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Prof. John Morrison MB BCh BAO BSc DCH FRCOG FRCPI MD
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Biography:
Professor Morrison has been in post as Professor of Obstetrics & Gynaecology at National University of Ireland, Galway/ Consultant Obstetrician & Gynaecologist at Galway University Hospital since 1997. Before joining the National University of Ireland, Galway he worked at University College London as a Lecturer in Obstetrics & Gynaecology and Senior Registrar in Obstetrics & Gynaecology. He completed RCOG sub-specialty training in Feto-Maternal Medicine at University College London Hospitals. Before that he was a clinical Registrar and Research Fellow at University of Cambridge Clinical School, Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge. He is a Consultant Obstetrician Gynaecologist with Health Services Executive at Galway University Hospital and provides a sub-specialty clinical service in Feto-Maternal Medicine. His main research areas of interest are:Myometrial physiology Pre-term labour Pre-natal diagnosis and high-risk obstetrics |
Peer Reviewed Journals
| Gleeson, N. C., Gormally, S. M., Morrison, J. J. & O'Regan, M. (1992) 'Instrumental rotational delivery in primiparae'. Irish Medical Journal, 85 :139-141. [Details] |
| Morrison, J. J & Robinson, R. E. (1993) 'Renal Cell Carcinoma : An unusual cause of second trimester hypertension'. British Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 99 :775-776. [Details] |
| Fahy, T. A. & Morrison, J. J. (1993) 'The clinical significance of eating disorders in obstetrics'. British Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 100 :708-710. [Details] |
| Khan, R. N., Smith, S. K., Morrison, J. J. & Ashford, M. L. J. (1993) 'Properties of large-conductance Ca2+activated K+-channels properties of human myometrium during pregnancy and labour'. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London: Biological Sciences, 25 :9-15. [Details] |
| O'Reilly, G., Charnock-Jones, D. S., Morrison, J. J., Cameron, I. T., Davenport, A. P. & Smith, S. K. (1993) 'Alternatively spliced mRNAs for human endothelin-2 and their tissue distribution'. Biochemical & Biophysical Research Communications, 193 :834-840. [Details] |
| Morrison, J. J., Ashford, M. L. J., Khan, R. M. & Smith, S. K. (1993) 'The effects of potassium channel openers on the isolated human pregnant myometrium before and after the onset of labour : potential for tocolysis'. American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 169 :1277-1285. [Details] |
| Morrison, J. J., Clark, I. M., Powell, E. K., Cawston, T. E., Hackett, G. A. & Smith, S. K. (1994) 'Tissue collagenase: serum levels during pregnancy and parturition'. European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology & Reproductive Biology, 54 :71-75. [Details] |
| Morrison J. J., Geraghty, J. G. & Hackett, G. A. (1994) 'Spontaneous Intrapartum splenic rupture'. Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 14 :27-28. [Details] |
| Clark, I. M., Morrison, J. J., Hackett, G. A., Powell, E. K., Cawston, T. E. & Smith, S. K. (1994) 'Tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases: serum levels during pregnancy and labor, term and preterm'. Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 83 :532-537. [DOI] [Details] |
| Morrison, J. J., Sinnatamby, R., Hackett, G. A. & Tudor, J. (1995) 'Obstetric pelvimetry in the UK: An appraisal of current practice'. British Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 102 :748-750. [Details] |
| Morrison, J. J., Rennie, J. M., Milton, P. J. (1995) 'Neonatal respiratory morbidity and mode of delivery at term: influence of timing of elective caesarean section'. British Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 102 :101-106. [Details] |
| Bacon, C. R., Morrison, J. J., O'Reilly, G., Cameron, I. T., Davenport, A. P. (1995) 'ETA and ETB endothelin receptors in human myometrium characterised by the subtype elective ligands BQ123, BQ139317 AND PD151242'. Journal of Endocrinology, 144 :127-134. [Details] |
| Fountain, S. G., Morrison, J. J., Winston, R. M. L. & Smith, S. K. (1995) 'Ultrasonographic growth parameters of triplets'. Journal of Perinatal Medicine, 23 :257-263. [Details] |
| Morrison, J. J., Dearn, S. R., Smith, S. K. & Ahmed, A. (1996) 'Activation of protein kinase C is required for oxytocin-induced contractility human pregnant myometrium'. Human Reproduction, 11 (10):2285-2290. [Details] |
| Allsop J. R., Morrison, J. J. & Prentice, A. (1996) 'Pre-caesarean section haemoglobin: a worthless investigation'. International Journal of Obstetric Anaesthesia, 5 :85-89. [Details] |
| Morrison, J. J., Charnock-Jones, D. S. & Smith, S. K. (1996) 'Messenger RNA encoding thiol protein disulphide isomerase in amnion, ch and placenta in human term and preterm labour'. British Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 103 (9):873-878. [Details] |
| Khan, R. N., Smith, S. K., Morrison, J. J. & Ashford, M. L. (1997) 'Ca2+ dependence and pharmacology of large-conductance K+ channels in nonlabor and labor human uterine myocytes'. American Journal of Physiology, 273 (5 Pt 1):C1721-C1731. [Details] |
| Morrison, J. J. & Rennie, J. M. (1997) 'Clinical, scientific and ethical aspects of fetal and neonatal care at extremely preterm periods of getstation'. British Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 104 (12):1341-1350. [Details] |
| Khan, R. N., Morrison, J. J., Smith, S. K. & Ashford, M. L. (1998) 'Activation of large-conductance potassium channels in pregnant human myometrium by pinacidil'. American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 178 (5):1027-1034. [Details] |
| Geary, M. P., Chitty, L. S., Morrison, J. J., Wright, V., Pierro, A. & Rodeck, C. H. (1998) 'Perinatal outcome and prognostic factors in prenatally diagnosed congenital diaphragmatic hernia'. Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 12 (2):107-111. [Details] |
| Iskaros, J., Kingdom, J., Morrison, J. J. & Rodeck, C. (1998) 'Prospective non-invasive monitoring of pregnancies complicated by red cell alloimmunisation'. Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 11 (6):432-437. [Details] |
| Morrison, J. J., Klein, N., Chitty, L. S., Kocjan, G., Walshe, D., Goulding, M. & Geary, M. P., Pierro, A & Rodeck, C. H. (1998) 'Intra-amniotic inflammation in human gastroschisis: possible aetiology of postnatal bowel dysfunction'. British Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 105 (11):1200-1204. [Details] |
| Fleming, S. M., O'Gorman, T., Finn, J., Grimes, H., Daly, K. & Morrison, J. J. (2000) 'Cardiac troponin I in pro-eclampsia and gestational hypertension'. British Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 107 (11):1417-1420. [Details] |
| Burke C. & Morrison, J. J. (2000) 'Perinatal factors and preterm delivery in an Irish obstetric population'. Journal of Perinatal Medicine, 28 (1):49-53. [Details] |
| Slattery, M. M., Friel, A. M. & Morrison, J. J. (2001) 'Selectivity of cyclooxygenase-2 and utero-relaxant effects in human pregnant and non-pregnant myometrium'. Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 98 (4):563-569. [Details] |
| Slattery, M. M., Brennan, C., O'Leary, M. J. & Morrison, J. J. (2001) 'Human chorionic gonadotrophin inhibition of pregnant human myometrial contractility'. British Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 108 :704-708. [Details] |
| Ryder, A. G., Power, S., Glynn, T. & Morrison, J. J. (2001) 'Time-domain measurement of fluorescence lifetime variation with pH'. Proceedings of SPIE, 4259 :102-109. [Details] |
| Dennedy, M. C., Friel, A. M., Gardeil, F. & Morrison J. J. (2001) 'Beta - 3 versus beta - 2 adrenergic agonists and preterm labour: in vitro uterine relaxation effects'. British Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 108 :605-609. [Details] |
| Fleming, S. M., O'Gorman, T., O'Berine, L., Grimes, H., Daly, K. M. & Morrison, J. J. (2001) 'Cardiac troponin I and N-Terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide in umbilical artery blood in relation to fetal heart rate abnormalities during labor'. Pediatric Cardiology, 22 (5):393-396. [Details] |
| Fleming, S. M., O'Beirne, L., Grimes, H., Daly, K. M. & Morrison, J. J. (2001) 'Amino-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide in normal and hypertensive pregnancy'. Hypertens Pregnancy, 20 (2):169-175. [Details] |
| Slattery, M. M., O'Leary, M. J., Morrison, J. J. (2001) 'Effect of parathyroid hormone-related peptide on human and rat myometrial contractility in vitro'. American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 18 (4):625-629. [Details] |
| Byrne, B. & Morrison, J. J. (2002) 'Preterm Birth'. Clinical Evidence, (8):1491-1405. [Details] |
| Slattery, M. M. & Morrison, J.J. (2002) 'Preterm Delivery'. Lancet, 360 (9344):1489-1497. [Details] |
| Moran, C. J., Tay, J. B. & Morrison, J. J. (2002) 'Ultrasound detection and perinatal outcome of fetal trisomies 21, 18 and 13 in the absence of a routine fetal anomaly scan or biochemical screening'. Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 20 (5):482-485. [Details] |
| Moran, C. J., Friel, A. M., Smith, T. & Morrison, J. J. (2002) 'Expression and function of Rho kinase in human pregnant myometrium'. Molecular Human Reproduction, 2 :196-200. [Details] |
| Houlihan, D. D., Dennedy, M. C. & Morrison, J. J. (2002) 'Polyamines and human uterine contractility'. American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 186 (4):778-783. [Details] |
| Curley, M., Cairns, M. T., Friel, A. M., McMeel, O. M., Morrison, J. J. & Smith, T. J. (2002) 'Expression of mRNA transcripts for ATP-sensitive potassium channels in human myometrium'. Molecular Human Reproduction, 8 (10):941-945. [Details] |
| Potter, S. M., Dennedy M. C. & Morrison, J. J. (2002) 'Corticosteroids and fetal vasculature: Effects of hydrocortisone dexamethasone and betamethasone on human umbilical artery'. British Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 109 (10):1126-1131. [Details] |
| Curley, M., Cairns, M. T., Friel, A. M., McMeel, O. M., Morrison, J. J. & Smith, T.J. (2002) 'Expression of ATP-sensitive potassium channels in human myometrium'. Molecular Human Reproduction, 8 :941-945. [Details] |
| Dennedy, M. C., Houlihan, D. D., McMillan, M. B. & Morrison, J. J. (2002) 'Beta-2 and beta-3 adrenoreceptor agonists: Human myometrial selectivity and effects on umbilical artery resistance'. American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 187 (Issue 31):641-647. [Details] |
| Doheny, H. C., Houlihan, D. D., Ravikumar, N., Smith, T. J. & Morrison, J. J. (2003) 'Human chorionic gonadotrophin relaxation of human pregnant myometrium and activation of the BKCa channel'. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 88 (9):4310-4315. [Details] |
| Ononeze, B. O., Gaffney, G. & Morrison, J. J. (2003) 'Attitudes towards routine prenatal diagnostic investigations in obstetric practice in the Republic of Ireland'. Irish Medical Journal, 96 (5):135-137. [Details] |
| Houlihan, D., Dennedy, M., Ravikumar, N. & Morrison, J. J. (2004) 'Anti-hypertensive therapy and the feto-placental circulation: effects on umbilical artery resistance'. Journal of Perinatal Medicine, 32 :315-319. [Details] |
| Byrne, B. & Morrison, J. J. (2004) 'Preterm Birth'. Clinical Evidence, 11 :1903-1922. [Details] |
| Ravikumar, N., Houlihan, D. D. & Morrison, J. J. (2004) 'Effects of polyamines on human umbilical artery tone in vitro'. Journal of the Society for Gynecological Investigation, 11 (8):536-539. [DOI] [Details] |
| Mears, K., McAuliffe, F., Grimes, H. & Morrison, J. J. (2004) 'Fetal cortisol in relation to labour, intrepartum events and mode of delivery'. Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 24 (2):129-132. [Details] |
| Potter, S. M., Astbury, K. & Morrison, J. J. (2004) 'Effects of thyroptropin releasing hormone (TRH) on human myometrium and umbilical vasculature in vitro'. American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 190 (1):246-251. [Details] |
| Curley, M., Morrison, J. J. & Smith, J. J. (2004) 'Analysis of Maxi-K alpha subunit splice variants in human myometrium'. Reproductive Biology Endocrinology, 2 (1). [Details] |
| Dennedy, M. C., Friel, A. M., Houlihan, D. D., Broderick, V. M., Smith, T. J, & Morrison, J. J. (2004) 'Cannabinoids and the human uterus during pregnancy'. American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 190 (2):2-9. [Details] |
| Sexton, D. J., O'Reilly, M. W., Friel, A. M. & Morrison, J. J. (2004) 'Functional effects of 17alpha-hydroxyprogesterone caproate (17P) on human myometrial contractility in vitro'. Reproductive Biology Endocrinology, 2 (1):80-84. [Details] |
| McAuliffe, F., Mears, K., Fleming, S., Grimes, H. & Morrison, J. J. (2004) 'Fetal cardiac troponin I in relation to intrapartum events and umbilical artery pH'. American Journal of Perinatology, 21 (3):147-152. [Details] |
| O'Sullivan, C. J., Allen, N. M., O'Loughlin, A. J., Friel, A. M. & Morrison, J. J. (2004) 'Thrombin and PAR-1 agonism: Effects on human uterine contractility in vitro'. American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 190 :1098-1105. [Details] |
| Doheny, H. C., Lynch, C. M., Smith, T. J. & Morrison, J. J. (2005) 'Functional coupling of ?3-adrenoreceptors to large conductance calcium-activated K+ channels in human uterine myocytes'. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 90 (10):5786-5796. [Details] |
| Friel, A. M., Curley, M., Ravikumar, N., Smith, T. J. & Morrison, J. J. (2005) 'Rho A/Rho kinase mRNA and protein levels in human myometrium during pregnancy and labor'. Journal of the Society for Gynaecological Investigation, 12 (1):20-27. [Details] |
| Doheny, H. C., Lynch, C. M., Smith, T. J. & Morrison, J. J. (2005) 'Functional coupling of B3-adrenoreceptors to large conductance calcium-activated K channels in human uterine myoctyes'. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 90 (10):5786-5796. [Details] |
| Morrison, JJ,Chitty, LS,Peebles, D,Rodeck, CH (2005) 'Recreational drugs and fetal gastroschisis: maternal hair analysis in the peri-conceptional period and during pregnancy'. BJOG-An International Journal Of Obstetrics And Gynaecology, 112 :1022-1025. [DOI] [Details] |
| O'Loughlin, A. J., O'Sullivan, C. J., Ravikumar, N., Friel, A. M., Elliott, J. T. & Morrison, J. J. (2005) 'Effects of thrombin, PAR-1 activating peptide and a PAR-1 antagonist on umbilical artery resistance in vitro'. Reproductive Biology Endocrinology, 3 (1):8-15. [Details] |
| Morrison, J. J., Chitty Lyn, S., Peebles, D. & Rodeck, C. H. (2005) 'Recreational Drugs and Fetal Gastroschisis: Maternal Hair Analysis in the Peri-Conceptional Period and during Pregnancy'. British Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 112 (8):1022-1025. [Details] |
| Friel, A. M., O'Reilly, M. W., Sexton, D. J. & Morrison, J. J. (2005) 'Specific PGF2? receptor (FP) antagonism and human uterine contractility in vitro'. British Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 112 (8):1034-1042. [Details] |
| Moynihan, A. T., Hehir, M. P., Glavey, S. V. & Morrison, J. J. (2006) 'Inhibitory effect of leptin on human uterine contractility in vitro'. American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 195 :504-509. [DOI] [Details] |
| Murrin, C., Fallon, U. B., Hannon, F., Nolan, G., O'Mahony, D., Crowley, D., Bury, G., Daly, S., Morrison, J. J., Murphy, A. W. & Kelleher, C. C. (2007) 'Lifeways Cross Generation Cohort Study Steering Group. Dietary habits of pregnant women in Ireland'. Irish Medical Journal, 100 (8):20-23. [Details] |
| Allen, N. M., O'Brien, M., Friel, A. M., Smith, T. J. & Morrison, J. J. (2007) 'Expression and function of protease-activated receptor 4 in human myometrium'. American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 196 (2):1.69E+03-169e169.e6. [Details] |
| Segonds-Pichon, A., Daly, F. H., Morrison, J. J., Bury, G., Murphy, A. W., Kelleher, C. C. (2007) 'Lifeways Cross Generation Cohort Study Steering Group. Socio-demographic, lifestyle and cross-generation predictors of self-rated health in mothers during pregnancy'. Irish Medical Journal, 100 (8):7-12. [Details] |
| Murrin, C., Segonds-Pichon, A., Fallon, U. B., Hannon, F., Bury Loftus, B. G., Murphy, A. W., Morrison, J. J., Daly, S., Kelleher, C. C. (2007) 'Lifeways Cross Generation Cohort Study Steering Group. Self reported pre-pregnancy maternal body mass index and infant birth-weight'. Irish Medical Journal, 100 (8):20-23. [Details] |
| Doheny, H. C., O'Reilly, M. J., Sexton, D. J. & Morrison, J. J. (2007) 'THG113.31, a specific PGF2alpha receptor antagonist, induces human myometrial relaxation adn BKCa channel activation'. Reproductive Biology Endocrinology, 5 :10-16. [Details] |
| O'Brien, M., O'Shaughnessy, D., Ahamide, E., Morrison, J. J., Smith, T. J. (2007) 'Differential expression of metalloproteinase MMP3 and the {alpha} 5 integrin subunit in human myometrium at labour'. Molecular Human Reproduction, 13 (9):655-661. [DOI] [Details] |
| Bardou, M., Rouget, C., Breuiller-Fouche, M., Loustalot, C., Naline, E., Sagot, P., Frydman, R., Morcillo, E. J., Advenier, C., Leroy, M. & Morrison, J. J. (2007) 'Is the beta3-adrenoceptor (ADRB3) a potential target for uterorelaxant drugs?'. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 7 . [Details] |
| Hynes, P. G., Friel, A. M., Smith, T. J. & Morrison, J. J. (2008) 'Beta-adrenoceptor subtype expression in human placenta and umbilical arteries in normal and preeclamptic pregnancies'. Hypertens Pregnancy, 27 (2):169-181. [DOI] [Details] |
| Moynihan, A. T., Hehir, M. P., Sharkey, A. M., Robson, S. C., Europe-Finner, G. N. & Morrison, J. J. (2008) 'Histone deacetylase inhibitors and a functional potent inhibitory effect on human uterine contractility'. American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 199 (2):167(e1)-167(e7). [Details] |
| Slattery, M. M., Geary, M. & Morrison, J. J. (2008) 'Obstetric antecedents for preterm delivery'. Journal of Perinatal Medicine, 36 (4):306-309. [DOI] [Details] |
| Moynihan, A. T., Smith, T. J. & Morrison, J. J. (2008) 'The relaxant effect of nifedipine in human uterine smooth muscle and the BK(Ca) channel'. American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 198 (2):237(e1)-237(e8). [Details] |
| Lynch, C. M., Sexton, D. J., Hession, M. & Morrison, J. J. (2008) 'Obesity and mode of delivery in primigravid and multigravid women'. American Journal of Perinatology, 25 (3):163-167. [DOI] [Details] |
| Lirussi, F., Rakotoniaina, Z., Madani, S., Goirand, F., Breuiller-Fouché, M., Leroy, M. J., Sagot, P., Morrison, J. J., Dumas, M. & Bardou, M. (2008) 'ADRB3 Adrenergic Receptor Is a Key Regulator of Human Myometrial Apoptosis and Inflammation During Chorioamnionitis'. Biology of Reproduction, 78 (3):497-505. [DOI] [Details] |
| O'Brien, M., Morrison, J. J. & Smith, T. J. (2008) 'Upregulation of PSCDBP, TLR2, TWIST1, FLJ35382, EDNRB, and RGS12 gene expression in human myometrium at labor'. Reproductive Science, 15 (4):382-393. [Details] |
| Friel, A. M., Hynes, P. G., Sexton, D. J., Smith, T. J., Morrison, J. J. (2008) 'Expression levels of mRNA for Rho A/Rho kinase and its role in isoprostane-induced vasoconstriction of human placental and maternal vessels'. Reproductive Science, 15 (2):179-188. [Details] |
| O'Brien, M., Flynn, D., Mullins, B., Morrison, J. J. & Smith, T. J. (2008) 'Expression of RHOGTPase regulators in human myometrium'. Reproductive Biology Endocrinology, 6 (1). [DOI] [Details] |
| Hehir, M. P., Glavey, S. V. & Morrison, J. J. (2008) 'Uterorelaxant effect of ghrelin on human myometrial contractility'. American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, . [Details] |
| Byrne, B. & Morrison, J. J. (2006) 'Preterm Birth'. Clinical Evidence, (15):1966-1985. [Details] |
| Byrne, B. M. & Morrison, J. J. (1999) 'Prenatal diagnosis of lethal fetal malformation in Irish obstetric practice'. Irish Medical Journal, 92 (2):271-273. [Details] |
| Gardeil, F., Gaffney, G. & Morrison, J. J. (2001) 'Severe HELLP syndrome remote from term'. Irish Medical Journal, 94 (2). [Details] |
| Morrison, J. J., Hastings, R. & Jauniaux, E. (1998) 'Trisomy 22: a cause of isolated fetal growth restriction'. Ultrasound In Obstetrics And Gynaecology, 11 (4):295-297. [Details] |
Other Item
| Morrison, J. J. & Hackett, G. A. (1993) Obstetric complication and schizophrenia. British Medical Journal. Other Item [Details] |
| Morrison, J. J. & Hackett, G. A. (1993) Magnetic resonance imaging pelvimetry: a useful. British Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology. Other Item [Details] |
| Morrison, J. J. & Thornton, S. (1993) Fibronectin: a predictor of preterm deliver?. British Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology. Other Item [Details] |
| Morrison, J. J. & Rennie, J. M. (1995) Changing the definition of perinatal mortality. Lancet. Other Item [Details] |
| Morrison, J. J. & O'Brien, P. J. (1995) Standing at work and preterm delivery. British Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology. Other Item [Details] |
| Morrison, J. J. (1996) New England Journal of Medicine. Other Item [Details] |
| Geary, M. P. & Morrison, J. J. (1996) Prelabor rupture of the membranes at term. Other Item [Details] |