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Zin Khant Aung

Contact Details

Phone
+64 27 200 8513
Email
zin.khantaung@otago.ac.nz
Position
Scientific Officer
Department
Department of Anatomy
Qualifications
BSc PGDipSci MSc
Research summary
Neuroendocrine functions of the hormone prolactin

Research

Research in the role of prolactin in the neurobiological adaptations of the maternal brain and in regulation of energy homeostasis during pregnancy.

Publications

Brown, R. S. E., Jacobs, I. M., Khant Aung, Z., Knowles, P. J., Grattan, D. R., & Ladyman, S. R. (2023). High fat diet-induced maternal obesity in mice impairs peripartum maternal behaviour. Journal of Neuroendocrinology. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/jne.13350

Wall, E. G., Desai, R., Khant Aung, Z., Yeo, S. H., Grattan, D. R., Handelsman, D. J., & Herbison, A. E. (2023). Unexpected plasma gonadal steroid and prolactin levels across the mouse estrous cycle. Endocrinology, bqad070. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1210/endocr/bqad070

Khant Aung, Z., Masih, R. R., Desroziers, E., Campbell, R. E., & Brown, R. S. E. (2022). Enhanced pup retrieval behaviour in a mouse model of polycystic ovary syndrome. Journal of Neuroendocrinology, 34, e13206. doi: 10.1111/jne.13206

Phillipps, H. R., Khant Aung, Z., & Grattan, D. R. (2022). Elevated prolactin secretion during proestrus in mice: Absence of a defined surge. Journal of Neuroendocrinology, 34, e13129. doi: 10.1111/jne.13129

Georgescu, T., Khant Aung, Z., Grattan, D. R., & Brown, R. S. E. (2022). Prolactin-mediated restraint of maternal aggression in lactation. PNAS, 119(6), e2116972119. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2116972119

Brown, R. S. E., Jacobs, I. M., Khant Aung, Z., Knowles, P. J., Grattan, D. R., & Ladyman, S. R. (2023). High fat diet-induced maternal obesity in mice impairs peripartum maternal behaviour. Journal of Neuroendocrinology. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/jne.13350

Journal - Research Article

Wall, E. G., Desai, R., Khant Aung, Z., Yeo, S. H., Grattan, D. R., Handelsman, D. J., & Herbison, A. E. (2023). Unexpected plasma gonadal steroid and prolactin levels across the mouse estrous cycle. Endocrinology, bqad070. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1210/endocr/bqad070

Journal - Research Article

Georgescu, T., Khant Aung, Z., Grattan, D. R., & Brown, R. S. E. (2022). Prolactin-mediated restraint of maternal aggression in lactation. PNAS, 119(6), e2116972119. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2116972119

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Khant Aung, Z., Masih, R. R., Desroziers, E., Campbell, R. E., & Brown, R. S. E. (2022). Enhanced pup retrieval behaviour in a mouse model of polycystic ovary syndrome. Journal of Neuroendocrinology, 34, e13206. doi: 10.1111/jne.13206

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Phillipps, H. R., Khant Aung, Z., & Grattan, D. R. (2022). Elevated prolactin secretion during proestrus in mice: Absence of a defined surge. Journal of Neuroendocrinology, 34, e13129. doi: 10.1111/jne.13129

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Khant Aung, Z., Kokay, I. C., Grattan, D. R., & Ladyman, S. R. (2021). Prolactin-induced adaptation in glucose homeostasis in mouse pregnancy is mediated by the pancreas and not in the forebrain. Frontiers in Endocrinology, 12, 765976. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2021.765976

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Ladyman, S. R., Carter, K. M., Gillett, M. L., Khant Aung, Z., & Grattan, D. R. (2021). A reduction in voluntary physical activity in early pregnancy in mice is mediated by prolactin. eLIFE, 10, e62260. doi: 10.7554/eLife.62260

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Nair, B. B., Khant Aung, Z., Porteous, R., Prescott, M., Glendining, K. A., Jenkins, D. E., Augustine, R. A., Silva, M. S. B., Yip, S. H., Bouwer, G. T., Brown, C. H., Jasoni, C. L., Campbell, R. E., Bunn, S. J., Anderson, G. M., Grattan, D. R., Herbison, A. E., & Iremonger, K. J. (2021). Impact of chronic variable stress on neuroendocrine hypothalamus and pituitary in male and female C57BL/6J mice. Journal of Neuroendocrinology, 33, e12972. doi: 10.1111/jne.12972

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Barad, Z., Khant Aung, Z., Grattan, D. R., Ladyman, S. R., & Brown, R. S. E. (2020). Impaired prolactin transport into the brain and functional responses to prolactin in aged male mice. Journal of Neuroendocrinology, 32, e12889. doi: 10.1111/jne.12889

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Gustafson, P., Ladyman, S. R., McFadden, S., Larsen, C., Khant Aung, Z., Brown, R. S. E., Bunn, S. J., & Grattan, D. R. (2020). Prolactin receptor-mediated activation of pSTAT5 in the pregnant mouse brain. Journal of Neuroendocrinology, 32, e12901. doi: 10.1111/jne.12901

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Khant Aung, Z., Grattan, D. R., & Ladyman, S. R. (2020). Pregnancy-induced adaptation of central sensitivity to leptin and insulin. Molecular & Cellular Endocrinology, 516, 110933. doi: 10.1016/j.mce.2020.110933

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Augustine, R. A., Knowles, P. J., Khant Aung, Z., Grattan, D. R., & Ladyman, S. R. (2019). Impaired hypothalamic leptin sensitivity in pseudopregnant rats treated with chronic prolactin to mimic pregnancy. Journal of Neuroendocrinology, 31, e12702. doi: 10.1111/jne.12702

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Brown, R. S. E., Khant Aung, Z., Phillipps, H. R., Barad, Z., Lein, H.-J., Boehm, U., Szawka, R. E., & Grattan, D. R. (2019). Acute suppression of LH secretion by prolactin in female mice is mediated by kisspeptin neurons in the arcuate nucleus. Endocrinology, 160(5), 1323-1332. doi: 10.1210/en.2019-00038

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Ladyman, S. R., Khant Aung, Z., & Grattan, D. R. (2018). Impact of pregnancy and lactation on the long-term regulation of energy balance in female mice. Endocrinology, 159(6), 2324-2336. doi: 10.1210/en.2018-00057

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McEwen, H. J. L., Cognard, E., Ladyman, S. R., Khant-Aung, Z., Tups, A., Shepherd, P. R., & Grattan, D. R. (2018). Feeding and GLP-1 receptor activation stabilize beta-catenin in specific hypothalamic nuclei in male rats. Journal of Neuroendocrinology, 30(6), e12607, 1-10. doi: 10.1111/jne.12607

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Ladyman, S. R., MacLeod, M. A., Khant Aung, Z., Knowles, P., Phillipps, H. R., Brown, R. S. E., & Grattan, D. R. (2017). Prolactin receptors in Rip-cre cells, but not in AgRP neurons, are involved in energy homeostasis. Journal of Neuroendocrinology, 29(10), e12474. doi: 10.1111/jne.12474

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