, M.R. (2000) Distribution of P2x
purinoceptor clusters on individual dorsal root ganglion cells.
Neurosci Lett.287:183-186
244. Li, G.H., Lee, E.M., Blair, D., Holding, C., Poronnik, P.,
Cook, D.C., Barden, J.A. and Bennett, M.R. (2000) The distribution
of P2x receptor clusters on individual neurons in sympathetic
ganglia and their redistribution on agonist activation. J.Biol.
Chem. 275: 29107-29112
245. Gibson, W.G., Farnell, L. and Bennett, M.R. (2000) A Monte
Carlo analysis of calciumand facilitation in nerve terminals.
Neurocomput. (In press)
246. Yao, S., Barden, J.A., Finkelstein, D.I., Bennett, M.R.
and Lawrence, A.J. (2000) Comparative study on the distribution
patterns of P2x1 to P2x6 receptor immunoreactivity in the brain
stem of the rat and the common marmoset (Callitrhix jacchus):
association with catecholamine cell groups. J. Comp. Neurol. 427:
485-507
247. Pulvirenti, T., Lin, J., Chaufour, X., McLachlan, C., Hambly,
B.D., Bennett, M.R. and Barden, J. (2000) P2x (purinergic) receptor
redistribution in rabbit aorta following injury to endothelial
cells and cholesterol feeding. J. Neurocytol: 29: 623-631
248. Lin, Y.Q., Graham, K. & Bennett, M.R. (2001) Depression
of transmitter release in the rat superior cervical ganglion:
the role of transmitter depletion. Autonom. Neuro. 88 : 16-24
249. Bennett, M.R. (2001) Mechanisms of depression of transmitter
release at synapses. NeuroReport 12: A15-A20
250. Bennett, M.R., Farnell, L., Gibson, W.G., Lin, Y.Q. &
Blair, D.H. (2001) Quantal and non-quantal current and potential
fields around individual sympathetic varicosities on release of
ATP. Biophys. J. 80: 1311-1328
251. Blair, D., Robson, S., King, G. & Bennett, M.R. (2001)
Vesicle - associated proteins and transmitter release from sympathetic
ganglionic boutons. NeuroReport 12: 607-610
252. Macleod, G., Dickens, P. & Bennett, M.R. (2001) Formation
and function of synapses with respect to Schwann cells at the
end of motor-nerve terminal branches on mature amphibian (Bufo
marinus) muscle. J. Neurosci. 21: 2380-2392 (cover story).
253. Kearns, J., Farnell, L., Gibson, W.G., Lin, Y.Q. & Bennett,
M.R. (2001) Quantal current fields around individual boutons in
sympathetic ganglia. J. Theoret. Biol. In Press
254. Bennett, M.R. (2001) Single sympathetic varicosities and
their receptor clusters. Catecholamine Research: From Molecular
Insights to Clinical Medicine. In press
255. Bennett, M.R. & Barden, M.R. (2001) Ionotropic (P2X)
receptor dynamics at single autonomic varicosities. NeuroReport
12: A91-A97.
256. Bennett, M.R. & Hacker, P.M.S. (2001) Perception and
memory in neuroscience: a conceptual analysis. Prog. in Neurobiol.
65: 499-543.
257. Bennett, M.R., Gibson, W.G. & Lemon, G. (2001) Neuronal
cell death, nerve growth factors and neurotrophic models: fifty
years on. Autonom.Neurosci.(In press).
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