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Professor Maxwell Richard Bennett AO, University of Sydney Officer of the Order of Australia, appointed in The Queen’s Birthday 2001 Honours List for his service to the biological sciences, particularly in the field of neuroscience and as a major contributor to the establishment of organisations aimed at furthering interdisciplinary research in this field, and to education. Professor of Neuroscience & University Chair, University of Sydney, since 2001 President, Australian Neuroscience Society, 1989-1991 President, International Society for Autonomic Neuroscience, 2001 – 2003 Member of Council, International Brain Research Organization, 1996-2002 Member, Mental Health Council of Australia, 2002 Director, ‘Brain and Mind Research Institute’, Sydney, since 2003 Director, Neuroscience Australia Ltd, 2002-2006 Director, Australian Brain Foundation Ltd, 2004-2012 Chair, Brain and Mind Asia/Pacific (Association of Pacific Rim Universities), since 2004 Senior Advisor, Templeton Foundation, since 2009 Government Appointments s Neuroscience and Neurology National Programs (NHMRC), 2001-2007 National Research Infrastructure Task Force (DEST) Working Party, 2003 Brain and Mind Disorders (PMSEIC), 2003 National Neuroscience Consultative Taskforce (DHA), 2004 Organization of recent National and International Symposia Chair 'Mind and Brain', Australia's Science Future, 2001 Chair, 'Genes, Neurons and Mental Illness', 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 Chair, 'Endophenotypes and Mental Illness' , 2004 Chair, 'Brain and Mind Research in the Asia/Pacific' , 2006

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  • Professor Maxwell Richard Bennett AO,

    University of Sydney

    Officer of the Order of Australia, appointed in The Queen’s Birthday 2001 Honours List for his service to the biological sciences, particularly in the field of neuroscience and as a major contributor to the establishment of organisations aimed at furthering interdisciplinary research in this field, and to education.

    Professor of Neuroscience & University Chair, University of Sydney, since 2001

    President, Australian Neuroscience Society, 1989-1991

    President, International Society for Autonomic Neuroscience, 2001 – 2003

    Member of Council, International Brain Research Organization, 1996-2002

    Member, Mental Health Council of Australia, 2002

    Director, ‘Brain and Mind Research Institute’, Sydney, since 2003

    Director, Neuroscience Australia Ltd, 2002-2006

    Director, Australian Brain Foundation Ltd, 2004-2012

    Chair, Brain and Mind Asia/Pacific (Association of Pacific Rim Universities), since 2004

    Senior Advisor, Templeton Foundation, since 2009

    Government Appointments s Neuroscience and Neurology National Programs (NHMRC), 2001-2007 National Research Infrastructure Task Force (DEST) Working Party, 2003 Brain and Mind Disorders (PMSEIC), 2003 National Neuroscience Consultative Taskforce (DHA), 2004 Organization of recent National and International Symposia Chair 'Mind and Brain', Australia's Science Future, 2001 Chair, 'Genes, Neurons and Mental Illness', 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 Chair, 'Endophenotypes and Mental Illness' , 2004 Chair, 'Brain and Mind Research in the Asia/Pacific' , 2006

  • Initiation and establishment of organizations for promoting neuroscience and human well-being: Federation of Australian Scientific and Technological Societies (FASTS; now Science and Technology Australia), 1985 http://www.fasts.org; http://scienceandtechnologyaustralia.org.au/ Institute for Biomedical Research (IBR; now the Bosch Institute), 1995 http://www.ibr.usyd.edu.au International Society for Autonomic Neuroscience (ISAN), 1995 http://www.isanweb.org Brain and Mind Research Institute (BMRI), 2003 http://www.bmri.med.usyd.edu.au Tropical Brain and Mind Research Foundation, 2013 http://www.tropicalbrainandmind.com.au/

    Awards/recognition

    Goddard Research Award, Australian National Heart Foundation, 1996

    Ramaciotti Medal, Clive and Vera Ramaciotti Foundation, 1996

    Renensson Research Award, Australian National Heart Foundation, 1998

    Burnet Medal, Australian Academy of Science, 1999

    Malcolm Research Award, Australian National Heart Foundation, 1999

    Officer of the Order of Australia, 2001

    Distinguished Achievement Medal, Australian Neuroscience Society, 2001

    Excellence in Science (Tall Poppy) Award, Australian Institute of Political Science, 2001

    Almgren Research Award, Australian National Heart Foundation, 2001

    Academia Opthalmologica Internationalis Award, 2002

    Centenary Medal, 2003

    Honorary Fellow, Australian Neuroscience Society, 2010

    Author of the following books on Brain and Mind

    ʻAutonomic Neuromuscular Transmissionʼ (1972) Publisher: Cambridge University Press; ISBN 0521084636 ʻOptimising Research and Development in Australiaʼ (1987)

  • Publisher: Australian Academy of Science; ISBN 0858471388 ʻThe Idea of Consciousness: Synapses and the Mindʼ (1997) Publisher: Harwood Academic; ISBN 9057022036 ʻHistory of the Synapseʼ (2001) Publisher: Harwood Academic; ISBN905823132 'Philosophical Foundations of Neuroscience' (2003) Publisher: Blackwell; ISBN 1 4051 0855 X(with P.M.S.Hacker) 'Neuroscience and Philosophy : Brain, Mind and Lanugage' (2006) Publisher: Columbia University Press (with D.Dennett, P.Hacker, J.Searle) 'History of Cognitive Neuroscience' (2008) Publisher: Wiley/Blackwell; ISBN 9781405181822 (with PMS Hacker) Virginia Woolf and Neuropsychiatry (2013) Publisher: Springer; ISBN 9789400757486

    Author of over 320 scientific papers and articles in neuroscience, neuropsychiatry as well as the history and philosophy of neuroscience. Over 100 of these papers have been published since 2000.

    Distinguished Lectures in neuroscience, neuropsychiatry as well as the history and philosophy of neuroscience.

    Opening Plenary Lecture, World Congress of Neuroscience (Kyoto), 1996 Cade Lecture, Mental Health Institute (Melbourne), 1999 Burnet Lecture, Australian Academy of Science (Canberra), 1999 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), 2001 Featured Speaker, XIV World Congress of Cardiology (Sydney), 2002 Academia Ophthalmologica Internationalis Oration (Sydney), 2002 Blandford Lecture, Eye and Cornea Australia (Sydney), 2005 Plenary Lecture, American Philosophical Association (New York), 2005 Keynote Speaker, International Congress of Neuropsychiatry (Sydney), 2006 Keynote Speaker, The Royal Australian & New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (Brisbane), 2007 Plenary Lecture, World Congress in Medical Informatics (Brisbane), 2008 Plenary Lecture, International Congress in Nanotechnology (Perth), 2008 Plenary Lecture, World Congress of Mental Health Nurses (Sydney), 2009

  • Grass Lecture, Indian National Institute of Mental Health & Neuroscience (Bangalore), 2009 Invited Lecture, Nour Foundation (United Nations, NY), 2009 Franke Lectures, (Yale University), 2013

    Fellow, Australian Academy of Science, since 1981:

    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 International and National Committees in Neuroscience 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 Chair), 1996 - 1998 International Catecholamine Conference, Scientific Committee (Member), 2000-2002 Australian Societies for Experimental Biology, Planning Committee for Bicentenary of Medical and Biological Sciences in Australia (Chair,) 1985 - 1988 Churchill Trust (NSW Panel), 2003-2007 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

  • Publications  

    PUBLICATIONS 1966 - 2003

    1960-1969

    1. 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.

    2. 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.

    3. BENNETT, M.R. (1966c). 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.

    4. 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.

    5. BENNETT, M.R., BURNSTOCK, G. & HOLMAN, M.E. (1966a). Transmission from perivascular inhibitory nerves to the smooth muscle of the guinea-pig taenia coli. J. Physiol. (Lond.) 182: 527-540.

    6. BENNETT, M.R., BURNSTOCK, G. & HOLMAN, M.E. (1966b). Transmission from intramural inhibitory nerves to the smooth muscle of the guinea-pig taenia coli. J. Physiol. (Lond.) 182: 541-558.

    7. 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.

    8. BENNETT, M.R. (1967a). Transmission from excitatory nerves to the smooth muscle cells of the rat seminal vesicles. Nature (Lond.) 215: 60-61.

    9. 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.

    10. 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.

    11. BENNETT, M.R. (1967d). An analysis of the surface fixed-charge theory of the squid giant axon membrane. Biophys. J. 7: 151-164.

    12. BENNETT, M.R. & ROGERS, D.C. (1967). A study of the innervation of the taenia coli. J. Cell Biol. 33: 573-596.

    13. BENNETT, M.R. & BURNSTOCK, G. (1968). The electrophysiology of the innervation of intestinal smooth muscles. Handbook of Physiology, Section 6, Vol. IV: 1709-1732.

    14. 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.

    1970-1979

    15. BENNETT, M.R. (1972). Autonomic Neuromuscular Transmission. Monograph of the Physiological Society No. 30, pp271. Cambridge University Press, UK.

    16. BENNETT, M.R. & McLACHLAN, E.M. (1972a). An electrophysiological analysis of the storage of acetylcholine in preganglionic nerve terminals. J. Physiol. (Lond.) 221: 657-668.

  • 17. 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.

    18. BENNETT, M.R. (1973a). An electrophysiological analysis of the storage and release of noradrenaline at sympathetic nerve terminals. J. Physiol.. (Lond.) 229: 515-531.

    19. BENNETT, M.R. (1973b). An electrophysiological analysis of the uptake of noradrenaline at sympathetic nerve terminals. J. Physiol. (Lond.) 229: 533-546.

    20. BENNETT, M.R. (1973c). Structure and electrical properties of the autonomic neuromuscular junction. Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. Lond. B 265: 25-34.

    21. 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.

    22. 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.

    23. 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.

    24. 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.

    25. BENNETT, M.R., FLORIN, T. & WOOG, R. (1974). The formation of synapses in regenerating mammalian striated muscle. J. Physiol. (Lond.) 238: 79-92.

    26. BENNETT, M.R. & PETTIGREW, A. G.(1974a). The formation of synapses in striated muscle during development. J. Physiol. (Lond.) 241: 515-545.

    27. 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

    28. 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.

    29. 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.

    30. BENNETT, M.R. & MIDDLETON, J. (1975a). An electrophysiological analysis of the effects of reserpine on adrenergic neuromuscular transmission. Brit. J. Pharmacol. 55: 79-85.

    31. BENNETT, M.R. & MIDDLETON, J. (1975b). An electrophysiological analysis of the effects of amine-uptake blocker and alpha-adrenoceptor blockers on adrenergic neuromuscular transmission. Brit. J. Pharmacol. 55: 87-95.

    32. BENNETT, M.R. & PETTIGREW, A. G. (1975). The formation of synapses in amphibian striated muscle during development. J. Physiol. (Lond.) 252: 203-239.

    33. 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.

    34. BENNETT, M.R. & PETTIGREW, A.G. (1976). The formation of neuromuscular synapses. Cold Spring Harb. Symp. Quant. Biol. 40, 409-424.

    35. 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.

    36. 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.

  • 37. 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.

    38. 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.

    39. 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.

    40. 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.

    41. 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.

    42. BENNETT, M.R. & NURCOMBE, V. (1979). The survival and development of cholinergic neurons in skeletal muscle conditioned media. Brain Res. 173: 543-548.

    43. BENNETT, M.R. & WHITE, W. (1979). The survival and development of cholinergic neurons in potassium enriched media. Brain Res. 173: 549-553.

    44. 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.

    45. 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.

    1980-1989

    46. 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.

    47. 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.

    48. 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.

    49. BENNETT, M.R. & McGRATH, P.A. (1980). Segmental innervation of rotated and supernumerary axolotl hindlimbs. J. Exp. Zool. 214: 1-12.

    50. BENNETT, M.R. (1981). The development of neuromuscular synapses. Proc. Aust. Physiol. Pharmacol. Soc. 12: 41-58.

    51. BENNETT, M.R. & LAI, K. (1981a). The development of topographical distributions of cutaneous sensory neurons in amphibian ganglia. Dev. Biol. 86: 212-223.

    52. 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.

    53. BENNETT, M.R. & LAVIDIS, N.A. (1981). Development of the topographical projection of motor neurons to amphibian muscle accompanies motor neuron death. Brain Res. 254: 448-452.

    54. 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.

    55. 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.

    56. BENNETT, M.R. & LAVIDIS, N.A. (). Variation in quantal secretion at different release sites along developing and mature motor nerve branches. Brain Res. 281 (Dev. Brain Res. 5) : 1-9.

  • 57. DAVEY, D.F. & BENNETT, M.R. (1982). Variation in the size of synaptic contacts along developing and mature motor-terminal branches. Brain Res. 281 (Dev. Brain Res. 5): 11-22.

    58. 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.

    59. LAM, K., SEFTON, A.J. & BENNETT, M.R. (1982). Loss of axons from the optic nerve of the rat during early postnatal development. Brain Res. 255 (Dev. Brain Res. 3): 487-491.

    60. 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.

    61. 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.

    62. POTTS, R.A., DREHER, B. & BENNETT, M.R. (1982). The loss of ganglion cells in the developing retina of the rat. Brain Res. 255 (Dev. Brain Res. 3): 481-486.

    63. ARMSON, P.F. & BENNETT, M.R. (1983). Neonatal retinal ganglion cell cultures of high purity: effect of superior colliculus on their survival. Neurosci. Lett. 38: 181-186.

    64. BENNETT, M.R. (1983). Development of neuromuscular synapses. Physiol. Rev. 63: 915-1048.

    65. 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.

    66. 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.

    67. 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.

    68. 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.

    69. HILL, M.A. & BENNETT, M.R. (1983). Cholinergic growth factor from skeletal muscle elevated following denervation. Neurosci. Lett. 35: 31-35.

    70. 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.

    71. 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.

    72. 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.

    73. BENNETT, M.R. & LAVIDIS, N.A. (1984b). Segmental motor projections to rat muscles during the loss of polyneuronal innervation. Brain Res 315 (Dev. Brain Res. 13): 1-7.

    74. 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.

    75. 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.

    76. 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.

    77. 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.

    78. EAGLESON, K.L., RAJU, T.R. & BENNETT, M.R. (1985). Motoneurone survival is induced by immature astrocytes from developing avian spinal cord. Brain Res. 349 (Dev. Brain Res. 17): 95-104.

  • 79. 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.

    80. NURCOMBE, V., TOUT, S. & BENNETT, M.R. (1985). Motoneurone survival and neuritic outgrowth promoted by different cell types in embryonic muscle. Brain Res 353 (Dev. Brain Res. 21): 49-60.

    81. 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.

    82. 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.

    83. 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.

    84. 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.

    85. 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.

    86. 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.

    87. EAGLESON, K.L. & BENNETT, M.R. (1986). Motoneurone survival requirements during development: the change from immature astrocyte dependence to myotube dependence. Brain Res. 394 (Dev. Brain Res. 29): 161-172.

    88. HILL, M.A. & BENNETT, M.R. (1986). Motoneurone survival activity in extracts of denervated muscle reduced by prior stimulation of the muscle.. Brain Res. 389 (Dev. Brain Res. 24): 305-308.

    89. HULST, J.R. & BENNETT, M.R. (1986). Motoneurone survival factor produced by muscle increases in parallel with messenger RNA sequences homologous to beta-NGF-cDNA. Brain Res. 390 ( Dev. Brain Res. 25): 153-156.

    90. 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.

    91. 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.

    92. RAJU, T.R. & BENNETT, M.R. (1986). Retinal ganglion cell survival requirements: a major but transient dependence on Muller glia during development. Brain Res. 383: 165-176.

    93. ARMSON, P.F., BENNETT, M.R. & RAJU, T.R. (1987). Retinal ganglion cell survival and neurite regeneration requirements: the change from Muller cell dependence to superior colliculi dependence during development. Brain Res 429 (Dev. Brain Res. 32): 207-216.

    94. BENNETT, M.R. (1987). Trophic interactions at synapses and the survival of central neurones. Pontificiae Academiae Scientiarum Scripta Varia 55: 141-216.

    95. 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.

    96. 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. Brain Res. 431 (Dev. Brain Res. 34): 173-189.

    97. NICHOL, K.A. & BENNETT, M.R. (1987). Motoneurone survival and neurite regeneration requirements: the role of dorsal root ganglion cells during development.Brain Res. 429 (Dev. Brain Res. 32): 85-94.

    98. 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.

  • 99. 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.

    100. 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.

    101. 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.

    102. 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.

    103. 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.

    104. 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.

    105. 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.

    106. 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.

    107. 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.

    108. 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.

    109. 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.

    110. 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.

    1990-1999

    111. 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.

    112. 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.

    113. 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.

    114. 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.

    115. 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.

    116. 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.

    117. 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.

  • 118. 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.

    119. BENNETT, M.R. & HO, S. (1992). Adenosine modulation of potassium currents in preganglionic nerve terminals of avian ciliary ganglia. Neurosci. Lett. 137: 41-44.

    120. BENNETT, M.R., KERR, R. & KHURANA, G. (1992). Adenosine modulation of calcium currents in postganglionic neurones of avian cultured ciliary ganglia. Brit. J. Pharmacol. 106: 25-32.

    121. BENNETT, M.R. & WALMSLEY, B. (1992) What determines the efficacy of a synaptic connection? International Brain Research Organization News 20: 6-7.

    122. 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.

    123. 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.

    124. BENNETT, M.R. (1993) A consideration of Humphrey's "cerebral sentient loop" explanation of consciousness. Proc. Roy. Soc. New South Wales 126: 111-124.

    125. BENNETT, M.R. (1993) Understanding the brain in the twenty-first century. Proc. Roy. Soc. New South Wales 126: 167-190.

    126. BENNETT, M.R. (1993). Quantal secretion at visualized sympathetic nerve varicosities. News Physiol. Sci. 8: 199-201.

    127. 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.

    128. 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.

    129. 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.

    130. 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.

    131. 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.

    132. LAVIDIS, N.A. & BENNETT, M.R. (1993a). Probabilistic secretion of quanta from successive sets of visualized varicosities along single sympathetic nerve terminals. J. Auton. Nerv. Syst. 43: 41-50.

    133. LAVIDIS, N.A. & BENNETT, M.R. (1993b). Sympathetic innervation of the surface of the mouse vas deferens. J. Auton. Nerv. Syst. 45: 87-100.

    134. SCOTT, T.R.D. & BENNETT, M.R. (1993a). The effect of ions and second messengers on long-term potentiation of chemical transmission in avian ciliary ganglia. Brit. J. Pharmacol. 110: 461-469.

    135. SCOTT, T.R.D. & BENNETT, M.R. (1993b). The effect of nitric oxide on the efficacy of synaptic transmission through the chick ciliary ganglion. Brit. J. Pharmacol. 110: 627-632.

    136. BENNETT, M.R. (1994). Nitric oxide release and long term potentiation at synapses in autonomic ganglia. Gen. Pharmacol. 25: 1541-1551.

    137. 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.

  • 138. 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 Second Messenger and Phosphoprotein Reseach 29: 399-423.

    139. 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.

    140. 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.

    141. 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.

    142. 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.

    143. LIN, Y.-Q., & BENNETT, M.R. (1994). Nitric oxide modulation of quantal secretion in chick ciliary ganglia. J. Physiol. (Lond.) 481: 385-394.

    144. 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.

    145. 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.

    146. 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.

    147. 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.

    148. 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.

    149. BENNETT, M.R. (1995a). Models and mechanisms of neurotransmission. Chapter 3, pp.38-54. In: "Neurotransmitter Release and Modulation", Powis D. & Bunn, S.J. eds., Cambridge University Press, UK.

    150. BENNETT, M.R. (1995b). The origin of Gaussian distributions of synaptic potentials. Prog. Neurobiol. 46: 331-350.

    151. BENNETT, M.R. (1995c). The neuroscience of syntax, semantics and qualia. Proc. Roy. Soc. New South Wales 128: 1-12.

    152. BENNETT, M.R. (1995d). The binding problem and consciousness. Proc. Roy. Soc. New South Wales 128: 13-18.

    153. 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.

    154. 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.

    155. 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.

    156. 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.

    157. 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.

  • 158. 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.

    159. 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.

    160. 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.

    161. 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.

    162. 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.

    163. 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.

    164. 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.

    165. 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.

    166. 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.

    167. 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.

    168. 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.

    169. WARREN, D., LAVIDIS, N.A. & BENNETT, M.R. (1995). Quantal secretion recorded from visualized boutons. Neurosci. Lett. 192: 205-208.

    170. BALACHANDRAN, C. & BENNETT, M.R. (1996). ATP-activated cationic and anionic conductances in cultured rat hippocampal neurons. Neurosci. Lett. 204: 73-76.

    171. BENNETT, M.R. (1996a). Consciousness and quantum mechanics. Proc. Roy. Soc. New South Wales 129: 69-79.

    172. BENNETT, M.R. (1996b). Neuromuscular transmission at an active zone: the secretosome hypothesis. J. Neurocytol. 25: 869-891. [25th Anniversary Issue, on "The Synapse".]

    173. BENNETT, M.R. (1996c). Autonomic neuromuscular transmission at a varicosity. Prog. Neurobiol. 50: 505-532.

    174. BENNETT, M.R., FARNELL, L. & GIBSON, W.G. (1996a). Quantal transmitter release onto different patterns of receptor distributions at somatic neuromuscular junctions. J. Theor. Biol. 183: 231-236.

    175. BENNETT, M.R., FARNELl, L. & GIBSON, W.G. (1996b). Quantal transmitter release at somatic motor-nerve terminals: stochastic analysis of the subunit hypothesis. Biophys. J. 70: 654-668.

    176. BENNETT, M.R. & HUXLIN, K.R (1996). Neuronal cell death in the mammalian nervous system: the calmortin hypothesis. Gen. Pharmacol. 27: 407-419.

    177. 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.

  • 178. 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.

    179. 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.

    180. 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.

    181. 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.

    182. 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.

    183. 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.

    184. 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. Letters in Peptide Science 4: 67-77.

    185. BENNETT, M.R. (1997a). "The Idea of Consciousness", Gordon & Breach /Harwood Academic Publishers.

    186. BENNETT, M.R. (1997b). Non-adrenergic non-cholinergic (NANC) transmission to smooth muscle: 35 years on. Prog. Neurobiol. 52: 159-195.

    187. BENNETT, M.R. & BRAIN, K.L. (1997). Autonomic synaptic transmission at single boutons and calyces. J. Neurocytol. 26: 577-603. [Suppl. to 25th Anniversary Issue on "The Synapse".]

    188. 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.

    189. 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.

    190. 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.

    191. 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.

    192. 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.

    193. 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.

    194. 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.

    195. TUYAU, M., HANSEN, M.A., COLEMAN, M., DAMPNEY, R.A.L., BALCAR, V.J. & BENNETT, M.R. (1997). Autoradiography of [3H}alpha,beta-methylene-ATP binding to P2X purinoceptor sites in medulla oblongata and spinal cord of the rat. Neurochem. Int. 30: 159-169.

  • 196. BENNETT, M.R. (1998a). Monaminergic synapses and schizophrenia: 45 years of neuroleptics. J. Psychopharmacol. 12(3): 289-304.

    197. BENNETT, M.R. (1998b). Neurotransmitter release at individual sympathetic varicosities, boutons. 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.

    198. BENNETT, M.R. (1998c). Transmission at sympathetic varicosities. News Physiol. Sci. 13: 79-84

    199. BENNETT, M.R., CHEUNG, A. and BRAIN, K.L. (1998) Sympathetic neuromuscular transmission at a varicosity in a syncytium. Microscopy Research and Technique. 42: 433-450.

    200. 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. B, 265: 271-277.

    201. 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.

    202. BRAIN, K.L. & BENNETT, M.R. (1998) Calcium transients evoked by action potentials in the somata of chick ciliary neurons. J. Auton. Nerv Syst. 71: 120-133

    203. COOP, A.D., GIBSON, W.G. & BENNETT, M.R. (1998) Spontaneous calcium transients in autonomic boutons and varicosities. J. Theor. Biol. 195: 395-411.

    204. 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.

    205. HENERY, R.J., ROBINSON, J. and BENNETT, M.R. (1998) Methods for grouping shapes of synaptic currents recorded from sets of synapses. J. Neurosci. Meth. 86: 79-90.

    206. LENGYEL, I., NICHOL, K.A., BENNETT, M.R., HEATH, J.W., LITTLE, G.J. and ROSTAS, J.A.P. (1998) Alpha and beta subunits of CaM-kinase II are localized in different neurons in chick ciliary ganglion. NeuroReport 9: 2753-2755.

    207. 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. Auton. Nerv. Syst., 73: 26-37.

    208. 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.

    209. 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]alpha,beta-methylene-ATP binding in rat brain. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun.. 249: 166-171.

    210. BARDEN, J.A., COTTEE, L.J. & BENNETT, M.R. (1999) Vesicle-associated proteins and P2x receptor clusters at single sympathetic varicosities in mouse vas deferens. J. Neurocytol. 28: 469-480.

    211. BENNETT, M.R. (1999a) The early history of the synapse: from Plato to Sherrington. Brain Res. Bull. 50(2): 95-118.

    212. BENNETT, M.R. (1999b) Synapse formation molecules in muscle and autonomic ganglia: the dual constraint hypothesis. Prog. Neurobiol. 57: 225-287.

    213. BENNETT, M.R. (1999c) The concept of a calcium sensor in transmitter release. Prog Neurobiol. 59: 243-277.

    214. BENNETT, M.R. (1999d) One hundred years of adrenaline and the discovery of autoreceptors. Clin. Autonom. Res. 9: 145-159.

    215. BENNETT, M.R. & BALCAR, V.J. (1999) Forty years of amino acid transmission in the brain. Neurochem. Int. 35: 269-280.

  • 216. BENNETT, M.R., FARNELL, L. & GIBSON, W.G. (1999) Cable analysis of a motor-nerve terminal branch in a volume conductor. Bull. Math. Biol. 61: 1-17.

    217. DUTTON, J.L., HANSEN, M.A., BALCAR, V.J., BARDEN, J.A. & 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: 3-16.

    218. 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.

    219. HANSEN, M.A., DUTTON, J.L., BALCAR, V.J., BARDEN, J.A. & BENNETT, M.R. (1999) P2X (purinergic) receptor distributions in rat blood vessels. J. Auton. Nerv. Syst 75: 147-155.

    220. LENGYEL, I., OLESEN, L.E., NICHOL, K.A., BRAIN, K.L., WANG, X., ROBINSON, P.J., 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 ox ide action. Neuroscience 90: 607-619.

    221. MACLEOD, G.T., FARNELL, L., GIBSON, W.G. & BENNETT, M.R. (1999) Quantal secretion and nerve-terminal cable properties at neuromuscular junctions in an amphibian (Bufo marinus). J. Neurophysiol. 81: 1135-1146.

    222. 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.

    223. 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. Brit. J. Pharmacol. 128 (8): 1739-1753..

    224. 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. Electrophoresis 20: 2065-2070.

    225. 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.

    2000-2009

    226. BARDEN, Julian A. & BENNETT, Maxwell R. (2000) Distribution of P2X purinoceptor clusters on individual rat dorsal root ganglion cells. Neurosci. Lett. 287 (3): 183-186.

    227. BENNETT, M.R. (2000a) Synaptic transmission at single boutons in sympathetic ganglia. News Physiol. Sci. 15: 98-101.

    228. BENNETT, M.R. (2000b) The concept of long-term potentiation of transmission at synapses. Prog. Neurobiol. 60: 109-137

    229. BENNETT, M.R. (2000c) NANC transmission at a varicosity: the individuality of single synapses. J. Auton. Nerv. Syst 81(1-3): 25-30.

    230. BENNETT, M.R. (2000d) The concept of transmitter receptors: 100 years on. Neuropharmacology 39 (4): 523-546.

    231. BENNETT, M.R., FARNELL, & GIBSON, W.G. (2000a) The probability of quantal secretion near a single calcium channel of an active zone. Biophys. J. 78(5): 2201-2221.

    232. BENNETT, M.R., FARNELL, L. & GIBSON, W.G. (2000b) The probability of quantal secretion within an array of calcium channels of an active zone. Biophys. J. 78 (5): 2222-2240.

    233. 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(3): 1106-1118.

    234. BENNETT, M.R. & KEARNS, J.L. (2000) Statistics of transmitter release at nerve terminals. Prog. Neurobiol. 60: 545-606.

  • 235. DUTTON J.L., PORONNIK P., LI G.H., HOLDING C.A., WORTHINGTON R.A., VANDENBERG R.J., COOK D.I., BARDEN J.A. & BENNETT M.R. (2000) P2X1 receptor membrane redistribution and down-regulation visualized using receptor-coupled green fluorescent protein chimeras. Neuropharmacology 39 (11): 2054-2066.

    236. LI G.H., LEE E.M., BLAIR ,D., HOLDING C., PORONNIK P., COOK D.I, BARDEN J.A. & 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 (37): 29107-29112.

    237. PULVIRENTI T.J., LIN J., CHAFOUR X., McLACHLAN C., HAMBLY B.D., BENNETT M.R. & BARDEN J.A. (2000) P2X (purinergic) receptor redistribution in rabbit aorta following injury to endothelial cells and cholesterol feeding. J. Neurocytol. 29(9): 623-631.

    238. YAO, S.T., BARDEN, J.A., FINKELSTEIN D.I., BENNETT, M.R. & LAWRENCE A.J. (2000) Comparative study on the distribution patterns of P2X1-P2X6 receptor immunoreactivity in the brainstem of the rat and the common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus): association with catecholamine cell groups. J. Comp. Neurol. 427: 485-507.

    239. YUNAEV, M.A., BARDEN, J.A. & BENNETT, M.R. (2000) Changes in the distribution of different subtypes of P2X receptor clusters on smooth muscle cells in relation to nerve varicosities in the pregnant rat urinary bladder. J. Neurocytol. 29: 99-108. 240. BENNETT, M.R. (2001) Mechanisms of depression of transmitter release at synapses. NeuroReport. 12(3): A15-A20.

    241. BENNETT, M.R. & BARDEN, J.A. (2001) Ionotropic (P2X) receptor dynamics at single autonomic varicosities. NeuroReport 12: A91-A97.

    242. 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(3): 1311-1328.

    243. BENNETT, M.R. & HACKER, P.M.S. (2001) Perception and memory in neuroscience: a conceptual analysis. Prog. Neurobiol. 65: 499-543.

    244. BLAIR, D.H., ROBSON, S., KING, G. & BENNETT, M.R. (2001) Vesicle-associated proteins and transmitter release from sympathetic ganglionic boutons. NeuroReport 12(3): 607-610.

    245. GIBSON, W.G., FARNELL, L. & BENNETT, M.R. (2001) A Monte Carlo analysis of calcium dynamics and facilitation in nerve terminals. Neurocomputing 38: 17-22.

    246. LIN, Y.Q., GRAHAM, K. & BENNETT, M.R. (2001) Depression of transmitter release at synapses in the rat superior cervical ganglion: the role of transmitter depletion. Auton. Neurosci. - Basic & Clin. 88(1-2): 16-24.

    247. MACLEOD, G.T., DICKENS, P.A. & 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(7): 2380-2392 (cover story).

    248. BENNETT, M.R. (2001) History of the Synapse. Harwood Academic Publishers, London.

    249. BENNETT, M.R. (2002a) Single sympathetic varicosities and their receptor clusters. In: Catecholamine Research: From Molecular Insights to Clinical Medicine, Adv. Behav. Biol. Vol. 52, pp.47-51. Eds T.Nagatsu, T. Nabeshima, R. McCarty & D.S. Goldstein. Kluwer Academic/Plenum, New York.

    250. BENNETT, M.R., GIBSON, W.G. & LEMON, G. (2002) Neuronal cell death, nerve growth factors and neurotrophic models: fifty years on. Auton. Neurosci. - Basic & Clin. 95: 1-23.

    251. BENNETT, M.R. & HACKER, P.M.S. (2002) The Motor System in Neuroscience: a history and analysis of conceptual developments. Prog. Neurobiol. 67: 1-52.

    252. HENERY, R., FARNELL, L., GIBSON, W.G. & BENNETT, M.R. (2002) Potential fields in vascular smooth muscle generated by transmitter release from sympathetic varicosities. J. Theor. Biol. 218(4): 531-548.

    253. KEARNS, J., FARNELL, L., GIBSON, W.G., LIN, Y.Q. & BENNETT, M.R. (2002) Quantal current fields around individual boutons in sympathetic ganglia. J. Theor. Biol. 214: 135-146.

  • 254. BLAIR, D., LIN, Y.Q. & BENNETT, M.R. (2003) Differential sensitivity to calcium and osmotic pressure of fast and slow ATP currents at sympathetic varicosities in mouse vas deferens. Auton. Neurosci. - Basic & Clin. 105(1): 45-52.

    255. LEMON, G., GIBSON, W.G. & BENNETT, M.R. (2003) Metabotropic receptor activation, desensitization and sequestration. I: modelling calcium and inositol 1,4,5-triphosphate dynamics following receptor activation. J. Theor. Biol. 223: 93-111.

    256. LEMON, G., GIBSON, W.G. & BENNETT, M.R. (2003) Metabotropic receptor activation, desensitization and sequestration. II: modelling the dynamics of the pleckstrin homology domain. J. Theor. Biol. 223: 113-129.

    257. LIU,G.J., BROCKHAUSEN,J. & BENNETT, M.R. (2003) P2X1 receptor currents after disruption of the PKC site and its surroundings by dominant negative mutations in HEK293 cells. Auton. Neurosci. 108(1-2); 12-16.

    258. LIU, G.J. & BENNETT, M.R. (2003) ATP secretion from nerve trunks and Schwann cells mediated by glutamate. NeuroReport 14 (16): 2079-2083.

    259. ABDIPRANOTO, A., LIU, G.J., WERRY, E.L. & BENNETT, M.R. (2003) Mechanisms of secretion of ATP from cortical astrocytes triggered by uridine triphosphate. NeuroReport 14(17): 2177-2181.

    260. BENNETT, M.R (2003) The autonomic neuroeffector junction. In: "Primer on the Autonomic Nervous System", Section 3, Autonomic Structures and Pathways. Eds. David Robertson, Phillip Low, Geoffrey Burnstock, Italo Biaggioni. 2nd edition.

    261. BENNETT, M.R. (2003)Milestones in autonomic research. In: "Primer on the Autonomic Nervous System", Section 11, Historical Aspects. Eds. David Robertson, Phillip Low, Geoffrey Burnstock, Italo Biaggioni. 2nd edition.

    262. BENNETT, M.R. & HACKER, P.M.S. (2003) "Philosophical Foundations of Neuroscience". Blackwell, Oxford.

    263. BENNETT, M.R. (2003) Sir Bernard Katz: 1911 - 2003. J. Neurocytol. 32(5-8): 431-436.

    264. BENNETT, M.R. (2003) The formation and function of single transmitter release sites at mature amphibian motor-nerve terminals. J. Neurocytol. 32(5-8): 447-472.

    265. DICKENS, P.A., HILL, P. & BENNETT, M.R. (2003) Schwann cell dynamics with respect to newly formed motor-nerve terminal branches of mature (Bufo marinus) muscle fibers. J. Neurocytol. 32(4): 381-392.

    266. BENNETT, M.R., FARNELL, L. & GIBSON, W.G. (2004) The facilitated probability of quantal secretion within an array of calcium channels of an active zone at the amphibian neuromuscular junction. Biophys. J. 86(5): 2674-2690.

    267. BENNETT, M.R., FARNELL, L., GIBSON, W.G. & BLAIR, D.H. (2004) A quantitative description of the diffusion of noradrenaline in the media of blood vessels following its release from sympathetic varicosities. J.Theor. Biol. 226(3): 359-372.

    268. BENNETT, M.R., & HACKER, P.M.S. (2004) Emotion and cortical - subcortical function: conceptual developments. Prog. Neurobiol. 75: 29-52

    269.LEMM, G., BROCKHAUSEN, J., LI, G.H., GIBSON, W.G. & BENNETT, M.R. (2004) Calcium Mobilization and spontaneous transient outward current characteristics upon agonist activation of P2Y2 receptors in smooth muscle. Biophys. J. 88: 1507-1523

    270.BENNETT, M.R., FARNELL, L. & GIBSON, W.G. (2005) A quantitative description of the contractions of blood vessels following the release of noradrenaline from sympathetic varicosities. J.Theor. Biol. 234: 107-122

    271. LIU, G.J., WERRY, E.L. & BENNETT, M.R. (2005) Secretions of ATP from Schwann cells in response to uridine triphosphate. Europ. J. Neurosci. 21(1): 151-160

    272. LIN, Y.Q. & BENNETT, M.R. (2005) Varicosity - Schwann cell interactions mediated by ATP in the mouse vas deferens. J. Neurophysiol. 93(5): 2787-2796.

  • 273. BENNETT, M.R., FARNELL, L. & GIBSON, W.G. (2005). A quantitative model of purinergic junctional transmission of calcium waves in astrocyte networks. Biophys. J. 89(4): 2235-2250.

    274. BENNETT, M.R. & HACKER, P.M.S. (2005) Emotion and cortical - subcortical function: conceptual developments. Prog. Neurobiol. 75(1): 29-52.

    275. LIN, Y.Q. & BENNETT, M.R. (2006). Schwann cells in rat vascular autonomic nerves activated via purinergic receptors. NeuroReport 17(5): 531-535.

    276. BENNETT, M.R., FARNELL, L. & GIBSON, W.G. (2006) Purinergic junctional transmission and propagation of calcium waves in spinal cord astrocyte networks. Biophys. J. Epub ahead of print.

    277. LIU, G.J., KALOUS, A., WERRY, E.L. & BENNETT, M.R. (2006). Purine release from spinal cord microglia following elevation of calcium by glutamate. Mol. Pharmacol. Epub ahead of print.

    278. WERRY, E.L., LIU, G.J. & BENNETT, M.R. (2006) Glutamate stimulated ATP release from spinal cord astrocytes is greatly potentiated by substance P.J. Neurochem. Epub ahead of print.

    279. BENNETT, M.R. & HACKER, P.M.S. (2006) Language and cortical function: conceptual developments. Prog. Neurobiol. Epub ahead of print.

    280. BENNETT, M.R., DENNETT, D., HACKER, P.M. and SEARLE, J. (2006) Language, Mind and Brain: the Philosophy of Neuroscience . Columbia University Press, New York .

    281. BENNETT, M.R., FARNELL, L., GIBSON, W. & DICKENS, P. (2007) Mechanism of calcium sequestration during facilitation at active zones of an amphibian neuromuscular junction. J. Theoret. Biol. 247(2): 230-241.

    282. BENNETT, M.R. (2007). Synaptic P2X7 receptor regenerative-loop hypothesis for depression. Aust, N.Z.J. Psychiat. 41(7): 563-571.

    283. BENNETT, M.R., BULJAN, V., FARNELL, L. 7 GIBSON, W. (2007). Purinergic junctional transmission and propagation of calcium waves in cultured spinal cord microglia networks. Purinergic Sig. 4: 47-59.

    284 BENNETT, M.R., FARNELL, L., GIBSON, W.G. (2007). Origins of blood volume changes due to glutamatergic synaptic activity at astrocytes abbuting on arteriolar smooth muscle. J. Theoret. Biol. 250(1) : 172-185.

    285. BENNETT, M.R. (2007) Development of the Concept of Mind. Aust, N.Z.J. Psychiat. 41(12): 943-956.

    286. BENNETT, M.R., FARNELL, L., GIBSON, W.G. (2008). Origins of the BOLD changes due to synaptic activity at astrocytes abutting arteriolar smooth muscle. J. Theoret. Biol. 252(1): 123-130.

    287. BENNETT, M.R. & HACKER, P.M.S. (2008) History of Cognitive Neuroscience. Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Oxford.

    288. Gunosewoyo, H., Guo, L.G., Bennett, M.R., Coster, M.J., Kassiou, M. (2008) Cubyl Amides: Novel P2X7 Receptor Antagonists. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 18(13):3720-3723.

    289. Bennett MR (2008) Dual constraints on synapse formation and regression in schizophrenia: neuregulin, neuroligin, dysbindin, DISC1, MuSK and agrin. Aust, N.Z.J. Psychiat. 42: 662-677.

    290. Bennett MR. (2008) Consciousness and hallucinations in schizophrenia: the role of synapse regression. Aust, N.Z.J. Psychiat. 42: 915-931.

    291. Bennett MR, Farnell L, Gibson WG. (2008)A quantitative model of cortical spreading depression due to purinergic and gap-junction transmission in astrocyte networks. Biophys J. 95(12):5648-60.

  • 292. Bennett MR. (2008) Stress and anxiety in schizophrenia and depression: glucocorticoids, corticotropin-releasing hormone and synapse regression. Aust, N.Z.J. Psychiat. 42: 995-1002.

    293. Bennett MR (2008) Criminal law as it pertains to ‘mentally incompetent defendents’: an McNaughton Rule in the light of cognitive neuroscience. Aust, N.Z.J. Psychiat. 43: 289-299.

    294. Bennett MR (2009) Synapse formation and regression in the cortex during adolescence and in schizophrenia. Aust. Med. J. 190(4): S14-S16

    295. Liu GJ, Nagarajah R, Banati RB, Bennett MR. (2009) Glutamate induces directed chemotaxis of microglia. Europ. J Neurosci. 29(6):1108-1118.

    296. Bennett, M. (2009). Positive and negative symptoms in schizophrenia: the NMDA receptor hypofunction hypothesis, neuregulin/ErbB4 and synapse regression. Aust N Z J Psychiatry 43(8): 711-721.

    297. Gunosewoyo H, Coster MJ, Bennett MR, Kassiou M. (2009) Purinergic P2X7 receptor antagonists:chemistry and fundamentals of biological screening. Bioorg Med Chem. 17(14):4861-5.

    298. Shin JW, Nguyen KT, Pow DV, Knight T, Buljan V, Bennett MR, Balcar VJ. (2009 Distribution of glutamate transporter GLAST in membranes of cultured astrocytes in the presence of glutamate transport substrates and ATP. Neurochem Res. (10):1758-66.

    299. Nguyen KT, Shin JW, Rae C, Nanitsos EK, Acosta GB, Pow DV, Buljan V, Bennett MR, Else PL, Balcar VJ. (2009 Rottlerin inhibits (Na+, K+)-ATPase activity in brain tissue and alters D-aspartate dependent redistribution of glutamate transporter GLAST in cultured astrocytes. Neurochem Res.;34(10):1767-74

    300. Bennett MR, Farnell L, Gibson WG. (2009) P2X7 regenerative-loop potentiation of glutamate synaptic transmission by microglia and astrocytes. J Theor Biol.;261(1):1-16  2010 -

    301. Bennett MR. (2010) Synapse regression in depression: the role of 5-HT receptors in modulating NMDA receptor function and synaptic plasticity. Aust N Z J Psychiatry ;44(4):301-8

    302. Bennett MR, Hacker PM. (2011) Reply to critical review by professor John Smythies.Perception.;40(2):249-51

  • 303. Werry EL, Liu GJ, Lovelace MD, Nagarajah R, Hickie IB, Bennett MR. (2011) Lipopolysaccharide-stimulated interleukin-10 release from neonatal spinal cord microglia is potentiated by glutamate. Neuroscience.;175:93-103

    304. Bennett MR.(2011) The prefrontal-limbic network in depression: A core pathology of synapse regression. Prog Neurobiol.93(4):457-67

    305. Bennett MR. (2011) The prefrontal-limbic network in depression: Modulation by hypothalamus, basal ganglia and midbrain. Prog Neurobiol.93(4):468-87

    306. Boucher AA, Arnold JC, Hunt GE, Spiro A, Spencer J, Brown C, McGregor IS, Bennett MR, Kassiou M. (2011) Resilience and reduced c-Fos expression in P2X7 receptor knockout mice exposed to repeated forced swim test. Neuroscience. 189:170-7.

    307. Bennett MR, Farnell L, Gibson WG. (2011) A model of NMDA receptor control of F-actin treadmilling in synaptic spines and their growth. Bull Math Biol. 73(9):2109-31

    308. Bennett MR. (2011) Schizophrenia: susceptibility genes, dendritic-spine pathology and gray matter loss. Prog Neurobiol. 95(3):275-300.

    309. Bennett MR, Farnell L, Gibson WG. (2012) A model of neuregulin control of NMDA receptors on synaptic spines. Bull Math Biol. 74(3):717-35

    310. Werry EL, Liu GJ, Lovelace MD, Nagarajah R, Bennett MR. (2012) Glutamate potentiates lipopolysaccharide-stimulated interleukin-10 release from neonatal rat spinal cord astrocytes Neuroscience.207:12-24

    311. Hatton SN, Lagopoulos J, Hermens DF, Naismith SL, Bennett MR, Hickie IB. (2012) Correlating anterior insula gray matter volume changes in young people with clinical and neurocognitive outcomes: an MRI study. BMC Psychiatry 12:45

    312. Svahn AJ, Graeber MB, Ellett F, Lieschke GJ, Rinkwitz S, Bennett MR, Becker TS. (2013) Development of ramified microglia from early macrophages in the zebrafish. Dev Neurobiol. 73(1):60-71

    313. Bennett MR. (2013) The discovery of a new class of synaptic transmitters in smooth muscle 50 years ago and amelioration of coronary artery thrombosis. Acta Physiol (Oxf). 207(2):236-43.

    314. Hyder F, Rothman DL, Bennett MR. (2013) Cortical energy demands of signaling and nonsignaling components in brain are conserved across mammalian species and activity levels. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 110(9):3549-54

    315. Kassem MS, Lagopoulos J, Stait-Gardner T, Price WS, Chohan TW, Arnold JC, Hatton SN, Bennett MR. (2013) Stress-induced grey matter loss determined by MRI is primarily due to loss of dendrites and their synapses. Mol Neurobiol. 47(2):645-61

  • 316. Bennett MR, Farnell L, Gibson WG. (2013) Fiber pathway pathology, synapse loss and decline of cortical function in schizophrenia. PLoS One. 2013 Apr 8;8(4)

    317. Lagopoulos J, Hermens DF, Hatton SN, Battisti RA, Tobias-Webb J, White D, Naismith SL, Scott EM, Ryder WJ, Bennett MR, Hickie IB. (2013) Microstructural white matter changes are correlated with the stage of psychiatric illness. Transl Psychiatry. 2013 Apr 23;3:e248.

    318. Bennett MR. (2013) The discovery of non-adrenergic, non-cholinergic transmission: reply to the criticisms of G. Burnstock (2013) (GB) and Abbracchio et al. (2013) (A et al.) of M. Bennett's (MB) account of this history in Acta Physiol (2013) Feb; 207(2):236-43. Acta Physiol (Oxf). 208(4):292-3.

    319. Bennett MR, Lagopoulos J. (2014) Stress and trauma: BDNF control of dendritic-spine formation and regression. Prog Neurobiol. 112:80-99

    320. Chohan TW, Boucher AA, Spencer JR, Kassem MS, Hamdi AA, Karl T, Fok SY, Bennett MR, Arnold JC. (2014) Partial Genetic Deletion of Neuregulin 1 Modulates the Effects of Stress on Sensorimotor Gating, Dendritic Morphology, and HPA Axis Activity in Adolescent Mice. Schizophr Bull. 2014 Jan 17. [Epub ahead of print]

    321 Hatton SN, Lagopoulos J, Hermens D, Scott E, Hiskie I, Bennett MR (2014) Cortical thinning in young psychosis and bipolar patients correlate with common neurocognitive deficits. Int. J Bipolar Dis. 1: 3-13.

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