Dept. of Physiology: Publications

Publications

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Awardee	Degree/Date	Supervisor	Thesis
YUEN SWH	Ph.D. 1990	JC Hwang	Surface electromyogram power spectra in the masseter and anterior temporal muscles in southern Chinese children and adults
CHAN RKW	PhD, 1991	YS Chan, TM Wong	A study on the neuronal properties of the rostral ventrolateral medulla in normotensive and spontaneously hypertensive rats
CHAN TPT	MPhil, 1991	PYD Wong	Adrenergic control and its mechanism of stimulation of electrogenic anion secretion in primary cultures of rat epididymal epithelial cells
CHEN XY	PhD, 1991	PWF Poon	FM sensitivities in the rat midbrain
HUANG SJKC	PhD, 1991	PYD Wong	Biophysical and biochemical studies of anion secretion in the rat epididymis
POON AMS	MPhil, 1991	IC Bruce, PWF Poon	Modulation of cutaneous reflexes in a finger muscle during voluntary contractions
UCHENDU CN	MPhil, 1991	PYD Wong	Renin-angiotensin system in the rat epididymis
YUAN H	PhD 1992	S.F. Pang	[¹²⁵I]Iodomelatonin binding sites in the avian brain and retina.
AYRE EA	PhD 1993	S.F. Pang	The characterization, localization and physiological regulation of [¹²⁵I]iodomelatonin binding sites in the gonads
LEE PN	PhD 1993	S.F. Pang	Malonin and 2-[¹²⁵I]iodomelatoninin binding sites in the gastrointestinal tract.
TAI KK	PhD 1993	T.M. Wong	A study on the cardiac k-opioid receptors: Function, binding properties and signal transduction.
LEUNG TM	PhD 1994	T.T. Loh	Immunological studies of a phosphorylcholine-specific antibody using gene transfer techniques.
POON AMS	PhD 1994	S.F. Pang	Binding of 2-[¹²⁵I]iodomelatoninin the gunea pig spleen: evidence for a direct action of melatonin on the mammalian immune system.
SONG Y	PhD 1994	S.F. Pang	Melatonin receptors in kidneys of mammals and birds.
LAI CH	MPhil, 1995	YS Chan	Functional properties of otolith neurons in the vestibular nucleus of young and adult rats during off-vertical axis rotation.
SING TW	MPhil, 1995	MMP Yang	The physiology of pain: Analgesic mechanisms of acupuncture and laser treatment.
WONG TP	MPhil, 1995	YS Chan, TM Wong	An electrophysiological study of the projection from the paraventricular nucleus of hypothalamus to the cardiovascular neurons in the rostral ventrolateral medulla of the rat.
AMOAKO DK	Mphil, 1996	JP Boureau, CY Kwan	Cyclopiazonic acid changes the mode of excitation-contraction coupling in acetylcholine-stimulated boving tracheal smooth muscle
DONG Y	MPhil, 1996	MMP Yang, CY Kwan	Antitumor effects and mechanism of actions of chinese herbal medicines: a purified coriolus versicolor peptide and tetrandrine
HAN MY	MPhil, 1996	YS Chan, TM Wong	Rostral ventrolateral medullary cardiovascular neurons in neurogenic hypertensive rats: spontaneous activities and baroreflex responsiveness
LEUNG YM	PhD, 1996	TT Loh, CY Kwan	A study of the cytosolic Ca²⁺ homeostasis in human leukemic HL-60 cells
LOK CN	PhD, 1996	TT Loh	Regulation of transferrin receptor expression in human leukemic HL-60 cells: gene expression and cellular signaling
MO FM	PhD, 1996	HJ Ballard	The role of intracellular pH in the control of adenosine output from oxidative skeletal muscle in-vivo and in-vitro
QIN DN	PhD, 1996	MAKY Lung	The effect of testicular capsulotomy on male fertility in rats
WAN Q	PhD, 1996	SF Pang	Melatonin receptors in the chicken and rabbit spinal cords
ZHU WH	PhD, 1996	TT Loh	Regulation of apoptosis in human leukemic HL-60 cells: roles of caluium, protein kinase C and intracellular pH
DAS R	MPhil, 1997	CY Kwan	On the nature of the reversal of Mg²⁺-induced vascular relaxation by L-name, a nitric oxide synthase inhibitor
LAU SM	MPhil, 1997	F Tang	Regulation of the content of met-enkephalin, beta-endorphin and substance P and of the gene expression of their precursors by aloperidol in the rat striatum and pituitary during aging
HO KH	Mphil, 1997	JP Boureau, CY Kwan	The vascular effects of endotoxin cardiotoxin and terandrine: their acions on cell calcium
AGRAWAL KR	PhD, 1998	IC Bruce, PW Lucas	The effects of food texture on chewing patterns in human mastication.
BALONAN LC	PhD, 1998	HP Sheng	Long-term endocrine and metabolic changes associated with early nutrition in Sprague-Dawley rats.
CHENG B	PhD, 1998	HJ Ballard	Investigation of the control of major enzymes involved in the metabolism of adenosine in rat skeletal muscle.
CHEUNG TF	PhD, 1998	HP Sheng	Maternal malnutrition: effects on growth and developmen of rat pups.
SHENG JZ	PhD, 1998	TM Wong	Phosphoinositol/Ca²⁺ pathway in the cardia k-opioid receptor-physiological role and alterations upon tolerance
SETO TF	M.Med.Sc., 1998	MAKY Lung	Pulmonary reflexes and nasal airway resistance in anaesthetized rats.
WU Sheng Qian	PhD, 1998	F Tang	A study on atrial natriuretic peptide and endothelin in streptozotocin-diabetic rats and in aging rats: peptide levels, gene expression and receptor binding
ZHANG WM	PhD, 1998	TM Wong	Cardiac k-opioid receptor: multiplicity, regulation, signal transduction and function
CHEUNG CY	MPhil, 1999	F Tang	Effects of endocrine manipulation on the peptide levels and the gene expression of ß-endorphin, met-enkephalin, somatostatin, substance P and cholecystokinin in the rat hypothalamus and pituitary.
ESSACKJEE HC	PhD, 1999	HJ Ballard	The influence of contraction, pH and enzyme inhibition on the release of adenosine from rat gracilis muscle.
FENG JC	PhD, 1999	HP Sheng, TT Loh	Role of prolactin in lymphoid tissues of well-nourished and energy-restricted postpartum rats.
JIANG B	PhD, 1999	YS Chan	The contribution of cerebellar inputs to the properties of otolith neurons in the vestibular nucleus of rats.
LAI CH	PhD, 1999	YS Chan	Postnatal development of otolith neurons in the vestibular nucleus of rats.
LI L	PhD, 1999	SYW Shiu	Melatonin receptors in the rat epididymis.
ZHANG QH	PhD 1999	TT Loh, HP Sheng	The modulatory role of bcl-2 gene in the regulation of apoptosis in HL-60 cells.
BIAN JS	PhD 2000	TM Wong	The role of protein kinase C upon k-opioid receptor stimulation in the heart.
HAU WKT	PhD 2000	IC Bruce	Artificial neural networks, motor programs and motor learning.
LO ISM	MPhil 2000	HJ Ballard	A comparison of the vasoactive metabolites in the interstitial space of oxidative or glycolytic muscles in anaesthetised rats.
WANG M	PhD 2000	MAKY Lung	Control of vascular reactivity of the nasal circulation.
WOO MMM	MPhil 2000	SF Pang, F Tang	The effect of melatonin on human luteal cells.
YU XC	PhD 2000	TM Wong	Negative modulation of b-adrenoceptor by k-opioid receptor in the heart - signaling mechanisms and clinical significance.
ZHAO H	PhD 2000	A Poon, SF Pang	Melatonin receptors in the rat uterus.
DAS R	PhD 2001	HJ Ballard	The influence of chronic hypoxia on the responses to endothelin of the pulmonary circulation of rats.
HWANG SS	PhD 2001	F Tang	Adrenomedullin: its peptide and gene expression in the rat, their changes in spontaneous and renovascular hypertension.
LAW HY	MPhil 2001	YS Chan	Immunocytochemical study of the developmental profile of glutamate recepto subunits in otolith neurons of the rat vestibular nucleus.
NAG S	PhD 2001	F Tang	An investigation of the behavioral and neurochemical changes following the administration of ibotenic acid, 192 IgG-saporin or ß-amyloid(I-40) into the rat brain: possible animal models for Alzheimer's disease.
SHAN QX	PhD 2001	JP Bourreau	The role of nitric oxide and adrenomedullin in the cardiovascular failure in septic shock.
SIU WF	MPhil 2001	SYW Shiu	Melatonin and prostate cancer cell proliferation: Interplay with castration, epidermal growth factor and androgen sensitivity.
WANG XF	PhD 2001	SF Pang, T.M. Wong	The binding property and function of melatonin receptor inperipheral tissues-chick embryo vessels and young rat Leydig cells.
XI SC	PhD 2001	SYW Shiu	Oncostatic actions of melatonin on tumor cell growth in the LNCaP model of human prostate cancer
XU GL	PhD 2001	F Tang	Some studies on the cholinergic and somatostatinergic systems in the brain of mouse alzheimer models with transgenes for amyloid precursor protein (APP) and presenilin.
YAU YC	PhD 2001	SF Pang, SYW Shiu	Studies on melatonin receptors in guinea pig platelets and melatonin actions on human leukemic megakaryoblast MEG-01 cells
ZHANG YK	PhD 2001	YS Chan	Functional development of otolith afferents in postnatal rats.
HO CS	MPhil 2002	TM Wong	Effects of preconditioning with metabolic inhibition or U50488H or high Ca²⁺ on Ca²⁺ homeostasis in ventricular myocytes subjected to subjected to severe metabolic inhibition or high Ca²⁺
HUANG XG	PhD 2002	F Tang	The generation, and the neurochemical and behavioural characterization of transgenic mice carrying the human presenilin-1 gene with or without the Leu235Pro mutation associated with Alzheimer's disease
LI YY	MPhil 2003	F Tang	The changes in adrenomedullin levels and gene expression in a rat model of endotoxaemia.
SUN B	PhD 2003	YS Chan	Vestibular influence on central cardiovascular regulation in the rat: functional and anatomical aspects.
YEUNG W	PhD 2003	HJ Ballard, JP Bourreau	Eccentric contraction-induced injury in mammalian skeletal muscle.
YAN WY	MPhil 2004	TM Wong	The role of Ca²⁺ in protection of preconditioning and ischaemia-induced injury in the rat heart.
IP PM	MPhil 2004	HP Sheng	Perinatal nutrition affects adiposity and skeletal muscle fat metabolism in rats.
TAM CW	MPhil 2004	SYW Shiu	Combating prostate diseases with ethnobotanical drugs: inhibitionof prostate cancer cell proliferation by saw palmetto (serenoa repens) extracts.
TAM TL	MPhil 2004	HJ Ballard, ML Fung	The influence of acute, chronic or chronic intermittent hypoxia on NO release from the renal circulation.
Tjong YW	MPhil 2004	ML Fung, TM Wong	Mechanisms of endogenous nitric oxide productiona and intracellular pathways in rat hippocampal CA1 calcium response to hypoxia and in-vitro ischemia
YAN WY	MPhil 2004	TM Wong	The role of Ca²⁺ in protection of preconditioning and ischaemia-induced injury in the rat heart.
GO GAG	MMedSc 2005	F Tang	Adrenomedullin in adipose tissues: differences between white and brown fats and the effects of adrenergic stimulation.
KAM WL	PhD 2005	TM Wong	Effect of ovariectomy and estrogen replacement on the ß-adrenergic receptor signaling pathway and intracellular Ca²⁺ homeostasis in the rat heart.
LAI SK	PhD 2005	YS Chan	Maturation profile of rat vestibular nuclear neurons: Recognition of gravity-related vertical movement and role of ionotropic glutamate receptors.
LI C	PhD 2005	YS Chan	Spatial coding of gravitational input to the vestibule-olivary pathway and its refinement in development.
MA CW	MMedSc 2005	YS Chan, CH Lai	Change in perineuronal net of vestibular nuclear neurons in development and in injury.
MAN SY	MPhil 2005	HP Sheng, F Tang	Adrenomedullin in the rat digestive system: response to starvation.
TSE YC	PhD 2005	YS Chan	Postnatal representation of horizontal space in utricle-related central neurons: orientation-specific maturation time and ionotropic glutamate receptor heterogeneity.
WONG ST	MMedSc 2005	YS Chan	Migratory cells that upregulate chondoroitin suplfate proteoglycans in the injured spinal cord.
HO TB	PhD 2006	SM Chung	Generation of Na⁺-coupled dicarboxylate cotransporter (NaDC-1)deficient mice for the study of NaCD-1’s role in caloric restriction and renal ischemia/reperfusion injury.
LIU J	PhD 2006	TM Wong, HJ Ballard	Roles of heat shock protein 70 and testosterone in delayed cardioprotection of preconditioning.
MAN SY	MPhil 2006	F Tang, HP Sheng	Adrenomedullin in the rat digestive system: response to starvation.
YEUNG HM	MPhil 2006	ML Fung, TM Wong	Intermittent hypoxia mediates cardioprotection via calcium handling mechanisms.
YIU NS	MPhil 2006	YS Chan, CH Lai	Postnatal maturation of canal-related brainstem neurons for the detection of rotations in the rat.