Bilde av McClusky, Leon Mendel
Bilde av McClusky, Leon Mendel
Professor Nursing and Further Education in Narvik leon.mcclusky@uit.no +4776966239 You can find me here

Leon Mendel McClusky



  • Leon Mendel McClusky, Julius Nielsen :
    A histological study of the protracted dismantling of the spent (Sertoli-only) shark spermatocyst post-spermiation: Insight from species with or without testis-associated lymphomyeloid tissue
    Anatomia, Histologia, Embryologia. Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series C 2024 ARKIV / DOI
  • Leon Mendel McClusky, Julius Nielsen, Jørgen Schou Christiansen :
    Aspects of spermatogenesis in immature and mature specimens of the long-lived Greenland shark: novelties concerning the germinal compartment’s assembly, complement of Sertoli cells and demise
    PLOS ONE 2024 ARKIV / DOI
  • Leon Mendel McClusky :
    Several routes of cell death to secondary necrosis in the elasmobranch testis
    Apoptosis 2022 ARKIV / DOI
  • Leon Mendel McClusky :
    Simple, once‐off mapping of various, recurrent immunostaining patterns of proliferating cell nuclear antigen in spermatogonia at the immature pole of the testis of adult wild‐caught blue shark, Prionace glauca: Correlations with changes in testicular status
    Molecular Reproduction and Development 2020 ARKIV / DOI
  • Julius Nielsen, Rasmus B. Hedeholm, Arve Lynghammar, Leon Mendel McClusky, Bjørn Berland, John Fleng Steffensen et al.:
    Assessing the reproductive biology of the Greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus)
    PLOS ONE 07. October 2020 ARKIV / DOI
  • Leon Mendel McClusky :
    Multiple sources for Sertoli Cells and two Sertoli phenotypes in the adult elasmobranch testis: insight from two species belonging to different Orders
    The Anatomical Record: Advances in Integrative Anatomy and Evolutionary Biology 2018 ARKIV / DOI
  • Wivi-Ann Tingvoll, Torill Margaret Sæterstrand, Leon Mendel McClusky :
    The challenges of primary health care nurse leaders in the wake of New Health Care Reform in Norway
    BMC Nursing 2016 ARKIV / DOI
  • Leon Mendel McClusky, James Sulikowski :
    A Comparative Study of Intratesticular Ductules in the Spermatogenically Active Testes of Shortfin Mako and Thresher Sharks
    The Anatomical Record: Advances in Integrative Anatomy and Evolutionary Biology 2016 DOI
  • Leon McClusky :
    Sperm of Galeorhinus galeus (Elasmobranchii, Triakidae) Traverse an Excurrent Duct System Characterized by Pronounced Regionalization: A Scanning Electron and Light Microscopy Study
    The Anatomical Record: Advances in Integrative Anatomy and Evolutionary Biology 2015 DOI
  • Wivi-Ann Tingvoll, Leon McClusky :
    Current status of rehabilitation activity and the new health care reform in Norway
    Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research 2015 ARKIV / DOI
  • Leon McClusky, James Sulikowski :
    The epigonal organ and mature pole of the testis in the recreationally fished blue shark (Prionace glauca): histochemico-functional correlates
    Journal of Anatomy 2014 DOI
  • Leon McClusky :
    The caspase-dependent apoptosis gradient in the testis of the blue shark, Prionace glauca
    Reproduction 17. January 2013 DOI
  • Leon McClusky :
    On making nursing undergraduate human reproductive physiology content meaningful and relevant: Discussion of human pleasure in its biological context
    Nurse Education Today 2012 DOI
  • Leon McClusky :
    Coordination of Spermatogenic Processes in the Testis: Lessons from Cystic Spermatogenesis
    Cell and Tissue Research 2012 DOI
  • Leon McClusky :
    Testicular Degeneration during Spermatogenesis in the Blue Shark, Prionace glauca: Nonconformity with Expression as Seen in the Diametric Testes of Other Carcharhinids
    Journal of morphology 2011 DOI
  • Leon McClusky, Irene E.J. Barnhoorn, Jacobus C. van Dyk, Maria S. Bornman, Christian de Jager, Sean Patrick :
    Immunohistochemical study of nuclear changes associated with male germ cell death and spermiogenesis
    Journal of Molecular Histology 2009 DOI
  • Leon McClusky :
    Fetal bovine serum simultaneously stimulates apoptosis and DNA synthesis in premeiotic stages of spermatogenesis in spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias) in vitro: modulation by androgen and spermatogenic activity status
    Apoptosis 2008
  • Leon Mendel McClusky :
    Cadmium accumulation and binding characteristics in intact Sertoli/germ cell units, and associated effects on stage-specific functions in vitro: insights from a shark testis model
    Journal of Applied Toxicology 2008 DOI
  • Leon Mendel McClusky, Irene E.J. Barnhoorn, Jacobbus C. van Dyk, Maria S. Bornman :
    Testicular apoptosis in feral Clarias gariepinus using TUNEL and cleaved caspase-3 immunohistochemistry
    Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 2008 DOI
  • Leon Mendel McClusky, Christiaan De Jager, Maria S. Bornman :
    Stage-Related Increase in the Proportion of Apoptotic Germ Cells and Altered Frequencies of Stages in the Spermatogenic Cycle Following Gestational, Lactational, and Direct Exposure of Male Rats to p-Nonylphenol
    Toxicological Sciences 2007 DOI
  • Leon Mendel McClusky :
    Stage-dependency of apoptosis and the blood-testis barrier in the dogfish shark (Squalus acanthias): cadmium-induced changes as assessed by vital fluorescence techniques
    Cell and Tissue Research 2006 DOI
  • Leon Mendel McClusky :
    Stage and season effects on cell cycle and apoptotic activities of germ cells and Sertoli cells during spermatogenesis in the spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias)
    Reproduction 2005 DOI
  • Leon Mendel McClusky :
    A scanning electron microscopic study of germ cell maturation in the reproductive tract of the male soupfin shark (Galeorhinus galeus)
    Acta Zoologica 2003 DOI
  • Gloria V. Callard, Leon Mendel McClusky, Marlies Betka :
    Apoptosis as a normal mechanism of growth control and target of toxicant actions during spermatogenesis
    Springer-Verlag New York 1998
  • Leon Mendel McClusky, Gloria V. Callard :
    In situ end-labeling of fragmented DNA in apoptotic germ cells in the spiny dogfish testis (Squalus acanthias) testis
    Bulletin of the Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory 1997
  • Leon Mendel McClusky, Marlies Betka, David Miller, Gloria V. Callard :
    Analysis of the apoptotic form of programmed cell death (PCD) during spermatogenesis in spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias).
    Bulletin of the Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory 1996
  • Leon McClusky :
    Emerging contaminants and endocrine disrupting chemicals in South African waters
    2015
  • Leon McClusky :
    The epigonal organ and mature pole of the testis in the recreationally fished blue shark (Prionace glauca): histochemico-functional correlates
    2014
  • Wivi-Ann Tingvoll, Leon McClusky :
    Analyse av rehabiliteringsaktivitet av alle rehabiliteringsteamene i Helse Nord for periode 2009-2012 [powerpoint]
    2014
  • Leon McClusky :
    Innvirkning av manglende balanse hos steroider i kroppen
    2011
  • Leon McClusky :
    Male reproductive organs and Cadmium accumulation: insights from a shark testis model
    2008
  • Leon Mendel McClusky, Christiaan De Jager, Maria S. Bornman :
    Increased caspase-3-dependent spermatogenic cell death and dysregulated adult spermatogenesis following in utero, lactational and direct exposure to para-nonylphenol
    Toxicology Letters 2006 DOI
  • Leon Mendel McClusky, Christiaan De Jager, Maria S. Bornman :
    Life-time exposure of male rats to phyto-oestrogens and p-nonylphenol: implications for spermatogenesis stages VII-VIII
    Microscopy Society of Southern Africa Proceedings 2004

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    Research interests

    Unconventional models for the study of spermatogenesis

    Comparative aspects of spermatogenesis

    Cell kinetics of isogeneic germ cell clones

    Sertoli cell biology

    Teaching

    Anatomy, Physiology & Biochemistry

    Microbiology & infectious diseases