Friday, 18th October 46th Annual Meeting of the Fetal and Neonatal Physiological Society 2019

• Altered placental androgen signalling contributes to growth restricted outcomes - Vicki L Clifton
• Preeclampsia Link to Hypoxic Pregnancy - Wen Tong
• Sex differences in cerebro:placental and umbilico:cerebral ratios: A longitudinal study - Juha Rasanen
• Subcutaneous sustained release maternal resveratrol treatment increases uterine artery blood flow in the pregnant ewe - Jack R.T. Darby
• Maternal Position affects uteroplacental-fetal blood flow and placental oxygenation in late gestation pregnancy: an MRI study - Peter R Stone
• Hard labour: an increase in myometrial Kv7.4 channel expression explains poor contractions necessitating caesarean delivery in older first-time labouring women - Ranga S Siriwardhana
• Sodium thiosulfate in the pregnant Dahl salt-sensitive rat: a solution to preeclampsia and fetal growth restriction? - Fieke Terstappen
• Oxidative stress and Placental-derived Mesenchymal Stromal Cells (PDMSCs): new perspective for Preeclampsia (PE) etiopathogenesis.   - Anna Maria Nuzzo
• Maternal health during gestation has sex-specific consequences for the offspring - Dorieke J Dijkstra
• Why women with supine hypotension are at risk of stillbirth: An MRI study of maternal haemodynamic responses to position in late pregnancy - John M D Thompson
• Differential Indolamine 2,3 Dioxygenase (IDO) 1-2 pathways regulation in homologous and Oocyte Donation (OD) pregnancies - Anna Maria Nuzzo
• Early pregnancy exposure to endocrine disrupting chemicals: the impact of Bisphenol A (BPA) on placental angiogenic and immune responses during pregnancy - Laura Moretti

• Late preterm birth causes persistent, region-dependent changes in vascular function in the offspring. - Beth Allison
• Predictors of adiposity in very preterm infants before term corrected age - Barbara Lingwood
• Intrauterine growth restriction changes the activity of hepatic drug metabolising enzymes in the maternal and fetal liver - Grace M McBride
• Leptin programs an enhanced M1 response in human neonatal monocyte-derived macrophages - Bernardo J. Krause
• Maternal diet-induced obesity impairs mitochondrial function in the hippocampus and hypothalamus of adult mice offspring - Emily J Camm
• Sub-optimal paternal diet and supplementation with methyl-donor impacts fetal and placental development in mice. - Hannah L Morgan
• Maternal obesity induces an epigenetic-mediated programming of NF-κB pathway in human female neonatal monocytes - Bernardo J. Krause
• Diet-induced maternal obesity alters placental endocrine region morphology without affecting mitochondrial function in the mouse. - Emily J. Camm
• Infant body composition predicts childhood obesity - Abirami Ratnasingham
• Alterations in hepatic cholesterol metabolism related genes and proteins following uteroplacental insufficiency in young adult guinea pigs occur in a sex-specific manner     - Timothy RH Regnault
• Sex-specific fetal outcomes in spontaneous intrauterine growth-restricted (spIUGR) guinea pigs following pyrroloquinoline quinone (PQQ) supplementation during pregnancy - Timothy RH Regnault
• Investigating the use of creatine to preserve mitochondrial function in the fetal brain following acute in utero hypoxia - Anna Muccini
• In vivo microdialysis assessment of fetal creatine supplementation and cerebral oxidative stress following global hypoxia-ischemia - Nhi NTT Tran
• Creatine for Neuroprotection of the Preterm Infant in an Ovine Model of Chorioamnionitis: A PhD Proposal - Ellen Williams
• Creatine to protect the preterm lungs from adverse effects of chorioamnionitis: a PhD proposal - Jane Choi

• Genetic and microstructural changes in the cortical plate of fetal sheep during gyrification - Sebastian Quezada
• Characterising the development of molecular and hormonal circadian rhythm development in preterm infants  - Natasha Sorensen
• Fetal Behavioural state and heart rate variation of small for gestational age compared to normal infants - John M D Thompson
• Increased risk of anxiety in early adolescence following very preterm birth: role of prefrontal and limbic brain region development - Courtney Gilchrist
• In-utero methadone exposure causes cognitive and hippocampal deficits at adolescence - Ian M Wright
• Advanced MRI analysis techniques to detect brain injury in growth restricted newborn lambs - Atul Malhotra
• Spatial and temporal profile of microglial and perivascular macrophages in the developing sheep brain - Isabelle Shearer
• Characterising brain connectivity in fetal growth restriction: fetal ontogenesis - Ingrid Dudink
• Placental insufficiency alters cortical development prior to growth restriction in fetal sheep. - Nadia Hale
• Cortical development following intrauterine growth restriction in the neonatal and adolescent rat - Angela Cumberland
• Hippocampal neurogenesis and memory impairments in intrauterine growth restriction: a rodent study - Courtney Gilchrist
• Intrauterine growth restriction changes fine motor control in the cuprizone model of multiple sclerosis - Angela Cumberland

• The evolution of neuroinflammation and myelination after hypoxia-ischaemia in preterm fetal sheep - Benjamin Lear
• Comparative analysis of umbilical cord blood cells vs mesenchymal stromal cells for inflammation-induced preterm brain injury - Courtney McDonald
• Grey matter protection with acute-on-chronic LPS before acute hypoxia-ischemia in preterm fetal sheep - Kelly Q Zhou
• Hypoxic ischemic brain injury is modulated by multiple doses of umbilical cord blood cells - Tayla Penny
• Is immunosuppression necessary for neural stem cell treatment following perinatal stroke? - Madeleine Smith
• Working towards a novel hydrogel therapy for neonatal stroke - Bobbi Fleiss
• Effects of human amnion epithelial cells on white and grey matter brain injury in mechanically ventilated preterm lambs - Fraser Nott
• Ganaxolone increases expression of neurosteroid-sensitive GABA_A receptors in the preterm hippocampus - Julia C Shaw
• The effect of prenatal sildenafil administration on postnatal cerebral and renal tissue oxygenation in severe early-onset fetal growth restriction. - Fieke Terstappen
• The neuro-developmental evaluation of infants who received tadalafil for fetal growth restriction - Ryo Nimura
• Emapunil improves adverse neurobehavioural outcomes following exposure to stressful events in pregnancy - Gabrielle K Crombie

The Conference Dinner is sponsored by