STAFF PROFILE
Associate Professor Mary Tolcos
Position:
Associate Professor
College / Portfolio:
School of Health and Biomedical Sciences
School / Department:
Laboratory Medicine
Phone:
99257359
Email:
mary.tolcos@rmit.edu.au
Campus:
Melbourne City Campus
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Research supervision
- 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
- Quezada Rojas, S.,van de Looij, Y.,Hale, N.,Rana, S.,Sizonenko, S.,Gilchrist, C.,Castillo-Melendez, M.,Tolcos, M.,Walker, D. (2020). (In Press) Genetic and microstructural differences in the cortical plate of gyri and sulci during gyrification in fetal sheep In: Cerebral Cortex, , 1 - 22
- Allison, B.,LaRosa, D.,Barton, S.,Tolcos, M et al, . (2019). Dose-dependent exacerbation of ventilation-induced lung injury by erythropoietin in preterm newborn lambs In: Journal of Applied Physiology, 126, 44 - 50
- Stojanovska, V.,Barton, S.,Tolcos, M.,Gill, A.,Kluckow, M.,Miller, S.,Zahra, V.,Hooper, S.,Galinsky, R.,Polglase, G. (2019). The Effect of Antenatal Betamethasone on White Matter Inflammation and Injury in Fetal Sheep and Ventilated Preterm Lambs In: Developmental Neuroscience, 40, 497 - 507
- Fleiss, B.,Wong, F.,Brownfoot, F.,Shearer, I.,Baud, O.,Walker, D.,Gressens, P.,Tolcos, M. (2019). Knowledge gaps and emerging research areas in intrauterine growth restriction-associated brain injury In: Frontiers in Endocrinology, 10, 1 - 24
- Rana, S.,Shishegar, R.,Quezada, S.,Johnston, L.,Walker, D.,Tolcos, M. (2019). The Subplate: A potential driver of cortical folding? In: Cerebral Cortex, 29, 4697 - 4708
- Atik, A.,De Matteo, R.,Boomgardt, M.,Rees, S.,Harding, R.,Cheong, J.,Rana, S.,Crossley, K.,Tolcos, M. (2019). Impact of high-dose caffeine on the preterm ovine cerebrum and cerebellum In: Frontiers in Physiology, 10, 1 - 12
- Tolcos, M.,McDougall, A.,Shields, A.,Chung, Y.,O'Dowd, R.,Turnley, A.,Wallace, M.,Rees, S. (2018). Intrauterine growth restriction affects cerebellar granule cells in the developing guinea pig brain In: Developmental Neuroscience, 40, 162 - 174
- Quezada Rojas, S.,Castillo-Melendez, M.,Walker, D.,Tolcos, M. (2018). Development of the cerebral cortex and the effect of the intrauterine environment In: Journal of Physiology, 596, 5665 - 5674
- Gilchrist, C.,Cumberland, A.,Walker, D.,Tolcos, M. (2018). Intrauterine growth restriction and development of the hippocampus: implications for learning and memory in children and adolescents In: The Lancet Child and Adolescent Health, 2, 755 - 764
- 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 2020 Research and Innovation Actions from (2020 to 2025)
- 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)
- Improving neurodevelopmental outcomes following fetal growth restriction. Funded by: NHMRC Project Grants 2018 from (2019 to 2022)
- What shapes our brain?. Funded by: ARC Future Fellowships 2018 onwards from (2019 to 2023)
- Preterm birth and the risk of mental health disorders in childhood and adolescence: identifying targets to intervene early. Funded by: Financial Markets Foundation for Children Grants 2018 onwards from (2019 to 2021)
1 PhD Completions9 PhD Current Supervisions
Brain development, Perinatal brain injury, Fetal growth restriction, Prematurity, Fetal hypoxia, Neuroprotection, Myelination, White matter injury, Cerebellum, Cerebral palsy