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The Menzies School of Health Research has a continuing research program centred on petrol sniffing and the brain and
has published several articles that you may be of interest to you.

For more information contact Sheree Cairney, Senior Research Fellow, Menzies School of Health Research.

Tel: +61 (0)8 8922 8412
Fax: +61 (0)8 8927 5187
E-mail: sheree (at) cairney@menzies.edu.au

Publications

Cairney S, Maruff P, Currie BJ (submitted). Ocular motor evidence of
persistent striatal damage following Sydenham's chorea.

Cairney S, Maruff P (in press). "Computerised tests of brain function
for use with Indigenous people." Dyson LE, Hendriks M, Grant S (eds),
In: Information Technology and Indigenous People. Idea Group Inc.,
Hershey PA.

Cairney S, Maruff P (2005). "Aboriginal Culture, Petrol Sniffing and
the Brain: between Sorcery and Neuroscience." Cohen H, Stemmer B (eds),
In: Fragments of the Mind and Brain: Pulling together the pieces of the
physical and psychological representations of consciousness. Northern
Michigan University Press (NMUP), Marquette, MI.

Cairney S, Maruff P, Burns CB, Currie J, Currie BJ (2005). Neurological
and cognitive recovery following abstinence from petrol sniffing.
Neuropsychopharmacology 30:1019-1027.

Clough AR, d'Abbs P, Cairney S, Gray D, Maruff P, Parker R, O'Rielly B
(2005). Adverse mental health effects of cannabis use in two indigenous
communities in Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia: exploratory
study. Aust N Z J Psychiatry 39:612-620.

Clough AR, d'Abbs P, Cairney S, Gray D, Maruff P, Parker R, O'Rielly B
(2004). Emerging patterns of cannabis and other substance use in
Aboriginal communities in Arnhem Land, Northern Territory: a study of
two communities. Drug Alcohol Rev 23:381-390.

Cairney S, Maruff P, Burns CB, Currie J, Currie BJ (2004). Saccade
dysfunction associated with chronic petrol sniffing and lead
encephalopathy. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry
75(3):472-476.

Cairney S, Maruff P, Burns CB, Currie J, Currie BJ (2004). Neurological
and cognitive impairment associated with leaded gasoline encephalopathy.
Drug and Alcohol Dependence 73(2): 183-188.

Cairney S, Maruff P, Burns CB, Currie J, Currie BJ (2004). Recovery of
brain function with abstinence from petrol sniffing. Journal of
Australian Indigenous Issues 7(4):28-31.

Cairney S, Maruff P, Clough AR, Collie A, Currie J, Currie BJ (2003).
Saccade and cognitive impairment associated with kava intoxication.
Human Psychopharmacology: Clinical and Experimental 18(7): 525-533.

Clough AR, Jacups SP, Wang Z, Burns CB, Bailie RS, Cairney SJ, Collie A,
Guyula T, McDonald SP, Currie BJ (2003). Health effects of kava use in
an eastern Arnhem Land Aboriginal community. Internal Medicine Journal
33(8): 336-340.

Cairney S, Clough A, Maruff P, Collie A, Currie BJ, Currie J (2003).
Saccade and cognitive function in chronic kava users.
Neuropsychopharmacology 28:389-396.

Clough AR, Cairney S, Maruff P, Parker R (2002). Cannabis use in two
remote Indigenous communities [letter]. The Medical Journal of Australia
177:395-396.

Cairney S, Maruff P, Clough A (2002). The neurobehavioural effects of
kava. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 36:657-662.

Cairney S, Maruff P, Burns C, Currie B (2002). The neurobehavioural
consequences of petrol (gasoline) sniffing. Neurosciences and
Biobehavioral Reviews 26:81-89.

Cairney S, Maruff P, Vance A, Barnett R, Luk E, Currie J (2001).
Contextual abnormalities of saccadic inhibition in children with
attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. Experimental Brain Research
141:507-518

Katschmarsky S, Cairney S, Maruff P, Wilson PH, Currie J (2001). The
ability to execute saccades on the basis of efference copy: Impairments
in double-step saccade performance in children with developmental
co-ordination disorder (DCD). Experimental Brain Research 136:73-78.

Clough AR, Cairney S, Burns CB, Currie BJ (2001). Possible toxicity and
withdrawal seizures in Aboriginal kava drinkers in Arnhem Land,
(Australia). South Pacific Journal of Psychology 13(1):26-33.

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