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Dr Jennifer L Short

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Lecturer

BSc(Hons) Monash University
PhD Monash University

Telephone: +61 3 9903 9529
Fax: +61 3 9903 9529
Email: jennifer.short@pharm.monash.edu.au

Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Action, Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Research interests

  • Mental health disorders, primarily drug addiction
  • Animal models of complex behaviours
  • The role of adenosine A2A receptors in neuronal signalling and complex behaviours
  • Stem cell derived neurones as potential disease modulators

Education

  • Bachelor of Pharmacy and Bachelor of Pharmaceutical Sciences: physiology, pharmacology and neuroscience lectures and coursework .

Representative publications

  1. Brown RM, Short JL, Cowen MS, Lawrence AJ.   A differential role for the adenosine A2A receptor in opiate reinforcement versus opiate-seeking behaviour. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2009; 34:844-856.
  2. Brown RM, Short JL. Adenosine A2A receptors and their role in drug addiction. J Pharm Pharmacol. 2008; 60(11):1409-1430.
  3. Adams CL, Cowen MS, Short JL, Lawrence AJ.   Combined antagonism of glutamate mGlu5 and adenosine A2A receptor interact to regulate alcohol-seeking in rats. Int J Neuropsychopharmacol. 2008; 11:229-241.
  4. Gray KT, Short JL, Ledent C, Ventura S.   Targeted disruption of the A2A adenosine receptor reduces in-vitro prostate contractility in mature mice. Eur J Pharmacol. 2008; 592(1-3):151-7.
  5. Gray KT, Short JL, Ventura S. The a1A-adrenoceptor gene is required for the a1L- adrenoceptor-mediated response in isolated preparations of the mouse prostate. Br J Pharmacol. 2008; 155(1):103-9.
  6. Gray KT, Short JL, Simpson ER, Ventura S. The effects of the targeted deletion of the aromatase enzyme on prostatic contractile responses to noradrenaline in mice. J Endocrinol. 2008; 195(3):495-502.
  7. Short JL, Ledent C, Drago J, Lawrence AJ. Receptor crosstalk: characterization of mice deficient in dopamine D1 and adenosine A2A receptors. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2006; 31:525-34.
  8. Short JL, Ledent C, Borrelli E, Drago J, Lawrence AJ. Genetic interdependence of adenosine and dopamine receptors: evidence from receptor knockout mice. Neuroscience. 2006; 139:661-70.
  9. Short JL, Drago J, Lawrence AJ. Comparison of ethanol preference and neurochemical measures of mesolimbic dopamine and adenosine systems across different strains of mice. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2006; 30:606-20.
  10. Nguyen TT, Cao N, Short JL, White PJ.   Intravenous insulin-like growth factor-I receptor antisense treatment reduces angiotensin receptor expression and function in Spontaneously Hypertensive rats. J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 2006; 318:1171-7.
  11. Wang JH, Short JL, Ledent C, Lawrence AJ, van den Buuse M. Reduced startle habituation and prepulse inhibition in mice lacking the adenosine A2A receptor. Behav Brain Res. 2003; 143:201-207.
  12. Lodge DJ, Short JL, Mercer LD, Beart PM, Lawrence AJ. CCK/Dopamine interactions in Fawn-Hooded and Wistar-Kyoto rat brain. Peptides. 2000; 21:379-386.
  13. Snell BJ, Short JL, Drago J, Ledent C, Lawrence AJ.  Characterization of central adenosine A1 receptors and adenosine transporters in mice lacking the adenosine A2A receptor. Brain Res. 2000; 877: 60-169.
  14. Snell BJ, Short JL, Drago J, Ledent C, Lawrence AJ. Visualisation of AMPA binding sites in the brain of mice lacking the adenosine A2A receptor. Neurosci Lett. 2000; 291:97-100.