Research Publications of Bruce E. Morton, Ph.D.

Last updated, March, 2009


 

Papers from the GRADUATE STUDENT period:

l.  BE Morton, Sperm metabolism. M.S. Thesis, University of Wisconsin at Madison, 1963.

 

2.  BE Morton, Studies on sperm metabolism. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Wisconsin at Madison, 1965.

 

3.  BE Morton, Studies on sperm metabolism. Diss. Abstr. 26, 5014 (1966).  ABSTRACT

 

4.  BE Morton, Cellular oxidative phosphorylation. Fed. Proc. 25, 529 (1966).  ABSTRACT

 

5.  BE Morton and HA Lardy, Cellular oxidative phosphorylation.  I. Measurement in intact spermatozoa and other cells. Biochem. 6, 43-49 (1967).

 

6.  BE Morton and HA Lardy, Cellular oxidative phosphorylation.  II. Measurement in chemically modified spermatozoa.  Biochem. 6, 50-56 (1967).

 

7.  BE Morton and HA Lardy, Cellular oxidative phosphorylation.  III. Measurement in physically modified cells.   Biochem. 6, 57-61 (1967).

 

8.  BE Morton and HA Lardy, The removal of the cytosol and the re-initiation of flagellation of bull sperm.  Exp. Cell Res. 46, 511­517 (1967).

 

9.  BE Morton, A disruption and fractionation of bovine epididymal spermatozoa. J. Reprod. Fert. 15, 113-119 (1968).


 

Papers from the POSTDOCTORAL period:

10.  BE Morton and CA Hirsch, A high resolution system for gradient analysis. Anal. Biochem. 34, 544-559 (1970).

 

11.  EC Henshaw, CA Hirsch, BE Morton and HH Hiatt, Control of protein synthesis in mammalian tissues through modulation of ribosome activity. J. Biol. Chem. 246, 436-446 (1971).

 

12.  BE Morton, A simplified high resolution gradient analysis system. Anal. Biochem. 52, 421-429 (1973).

 

13.  BE Morton, Sedimentation coefficients of higher polysomes from rat liver and the localization of polysomes not resolved by gradient analysis. Anal. Biochem. 58, 642-645 (1974).

 

14.  BE Morton, C Nwizu, EC Henshaw, CA Hirsch and HH Hiatt, The isolation of large polyribosomes in high yield from unfractionated tissue homogenates. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 395, 28-40 (1975).


 

Papers from the ASSISTANT PROFESSOR period:

15.  L Albagli, B Sanders, J Upchurch, L Adams and BE Morton, Studies on the mechanism of palytoxin inhibition of contractility. Fed. Proc. 31, 3488 (1972). ABSTRACT


16.  BJ Rogers and BE Morton, Activation of sperm hyaluronidase by capacitation in vitro. Pacific Slope Biochemical Conference 17, 83 (1972). ABSTRACT

 

17.  J Upchurch and BE Morton, ATP levels in hamster sperm during capacitation in vitro. Biol. Reprod. 7, 132 (1972). ABSTRACT

 

18.  MC Robertson, CS Nwizu, GD Bryant and BE Morton, The binding of prolactin to ribosomesEndocrinol. 92, 628-631 (1973).

 

19.  BE Morton, BJ Rogers and TSK Chang, Capacitation of large numbers of hamster sperm in vitro. Biol. Reprod.9, 356-360 (1973).

 

20.  BE Morton, Reactivation of progressive motility in hamster sperm modified by Triton X-100. Exptl. Cell. Res.79, 106-110 (1973).

 

21.  BE Morton and TSK Chang, The effect of caudal epididymal fluid, serum components and caffeine upon the survival of diluted hamster sperm. J. Reprod Fert. 35, 255-263 (1973).


22.  BE Morton and L Albagli, Modification of sperm adenylate cyclase by capacitation invitro. Biochem. Biophys.  Res. Comm. 50, 697-703 (1973).


23.  BJ Rogers and BE Morton, ATP levels in hamster sperm during capacitation in vitro. Biol. Reprod. 9, 361-379 (1973).


24.  BJ Rogers and BE Morton, The release of hyaluronidase from capacitating hamster spermatozoa. J. Reprod. Fert.35, 477-487 (1973).


25.  BE Morton, J Harrigan and T Jooss, The activation of motility in quiescent hamster sperm from the epididymis Biol. Reprod. 9, 71 (1973). ABSTRACT

 

26.  BE Morton, J Harrigan-Lum, T Jooss, and L Albagli, The activation of motility in quiescent hamster sperm from the epididymis. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 56, 372-379 (1974).


 

Papers from the ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR period:

27.  M Rayner, B Sanders, S Harris, YC Lin and BE Morton, Palytoxin: Effects on contractility and 45Ca++ uptake in isolated ventricular strips. Res. Comm. Path. and Pharmacol. 11, 55-64 (1975).

 

28.  TSK Chang and BE Morton, Epididymal sulfhydryl oxidase:A sperm-protective enzyme from the male reproductive tract. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 66, 309-315 (1975).

 

29.  BE Morton, 28 miles cross country in Hawaii.  Ground Skimmer (now Hang Gliding Magazine) issue 46, pp 3-5, Jan, 1976. (World Distance Record - All hang-gliding records were unofficial at that time)

 

30.  BE Morton, R Sagadraca and CF Fraser, Sperm motility within the mammalian epididymis: Species variation and correlation with free calcium levels in epididymal plasma.  Fertil. Steril. 29, 695-698 (1978).

 

31.  N Satake andBE Morton, Scotophobin A causes several responses in goldfish if the pineal gland is present.  Pharmacol. Biochem. Behav. 10, 183-188 (1979).

 

32.  N Satake and BE Morton, Scotophobin A causes dark avoidance in goldfish by elevating pineal N-acetyl serotonin. Pharmacol. Biochem. Behav. 10, 449-456 (1979).

 

33.  N Satake and BE Morton, Scotophobin A, a behavioral peptide inhibits pineal hydroxyindole-O-methyl transferasePharmacol. Biochem. Behav. 10, 457-462 (1979).

 

34. BE Morton, CF Fraser and L Albagli, Studies on factors in hamster caudal epididymal plasma and other sources which inhibit sperm dilution damage. Fertil. Steril. 32, 99-105 (1979).

 

35.  BE Morton, CF Fraser, and R Sagadraca, Inhibition of sperm dilution damage by purified factors from hamster caudal epididymal plasma and defined diluents. Fertil. Steril. 32, 107-114 (1979).

 

36.  BE Morton, CF Fraser and R Sagadraca, Initiation of hamster sperm motility from quiescence: The effect of conditions upon flagellation and respiration. Fertil. Steril. 32, 222-227 (1979).

 

37.  H Olipares, K Pang, E Lee, M Diamond and BE Morton, Does ejaculation in the hamster result from the self-induced release of beta-endorphin? Pacific. Sci. 34, 334-335 (1980). ABSTRACT

 

38.  K Pang, E Lee, R Blanchard and BE Morton, Utilization of the 14C-deoxyglucose method to map brain activities present in wild rats during fear. Pacific Sci. 34, 335 (1980). ABSTRACT

 

39.  BE Morton and R Sagadraca, Quantitation of sperm population migration: Capillary scanning assay.  Arch. Androl. 7, 219-227 (1981).

 

40.  BE Morton and R Sagadraca, Migration of hamster sperm within capillaries:Effect of agents elevating cyclic AMP. Arch. Androl. 7, 228-234 (1981).

 

41.  BE Morton, CF Fraser, M Thenawidjaja and M Rayner, Mechanism of palytoxin action: Potent inhibition of sperm motility. Exptl. Cell. Res. 140, 261-265 (1982).

 

42.  BE Morton, C Martin, C. Chan and H Olipares, Inexpensive fiber optic two-dimensional densitometer for the high-resolution quantitation of autoradiogram grain densities. J. Neurosci. Methods 6, 113-120 (1982).

 

43.  BE Morton, M Thenawidjaja and S Dimsdale, Evidence for functional A1 and A2 adenosine receptors on hamster and human spermatozoa. Neurosci. Abstr. 8, 697 (1982).ABSTRACT

 

44.  RJ Blanchard, BE Morton, M Diamond, E Lee and C Chan, Use of [14C]-2-deoxyglucose to detect regional brain activities associated with fearful, aggressive and copulatory behavior in male rodents. Neurosci. Abstr. 8, 941 (1982).ABSTRACT


45.  BE Morton, RJ Blanchard, M Diamond, C Blanchard, EMC Lee, K Pang, H Olipares, D Hanohano, L Cabebe and C Chan, Use of [14C]-2-deoxyglucose to detect regional brain activities associated with fearful, aggressive and copulatory behaviors in male rodents. In :Biochemistry of Metabolic Processes, DLF Lennon, FW Stratmann and RN Zahlten, eds., Elsevier Science Publishing Co., N.Y., pp. 479-490 (1983).

 

46.  BE Morton and R Sagadraca, Quantitation of sperm population migratory rates.  In: Male Reproduction and Fertility, A. Negro-Villar, ed., Raven Press, New York, pp. 373-384 (1983).

 

47.  BE Morton, RJ Blanchard, EMC Lee, K Pang, and DC Blanchard, Use of[14C]-2-deoxy-glucose to detect regional brain activities associated with fearful behavior in wild norway rats. Bull. of the Psychonomic Soc., 21, 235-238 (1983).

 

48.  BE Morton, C Chan, RP Hammer Jr and CB Pert, Nonestrous female hamsters have elevated opiate receptor density in a number of discrete brain loci. Neurosci. Abstr. 9, 441 (1983). ABSTRACT

 

49.  M Thenawidjaja and BE Morton, The effects of palytoxin, a Hawaiian marine toxin, upon calcium metabolism.  Fed. Congr. Asian & Oceanian Biochemists 3, 11 (1983). ABSTRACT

 

50.  BE Morton, RJ Blanchard, EMC Lee, D Hanohano, L Cabebe and DC Blanchard, Use of [14C]-2-deoxyglucose to detect regional brain activities associated with aggressive and defensive behavior in mice. In: Progress in Clinical and Biological Research, vol 169:Biological Perspectives on Aggression, K Flannerly, DC Blanchard, and RJ Blanchard, eds., pp 295-304, Allan R. Liss, N.Y., 1984.

 

51.BE Morton, Biochemical studies of regional brain activities during emotional behavior.   In Emotion: Theory, Research and Experience, Vol. 3, Biological Foundations of Emotions, R Plutchik and H. Kellerman eds. Academic Press, New York, pp. 381-393, 1986. 


 

Papers of the PROFESSORAL period:

52.  BE Morton, Conflict and the quadrimental brain hypothesis. Int. Soc. Res. Aggress. Abstr. 13, 106 (1985).  ABSTRACT

 

53.  BE Morton, The mind-body problem as subsets of the structure-activity relationship. Neurosci. Abstr. 11, 876 (1985). ABSTRACT

 

54.  BE Morton, AB Young and JB Penney,Receptor distribution in the PET scan plane of human brain: in vitro autoradiographic studies. Neurosci. Abstr. 12, 1332 (1986). ABSTRACT 

 

55.  BE Morton, Use of quantitative autoradiography to visualize brain systems producing emotions, memory and behavior in man and animals.   Proc. Pharm.Soc. of Japan, 107, 89 (1987). ABSTRACT

 

56.  BE Morton, The Hexadyad Primary Emotions as a neuroscience working hypothesis. Neurosci. Abstr. 13, 1323 (1987). ABSTRACT

 

57.  BE Morton, EF Block and F Taketa, Mechanism of triethyl tin bromide-induced neurotoxicity. Neurosci. Abstr.14, 1082 (1988). ABSTRACT

 

58.  GD Hutchins, JB Penney, AB Young, B Morton and RA Koeppe, Evaluation of PET feasibility:Studies employing autoradiography, MRI and computer-simulated positron emission tomography. J. Nuclear Med. 29, 779 (1988). ABSTRACT

 

59.  BE Morton, The Quadrimental Brain as a Neuroscience working hypothesis. Neurosci. Abs. 15, 729 (1989).  ABSTRACT

 

60.  CM Tomaski and BE Morton, 2-Deoxyglucose study of the consequences of transient brain ischemia in gerbils and the protective effects of MK-801. Neurosci. Abs. 15, 1344 (1989). ABSTRACT

 

61.  BE Morton, CM Tomaski, S Jones, Progesterone protects against brain damage from focal stroke in gerbils.  Trans. Am. Soc. Neurochem. 21,152 (1990). ABSTRACT

 

62.  BE Morton and F Fujimoto, Effects of the hallucinogen, DOI, upon regional brain activities of rats. Neurosci. Abs. 16, 257 (1990). ABSTRACT

 

63.  BE Morton and DT Shirae, Protection from excitotoxic brain damage by drug-mediated metabolic slowing after stroke. Neurosci. Abs. 17, 1266 (1991). ABSTRACT

 

64.  DT Shirae and BE Morton, Tetrahydrocannibinol raises basal and GABA-mediated synaptoneurosome 36-chloride ion influx. Neurosci. Abs. 17, 1521 (1991). ABSTRACT

 

65.  RM Chesire, BE Morton, WE Winn, BE Digman, and MK Peterman, Procaine parcels nucleus accumbens and locus coeruleus-mediated exploratory movement in rats. Neurosci. Abs. 18, 1408 (1992). ABSTRACT

 

66.  BE Morton, RM Chesire, WE Winn, BE Digman, and MK Peterman, Behavioral arousal possible after procaine injection into either locus coeruleus or nucleus accumbens, but not both. Neurosci. Abs. 18, 537 (1992). ABSTRACT 

 

67.  BE Morton and WE Winn, Serotonin radio-receptor assay with femtomole sensitivity. Trans. Am. Soc. Neurochem. 25, 287 (1994). ABSTRACT 

 

68.  BE Morton, PM Fox, E Harris and M Burch, Minutes of heat stress, via a hot-tub bath (furo), provide days of tolerance to generalized stress in both rats and humans: Serotonergic mechanisms. J. Neurochem. 62, 596A (1994) ABSTRACT


 

Papers Published from the EMERITUS PROFESSOR period:

69.  BE Morton, Large individual differences in minor ear output during dichotic listening. Brain and Cognition, 45, 229-237 (2001).

 

70.  BE Morton, Outcomes of hemisphericity questionnaires correlate with unilateral dichotic deafness. Brain and Cognition, 49, 63-72 (2002).

 

71.  BE Morton, Phased mirror tracing outcomes correlate with several hemisphericity measures. Brain and Cognition, 51, 294-304 (2003).

 

72.  BE Morton, Two-hand line-bisection task outcomes correlate with several measures of hemisphericity. Brain and Cognition, 51, 305-316 (2003).

 

73.  BE Morton, Asymmetry questionnaire outcomes correlate with several hemisphericity measures. Brain and Cognition, 51, 372-374 (2003).

 

74.  BE Morton, Line bisection-based hemisphericity estimates of university students and professionals: Evidence of sorting during higher education and career selection.  Brain and Cognition, 52, 319-325 (2003).

 

75.  BE Morton and SE Rafto,   Sex and aggression:  Corpus callosal size is linked to hemisphericity, not gender.  In:  Contemporary Research on Aggression, Pro Facultate      No. 8, K. Osterman, K. Bjorkqvist, eds.  Pp. 267-278, Abo Akademi University, Vasa, Finland, 2006

 

76.  BE Morton and SE Rafto,  Corpus callosal size is linked to dichotic deafness and hemisphericity, not sex or handedness.  Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, Atlanta, (2006).

 

77.  BE Morton L Svard and I Cooke, Professional Pianist Groups Found Enriched in the Right Brain-Oriented Hemisphericity Subtype, Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, Atlanta, (2006).

 

78.  BE Morton and SE Rafto,   Corpus callosal size is linked to dichotic deafness and hemisphericity, not sex or handedness.  Brain and Cognition, 62, 1-8 (2006).

 

79.  BE Morton, The bilateral brain: Hemisometer evidence for a unilateral executive.

to be resubmitted.

 

80.  BE Morton,  The triadic solution to the mind body problem: The impossibility of the extracorporeal. to be resubmitted.

 

81.  BE Morton,  Anterior cingulate/paracingulate asymmetry, individual differences,

and executive system laterality.  to be resubmitted.

 

82.  BE Morton,  Inevitability of behavioral laterality due to the variable sidedness of the brain executive system.  to be resubmitted.

 

83.  BE Morton,  Left-brain, right-brain differences between opponents at sites of recurring aggression: Discovery of familial polarity, a biological factor tied to conflict.  to be resubmitted.

 

84.  BE Morton,   Beyond hemisphericity:  the discovery of familial polarity.  completed book to be revised and submitted.

 

85.  BE Morton, DG McLaughlin, and SE Rafto, Behavioral correlates of anterior cingulate laterality defined hemispherity.  to be submitted.

 

86.  BE Morton and J Richards-Boyd, Hemisity of juniors and seniors of a Hawaiian public high school: Gender differences with evidence for lack of education-based sorting.  to be submitted.

 

   

Manuscripts with complete data waiting to be submitted:

87.  BE Morton, Hemisphericity revisited: The Dual Quadbrain Model of behavioral laterality.  (Written but not submitted.)

 

88.  BE Morton, S Rafto, and G Yamanaka, Use of MRI as the primary standard for hemisphericity assessment. 

 

89.  BE Morton, “Opposites attract”: Observations on brain laterality in pair-bonded partners.   


90.  BE Morton, Human polarity: the two opposite primate and hominid reproduction strategies.    


91.  BE Morton, Neurorealism: A transformational context for existence bridging brain and mind, science and religion.  Book: 30 chapters and 4 appendixes.  (Submission-draft in preparation.)

 

92.  BE Morton, The Reconstitution of Hemisphericity.  Book in preparation (five chapters written).

 

93.  BE Morton, WE Winn, and PM Fox, Discovery of postprandial elevations of salivary serotonin in humans.  In preparation.

 

94.  BE Morton, WE Winn, and A Fleischmann, Discovery of elevations of salivary serotonin in humans during aerobic exercise.  In preparation.

 

95.  BE Morton and A Fleischmann, Discovery of pain-induced elevations in human salivary serotonin.  In preparation.

 

96.  BE Morton, et al., Discovery of short-term elevations of human salivary serotonin in response to pain-free emotional stress.  Further research proposed.
 

97.  BE Morton, et al., Galactic engine powered by black hole singularity: Origin of life.  (To be submitted)

 

Rejected Manuscripts – Presently Inactive (but see below):

98.  BE Morton, M Thenawidjaja and S Dimsdale, Evidence for functional A1 and A2 adenosine receptors on hamster and human spermatozoa. Submitted to Nature, 1982.  (I should have then submitted to J. Reprod. Fertil. for a certain publication, but I did not.)

 

99.  BE Morton and DT Shirae, Enhancement of brain membrane chloride uptake by the major psychoactive factor of marijuana. Submitted to Science and to the European Journal of Pharmacology 1992   (They suggested it be submitted to Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology, but I did not).

 

100.  BE Morton, Traumatic stress disorders, cortical plasticity, and eye saccades:  A theoretical explanation for the efficacy of Eye Movement Desensitization. Submitted to Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 1993  (I should have resubmitted to J. Transpersonal Therapy, but I did not.)

 

101.  BE Morton, The utility of viewing the locus coeruleus as a limbic avoidance coordinating system. Submitted toBiological Psychiatry, 1993.  (I need to update and send elsewhere.)

 

102.  BE Morton, WE Winn, LA Ratnapala, and PM Fox, Low-cost serotonin radio receptor assay with femtomole sensitivity. Submitted to Neuroscience Methods, 1994.  (Revision bogged down with retirement in 1995. According to Charlie Nemeroff, I should have not published abstract, but patented the method instead.)

 

103.  RM Chesire, WE Winn, and BE Morton, Procaine parcels n. accumbens- vs. locus coeruleus-mediated arousal in the open field. Sent to Physiology and Behavior, 1994, reviewed by Matt Wayner.  (Since Becky died in Aug, 2001, I have tried to obtain her revision notes from relatives.I should write Matt Wayner for reviewer’s comments, revise and resubmit the manuscript.)