Papers

Full Peer-Reviewed Papers:

Most of my papers can be accessed free of charge via the PubMed Central archive or via the University of Liverpool respository - just follow the links provided:

• 2023. Jeffery N & Manson A. Postnatal growth and spatial conformity of the cranium, brain, eyeballs and masseter muscles in the macaque (Macaca mulatta). J. Anatomy 243 (4) 590-604. 

• 2023. Schwartz E., Nenning K., Heuer K., Jeffery N., Bertrand O, Toro R, Kasprian G, Prayer D and Langs G. Evolution of cortical geometry and its link to function, behaviour and ecology. Nat Commun 14, 2252 (2023). [https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37574-x ]

• 2022. Carendas-Serna, M. & Jeffery., N. Human semicircular canal form: ontogenetic changes and variation of shape & size. Journal of Anatomy, 240(3) 541-555 [livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/3142745/ ]

• 2021. Jeffery, N., Humphreys, C. & Manson A. A human craniofacial life-course: cross-sectional morphological covariations during postnatal growth, adolesence, and ageing. Anatomical Record, 305(1) 81-99 [livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/3132875/ ]

• 2021 Jeffery, N. S., Sarver, D. C., & Mendias, C. L. Ontogenetic and in silico models of spatial‐packing in the hypermuscular mouse skull. Journal of Anatomy., 238(6) 1284-95 [livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/3113501/]

• 2021 Chilvers, R., Gallagher, J. A., Jeffery, N., & Bond, A. P. An unusual example of hereditary multiple exostoses: a case report and review of the literature. BMC musculoskeletal disorders, 22(1), 1-10. [PMC]

• 2020 Hennekam, J. J., Benson, R. B., Herridge, V. L., Jeffery, N., Torres-Roig, E., Alcover, J. A., & Cox, P. G. Morphological divergence in giant fossil dormice. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 287(1938), 20202085. [PMC]

• 2020 Penrose, F., Cox, P., Kemp, G., & Jeffery, N. Functional morphology of the jaw adductor muscles in the Canidae. The Anatomical Record, 303(11), 2878-2903 [PMC]

• 2019 Karakostis, F.A., Jeffery, N. & Harvati, K. Experimental proof that multivariate patterns among muscle attachments (entheses) can reflect repetitive muscle use. Sci Rep 9, 16577 [PMC]

• 2017 Sabbah S., Gemmer J.A. Bhatia-Lin A., Manoff G., Castro G., Siegel J.K., Jeffery N., & Berson D.M. (2017). A retinal code for motion along the gravitational and body axes. Nature 546, 494-497 [PMC]

• 2017 Davies, T. G., Rahman, I. A., Lautenschlager, S., Cunningham, J. A., Asher, R. J., Barrett, P. M., ... & Braga, J. (2017). Open data and digital morphology. In Proc. R. Soc. B Vol. 284, No. 1852, p. 20170194 [PMC].

• 2016   Noble P., Singer E., & Jeffery N (2016). Does subchondral bone of the equine proximal phalanx adapt to race training?. Journal of Anatomy 229(1):104-113 [PMC]

• 2016   Penrose F., Kemp G., & Jeffery N. (2016). Scaling and accommodation of the jaw adductor muscles in Canidae. Anatomical Record.299: 951-999 [PMC]

• 2015   Acquaah F., Robson-Brown K, Ahmed F, Jeffery N & Abel R. Early trabecular development in human vertebrae: overproduction, constructive regression, and refinement. Frontiers in Endocrinology doi: 10.3389/fendo.2015.00067 [PMC]

• 2015   Jeffery N.& Mendias C. Endocranial and Masticatory Muscle Volumes in Myostatin Deficient Mice. Royal Society Open Science. 1: 140187. [PMC]

• 2014   Boyde A, Davis G, Zikmund T, Cob TM, Adams VL, Niker A, Wilson PJ, Dillon JP, Ranganath LR, Jeffery N. Jarvis JC, Gallagher JA. On fragmenting, densely mineralised acellular protrusions into articular cartilage and their possible role in osteoarthritis. Journal of Anatomy 225: 436-446. [PMC]

• 2014   Vickerton P, Jarvis J, Gallagher J, Sutherland H, Akhtar R Jeffery N. Morphological and histological adaptation of muscle and bone to loading induced by repetitive activation of muscle. Proceedings of the Royal Society Part B 281(1788), 20140786 [PMC]

• 2013   Vickerton P, Jarvis J, Jeffery N.(2013). Concentration-dependent specimen shrinkage in iodine enhanced microCT. Journal of Anatomy 223: 185 – 193. [PMC]

• 2013   Baverstock H, Jeffery N., Cobb S (2013). Morphology of the mouse masticatory musculature. Journal of Anatomy 223:46-60 [PMC]

• 2013   O'Hare LMS, Cox PD, Jeffery N., Singer ER (2013). Finite element Analysis of Stress in the Equine Proximal Phalanx. Equine Veterinary Journal 45(3)273-277 [PubMed]

• 2012   Stephenson R., Boyett M., Hart G., Nikolaidou T., Cai X., Corno A., Alphonso N. Jeffery, N. & Jarvis J.(2012). Contrast enhanced micro-computed tomography resolves the 3-Dimensional morphology of the cardiac conduction system in mammalian hearts. PLoS One 7 (4):e35299 [PMC]

• 2012   Cox P, Rayfield E., Fagan M., Herrel A., Pataky T., & Jeffery N. (2012). Functional evolution of the feeding system in rodents. PLoS One 7 (4): e36299. [PMC]

• 2011   Cox P., Jeffery N. Reviewing the morphology of the jaw-closing musculature in squirrels, rats and guinea pigs with contrast-enhanced microCT. Anat. Rec. 294: 915-928. 

• 2011   Jeffery N.,Stephenson R., Gallagher J., Jarvis J. and Cox P. Micro-computed tomography with iodine staining resolves the arrangement of muscle fibres J. Biomech.44: 189-192.

• 2010   Cox P., Jeffery N. Semicircular canals and agility: the influence of size and shape measures. J. Anat. 216: 37-47.

• 2010   Jeffery N., Cox P.Do agility and skull architecture influence the geometry of the mammalian vestibulo-ocular reflex? J. Anat. 216: 496-509.

• 2008   Cox P., Jeffery N. . Geometry of the semicircular canals and extraocular muscles in rodents, lagomorphs, felids and modern humans. J. Anat. 213: 583-596

• 2008   Jeffery N, Ryan T, Spoor F.. The primate subarcuate fossa and its relationship to the semicircular canals part II: interspecific trends. J Hum Evol. 55: 326-339

• 2007   Cox P., Jeffery N. The morphological basis to the vestibulo-ocular reflex: the spatial relationships of the semicircular canals and extraocular muscles during fetal development. J. Morph 268: 878-890

• 2007   Jeffery N., Williams S, Davies K, Kockenberger W. Craniofacial growth in fetal Tarsius bancanus: brains, eyes and nasal septa. J. Anat. 210: 703-722

• 2006   Jeffery N, Spoor F. The primate subarcuate fossa and its relationship to the semicircular canals part I: prenatal growth. J Hum Evol. 51: 537-549

• 2006   Rae T, Viðarsdóttir U, Jeffery N, and Steegmann AT. Developmental response to cold stress in cranial pneumatization of Rattus. Royal Society Proceedings part B. 273: 2605-2610

• 2005   Jeffery N. Cranial base angulation and growth of the human fetal pharynx. Anatomical Record 284A:491-499

• 2004   Jeffery N., Spoor F. Prenatal growth and development of the modern human labyrinth. Journal of Anatomy 204: 71-92

• 2004   Jeffery N., Spoor F. Morphometric variations of the human fetal midline cranial base. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 123:78-90

• 2003   Jeffery N. Brain expansion and comparative prenatal ontogeny of the non-hominoid primate cranial base. Journal of Human Evolution 45:263-284

• 2002   Jeffery N., Berkovitz BKB. A morphometric appraisal of the skull of Caroline Crachami, the Sicilian dwarf (1815?-1824): A contribution to the study of primordial microcephalic dwarfism. American Journal of Medical Genetics 111: 260-270.

• 2002   Jeffery N., Spoor F. Brain size and the human cranial base: a human prenatal perspective. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 118: 324-340.

• 2002   Jeffery N. A high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging (hrMRI) study of linear growth of the human fetal cranial base. Neuroradiology 44: 358-366.

• 2002   Jeffery N. Differential regional brain growth and rotation of the prenatal human tentorium cerebelli. Journal of Anatomy 200: 135-144.

• 2000   Spoor F., Jeffery N., Zonneveld F. Using diagnostic radiology in human evolutionary studies. Journal of Anatomy 197: 61-76.

Book Chapters:

• Cox PG, Jeffery N (2015) The muscles of mastication and the function of the medial pterygoid. In: Evolution of the Rodents: Advances in Phylogeny, Functional Morphology and Development (eds PG Cox, L Hautier). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 350-372. 

• 2000   Spoor F., Jeffery N., Zonneveld F. Imaging cranial growth and evolution. In O'Higgins P. and Cohen M. (eds.) Development, Growth and Evolution: Implications for the study of hominid skeletal evolution. London: Academic Press, pp 124-161.