Dr Ryan Sixtus
Research Associate
School of Biosciences
Publication
2025
- Sixtus, R. P. 2025. A shaking experience: My exposure to hypothermia [Editorial]. Experimental Physiology (10.1113/ep092839)
2024
- Sixtus, R. P., Gray, C., Barnes, H., Paterson, E. S. J., Berry, M. J. and Dyson, R. M. 2024. Cardiovascular responses to heat and cold exposure are altered by preterm birth in guinea pigs. Physiological Reports 12(20), article number: e70098. (10.14814/phy2.70098)
- Sixtus, R., Dyson, R. and Gray, C. 2024. Impact of prematurity on lifelong cardiovascular health: structural and functional considerations. npj Cardiovascular Health 1, article number: 2. (10.1038/s44325-024-00002-0)
2023
- Sixtus, R. P. and Bailey, D. M. 2023. Burning fuels burns the brain's bioenergetic bridges: On the importance of physiological resilience [Editorial]. Experimental Physiology 108(11), pp. 1366-1269. (10.1113/ep091424)
- Sixtus, R. P., Gray, C., Berry, M. J. and Dyson, R. M. 2023. Preterm‐born individuals: a vulnerable population at risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality during thermal extremes?. Experimental Physiology (10.1113/ep091152)
- Sixtus, R. P., Berry, M. J., Gray, C. L. and Dyson, R. M. 2023. A novel whole-body thermal stress test for monitoring cardiovascular responses in guinea pigs. Journal of Thermal Biology 113, article number: 103500. (10.1016/j.jtherbio.2023.103500)
2022
- Shaw, J. et al. 2022. Examining neurosteroid-analogue therapy in the preterm neonate for promoting hippocampal neurodevelopment. Frontiers in Physiology 13, article number: 871265. (10.3389/fphys.2022.871265)
2021
- Sixtus, R. P., Pacharinsak, C., Gray, C. L., Berry, M. J. and Dyson, R. M. 2021. Differential effects of four intramuscular sedatives on cardiorespiratory stability in juvenile guinea pigs (Cavia porcellus). PLoS ONE 16(11), article number: e0259559. (10.1371/journal.pone.0259559)
- Sixtus, R. P., Gray, C., Berry, M. J. and Dyson, R. M. 2021. Nitrous oxide improves cardiovascular, respiratory, and thermal stability during prolonged isoflurane anesthesia in juvenile guinea pigs. Pharmacology Research and Perspectives 9(1), article number: e00713. (10.1002/prp2.713)
2019
- Berry, M. J. et al. 2019. Arginine vasopressin improves cerebral perfusion following controlled haemorrhage in adult ewes. The Journal of Physiology 597(16), pp. 4165-4173. (10.1113/JP277629)
- Sixtus, R. P., Galland, B. C. and Cotter, J. D. 2019. Foot cooling does not improve vigilance but may transiently reduce sleepiness. Journal of Sleep Research 28(3), article number: e12701. (10.1111/jsr.12701)
Articles
- Sixtus, R. P. 2025. A shaking experience: My exposure to hypothermia [Editorial]. Experimental Physiology (10.1113/ep092839)
- Sixtus, R. P., Gray, C., Barnes, H., Paterson, E. S. J., Berry, M. J. and Dyson, R. M. 2024. Cardiovascular responses to heat and cold exposure are altered by preterm birth in guinea pigs. Physiological Reports 12(20), article number: e70098. (10.14814/phy2.70098)
- Sixtus, R., Dyson, R. and Gray, C. 2024. Impact of prematurity on lifelong cardiovascular health: structural and functional considerations. npj Cardiovascular Health 1, article number: 2. (10.1038/s44325-024-00002-0)
- Sixtus, R. P. and Bailey, D. M. 2023. Burning fuels burns the brain's bioenergetic bridges: On the importance of physiological resilience [Editorial]. Experimental Physiology 108(11), pp. 1366-1269. (10.1113/ep091424)
- Sixtus, R. P., Gray, C., Berry, M. J. and Dyson, R. M. 2023. Preterm‐born individuals: a vulnerable population at risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality during thermal extremes?. Experimental Physiology (10.1113/ep091152)
- Sixtus, R. P., Berry, M. J., Gray, C. L. and Dyson, R. M. 2023. A novel whole-body thermal stress test for monitoring cardiovascular responses in guinea pigs. Journal of Thermal Biology 113, article number: 103500. (10.1016/j.jtherbio.2023.103500)
- Shaw, J. et al. 2022. Examining neurosteroid-analogue therapy in the preterm neonate for promoting hippocampal neurodevelopment. Frontiers in Physiology 13, article number: 871265. (10.3389/fphys.2022.871265)
- Sixtus, R. P., Pacharinsak, C., Gray, C. L., Berry, M. J. and Dyson, R. M. 2021. Differential effects of four intramuscular sedatives on cardiorespiratory stability in juvenile guinea pigs (Cavia porcellus). PLoS ONE 16(11), article number: e0259559. (10.1371/journal.pone.0259559)
- Sixtus, R. P., Gray, C., Berry, M. J. and Dyson, R. M. 2021. Nitrous oxide improves cardiovascular, respiratory, and thermal stability during prolonged isoflurane anesthesia in juvenile guinea pigs. Pharmacology Research and Perspectives 9(1), article number: e00713. (10.1002/prp2.713)
- Berry, M. J. et al. 2019. Arginine vasopressin improves cerebral perfusion following controlled haemorrhage in adult ewes. The Journal of Physiology 597(16), pp. 4165-4173. (10.1113/JP277629)
- Sixtus, R. P., Galland, B. C. and Cotter, J. D. 2019. Foot cooling does not improve vigilance but may transiently reduce sleepiness. Journal of Sleep Research 28(3), article number: e12701. (10.1111/jsr.12701)