Mel Prescott

Contact Details
- Phone
- +64 3 470 3444
- mel.prescott@otago.ac.nz
- Position
- Assistant Research Fellow
- Department
- Department of Physiology
Publications
Ruddenklau, A., Glendining, K., Prescott, M., & Campbell, R. E. (2023). Validation of a new custom polyclonal progesterone receptor antibody for immunohistochemistry in the female mouse brain. Journal of the Endocrine Society, bvad113. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1210/jendso/bvad113
Donaldson, N. M., Prescott, M., Ruddenklau, A., Campbell, R. E., & Desroziers, E. (2023). Maternal androgen excess significantly impairs sexual behavior in male and female mouse offspring: Perspective for a biological origin of sexual dysfunction in PCOS. Frontiers in Endocrinology, 14, 1116482. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2023.1116482
Coyle, C. S., Prescott, M., Handelsman, D. J., Walters, K. A., & Campbell, R. E. (2022). Chronic androgen excess in female mice does not impact luteinizing hormone pulse frequency or putative GABAergic inputs to GnRH neurons. Journal of Neuroendocrinology, 34, e13110. doi: 10.1111/jne.13110
Watanabe, Y., Prescott, M., Campbell, R. E., & Jasoni, C. L. (2021). Prenatal androgenization causes expression changes of progesterone and androgen receptor mRNAs in the arcuate nucleus of female mice across development. Journal of Neuroendocrinology, 33, e13058. doi: 10.1111/jne.13058
Sati, A., Prescott, M., Holland, S., Jasoni, C. L., Desroziers, E., & Campbell, R. E. (2021). Morphological evidence indicate a role for microglia in shaping the polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)-like brain. Journal of Neuroendocrinology, 33, e12999. doi: 10.1111/jne.12999
Donaldson, N. M., Prescott, M., Ruddenklau, A., Campbell, R. E., & Desroziers, E. (2023). Maternal androgen excess significantly impairs sexual behavior in male and female mouse offspring: Perspective for a biological origin of sexual dysfunction in PCOS. Frontiers in Endocrinology, 14, 1116482. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2023.1116482
Journal - Research Article
Ruddenklau, A., Glendining, K., Prescott, M., & Campbell, R. E. (2023). Validation of a new custom polyclonal progesterone receptor antibody for immunohistochemistry in the female mouse brain. Journal of the Endocrine Society, bvad113. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1210/jendso/bvad113
Journal - Research Article
Coyle, C. S., Prescott, M., Handelsman, D. J., Walters, K. A., & Campbell, R. E. (2022). Chronic androgen excess in female mice does not impact luteinizing hormone pulse frequency or putative GABAergic inputs to GnRH neurons. Journal of Neuroendocrinology, 34, e13110. doi: 10.1111/jne.13110
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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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Sati, A., Prescott, M., Holland, S., Jasoni, C. L., Desroziers, E., & Campbell, R. E. (2021). Morphological evidence indicate a role for microglia in shaping the polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)-like brain. Journal of Neuroendocrinology, 33, e12999. doi: 10.1111/jne.12999
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Watanabe, Y., Prescott, M., Campbell, R. E., & Jasoni, C. L. (2021). Prenatal androgenization causes expression changes of progesterone and androgen receptor mRNAs in the arcuate nucleus of female mice across development. Journal of Neuroendocrinology, 33, e13058. doi: 10.1111/jne.13058
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Coutinho, E. A., Prescott, M., Hessler, S., Marshall, C. J., Herbison, A. E., & Campbell, R. E. (2020). Activation of a classic hunger circuit slows luteinizing hormone pulsatility. Neuroendocrinology, 110(7-8), 671-687. doi: 10.1159/000504225
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Marshall, C. J., Prescott, M., & Campbell, R. E. (2020). Investigating the NPY/AgRP/GABA to GnRH neuron circuit in prenatally androgenized PCOS-like mice. Journal of the Endocrine Society, 4(11), bvaa129. doi: 10.1210/jendso/bvaa129
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Holland, S., Prescott, M., Pankhurst, M., & Campbell, R. E. (2019). The influence of maternal androgen excess on the male reproductive axis. Scientific Reports, 9, 18908. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-55436-9
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Silva, M. S. B., Desroziers, E., Hessler, S., Prescott, M., Coyle, C., Herbison, A. E., & Campbell, R. E. (2019). Activation of arcuate nucleus GABA neurons promotes luteinizing hormone secretion and reproductive dysfunction: Implications for polycystic ovary syndrome. EBioMedicine, 44, 582-596. doi: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2019.05.065
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Moore, A. M., Abbott, G., Mair, J., Prescott, M., & Campbell, R. E. (2018). Mapping GABA and glutamate inputs to gonadotrophin-releasing hormone neurones in male and female mice. Journal of Neuroendocrinology, 30, e12657. doi: 10.1111/jne.12657
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Moore, A. M., Prescott, M., Czieselsky, K., Desroziers, E., Yip, S. H., Campbell, R. E., & Herbison, A. E. (2018). Synaptic innervation of the GnRH neuron distal dendron in female mice. Endocrinology, 159(9), 3200-3208. doi: 10.1210/en.2018-00505
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Silva, M. S. B., Prescott, M., & Campbell, R. E. (2018). Ontogeny and reversal of brain circuit abnormalities in a preclinical model of PCOS. JCI Insight, 3(7), e399405. doi: 10.1172/jci.insight.99405
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Cimino, I., Casoni, F., Liu, X., Messina, A., Parkash, J., Jamin, S. P., … Prescott, M., Campbell, R., Herbison, A. E., … Giacobini, P. (2016). Novel role for anti-Müllerian hormone in the regulation of GnRH neuron excitability and hormone secretion. Nature Communications, 7, 10055. doi: 10.1038/ncomms10055
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Czieselsky, K., Prescott, M., Porteous, R., Campos, P., Clarkson, J., Steyn, F. J., Campbell, R. E., & Herbison, A. E. (2016). Pulse and surge profiles of luteinizing hormone secretion in the mouse. Endocrinology, 157(12), 4794-4802. doi: 10.1210/en.2016-1351
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Moore, A. M., Prescott, M., Marshall, C. J., Yip, S. H., & Campbell, R. E. (2015). Enhancement of a robust arcuate GABAergic input to gonadotropin-releasing hormone neurons in a model of polycystic ovarian syndrome. PNAS, 112(2), 596-601. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1415038112
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Shin, J., Prescott, M., Mair, J., & Campbell, R. E. (2014). Roles for primary cilia in gonadotropin-releasing hormone neurons in the mouse. Journal of Neuroendocrinology, 26(1), 18-25. doi: 10.1111/jne.12122
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Moore, A. M., Prescott, M., & Campbell, R. E. (2013). Estradiol negative and positive feedback in a prenatal androgen-induced mouse model of polycystic ovarian syndrome. Endocrinology, 154(2), 796-806. doi: 10.1210/en.2012-1954
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Chan, H., Prescott, M., Ong, Z. Y., Herde, M. K., Herbison, A. E., & Campbell, R. E. (2011). Dendritic spine plasticity in gonadatropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) neurons activated at the time of the preovulatory surge. Endocrinology, 152(12), 4906-4914. doi: 10.1210/en.2011-1522
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