Associate Professor David Mahns

Journal Articles

• Barman, S., Sen, M., Mahns, D., Wu, M. and Malladi, C. (2024), 'Molecular insights into the breast and prostate cancer cells in response to the change of extracellular zinc', Journal of Oncology, vol 2024 .
• Gano, C., Fatima, S., Failes, T., Arndt, G., Sajinovic, M., Mahns, D., Saedisomeolia, A., Coorssen, J., Bucci, J., Souza, P., Vafaee, F. and Scott, K. (2023), 'Anti-cancer potential of synergistic phytochemical combinations is influenced by the genetic profile of prostate cancer cell lines', Frontiers in Nutrition, vol 10 .
• Singh, U., Deotale, A., Mahns, D., Hennessy, A., George, L., Fanna, D., Wuhrer, R., Daswani, U. and Malladi, C. (2023), 'Characterization of bismuth trioxide nanoparticles and evaluating binding affinity with proteins', ChemistrySelect, vol 8, no 35 .
• Thorell, O., Ydrefors, J., Svantesson, M., Gerdle, B., Olausson, H., Mahns, D. and Nagi, S. (2023), 'Investigations into an overlooked early component of painful nociceptive withdrawal reflex responses in humans', Frontiers in Pain Research, vol 3 .
• Smith, L., Bem, J., Lv, X., Lauto, A., Sliow, A., Ma, Z., Mahns, D., Berryman, C., Hutchinson, M., Fumeaux, C. and Tettamanzi, G. (2023), 'Investigation of the mechanisms for wireless nerve stimulation without active electrodes', Bioelectromagnetics, vol 44, no 7-8 , pp 181 - 191.
• Adhikari, U., Khan, R., Mikhael, M., Balez, R., David, M., Mahns, D., Hardy, J. and Tayebi, M. (2023), 'Therapeutic anti-amyloid ? antibodies cause neuronal disturbances', Alzheimer's and Dementia, vol 19, no 6 , pp 2479 - 2496.
• Sen, M., Hossain, M., Mahns, D. and Brew, B. (2023), 'Validity of serum neurofilament light chain as a prognostic biomarker of disease activity in multiple sclerosis', Journal of Neurology, vol 270, no 4 , pp 1908 - 1930.
• Asgarov, R., Sen, M., Mikhael, M., Karl, T., Gyengesi, E., Mahns, D., Malladi, C. and Muench, G. (2022), 'Characterisation of the mouse cerebellar proteome in the GFAP-IL6 model of chronic neuroinflammation', Cerebellum, vol 21, no 3 , pp 404 - 424.
• Sen, M., Mahns, D., Coorsen, J., Shortland, P. and Shortland, P. (2022), 'The roles of microglia and astrocytes in phagocytosis and myelination : insights from the cuprizone model of multiple sclerosis', Glia, vol 70, no 7 , pp 1215 - 1250.
• Barman, S., Zaman, M., Veljanoski, F., Malladi, C., Mahns, D. and Wu, M. (2022), 'Expression profiles of the genes associated with zinc homeostasis in normal and cancerous breast and prostate cells', Metallomics, vol 14, no 8 .
• Almuslehi, M., Sen, M., Shortland, P., Mahns, D. and Coorssen, J. (2022), 'Histological and top-down proteomic analyses of the visual pathway in the cuprizone demyelination model', Journal of Molecular Neuroscience, vol 72, no 6 , pp 1374 - 1401.
• Zagami, A., Shaikh, S., Mahns, D. and Lambert, G. (2021), 'A potential role for two brainstem nuclei in craniovascular nociception and the triggering of migraine headache', Cephalalgia, vol 41, no 2 , pp 203 - 216.
• Kiriaev, L., Perry, B., Mahns, D., Shortland, P., Redwan, A., Morley, J. and Head, S. (2021), 'Minocycline treatment reduces mass and force output from fast-twitch mouse muscles and inhibits myosin production in C2C12 myotubes', Frontiers in Physiology, vol 12 .
• Sen, M., Almuslehi, M., Shortland, P., Mahns, D. and Coorssen, J. (2021), 'Proteomics of Multiple Sclerosis : inherent issues in defining the pathoetiology and identifying (early) biomarkers', International Journal of Molecular Sciences, vol 22, no 14 .
• Dunn, J., Nagi, S. and Mahns, D. (2020), 'Minocycline reduces experimental muscle hyperalgesia induced by repeated nerve growth factor injections in humans : a placebo-controlled double-blind drug-crossover study', European Journal of Pain, vol 24, no 6 , pp 1138 - 1150.
• Sen, M., Almuslehi, M., Coorssen, J., Mahns, D. and Shortland, P. (2020), 'Behavioural and histological changes in cuprizone-fed mice', Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, vol 87 , pp 508 - 523.
• Almuslehi, M., Sen , M., Shortland, P., Mahns, D. and Coorssen, J. (2020), 'CD8 T-cell recruitment into the central nervous system of cuprizone-fed mice : relevance to modelling the etiology of Multiple Sclerosis', Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, vol 14 .
• Sen, M., Almuslehi, M., Shortland, P., Coorsen, J. and Mahns, D. (2020), 'Revisiting the pathoetiology of Multiple Sclerosis : has the tail been wagging the mouse?', Frontiers in Immunology, vol 11 .
• Dunn, J., Mahns, D. and Nagi, S. (2020), 'Modulation of muscle pain is not somatotopically restricted : an experimental model using concurrent hypertonic-normal saline infusions in humans', Frontiers in Pain Research, vol 1 .
• Sliow, A., Ma, Z., Gargiulo, G., Mahns, D., Mawad, D., Breen, P., Stoodley, M., Houang, J., Kuchel, R., Tettamanzi, G., Tilley, R., Frost, S., Morley, J., Longo, L. and Lauto, A. (2019), 'Stimulation and repair of peripheral nerves using bioadhesive graft-antenna', Advanced Science, vol 6, no 11 .
• Gebremedhn, E., Shortland, P. and Mahns, D. (2019), 'Variability of oxaliplatin-induced neuropathic pain symptoms in each cycle and its implications on the management of colorectal cancer patients : a retrospective study in South Western Sydney Local Health District Hospitals, Sydney, Australia', Journal of Oncology, vol 2019 .
• Birznieks, I., McIntyre, S., Nilsson, H., Nagi, S., Macefield, V., Mahns, D. and Vickery, R. (2019), 'Tactile sensory channels over-ruled by frequency decoding system that utilizes spike pattern regardless of receptor type', eLife, vol 8 .
• Sen, M., Mahns, D., Coorssen, J. and Shortland, P. (2019), 'Behavioural phenotypes in the cuprizone model of central nervous system demyelination', Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, vol 107 , pp 23 - 46.
• Sen, M., Almuslehi, M., Gyengesi, E., Myers, S., Shortland, P., Mahns, D. and Coorssen, J. (2019), 'Suppression of the peripheral immune system limits the central immune response following cuprizone-feeding : relevance to modelling Multiple Sclerosis', Cells, vol 8, no 11 .
• Ng, K., Montes-Adrian, N., Mahns, D. and Gladman, M. (2018), 'Quantification and neurochemical coding of the myenteric plexus in humans : no regional variation between the distal colon and rectum', Neurogastroenterology and Motility, vol 30, no 3 .
• Cui, C., Faraji, N., Lauto, A., Travaglini, L., Tonkin, J., Mahns, D., Humphrey, E., Terracciano, C., Gooding, J., Seidel, J. and Mawad, D. (2018), 'A flexible polyaniline-based bioelectronic patch', Biomaterials Science, vol 6, no 3 , pp 493 - 500.
• Gebremedhn, E., Shortland, P. and Mahns, D. (2018), 'The incidence of acute oxaliplatin-induced neuropathy and its impact on treatment in the first cycle : a systematic review', BMC Cancer, vol 18 .
• Dunn, J., Mahns, D. and Nagi, S. (2017), 'Why does a cooled object feel heavier? Psychophysical investigations into the Weber's Phenomenon', BMC Neuroscience, vol 18 .
• Samour, M., Nagi, S., Shortland, P. and Mahns, D. (2017), 'Minocycline prevents muscular pain hypersensitivity and cutaneous allodynia produced by repeated intramuscular injections of hypertonic saline in healthy human participants', The Journal of Pain, vol 18, no 8 , pp 994 - 1005.
• Samour, M., Shaikh, S., Mahns, D. and Shortland, P. (2017), 'Noxious, but not innocuous, thermal stimuli evoke pERK expression in dorsal horn neurons after spared nerve injury in adult rats', Neuroscience Letters, vol 654 , pp 49 - 55.
• Shaikh, S., Shortland, P., Lauto, A., Barton, M., Morley, J. and Mahns, D. (2016), 'Sensory perturbations using suture and sutureless repair of transected median nerve in rats', Somatosensory and Motor Research, vol 33, no 1 , pp 20 - 28.
• Shortland, P. and Mahns, D. (2016), 'Differing roles for parvalbumin neurons after nerve injury', Neural Regeneration Research, vol 11, no 8 , pp 1241 - 1242.
• Ng, K., Brookes, S., Montes-Adrian, N., Mahns, D. and Gladman, M. (2016), 'Electrophysiological characterization of human rectal afferents', American Journal of Physiology: Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology, vol 311, no 6 , pp 1047 - 1055.
• Barton, M., StJohn, J., Tatian, A., Riches, J., Mograby, O. and Mahns, D. (2016), 'Morphological and morphometric analysis of the distal branches of the rat brachial plexus', Italian Journal of Anatomy and Embryology, vol 121, no 3 , pp 240 - 252.
• Barton, M., Morley, J., Stoodley, M., Shaikh, S., Mahns, D. and Lauto, A. (2015), 'Long term recovery of median nerve repair using laser-activated chitosan adhesive films', Journal of Biophotonics, .
• Mawad, D., Warren, C., Barton, M., Mahns, D., Morley, J., Pham, B., Pham, N., Kueh, S. and Lauto, A. (2015), 'Lysozyme depolymerization of photo-activated chitosan adhesive films', Carbohydrate Polymers, vol 121 , pp 56 - 63.
• Nagi, S., Dunn, J., Birznieks, I., Vickery, R. and Mahns, D. (2015), 'The effects of preferential A- and C-fibre blocks and T-type calcium channel antagonist on detection of low-force monofilaments in healthy human participants', BMC Neuroscience, vol 16, no 1 .
• Shaikh, S., Nagi, S., McGlone, F. and Mahns, D. (2015), 'Psychophysical investigations into the role of low-threshold C fibres in non-painful affective processing and pain modulation', PLoS One, vol 10, no 9 .
• Samour, M., Nagi, S. and Mahns, D. (2015), 'Cav3.2-expressing low-threshold C fibres in human hairy skin contribute to cold allodynia : a non-TRPV1- and non-TRPM8-dependent phenomenon', Pain, vol 156, no 8 , pp 1566 - 1575.
• Condon, M., Birznieks, I., Hudson, K., Chelvanayagam, D., Mahns, D., Olausson, H. and Macefield, V. (2014), 'Differential sensitivity to surface compliance by tactile afferents in the human finger pad', Journal of Neurophysiology, vol 111, no 6 , pp 1308 - 1317.
• Barton, M., Morley, J., Stoodley, M., Lauto, A. and Mahns, D. (2014), 'Nerve repair : toward a sutureless approach', Neurosurgical Review, vol 37, no 4 , pp 585 - 595.
• Barton, M., Morley, J., Mahns, D., Mawad, D., Wuhrer, R., Fania, D., Frost, S., Loebbe, C. and Lauto, A. (2014), 'Tissue repair strength using chitosan adhesives with different physical-chemical characteristics', Journal of Biophotonics, vol 7, no 11-12 , pp 948 - 955.
• Arabzadeh, E., Clifford, C., Harris, J., Mahns, D., Macefield, V. and Birznieks, I. (2014), 'Single tactile afferents outperform human subjects in a vibrotactile intensity discrimination task', Journal of Neurophysiology, vol 112, no 10 , pp 2382 - 2387.
• Nagi, S. and Mahns, D. (2013), 'C-tactile fibers contribute to cutaneous allodynia after eccentric exercise', Journal of Pain, vol 14, no 5 , pp 538 - 548.
• Mahns, D. and Nagi, S. (2013), 'An investigation into the peripheral substrates involved in the tactile modulation of cutaneous pain with emphasis on the C-tactile fibres', Experimental Brain Research, vol 227, no 4 , pp 457 - 465.
• Nagi, S. and Mahns, D. (2013), 'Mechanical allodynia in human glabrous skin mediated by low-threshold cutaneous mechanoreceptors with unmyelinated fibres', Experimental Brain Research, vol 231, no 2 , pp 139 - 151.
• Barton, M., Morley, J., Stoodley, M., Ng, K., Piller, S., Duong, H., Mawad, D., Mahns, D. and Lauto, A. (2013), 'Laser-activated adhesive films for sutureless median nerve anastomosis', Journal of Biophotonics, vol 6, no 11-12 , pp 938 - 949.
• Rubin, T., Lake, S., Van der Kooi, S., Lucas, N., Mahns, D., Henderson, L. and Macefield, V. (2012), 'Predicting the spatiotemporal expression of local and referred acute muscle pain in individual subjects', Experimental Brain Research, vol 223, no 1 , pp 11 - 18.
• Barton, M., Piller, S., Mahns, D., Morley, J., Mawad, D., Longo, L. and Lauto, A. (2012), 'In vitro cell compatibility study of rose bengal-chitosan adhesives', Lasers in Surgery and Medicine, vol 44, no 9 , pp 762 - 768.
• Lauto, A., Stoodley, M., Barton, M., Morley, J., Mahns, D., Longo, L. and Mawad, D. (2012), 'Fabrication and application of rose bengal-chitosan films in laser tissue repair', Journal of Visualized Experiments, , no 68 .
• Nagi, S., Rubin, T., Chelvanayagam, D., Macefield, V. and Mahns, D. (2011), 'Allodynia mediated by C-tactile afferents in human hairy skin', Journal of Physiology, vol 589, no 16 , pp 4065 - 4075.
• Ivanusic, J., Sahai, V. and Mahns, D. (2009), 'The cortical representation of sensory inputs arising from bone', Brain Research, vol 1269, no 0 , pp 47 - 53.
• Weerakkody, N., Mahns, D., Taylor, J. and Gandevia, S. (2007), 'Impairment of human proprioception by high-frequency cutaneous vibration', The Journal of Physiology, vol 581, no 3 , pp 971 - 980.
• Mahns, D., Ivanusic, J., Sahai, V. and Rowe, M. (2006), 'An intact peripheral nerve preparation for monitoring the activity of single, periosteal afferent nerve fibres', Journal Of Neuroscience Methods, , pp 140 - 144.
• Mahns, D., Perkins, N., Sahai, V., Robinson, L. and Rowe, M. (2006), 'Vibrotactile Frequency Discrimination in Human Hairy Skin', Journal of Neurophysiology, vol 95, no 3 , pp 1442 - 1450.
• Sahai, V., Mahns, D., Perkins, N., Robinson, L. and Rowe, M. (2006), 'Vibrotactile coding capacities of spinocervical tract neurons in the cat', Journal of Neurophysiology, vol 95, no 3 , pp 1465 - 1477.
• Sahai, V., Mahns, D., Perkins, N., Robinson, L., Coleman, G. and Rowe, M. (2006), 'Processing of vibrotactile inputs from hairy skin by neurons of the dorsal column nuclei in the cat', Journal of Neurophysiology, vol 95, no 3 , pp 1451 - 1464.
• Ivanusic, J., Mahns, D., Sahai, V. and Rowe, M. (2006), 'Absence of Large-diameter sensory fibres in a nerve to the cat humerus', Journal of Anatomy, vol 208, no 2 , pp 251 - 255.
• Rowe, M., Tracey, D., Mahns, D., Sahai, V. and Ivanusic, J. (2005), 'Mechanosensory perception : are there contributions from bone-associated receptors', Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology, vol 32, no 1-2 , pp 100 - 108.
• Mahns, D., Coleman, G., Ahswell, K. and Rowe, M. (2003), 'Tactile sensory function in the forearm of the monotreme Tachyglossus aculeatus', The Journal of Comparative Neurology, vol 459, no 2 , pp 173 - 185.
• Coleman, G., Mahns, D., Zhang, H. and Rowe, M. (2003), 'Impulse propagation over tactile and kinaesthetic sensory axons to central target neurones of the cuneate nucleus in cat', The Journal of Physiology, vol 550, no 2 , pp 553 - 562.
• Rowe, M., Mahns, D., Bohringer, R., Ashwell, K. and Sahai, V. (2003), 'Tactile neural mechanisms in monotremes', Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. Part A: Molecular and Integrative Physiology, vol 136, no 4 , pp 883 - 893.
• Zachariah, M., Coleman, G., Mahns, D., Zhang, H. and Rowe, M. (2001), 'Transmission security for single, hair follicle-related tactile afferent fibers and their target cuneate neurons in cat', Journal of Neurophysiology, vol 86, no 2 , pp 900 - 911.