Griffith University

PhD

Lecturer

Contact details for Dr Natalie Colson

Research expertise

• Obesity Gene Studies
• The Genetics of Food and Reward
• Nutrigenomics

Current teaching areas

• Cell Biology
• Molecular Genetics

Publications 

• Fernandez F, Colson NJ, Lea R, Griffiths L. (2008) Association between a functional polymorphism at the dopamine ?-hydroxylase (DBH) locus and migraine with aura. BMC Med Genet. (In press).
• Fernandez F, Esposito T, Lea R, Colson NJ, Ciccodicola A, Gianfrancesc F, Griffiths L. (2008) Investigation of Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) A Receptors Genes and Migraine Susceptibility.  BMC Med Genet. 16;9:109.
• Colson NJ, Fernandez F, Griffiths LR (2007) Migraine genetics and prospects for pharmacotherapy. Drug Development Research. 68: 1-12
• Johnson MP, Fernandez F, Colson NJ, Griffiths LR (2007) A Pharmacogenomic Evaluation of Migraine TherapyExpert Opin Pharmacother. 8(12):1821-35.
• Fernandez F, Colson N, Griffiths LR (2007) Pharmacogenetics of Migraine: genetic variants and their potential role in migraine therapy. Pharmacogenomics. 8(6):609-22.
• Fernandez F, Curtain R, Colson N, Lea R, Griffiths LR. Association Analysis of Chromosome 1  Migraine Candidate Genes. BMC Med Genet. 8:57.
• Szvetko AL, Fowdar J, Nelson J, Colson N, Tajouri L, Csurhes P, Pender MP, Griffiths LR. No association between MTHFR A1298C and MTRR A66G polymorphisms, and MS in an Australian cohort. J Neurol Sci. 252(1):49-52.
• Tajouri L, Fernandez F, Tajouri S, Detrich G, Svetko A, Colson N, Csurhes P, Pender M, Griffiths L (2006) Allelic Variation Investigation of the Estrogen Receptor within an Australian Multiple Sclerosis Population. J Neurol Sci. 252(1):9-12.
• Colson NJ, Fernandez F, Lea RA, Quinlan S, Griffiths LR.  (2006) The Search for Migraine Genes: an overview of current knowledge. By invitation. Cell Mol Life Sci. 64(3):331-44.
• Fernandez F, Lea RA, Colson NJ, Bellis C, Quinlan S, Griffiths LR (2006) Association Between a 19bp Deletion Polymorphism at the Dopamine Beta-Hydroxylase (DBH) Locus and Migraine with Aura. J Neurol Sci. 251(1-2):118-23.
• Colson NJ, Lea RA, Quinlan S, Griffiths LR. (2006) No role for estrogen receptor   1 gene intron 1 Pvu II and exon 4 C325G polymorphisms in migraine susceptibility. BMC Med Genet. 28;7:12.
• Colson NJ, Lea RA, Quinlan S, Griffiths LR.  (2006) The role of vascular and hormonal genes in migraine susceptibility. Mol Genet Metab. 88(2):107-13.
• 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.
• Colson NJ, Lea RA, Quinlan S, MacMillan J, Griffiths LR. (2005) Investigation of hormone receptor genes in migraine. Neurogenetics. 6(1):17-23.
• Colson NJ, Lea RA, Quinlan S, MacMillan J, Griffiths LR. (2004) The estrogen receptor 1 G594A polymorphism is associated with migraine susceptibility in two independent case/control groups. Neurogenetics. 2004 Jun;5(2):129-33.

Journals

• Colson NJ, Fernandez F, Lea RA, Griffiths LR. (2007) The Genetics of Migraine in Migraine Disorders Research Trends. Nova Science Publishers Inc. ISBN 1-60021-553-X