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Jennifer L. Short

Lecturer (level B)

BSc (Hons) Monash University
PhD Monash University

Phone: +61 3 990 39529
Fax:     +61 3 990 39638
Email: Jennifer.Short@pharm.monash.edu.au

General Research Interests

  • Adenosine, dopamine and glutamate receptor interactions.
  • The neuronal mechanisms underlying drug-seeking behaviours, e.g. voluntary drug consumption and cue-induced reinstatement following abstinence.

Significant Publications

  1. Brown, R. M. and Short, J. L. Adenosine A2A receptors and their role in drug addiction. J Pharm Pharmacol, in press.
  2. Gray, K. T., Short, J. L., Ledent, C. and Ventura, S. (2008). Targeted disruption of the A2A adenosine receptor reduces in-vitro prostate contractility in mature mice. Eur J Pharmacol, 592(1-3): 151-7.
  3. Gray, K. T., Short, J. L. and Ventura, S. (2008). The a1A-adrenoceptor gene is required for the a1L-adrenoceptor-mediated response in isolated preparations of the mouse prostate. Br J Pharmacol, 155(1): 103-9.
  4. Brown, R. M., Short, J. L., Cowen, M. S. and Lawrence, A. J. (2008). A differential role for the adenosine A2A receptor in opiate reinforcement versus opiate-seeking behaviour. Neuropsychopharmacology, DOI: npp200872 [pii]10.1038/npp.2008.72.
  5. Adams, C. L., Cowen, M. S., Short, J. L. and Lawrence, A. J. (2008). Combined antagonism of glutamate mGlu5 and adenosine A2A receptor interact to regulate alcohol-seeking in rats. Int J Neuropsychopharmacol, 11, 229-241.
  6. Gray, K. T., Short, J. L., Simpson, E. R. and Ventura, S. (2007). The effects of the targeted deletion of the aromatase enzyme on prostatic contractile responses to noradrenaline in mice. J Endocrinol, 195(3), 495-502.
  7. Short, J.L., Ledent, C., Drago, J. & Lawrence, A.J. (2006a). Receptor crosstalk: characterization of mice deficient in dopamine D1 and adenosine A2A receptors. Neuropsychopharmacology, 31, 525-34.
  8. Short, J.L., Drago, J. & Lawrence, A.J. (2006b). Comparison of ethanol preference and neurochemical measures of mesolimbic dopamine and adenosine systems across different strains of mice. Alcohol Clin Exp Res, 30, 606-20.
  9. Short, J.L., Ledent, C., Borrelli, E., Drago, J. & Lawrence, A.J. (2006c). Genetic interdependence of adenosine and dopamine receptors: Evidence from receptor knockout mice. Neuroscience, 139, 661-70.
  10. Nguyen, T.T., Cao, N., Short, J.L. & White, P.J. (2006d). Intravenous insulin-like growth factor-I receptor antisense treatment reduces angiotensin receptor expression and function in Spontaneously Hypertensive rats. J Pharmacol Exp Ther, 318, 1171-7.
  11. Wang, J.H., Short, J.L., Ledent, C., Lawrence, A.J. and van den Buuse, M. (2003) Reduced startle habituation and prepulse inhibition in mice lacking the adenosine A2a receptor. Behav Brain Res., 143, 201-207.
  12. Lodge, D. J., Short, J. L., Mercer, L. D., Beart, P. M. & Lawrence, A. J. (2000). CCK/Dopamine interactions in Fawn-Hooded and Wistar-Kyoto rat brain. Peptides, 21, 379-386.
  13. Snell, B. J., Short, J. L., Drago, J., Ledent, C. and Lawrence, A. J. (2000). Characterization of central adenosine A1 receptors and adenosine transporters in mice lacking the adenosine A2a receptor. Brain Res., 877, 160-169.
  14. Snell, B. J., Short, J. L., Drago, J., Ledent, C. and Lawrence, A. J. (2000). Visualisation of AMPA binding sites in the brain of mice lacking the adenosine A2a receptor. Neurosci. Lett., 291, 97-100.