Chronological Bibliography (1970-1994) of Dr. Nick Birch
Birch, N. J. (1970). The effects of lithium on plasma
magnesium. Brit. J. Psychiat. 116, 461
Birch, N. J. (1973). The Role of Magnesium and Calcium in the
Pharmacology of lithium. Biol. psychiat. 7, 269-272.
Birch, N. J. (1973). Biological effects of lithium salts.
Lancet ii, 46
Birch, N. J., Hullin, R. P., lnie, R. A. and Leaf, F. C.
(1974). Effects of lithium on the activity of pyruvate kinase and
other magnesium dependent enzymes. Brit. J. Pharmac. 52, 132P
(Abstract)
Birch, N. J. (1974). Lithium and magnesium dependent enzymes.
Lancet ii, 965-966.
Birch, N. J. (1975). Lithium and magnesium dependent
processes. Lancet i, 1384
Birch, N. J. (1976). Possible mechanism for the mode of action
of lithium. Nature 264, 681
Birch, N. J., Janik, A. C., lnie, R. A. and Hullin, R. P.
(1976). The gel-filtration chromatography of complexes of
noradrenaline, adenosine triphosphate and magnesium. Biochem.
Soc. Trans. 4, 757-760.
Birch, N. J., Greenfield, A. A. and Hullin, R. P. (1977).
Lithium therapy and alkaline earth metal metabolism: a
biochemical screening study. Psychological Medicine 7,
613-618.
Birch, N. J. (1978), Metabolic Effects of Lithium. In 'Lithium
in Medical Practice' (ed. Johnson, F. N. and Johnson, S.), pp.
89-114. M.T.P. Press, Lancaster, U.K.
Birch, N. J. (1980), Magnesium, its role in the pharmacology
of lithium and in the pathophysiology of the affective disorders.
ln 'Magnesium in health and disease.' (ed. Cantin, M. and Seelig,
M. S.), pp. 815-822. Spectrum Press, New York.
Birch, N. J. and Sadler, P. J. (1981), Inorganic Elements in
Biology and Medicine. ln 'Specialist Periodical Report on
Inorganic Biochemistry. Vol 2' (ed. Hill, H. A. 0.), pp. 315-347.
Chemical Society, London.
Kajda, P. K., Wareing, R. A. and Birch, N. J. (1981). Lithium
effects on magnesium dependent processes in glucose metabolism.
Magnes. Bull. 1 B, 22 (Abstract)
Birch, N. J. (1982), Role of Magnesium in the pharmacology of
lithium and in the development of cardiovascular defects. In
'Nutrition and Heart Disease' (ed. Naito, H. K.), pp. 295-300.
Spectrum Press, NewYork.
Birch, N. J., Srinivasan, D. P. and Wareing, R. A. (1982).
Plasma magnesium, zinc and copper in 1400 psychiatric patients.
J. Am. Coll. Nutr. 1, 112 (Abstract)
Birch, N. J. (1982), Lithium in psychiatry. In 'Metal Ions in
Biological Systems. Vol 14' (ed. Sigel, H.), pp. 257-313. Marcel
Dekker, New York.
Srinivasan, D. P., Marr, S., Wareing, R. A. and Birch, N. J.
(1982). Magnesium Zinc and Copper in acute psychiatric patients.
Magnes. Bull. 1, 45-48.
Birch, N. J., Hughes, M. S., Thomas, G. M. H. and Partridge,
S. (1986). Lithium and magnesium: Inorganic Pharmacology. Magnes.
Bull. 8, 145-147.
Birch, N. J. (1987), Magnesium and psychiatry: Biochemistry
and Inorganic Pharmacology related to lithium. In 'Magnesium in
Cellular Processes and Medicine,' (ed. Altura, B. N., Durlach, J.
and Seelig, M. S.), pp. 212-218. Karger, Basel.
Partridge, S., Davie, R. J. and Birch, N. J. (1987). The
intestinal absorption of magnesium and lithium in the guinea-pig.
Magnes. Bull. 9, 151-155.
Partridge, S., Davie, R. J. and Birch, N. J. (1987). Effects
of metabolic inhibitors and bumetanide on magnesium absorption in
guinea-pig. Brit. J. Pharmac. 91, 373P (Abstract)
Birch, N. J. (1988), Magnesium. ln 'Handbook of toxicity of
inorganic compounds' (ed. Sigel, H. and Seiler, H. G.), pp.
397-403. Marcel Dekker, New York.
Hughes, M. S., Partridge, S., Marr, G. and Birch, N. J.
(1988). Magnesium interactions with lithium and sodium salts of
adenosine triphosphate: a 31-P NMR study. Magnes. Res. 1,
35-38.
Phillips, J. D., Hughes, M. S. and Birch, N. J. (1989).
lntracellular free magnesium and lithium-sodium countertransport
in normal volunteers. Biochem. Soc. Trans. 17, 923-924.
(Abstract)
Birch, N. J. (1990), Magnesium in Biology and Medicine: an
overview. ln 'Metal ions in Biology and Medicine, Vol 26' (ed.
Sigel, H.), pp. 105-117. Marcel Dekker, New York.
Birch, N. J., Davie, R. J. and Phillips, J. D. (1990). The
gastrointestinal absorption of magnesium: studies in isolated
mucosae of guinea-pig and man. Magnes. Res. 3, 54 (Abstract)
Phillips, J. D., Hughes, M. S. and Birch, N. J. (1990).
Lithium-sodium countertransport and intracellular free magnesium
in normal volunteers. Magnes. Res. 3, 65-66. (Abstract)
Birch, N. J., Davie, R. J. and Phillips, J. D. (1991),
Magnesium absorption in the gastrointestinal tract. In
'Magnesium- a relevant ion?' (ed. Lasserre, B. and Durlach, J.),
pp. 125-129. John Libbey, London.
Edbury, S. M., Hemmings, F. J., Davie, R. J. and Birch, N. J.
(1991). Comparison of inhibitory effects of lithium and magnesium
on longitudinal smooth muscle contraction. Biochemical Society
Transactions 19, 411 S (Abstract)
Phillips, J. D., Hughes, M. S. and Birch, N. J. (1991),
Lithium-sodium countertransport and intracellular free magnesium
in normal volunteers. In 'Magnesium- a relevant ion?' (ed.
Lasserre, B. and Durlach, J.), pp. 295-298. John Libbey,
London.
Phillips, J. D., Davie, R. J., Keighley, M. R. and Birch, N.
J. (1991). Magnesium absorption in human ileum. J. Am. Coll.
Nutr. 10, 200-204.
Hughes, M. S., Crow, D. R. and Birch, N. J. (1992). Magnesium,
Adenosine triphosphate and catecholamine complexes: application
of a new means of identifying solute-solute interactions of
biological significance using NMR chemical-shift data. Magnes.
Res. 5, 89-96.
Birch, N. J. (1993). Magnesium and the cell. Academic Press,
London. pp. 1-289.
Birch, N. J. and Padgham, C. (1993). Mechanisms of lithium
action: magnesium. Rev. Contemp. Pharmacother. 4, 291-292.
Birch, N. J. (1993), Preface. In 'Magnesium and the cell' (ed.
Birch, N. J.), pp. vii-viii. Academic Press, London.
Hemmings, F. J., Edbury, S. M., Davie, R. J. and Birch, N. J.
(1993). Effect of magnesium deficiency and supplementation on
carbachol- and oxytocin- induced contractions of guinea pig
uterus and jejunum. J. Am. Coll. Nutr. 12, 617 (Abstract)
Hemmings, F. J., Padgham, C. and Birch, N. J. (1993). Smooth
muscle contractility in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rat:
magnesium effects. Magnes. Res. 6, 308-309. (Abstract)
Hemmings, F. J., Rai, J., Padgham, C., Hughes, M. S. and
Birch, N. J. (1993). Effect of streptozotocin-induced diabetes on
magnesium inhibition of contractions of the rat uterus and G.l.
tract. Biochemical Society Transactions 21, 487S (Abstract)
Hemmings, F. J., Grace, R. H. and Birch, N. J. (1993).
Magnesium as an inhibitor of smooth muscle contraction in the
human large bowel. Br. J. Pharmacol. 1 1 0, 1 1 5P (Abstract)
Hemmings, F. J., Rai, J., Padgham, C. and Birch, N. J. (1993).
Magnesium inhibition of carbachol-induced contractions of the rat
uterus and gastrointestinal tract: Ex-vivo effects of long-term
streptozotocin-induced diabetes. Magnes. Res. 6, 343-348.
Padgham, C., Birch, N. J., Davie, R. J. and Phillips, J. D.
(1993), Magnesium Uptake, Transport and Pharmacological Effects.
ln 'Magnesium and the cell' (ed. Birch, N. J.), pp. 263279.
Academic Press, London.
Birch, N. J. (1994). Magnesium and the inorganic pharmacology
of lithium: new concepts of ionic regulation. Magnes. Res. 7,
63-64. (Abstract)
Birch, N. J. (1994), Magnesium and Calcium. ln 'Handbook of
metal-ligand interactions in biological fluids' (ed. Berthon,
G.), pp. In Press Marcel Dekker, New York.
Hemmings, F. J., Edbury, S. M., Davie, R. J. and Birch, N. J.
(1994). Magnesium and lithium antagonism of carbachol- and
electrically-induced contractions in the rat gastrointestinal
tract. Magnes. Res. 7, 179-186.
Hemmings, F. J., Edbury, S. M. and Birch, N. J. (1994).
Magnesium and lithium antagonism of carbachol- and
oxytocin-induced contractions of guinea pig jejunum and uterus.
Effect of chronic magnesium supplementation and deficiency. J.
Am. Coll. Nutr. In Press,
Hemmings, F. J., Edbury, S. M., Davie, R. J. and Birch, N. J.
(1994). Effects of chronic lithium administration on
contractility of jejunum and uterus and inhibition by lithium and
magnesium. Lithium 5, 161-168.
Nurse, P. A., Padgham, C., Coward, W., Bibi, M., Jefferies,
I.M. and Birch, N. J. (1994). The effect of diabetes and
magnesium ion status on phosphatidylcholine synthesis in rat
adult lung. Magnes. Res. 7, 26 (Abstract)
Padgham, C., Nurse, P. A., Knights, P. A., Kernohan, H.,
Edwards, D., Jefferies, 1. M. and Birch, N. J. (1 994). The
effects of magnesium supplementation on body weight, food and
fluid intake in streptozotocin-induced diabetes and control rats.
Magnes. Res. 71 26 (Abstract)
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