About Professor Greg Murray
Greg's work aims to improve the management of patients with chronic orofacial pain.
Professor Greg Murray is an internationally recognized research scientist studying the control of jaw and orofacial movements.
Greg Murray is a Professor of Dentistry at the University of Sydney. He graduated Bachelor of Dental Surgery (Honours I and University Medal) in 1980, Master of Dental Surgery in 1984, and Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Toronto, Canada in 1990. He is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons (since 1983) and was Associate Dean (Research) in the Faculty of Dentistry from 1999 through to 2004. His principal focus for the past 27 years has been in jaw movements and more recently the effects that pain has on jaw movements. The underlying purpose of these studies is to understand what goes wrong in patients with orofacial pain, in particular, Temporomandibular Disorders and thereby improve treatment. Greg has published 65 full papers in international journals, 8 book chapters, and 144 abstracts for oral or poster presentations mostly at international meetings. His series of 3 papers in the Journal of Neurophysiology in 1992 (Murray et al 67; 747-785) have been cited a total of 100 times. Greg has supervised 20 summer vacation students and has successfully supervised 18 masters or PhD postgraduate students who have completed their research projects since 1990. He is on the editorial boards of Archives of Oral Biology, Journal of Dental Research, and Journal of Oral Rehabilitation, and reviews articles for Journal of Neuroscience Methods, European Journal of Oral Sciences, Archives of Oral Biology, Journal of Orofacial Pain, and Journal of Dental Research. He is also a reviewer of grants submitted to NHMRC, Australian Dental Research Foundation.
Selected publications
- MURRAY GM, PECK CC. Orofacial pain and jaw muscle activity: a new model? Journal of Orofacial Pain, Invited Focus Article, accepted 5th May 2007.
- SAE-LEE D, WANIGARATNE K, WHITTLE T, PECK CC, MURRAY GM. A method for studying jaw muscle activity during standardized jaw movements under experimental jaw muscle pain. Journal of Neuroscience Methods 157; 285-293, 2006. PubMedId: 16765448
- MURRAY GM, PHANACHET I, WHITTLE T, UCHIDA S. Review article: The human lateral pterygoid muscle: a review of some experimental aspects and possible clinical relevance. Australian Dental Journal, 49; 2-8, 2004. Abstracted in Year Book of Dentistry, Mosby 2004. PubMedId: 15104127
- PHANACHET I, WHITTLE T, WANIGARATNE K, KLINEBERG IJ, SESSLE BJ, MURRAY GM. Functional heterogeneity in superior head of human lateral pterygoid. Journal of Dental Research, 82; 106-111, 2003. PubMedId: 12562882
- MURRAY GM, PHANACHET I, UCHIDA S, WHITTLE T Invited Focus Article: The role of the human lateral pterygoid muscle in the control of horizontal jaw movements. Journal of Orofacial Pain 15; 279-292, 2001. PubMedId: 12400398
- ZHANG HQ, MURRAY GM, COLEMAN GT, TURMAN AB, ZHANG SP and ROWE MJ Functional characteristics of the parallel SI- and SII-projecting neurons of the thalamic ventral posterior nucleus in the marmoset. Journal of Neurophysiology, 85: 1805-1822, 2001. PubMedId: 11352998
- MURRAY GM, ORFANOS T, CHAN JY, WANIGARATNE, K. and KLINEBERG I. Electromyographic activity of the human lateral pterygoid muscle during contralateral and protrusive jaw movements. Archives of Oral Biology, 44:3, 269-285, 1999a. PubMedId: 10217518
- PECK C., MURRAY G.M., JOHNSON C.W.L. and KLINEBERG I.J. The variability of condylar point pathways in open-close jaw movements. Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry, 77:4; 394-404, 1997. PubMedId: 9104717
- MURRAY, G.M. AND SESSLE, B.J. Functional properties of single neurons in the face primary motor cortex of the primate. I. Input and output features of tongue motor cortex. Journal of Neurophysiology, 67; 747-758, 1992a. …II. Relations with trained orofacial motor behavior. Journal of Neurophysiology, 67; 759-774, 1992b. and …III. Relations with different directions of trained tongue protrusion. Journal of Neurophysiology, 67; 775-785, 1992c. PubMedId: 1578254
- MURRAY, G.M. AND KLINEBERG, I.J. Electromyographic recordings of jaw-closing reflex characteristics evoked under standardised conditions. Archives of Oral Biology 29; 537-549, 1984. PubMedId: 6591885