Publications

FGF21 analogue PF-05231023 on alcohol consumption and neuronal activity in the nucleus accumbens

Neuropsychopharmacology

Behavioral Neuroscience

Early Contingency Information Enhances Human Punishment Sensitivity When Punishment Is Frequent but Not Rare

Nature Communications

Midbrain ghrelin receptor signalling regulates binge drinking in a sex specific manner

Metabolic Brain Disease

Drug delivery strategies for the treatment of relapse behavior in substance use disorder- A systematic review

Neuropharmacology

Inhibition of HCN channels decreases motivation for alcohol and deprivation-induced drinking in alcohol preferring rats

Causal inference and cognitive-behavioral integration deficits drive stable variation in human punishment sensitivity

Communications Psychology

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Emerging GPCR targets for AUD: Insights from preclinical studies

Journal of Neurochemistry

Sex- and age-dependent impacts of nicotine and ethanol binge drinking on the brain: Insights from preclinical research

Endocrinology

Sex Differences in Alcohol Use: Is It All About Hormones?

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Understanding sex differences and the translational value of models of persistent substance use despite negative consequences

Journal of Neurochemistry

Viscerosensory signalling to the nucleus accumbens via the solitary tract nucleus

European Addiction Research

A Cognitive Pathway to Persistent, Maladaptive Choice

Science

Reprioritizing motivations in addiction

Clinical Case Reports

The dual orexin receptor antagonist suvorexant in alcohol use disorder and comorbid insomnia: A case report

Drug and Alcohol Review

Smartphone-delivered approach bias modification for reducing harmful drinking amongst middle-older age adults: Secondary analyses of a single-arm pilot study

Topiramate versus naltrexone for alcohol use disorder: a genotype-stratified double-blind randomized controlled trial

American Journal of Psychiatry

Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews

Real-time fMRI-based neurofeedback to restore brain function in substance use disorders: A systematic review of the literature

Behavioral Neuroscience

Electric barrier-induced voluntary abstinence reduces alcohol seeking in male, but not female, iP rats

Behavioral Neuroscience

Translational research in punishment learning

Journal of Cannabis Research

Neuroimaging studies of cannabidiol and potential neurobiological mechanisms relevant for alcohol use disorders: a systematic review

Addiction

Commentary on Aubin et al.: Could combination medication approaches target mental health comorbidity in the context of alcohol use disorder?

Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Economic evaluations of alcohol pharmacotherapy: Systematic review of economic evaluations of pharmacotherapy for the treatment of alcohol use disorder

Addictive Behaviors

Sign-tracking to non-drug reward is related to severity of alcohol-use problems in a sample of individuals seeking treatment

Orphan peptide and G protein-coupled receptor signalling in alcohol use disorder

British Journal of Pharmacology

Alcohol

The Edinger-Westphal nucleus: sex differences in midbrain neuropeptide control of binge drinking

Neuropsychobiology

Impaired Decision-Making and Skin Conductance Responses Are Associated with Reward and Punishment Sensitivity in Individuals with Severe Alcohol Use Disorder

British Journal of Pharmacology

Targeting muscarinic receptors for the treatment of alcohol use disorders: Opportunities and hurdles for clinical development

Molecular Neurobiology

The Effects of Transcranial Focused Ultrasound Stimulation of Nucleus Accumbens on Neuronal Gene Expression and Brain Tissue in High Alcohol-Preferring Rats

N acetylcysteine in the treatment of alcohol use disorder: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Neuropsychopharmacology

Cocaine and amphetamine regulated transcript (CART) mediates sex differences in binge drinking through central taste circuits

Alcohol

Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical response in alcohol-dependent patients during baclofen treatment and association with clinical outcome: Preliminary results

Archives of Suicide Research

High Risk or Risky Highs: Understanding the Links Between Alcohol and Cannabis Use on the Transition From Suicidal Ideation to Attempts in Australian Men

Molecular Psychiatry

Pathways to the persistence of drug use despite its adverse consequences

Cognitive training and remediation interventions for substance use disorders: a Delphi consensus study

Addiction

Alcohol: Clinical and Experimental Research

Central markers of neuroinflammation in alcohol use disorder: A meta-analysis of neuroimaging, cerebral spinal fluid, and postmortem studies

Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention

The association between problematic use of alcohol and drugs and repeat self-harm and suicidal ideation: Insights from a population-based administrative health data set

Alcohol: Clinical and Experimental Research

The role of impulsivity in the relationship between affect and alcohol consumption in young adults

Addictive Behaviors Reports

'A circuit breaker' - Interrupting the alcohol autopilot: A qualitative exploration of participants' experiences of a personalised mHealth approach bias modification intervention for alcohol use

Neurochemical Research

Molecular Profiling of VGluT1 AND VGluT2 Ventral Subiculum to Nucleus Accumbens Shell Projections

PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)

A cognitive pathway to punishment insensitivity

Neuroscience Letters

Examining ventral subiculum and basolateral amygdala projections to the nucleus accumbens shell: Differential expression of VGLuT1, VGLuT2 and VGaT in the rat

JAMA Psychiatry

Effectiveness of a Stand-alone Telephone-Delivered Intervention for Reducing Problem Alcohol Use: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews

Can we enhance the clinical efficacy of cognitive and psychological approaches to treat substance use disorders through understanding their neurobiological mechanisms?

M1 muscarinic receptor activation decreases alcohol consumption via a reduction in consummatory behavior

Pharmacology Research & Perspectives

CNS Drugs

Clinical Effectiveness of Muscarinic Receptor-Targeted Interventions in Neuropsychiatric Disorders: A Systematic Review

Frontiers in Global Women's Health

Sex as a potential moderator for baclofen response in the treatment of alcohol dependence

International Journal of Mental Health Nursing

A systematic review of the perceptions and attitudes of mental health nurses towards alcohol and other drug use in mental health clients

Addiction

Alcohol use in the year following approach bias modification during inpatient withdrawal: secondary outcomes from a double-blind, multi-site randomized controlled trial

The effect of approach bias modification during alcohol withdrawal treatment on craving, and its relationship to post-treatment alcohol use in a randomised controlled trial

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Journal of Neuroscience

A corticothalamic circuit trades off speed for safety during decision-making under motivational conflict

Sex differences in the interrelations between stress, craving and alcohol consumption across individuals and time during baclofen treatment for alcohol dependence

Addictive Behaviors

eLife

How the brain regulates alcohol intake

Neuropsychopharmacology

Punishment and compulsion: more than meets the eye