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mark fry

university of manitoba
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The sensory circumventricular organs: brain targets for circulating signals controlling ingestive behavior

M Fry, AV Ferguson - Physiology & behavior, 2007 - Elsevier
Sensory circumventricular organs (CVOs) are specialized areas of the brain that lack a
normal blood–brain barrier, and therefore are in constant contact with signaling molecules …

Making sense of it: roles of the sensory circumventricular organs in feeding and regulation of energy homeostasis

M Fry, TD Hoyda, AV Ferguson - Experimental Biology and …, 2007 - journals.sagepub.com
Obesity is associated with significant health risks including stroke and heart disease. The
prevalence of obesity has dramatically increased over the past 20 years. Although the …

Area postrema neurons are modulated by the adipocyte hormone adiponectin

M Fry, PM Smith, TD Hoyda, M Duncan… - Journal of …, 2006 - Soc Neuroscience
Adiponectin is an adipocyte-derived peptide hormone involved in energy homeostasis and
the pathogenesis of obesity, including hypertension. Area postrema (AP) lacks a blood–brain …

Microarray analysis of the transcriptome of the subfornical organ in the rat: regulation by fluid and food deprivation

C Hindmarch, M Fry, ST Yao… - American Journal …, 2008 - journals.physiology.org
We have employed microarray technology using Affymetrix 230 2.0 genome chips to initially
catalog the transcriptome of the subfornical organ (SFO) under control conditions and to …

Adiponectin selectively inhibits oxytocin neurons of the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus

TD Hoyda, M Fry, RS Ahima… - The Journal of …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Adiponectin is an adipocyte derived hormone which acts in the brain to modulate energy
homeostasis and autonomic function. The paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus (PVN) …

Ghrelin modulates electrical activity of area postrema neurons

M Fry, AV Ferguson - American Journal of Physiology …, 2009 - journals.physiology.org
Ghrelin, a peptide hormone secreted from the stomach, is known to have a potent appetite-stimulating
activity. Recently, it has been shown that area postrema (AP), a caudal brain stem …

[PDF][PDF] Ghrelin: central nervous system sites of action in regulation of energy balance

M Fry, AV Ferguson - International journal of peptides, 2010 - downloads.hindawi.com
Ghrelin, a peptide hormone secreted by the stomach, has been shown to regulate energy
homeostasis by modulating electrical activity of neurons in the central nervous system (CNS). …

Identification of halogenated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in biological samples from Alberta Oil-Sands Region

…, O Francisco, J Stetefeld, B Crimmins, M Fry… - Chemosphere, 2019 - Elsevier
Halogenated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (HPAHs) were identified in biological samples
from the Alberta Oil-Sands Region (AOSR) using gas chromatography coupled with high-…

A review of 1, 2-dibromo-4-(1, 2-dibromoethyl) cyclohexane in the environment and assessment of its persistence, bioaccumulation and toxicity

SC Marteinson, A Bodnaryk, M Fry, N Riddell… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Following the ban of many historically-used flame retardants (FRs), numerous replacement
chemicals have been produced and used in products, with some being identified as …

Switching control of sympathetic activity from forebrain to hindbrain in chronic dehydration

…, C Hindmarch, AV Ferguson, M Fry… - The Journal of …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Non‐technical summary Dehydration, a life‐threatening condition, occurs when the body
does not replace adequate water lost through urination, sweating or when ill with diarrhoea. …