Key Publications:

Marotte, L.R., Vidovic, M., Wheeler, E., Jhaveri, S. (2004) Brain-derived neurotrophic factor is expressed in a gradient in the superior colliculus during development of the retinocollicular projection.  Euro. J. Neurosci., in press.

Cornish, EEG, Natoli, RC, Hendrickson, AE and Provis, JM. (2004) Differential distribution of fibroblast growth factor receptors (FGFRs) on foveal cones: FGFR-4 is an early marker of cone photoreceptors Molecular Vision 10 1-4. http://www.molvis.org/molvis/v10/al

Cornish, EEG, Hendrickson, AE and Provis, JM. (2004) Distribution of Short Wavelength Sensitive Cones in Human Fetal and Postnatal Retina: Early Development of Spatial Order and Density Profiles. Vision Research  44: 2019-2026

Sandercoe, T.M., Geller, S., Hendrickson, A.E., Stone, J., Provis, JM (2003) VEGF expression by ganglion cells in central retina before formation of the foveal depression in monkey retina: evidence of developmental hypoxia. J. Comp. Neurol. (in press).

Bravo-Nuevo, A.; Williams, N.; Geller, S., Stone, J.(2003) Mitochondrial Deletions in Normal and degenerating Rat Retina. La Vail, MM.; Hollyfield, JG., and Anderson, GA., editors. Retinal Degenerations. Kluwer Academic Plenum Publishers; (in press) (invited chapter).

Pearce, A.R., Marotte, L.R. (2003) The first thalamocortical synapses are made in the cortical plate in the developing visual cortex of the wallaby (Macropus eugenii). J. Comp. Neurol., 461: 205-216. Top of page
 
Valter, K., van Driel, D, Bisti, S., Stone, J.(2002) FGFR1 expression and FGFR1-FGF-2 colocalisation in rat retina: sites of FGF-2 action on rat photoreceptors. Growth Factors, 20: 177-188

Mervin, K. and Stone, J. (2002) Regulation by Oxygen of Photoreceptor Death in the Developing and Adult C57BL/6J Mouse. Experimental Eye Research. 75(6):715-722.

Stone, J..; Maslim, J.; Fawsi, A.; Lancaster, P., and Heckenlively, J. (2001) The role of perinatal stress in retinitis pigmentosa: evidence from surveys in Australia and the USA. Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology. (36):315-322.

Walsh, N., Valter, K., Stone, J. (2001) Cellular and Subcellular patterns of expression of bFGF and CNTF in the adult rat retina. Exp Eye Res. 72:495-501

Penfold, P.L., Madigan, M.C., Gillies, M. and Provis, JM (2001) Immunological and aetiological aspects of AMD. Progress in Retinal & Eye Research. 20:385-414.

Provis, JM (2001) Development of primate retinal vasculature. Progress in Retinal & Eye Research 20: 799 – 821.

Stubbs, J., Palmer, A., Vidovic, M., Marotte, L.R. (2000) Graded expression of EphA3 in the retina and ephrin-A2 in the superior colliculus during initial development of coarse topography in the wallaby retinocollicular projection. Euro. J. Neurosci. 12: 3626-3636.

Zhang, Y.; Porat, R. M.; Alon, T.; Keshet, E., and Stone, J.(1999) Tissue oxygen levels control astrocyte movement and differentiation in developing retina. Dev Brain Res. 118:135-145. Top of page

Gargini C, Belfiore MS, Bisti S, Cervetto L, Valter K, Stone, J. (1999) The impact of bFGF on photoreceptor function and morphology.Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis Sci 40:2088-2099.

Lewis GP, Mervin K, Valter K, Maslim J, Stone, J., Fisher SK. (1999) Limiting the proliferation and reactivity of retinal Müller cells during detachment: the value of oxygen supplementation. American Journal of Ophthalmology 128:165-172.

Mervin K, Valter K, Maslim J, Lewis GP, Fisher SK, Stone, J.(1999) Limiting photoreceptor death and deconstruction during retinal detachment: the value of oxygen supplementation. American Journal of Ophthalmology 128:155-164.

Georges, P., Madigan, M.C. and Provis, JM (1999) Apoptosis during development of the human retina: Relationship to foveal development and retinal synaptogenesis. J. Comp. Neurol. 413: 198-208

Stone, J., Maslim, J., Valter-Kocsi, K., Mervin, K., Bowers, F., Chu, Y., Barnett, N., Fisher, S.K., Lewis, G., Bisti, S., Gargini, C., Cervetto, L., Merin, S. and Pe’er, J. (1999) Mechanisms of photoreceptor death and survival in mammalian retina. Progress in Retinal and Eye Research 18:689-735.

Valter K, Maslim J, Bowers F and Stone, J.(1998) Photoreceptor dystrophy in the RCS rat: roles of oxygen, debris and bFGF. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis Sci 39: 2427-2442.

Maslim, J., Valter, K., Egensperger, R., Holländer, H. and Stone, J. (1997) Tissue oxygen during a critical developmental period controls the death and survival of photoreceptors). Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis Sci 38:1667-1677.

Provis, JM, Leech, J., Penfold, P.L., Diaz, C.M., Stone, J. and Keshet, E. (1997) Development of the human retinal vasculature: cellular relations and VEGF expression. Exp Eye Res., 65: 555-568.

Alon, T., I. Hemo, A. Itin, J. Pe'er, Stone, J., and E. Keshet (1995) Vascular endothelial growth factor acts as a survival factor for newly-formed retinal vessels: implications for retinopathy of prematurity. Nature Medicine 1: 1024-1028

Stone, J., A. Itin, H. Gnessin, T. Alon, T. Chan-Ling, J. Pe'er & E. Keshet. (1995) Development of retinal vasculature is mediated by hypoxia-induced vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) expression by neuroglia. Journal of Neuroscience 15: 4738-4747.

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