STAFF PROFILE
Associate Professor Mary Tolcos
Position:
Associate Professor
College / Portfolio:
STEM College
School / Department:
STEM|Health and Biomedical Sciences
Phone:
+61399257359
Email:
mary.tolcos@rmit.edu.au
Campus:
Bundoora West
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Research supervision
- Gilchrist, C.,Thompson, D.,Tolcos, M.,Cumberland, A., et al, . (2023). Growth of prefrontal and limbic brain regions and anxiety disorders in children born very preterm In: Psychological Medicine, 53, 759 - 770
- Gilchrist, C.,Kelly, C.,Cumberland, A.,Dhollander, T.,Tolcos, M., et al., . (2023). Fiber-Specific Measures of White Matter Microstructure and Macrostructure Are Associated With Internalizing and Externalizing Symptoms in Children Born Very Preterm and Full-term In: Biological Psychiatry, 93, 575 - 585
- Tran, N.,Muccini, A.,Hale, N.,Tolcos, M.,Snow, R.,Walker, D.,Ellery, S. (2023). Creatine in the fetal brain: A regional investigation of acute global hypoxia and creatine supplementation in a translational fetal sheep model In: Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, 17, 1 - 16
- Gilchrist, C.,Thompson, D.,Kelly, C.,Beare, R.,Tolcos, M., et al, . (2022). The Structural Connectome and Internalizing and Externalizing Symptoms at 7 and 13 Years in Individuals Born Very Preterm and Full Term In: Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, 7, 424 - 434
- Cumberland, A.,Hale, N.,Azhan, A.,Gilchrist, C.,Chincarini, G.,Tolcos, M. (2022). Excitatory and inhibitory neuron imbalance in the intrauterine growth restricted fetal guinea pig brain: Relevance to the developmental origins of schizophrenia and autism In: Developmental Neurobiology, 83, 40 - 53
- Pagnin, M.,Kondos-Devcic, D.,Chincarini, G.,Cumberland, A.,Richardson, S.,Tolcos, M. (2021). Role of thyroid hormones in normal and abnormal central nervous system myelination in humans and rodents In: Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology, 61, 1 - 16
- Gilchrist, C.,Cumberland, A.,Kondos- Devcic, D.,Hill, R.,Khore, M.,Quezada Rojas, S.,Reichelt, A.,Tolcos, M. (2021). Hippocampal neurogenesis and memory in adolescence following intrauterine growth restriction In: Hippocampus, 31, 321 - 334
- Hickmott, R.,Bosakhar, A.,Quezada Rojas, S.,Barresi, M.,Walker, D.,Ryan, A.,Quigley, A.,Tolcos, M. (2021). The One-Stop Gyrification Station - Challenges and New Technologies In: Progress in Neurobiology, 204, 1 - 18
- Quezada Rojas, S.,van de Looij, Y.,Hale, N.,Rana, S.,Sizonenko, S.,Gilchrist, C.,Castillo-Melendez, M.,Tolcos, M.,Walker, D. (2020). Genetic and microstructural differences in the cortical plate of gyri and sulci during gyrification in fetal sheep In: Cerebral Cortex, 30, 6169 - 6190
- Ross-Munro, E.,Kwa, F.,Kreiner, J.,Khore, M.,Miller, S.,Tolcos, M.,Fleiss, B.,Walker, D. (2020). Midkine: The Who, What, Where, and When of a Promising Neurotrophic Therapy for Perinatal Brain Injury In: Frontiers in Neurology, 11, 1 - 22
- Mini-brains as personalised medicine tools for cerebral palsy. Funded by: Brain Foundation Research Grants 2023 from (2023 to 2024)
- Brain injury in the premature born infant - stem cell regeneration research network (PREMSTEM), NHMRC European Union Grant 2020. Funded by: NHMRC European Union (2020 onwards) from (2020 to 2025)
- Brain injury in the premature born infant: stem cell regeneration research network (PREMSTEM) - administered by Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale (INSERM). Funded by: Horizon Europe 2021 onwards Research and Innovation Actions from (2020 to 2025)
- Improving neurodevelopmental outcomes following fetal growth restriction. Funded by: NHMRC Project Grants 2018 from (2019 to 2024)
- What shapes our brain?. Funded by: ARC Future Fellowships 2018 onwards from (2019 to 2024)
4 PhD Completions7 PhD Current Supervisions
Brain development, Perinatal brain injury, Fetal growth restriction, Prematurity, Fetal hypoxia, Neuroprotection, Myelination, White matter injury, Cerebellum, Cerebral palsy