Lea, Rod

Papers in refereed journals, series or books:

• Ruijne N, Lea RA, O’Hallahan J, Oster P, Martin D. (2006) Understanding the immune responses to the meningococcal strain-specific vaccine MeNZB measured in infant studies. Clin Vaccine Immunol; 13: 797-801 (CVI00038-06).
• Lea R, Benowitz N, Green M, Fowles J, Dickson S, Lea M, Woodward A, Chambers G, Phillips D, Vishvanath A. (2005). Ethnic differences in nicotine metabolic rate among New Zealanders. New Zeland Medical Journal, 16 December 2005, 118(1227).
• Curtain R, Lea R, Tajouri L, Haupt L, Ovcaric M, MacMillan J, Griffiths L. (2005) Analysis of chromosome 1 microsatellite markers and the FHM2-ATP1A2 gene mutations in migraine pedigrees. Neurological Research 27(6):647-652.
• Curtain R, Sundholm J, Lea RA, Ovcaric M, MacMillan J, Griffiths L. (2005)Association analysis of a highly polymorphic CAG Repeat in the human potassium channel gene KCNN3 and migraine susceptibility. BMC Med Genet. 6:32.
• Johnson MP, Lea RA, Colson NJ, Macmillan JC, Griffiths LR. (2005) A population genomics overview of the neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) gene and its relationship to migraine susceptibility.Cell Mol Biol. 51(3):285-92.
• Gainsford A, Fernando D, Lea R and Stowell A. (2006) A large-scale study of the relationship between blood and breath alcohol concentrations in New Zealand drinking drivers. Accepted for publication in the January 2006 issue of the Journal of Forensic Sciences.
• Lea RA, Nyholt DR, Curtain RP, Ovcaric M, Sciascia R, Bellis C, Macmillan J, Quinlan S, Gibson RA, McCarthy LC, Riley JH, Smithies YJ, Kinrade S, Griffiths LR. (2005) A genome-wide scan provides evidence for loci influencing a severe heritable form of common migraine. Neurogenetics 2005; 6(2):67-72
• Gallagher L, Lea R. (2005) The epidemiology of multiple sclerosis in New Zealand. New Zealand Medical Journal, Vol 118, No 1212.

Conference papers and abstracts:

• Lea R.  Toward Personalising NRT in New Zealand. Third Australian Tobacco Control Conference, Sydney November 2005
• Lea R.  Ethnic variation in smoking in New Zealand. Asia Pacific Health Forum, Taipei November 2005
• Ambrose V, Miller JH, Dickson S, Hampton S, Truman P, Lea R & Fowles J.  Tobacco particulate matter is more potent than nicotine at up-regulating nicotinic receptors on SH-SY5Y cells.  Joint meeting of NZ Microbiological Society and NZ Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Society, Dunedin, 22-25 November 2005.
• Lea RA and Lea MG. Ethnic Differences in Nicotine Metabolism in New Zealand. Oral Presentation at the Prevention of Tobacco Induced Diseases Conference, Athens, Greece, 30 September 2005.