Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences School of Behavioural Science

Professor John Trinder

PhD, Professor

email: johnat@ unimelb.edu.au

 
telephone: +61 3 8344 6365  

 

Current Projects

1. Motor control of the upper airway muscle genioglossus during wakefulness and sleep.

2. Mechanisms driving the cardio-respiratory activation response at arousal from sleep.

3. Neuropsychological deficits in children with primary snoring

4. Role of sleep fragmentation in “baby blues”

 

Current Research Grants:

Project: Impact of Smoking Cessation on Sleep.
Year: 2004 - 2009
  Trinder, J. (sub contract of a grant held by Swan, G. & Colrain, I.) NIH-RO1

 

Project: The Effects of the Aging Process on the Acute and Chronic Cardiovascular Activation at an Arousal from Sleep in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnoea.
Year: 2005 - 2008
  Morrell, M., Symonds, A. & Trinder, J.Wellcome Trust

Project: Respiratory and Cardiovascular Activation at Arousal from Sleep.
Year: 2005 - 2007
  Trinder, J. ARC Grant

Project: New assessments of clinically significant sleep disordered breathing in children.
Year: 2006 - 2008
  Horne, R., Anderson, V., Trinder, J., Davey, M., & Walker, A.NHMRC Project

Project: Age and gender related changes in motor control of the upper airway muscle genioglossus during sleep
Year: 2007 - 2009
  Trinder, J., Worsnop, C., Morrell, M. ARC Discovery

Project: Regulatory control of the upper airway muscle genioglossus during sleep
Year: 2007 - 2009
  Trinder, J., Worsnop, C., White, D.P. NHMRC Project.


 

Recent Publications (2002-current):
  1. •  Barnes, M., Houston , D., Worsnop, C.J., Neill, A.M., Mykytyn, I.J., Kay, A., Trinder, J., Saunders, N.A., McEvoy, R.D. & Pierce, R.J. (2002). A randomised control trial of CPAP in mild obstructive sleep apnea. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 165, 773-780.
  2. •  Murray, G., Allen, N.B. and Trinder, J. (2002). Longitudinal investigation of mood variability and the ffm: neuroticism predicts variability in extended state of positive and negative affect. Journal of Personality and Individual Differences , 33 , 1217-1228.
  3. •  Murray, G.W., Allen, N.B., Trinder, J. & Burgess, H. (2002) Is weakened circadian rhythmicity a characteristic of neuroticism? Journal of Affective Disorders , 72 , 281-289.
  4. •  Crowley , K., Trinder, J. and Colrain, I.M. (2002) An examination of evoked K-complex amplitude and frequency of occurrence in the elderly. Journal of Sleep Research, 11, 129-140.
  5. •  Nicholas, C.L., Trinder, J. & Colrain, I.M. (2002). The effects of alcoholism on auditory evoked potentials during sleep. Journal of Sleep Research , 11 , 247-253.
  6. •  Nicholas, C.L., Trinder, J. & Colrain, I.M. (2002). Increased production of evoked and spontaneous K-complexes following a night of fragmented sleep. Sleep , 25 , 42-47.
  7. •  Crowley , K., Trinder, J. & Colrain, I. (2002). The effects of normal aging on sleep spindle and K-complex production. Clinical Neurophysiology , 113 , 1615-1622.
  8. •  Gora, J., Trinder, J. & Colrain, I.M. (2002). Respiratory related evoked potentials in mild Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome: Evidence of a sleep specific blunted cortical response. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine , 166 , 1225-1234.
  9. •  Murray , G.W., Allen, N.B. & Trinder, J. (2002). Seasonality and personality: A prospective investigation of Five Factor Model correlates of mood seasonality. European Journal of Personality , 16 , 457-468.
  10. •  Murray , G.W., Allen, N.B. & Trinder, J. (2002). Mood and the circadian system: Investigation of a circadian component in positive affect. Chronobiology International , 19 , 1151-1169.
  11. •  Trinder, J. (2002) Postgraduate training in psychology in Australia : its status, issues and controversies. In S. Marginson (Ed.) Investing in Social Capital: Postgraduate Training in the Social Sciences in Australia . St Lucia , QLD: Journal of Australian Studies vol 74, pp 91-104.
  12. •  Murray, G., Allen, N.B. and Trinder, J (2003). Seasonality and circadian phase delay: Prospective evidence that winter lowering of mood is associated with a shift towards eveningness. Journal of Affective Disorders , 76 , 15-22.
  13. •  Trinder, J., Allen, N., Kleiman, J., Kralevski, V., Kleverlaan, D., Anson, K., and Kim, Y. (2003). On the nature of cardiovascular activation at an arousal from sleep. Sleep , 26 , 543-551.
  14. •  Fogel, R.B., Trinder, J., Malhotra, A., Stanchina, M., Edwards, J.K., Schory, K.E. & White, D.P. (2003). Within-breath control of genioglossal muscle activation in humans: effect of sleep-wake state. The Journal of Physiology , 550 , 899-910.
  15. •  Carrington, M., Walsh, M., Stambas, T., Kleiman, J. & Trinder, J. (2003). The influence of sleep onset on the diurnal variation in cardiac activity and cardiac control. Journal of Sleep Research , 12 , 213-221.
  16. •  Fogel, R.B., White, D.P., Pierce, R.J., Malhotra, A., Edwards, J.K., Dunai, J., Kleverlaan, D., & Trinder, J. (2003). Control of upper airway muscle activity in younger versus older men during sleep onset. The Journal of Physiology , 553 , 533-544.
  17. •  Murray G, Rawlings D, Allen NB, Trinder J. (2003). NEO Five-Factor Inventory scores: psychometric properties in a community sample. Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 36 ,140-149.
  18. •  Stanchina, M.L., Malhotra, A., Fogel, R.B., Trinder, J., Edwards, J.W., Schory, K., & White, D.P. (2003). The influence of lung volume on pharyngeal mechanics, collapsibility and genioglossus muscle activation during sleep. Sleep , 26 , 851-856.
  19. •  Crowley , K., Trinder, J., & Colrain IM. (2004). Evoked K-complex generation: the impact of sleep spindles and age. Clinical Neurophysiology , 115 , 471-476.
  20. •  Bryant, P.A., Trinder, J., & Curtis, N. (2004). Sick and tired: does sleep have a vital role in the immune system? Nature Reviews Immunology , 4 , 457-467.
  21. •  Malhotra, A., Trinder, J., Fogel, R., Stanchina, M., Patel, S.R., Schory, K., Kleverlaan, D., & White, D.P. (2004). Postural effects on pharyngeal protective reflex mechanisms. Sleep , 27 , 1105-1112.
  22. •  Colrain, I.M., Trinder, J. & Swan, G.E. (2004). The impact of smoking cessation on central and autonomic nervous system activity during sleep. Nicotine and Tobacco Research , 6 , 913-925.
  23. •  Chaicharn, J., Carrington, M., Trinder, J. & Khoo, MCK. (2004). The effects of repetitive arousal from sleep on cardiovascular autonomic control. Proceedings of the 26 th Annual International Conference of the IEEE EMBS , 3897-3900.
  24. •  Carrington, M.J., Barbieri, R., Colrain, I.M., Crowley , K.E., Kim, Y. & Trinder, J. (2005). Changes in cardiovascular function during the sleep onset period in young adults. Journal of Applied Physiology , 98 , 468-476.
  25. •  Fogel, R.B., Trinder, J., Malhotra, A., Raneri, J.K., Schory, K., Kleverlaan, D., White, D.P. & Pierce, R. (2005). The effect of sleep onset on upper airway muscle activity in patients with sleep apnea and controls. The Journal of Physiology , 564 , 549-565.
  26. •  Smth, S. and Trinder, J. (2005). Morning sunlight can phase advance the circadian rhythm of young adults. Sleep and Biological Rhythms , 3 , 39-41.
  27. •  Smith, S., Carrington, M. and Trinder, J. (2005). Subjective and predicted sleepiness while driving in young adults. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 37, 1066-1073.
  28. •  Saboisky, J., Butler , J., Fogel, R., Taylor, J., Trinder, J., White, D., Gandevia, S. (2006). Tonic and phasic respiratory drives to human genioglossus motorneurons during breathing. Journal of Neurophysiology , 95, 2213-2221.
  29. •  Trinder, J., Ivens, C., Kleiman, J., Kleverlaan, D. & White, D.P. (2006). The cardiovascular activation response at an arousal from sleep is independent of the level of CO2. Journal of Sleep Research , 15 , 174-182.
  30. •  Nicholas, C.L., Trinder, J. & Colrain, I.M. (2006). The impact of slow wave sleep proximity on evoked K-complex generation. Neuroscience Letters , 404, 127-131.
  31. •  Colrain, I.M. & Trinder, J. (2007) Central and autonomic nervous system consequences of apnea. In Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Pathophysiology, Comorbidities and Consequences. Kushida C (Ed); Taylor and Francis, London , 275-292.
  32. •  Peirce, R., White, D., Malhotra, A., Edwards, J., Kleverlaan, D., Palmer, L. & Trinder, J. (2007). Upper airway collapsibility, dilator muscle activation and resistance in sleep apnoea. European Respiratory Journal, (In Press)
  33. •  Trinder, J. (2007). Cardiac activity and sympathovagal balance during sleep. Sleep Medicine Clinics , (In Press)
  34. •  Baker FC, Kahan TL, Trinder J, Colrain IM. (2007) Sleep quality and the sleep electroencephalogram in women with severe premenstrual syndrome. Sleep , (In press) .

 

 

 

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