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A Meta-Analysis on the Impact of Alcohol Dependence on Short-Term Resting-State Heart Rate Variability: Implications for Cardiovascular Risk

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A behavioural comparison of acute and chronic Delta9-tetrahydrocannabinol and cannabidiol in C57BL/6JArc mice

scientific article published on 29 September 2009

A brief history of oxytocin and its role in modulating psychostimulant effects

scientific article published on 23 January 2013

A comparison of Δ9-THC and anandamide induced c-fos expression in the rat forebrain ⬇️

scientific article published on August 17, 1998

A cross-sectional survey exploring the knowledge, experiences and attitudes of Australian pharmacists toward medicinal cannabis

scientific article published in 2022

A double-blind randomized controlled trial of oxytocin nasal spray in Prader Willi syndrome

scientific article published on 30 June 2014

A long hangover from party drugs: residual proteomic changes in the hippocampus of rats 8 weeks after γ-hydroxybutyrate (GHB), 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) or their combination.

scientific article published on 19 March 2010

A novel automated test battery reveals enduring behavioural alterations and cognitive impairments in survivors of murine pneumococcal meningitis

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ABC transporters P-gp and Bcrp do not limit the brain uptake of the novel antipsychotic and anticonvulsant drug cannabidiol in mice

scientific article published on 26 May 2016

Active coping toward predatory stress is associated with lower corticosterone and progesterone plasma levels and decreased methylation in the medial amygdala vasopressin system

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Acute Prosocial Effects of Oxytocin and Vasopressin When Given Alone or in Combination with 3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine in Rats: Involvement of the V1A Receptor ⬇️

scientific article published on May 16, 2013

Acute and residual effects in adolescent rats resulting from exposure to the novel synthetic cannabinoids AB-PINACA and AB-FUBINACA.

scientific article published in January 2017

Adolescent exposure to oxytocin, but not the selective oxytocin receptor agonist TGOT, increases social behavior and plasma oxytocin in adulthood.

scientific article published on 11 March 2014

Adolescent oxytocin exposure causes persistent reductions in anxiety and alcohol consumption and enhances sociability in rats

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Adolescent pre-treatment with oxytocin protects against adult methamphetamine-seeking behavior in female rats

scientific article published on 17 November 2014

Aggregation in quads but not pairs of rats exposed to cat odor or bright light ⬇️

scientific article published on April 3, 2012

Altered behaviour and cognitive function following combined deletion of Toll-like receptors 2 and 4 in mice

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An Australian nationwide survey on medicinal cannabis use for epilepsy: History of antiepileptic drug treatment predicts medicinal cannabis use.

scientific article published on 23 February 2017

Analysis of Cannabis Seizures in NSW, Australia: Cannabis Potency and Cannabinoid Profile ⬇️

scientific article published on July 24, 2013

Antibody-induced neutrophil depletion prior to the onset of pneumococcal meningitis influences long-term neurological complications in mice.

scientific article published on 7 March 2016

Antipsychotic Induced Alteration of Growth and Proteome of Rat Neural Stem Cells

scientific article published on 18 April 2012

Author Correction: Composition and Use of Cannabis Extracts for Childhood Epilepsy in the Australian Community

scientific article published in Scientific Reports

Automated scoring of novel object recognition in rats.

scientific article published on 17 February 2008

Beer promotes high levels of alcohol intake in adolescent and adult alcohol-preferring rats.

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Behavioral and cognitive data in mice with different tryptophan-metabolizing enzymes knocked out.

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Benzodiazepines impair the acquisition and reversal of olfactory go/no-go discriminations in rats.

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Biologically meaningful scents: a framework for understanding predator-prey research across disciplines

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Body temperature and cardiac changes induced by peripherally administered oxytocin, vasopressin and the non-peptide oxytocin receptor agonist WAY 267,464: a biotelemetry study in rats.

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Breaking the loop: oxytocin as a potential treatment for drug addiction.

scientific article published on 14 December 2011

CUMYL-4CN-BINACA Is an Efficacious and Potent Pro-Convulsant Synthetic Cannabinoid Receptor Agonist

scientific article published on 29 May 2019

Cannabidiol (CBD) content in vaporized cannabis does not prevent tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)-induced impairment of driving and cognition

scientific article published on 01 May 2019

Cannabidiol potentiates Δ⁹-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) behavioural effects and alters THC pharmacokinetics during acute and chronic treatment in adolescent rats.

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Cannabidiol treatment reduces the motivation to self-administer methamphetamine and methamphetamine-primed relapse in rats

scientific article published on 27 September 2018

Cannabinoid replacement therapy (CRT): Nabiximols (Sativex) as a novel treatment for cannabis withdrawal.

scientific article published on 17 April 2015

Cannabinoids increase conditioned ultrasonic vocalisations and cat odour avoidance in rats: Strain differences in drug-induced anxiety ⬇️

scientific article published on September 25, 2010

Cannabis use and non-cancer chronic pain

scientific article published on 01 October 2018

Changes in cigarette and alcohol use during cannabis abstinence.

scientific article published on 12 February 2014

Changes in respiratory quotient elicited in rats by a conditioned stimulus predicting food.

scientific article published in January 1998

Chronic Methamphetamine Self-Administration Dysregulates Oxytocin Plasma Levels and Oxytocin Receptor Fibre Density in the Nucleus Accumbens Core and Subthalamic Nucleus of the Rat.

scientific article published on 13 November 2015

Chronic repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation is antidepressant but not anxiolytic in rat models of anxiety and depression

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Clinical trials of medicinal cannabis for appetite-related symptoms from advanced cancer: a survey of preferences, attitudes and beliefs among patients willing to consider participation

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Co-administration of THC and MDMA ('ecstasy') synergistically disrupts memory in rats.

scientific article published in August 2005

Cocaine and heroin ('speedball') self-administration: the involvement of nucleus accumbens dopamine and mu-opiate, but not delta-opiate receptors.

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Cognitive, physical, and mental health outcomes between long-term cannabis and tobacco users.

scientific article published on 9 December 2017

Comparative proteomics in the corpus callosal sub-regions of postmortem human brain.

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Composition and Use of Cannabis Extracts for Childhood Epilepsy in the Australian Community.

scientific article published on 5 July 2018

Contrasting effects of dopamine antagonists and frequency reduction on Fos expression induced by lateral hypothalamic stimulation.

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Contrasting effects of dopaminergic blockade on MDMA and d-amphetamine conditioned taste aversions.

scientific article published in February 1994

Contrasting regional Fos expression in adolescent and young adult rats following acute administration of the antidepressant paroxetine.

scientific article published on 11 February 2016

Cortisol response and psychological distress predict susceptibility to false memories for a trauma film

scientific article published on 23 October 2015

Cyclooxygenase-2 in the pathogenesis of murine cerebral malaria.

scientific article published on 30 January 2004

Dark Classics in Chemical Neuroscience: Δ9-Tetrahydrocannabinol

scientific article published on 22 February 2019

Defensive aggregation (huddling) in Rattus norvegicus toward predator odor: individual differences, social buffering effects and neural correlates

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Defensive responses of Wistar and Sprague-Dawley rats to cat odour and TMT.

scientific article published on 18 May 2006

Deletion of TDO2, IDO-1 and IDO-2 differentially affects mouse behavior and cognitive function.

scientific article published on 14 June 2016

Delta9-THC reinstates beer- and sucrose-seeking behaviour in abstinent rats: comparison with midazolam, food deprivation and predator odour.

scientific article published on 18 November 2004

Detection of Δ9 THC in oral fluid following vaporized cannabis with varied cannabidiol (CBD) content: An evaluation of two point-of-collection testing devices

scientific article published on 10 September 2019

Differential behavioural and neurochemical outcomes from chronic paroxetine treatment in adolescent and adult rats: a model of adverse antidepressant effects in human adolescents?

scientific article published on 18 February 2011

Differential protein expression in the corpus callosum (body) of human alcoholic brain.

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Disruptive effects of the prototypical cannabinoid Δ⁹-tetrahydrocannabinol and the fatty acid amide inhibitor URB-597 on go/no-go auditory discrimination performance and olfactory reversal learning in rats.

scientific article published in June 2011

Driving on ice: impaired driving skills in current methamphetamine users.

scientific article published on 29 July 2012

Effects of bioisosteric fluorine in synthetic cannabinoid designer drugs JWH-018, AM-2201, UR-144, XLR-11, PB-22, 5F-PB-22, APICA, and STS-135.

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Effects of the cannabinoid receptor agonist CP 55,940 and the cannabinoid receptor antagonist SR 141716 on intracranial self-stimulation in Lewis rats ⬇️

scientific article published on November 21, 2001

Effects of typical (haloperidol) and atypical (risperidone) antipsychotic agents on protein expression in rat neural stem cells.

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Endocannabinoid dysregulation in cognitive and stress-related brain regions in the Nrg1 mouse model of schizophrenia

scientific article published on 10 August 2016

Exercise increases plasma THC concentrations in regular cannabis users.

scientific article published on 11 August 2013

Fasting and exercise increase plasma cannabinoid levels in THC pre-treated rats: an examination of behavioural consequences.

scientific article published on 3 April 2014

Functional genomics of epilepsy-associated mutations in the GABAA receptor subunits reveal that one mutation impairs function and two are catastrophic

scientific article published on 06 February 2019

Give me a hi-5! An additional version of the h-index

scientific article published on 01 December 2013

Heart rate variability predicts alcohol craving in alcohol dependent outpatients: further evidence for HRV as a psychophysiological marker of self-regulation

scientific article published on 16 April 2013

Heat increases 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine self-administration and social effects in rats.

scientific article published in December 2003

High levels of intravenous mephedrone (4-methylmethcathinone) self-administration in rats: neural consequences and comparison with methamphetamine.

scientific article published on 5 June 2013

In vitro and in vivo pharmacokinetics and metabolism of synthetic cannabinoids CUMYL-PICA and 5F-CUMYL-PICA.

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Increased anxiety and "depressive" symptoms months after MDMA ("ecstasy") in rats: drug-induced hyperthermia does not predict long-term outcomes.

scientific article published on 17 April 2003

Inhaled vasopressin increases sociability and reduces body temperature and heart rate in rats.

scientific article published on 24 April 2014

Interleukin-18 deficiency and its long-term behavioural and cognitive impacts in a murine model of pneumococcal meningitis

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Intermittent access to beer promotes binge-like drinking in adolescent but not adult Wistar rats.

scientific article published on 17 April 2009

International Conference on Memory (ICOM-4), University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, 16-21 July 2006 Ecstasy/MDMA and Memory Symposium.

scientific article published on 19 September 2007

Intranasal oxytocin in the treatment of anorexia nervosa: Randomized controlled trial during re-feeding

scientific article published on 14 October 2017

Intravenous methamphetamine self-administration in rats: effects of intravenous or intraperitoneal MDMA co-administration.

scientific article published in October 2006

Involvement of hypothalamic peptides in the anorectic action of the CB receptor antagonist rimonabant (SR 141716).

scientific article published on 21 May 2009

Kinetic and metabolic profiles of synthetic cannabinoids NNEI and MN-18.

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Knowledge and attitudes of Australian general practitioners towards medicinal cannabis: a cross-sectional survey

scientific article published on 03 July 2018

Lithium carbonate in the management of cannabis withdrawal: a randomized placebo-controlled trial in an inpatient setting

scientific article published in June 2014

Long-lasting FosB/DeltaFosB immunoreactivity in the rat brain after repeated cat odor exposure.

scientific article published on 26 June 2009

Long-term daily access to alcohol alters dopamine-related synthesis and signaling proteins in the rat striatum ⬇️

scientific article published on September 17, 2012

Longitudinal trends in the dispensing of psychotropic medications in Australia from 2009-2012: focus on children, adolescents and prescriber specialty.

scientific article published on 13 June 2014

MDMA ("ecstasy"), methamphetamine and their combination: long-term changes in social interaction and neurochemistry in the rat.

scientific article published on 17 March 2004

MDMA ('Ecstasy') and methamphetamine combined: order of administration influences hyperthermic and long-term adverse effects in female rats.

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MDMA ('Ecstasy'), oxytocin and vasopressin modulate social preference in rats: A role for handling and oxytocin receptors

scientific article published on 7 October 2016

MDMA, methamphetamine and their combination: possible lessons for party drug users from recent preclinical research.

scientific article published on January 2007

MDMA-induced c-Fos expression in oxytocin-containing neurons is blocked by pretreatment with the 5-HT-1A receptor antagonist WAY 100635.

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Medicinal cannabis in Australia, 2016: the Cannabis as Medicine Survey (CAMS-16)

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Mephedrone (4-methylmethcathinone, 'meow'): acute behavioural effects and distribution of Fos expression in adolescent rats

scientific article published on 13 October 2011

Mephedrone in adolescent rats: residual memory impairment and acute but not lasting 5-HT depletion

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Metabolomics of Neurotransmitters and Related Metabolites in Post-Mortem Tissue from the Dorsal and Ventral Striatum of Alcoholic Human Brain.

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Moderate alcohol intake is related to increased heart rate variability in young adults: implications for health and well-being

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Modulation of anxiety-related behaviours following lesions of the prelimbic or infralimbic cortex in the rat.

scientific article published in October 1997

Molecular and Behavioral Pharmacological Characterization of Abused Synthetic Cannabinoids MMB- and MDMB-FUBINACA, MN-18, NNEI, CUMYL-PICA, and 5-Fluoro-CUMYL-PICA.

scientific article published on 16 March 2018

Nabiximols as an agonist replacement therapy during cannabis withdrawal: a randomized clinical trial.

scientific article published on March 2014

Nabiximols for the Treatment of Cannabis Dependence: A Randomized Clinical Trial

scientific article published on 15 July 2019

Neural correlates of cat odor-induced anxiety in rats: region-specific effects of the benzodiazepine midazolam.

scientific article published on April 2004

Neuroadaptations in the striatal proteome of the rat following prolonged excessive sucrose intake.

scientific article published on 15 March 2014

Not all 'predator odours' are equal: cat odour but not 2,4,5 trimethylthiazoline (TMT; fox odour) elicits specific defensive behaviours in rats.

scientific article published in February 2002

Oral cannabinoid-rich THC/CBD cannabis extract for secondary prevention of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting: a study protocol for a pilot and definitive randomised double-blind placebo-controlled trial (CannabisCINV)

scientific article published on 12 September 2018

Oxytocin and MDMA ('Ecstasy') enhance social reward in rats

scientific article published on 15 March 2015

Oxytocin and vasopressin modulate the social response to threat: a preclinical study.

scientific article published on 7 May 2014

Oxytocin directly administered into the nucleus accumbens core or subthalamic nucleus attenuates methamphetamine-induced conditioned place preference.

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Oxytocin in the nucleus accumbens core reduces reinstatement of methamphetamine-seeking behaviour in rats.

scientific article published on 16 November 2014

Oxytocin inhibits ethanol consumption and ethanol-induced dopamine release in the nucleus accumbens

scientific article published on 25 January 2016

Oxytocin prevents ethanol actions at δ subunit-containing GABAA receptors and attenuates ethanol-induced motor impairment in rats

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Paraventricular hypothalamic CB(1) cannabinoid receptors are involved in the feeding stimulatory effects of Delta(9)-tetrahydrocannabinol

scientific article published on 11 August 2005

Pharmacology of Cumyl-Carboxamide Synthetic Cannabinoid New Psychoactive Substances (NPS) CUMYL-BICA, CUMYL-PICA, CUMYL-5F-PICA, CUMYL-5F-PINACA, and Their Analogues.

scientific article published on 9 August 2017

Pharmacology of Indole and Indazole Synthetic Cannabinoid Designer Drugs AB-FUBINACA, ADB-FUBINACA, AB-PINACA, ADB-PINACA, 5F-AB-PINACA, 5F-ADB-PINACA, ADBICA, and 5F-ADBICA.

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Pharmacology of Valinate and tert-Leucinate Synthetic Cannabinoids 5F-AMBICA, 5F-AMB, 5F-ADB, AMB-FUBINACA, MDMB-FUBINACA, MDMB-CHMICA, and Their Analogues

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Possible neural substrates of beer-craving in rats ⬇️

scientific article published on August 14, 1998

Pre-exposure to the cannabinoid receptor agonist CP 55940 enhances morphine behavioral sensitization and alters morphine self-administration in Lewis rats.

scientific article published in March 2003

Predatory threat induces huddling in adolescent rats and residual changes in early adulthood suggestive of increased resilience.

scientific article published on 9 August 2011

Preliminary evidence for lowered basal cortisol in a naturalistic sample of methamphetamine polydrug users

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Protein expression profile in the striatum of acute methamphetamine-treated rats.

scientific article published on 26 May 2006

Randomised Controlled Trial (RCT) of cannabinoid replacement therapy (Nabiximols) for the management of treatment-resistant cannabis dependent patients: a study protocol.

scientific article published on 18 May 2018

Rats discriminate individual cats by their odor: possible involvement of the accessory olfactory system.

scientific article published on 15 May 2008

Rats on the grog: novel pharmacotherapies for alcohol craving.

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Reduced sensitivity to MDMA-induced facilitation of social behaviour in MDMA pre-exposed rats.

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Regional Fos-expression induced by γ-hydroxybutyrate (GHB): comparison with γ-butyrolactone (GBL) and effects of co-administration of the GABAB antagonist SCH 50911 and putative GHB antagonist NCS-382.

scientific article published in August 2014

Regional c-Fos and FosB/ΔFosB expression associated with chronic methamphetamine self-administration and methamphetamine-seeking behavior in rats ⬇️

scientific article published on January 10, 2012

Regional c-Fos expression induced by peripheral oxytocin administration is prevented by the vasopressin 1A receptor antagonist SR49059.

scientific article published on 8 October 2016

Reintoxication: the release of fat-stored delta(9)-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) into blood is enhanced by food deprivation or ACTH exposure

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Repeated exposure to Delta(9)-tetrahydrocannabinol alters heroin-induced locomotor sensitisation and Fos-immunoreactivity.

scientific article published on 30 August 2005

Repeated weekly exposure to MDMA, methamphetamine or their combination: long-term behavioural and neurochemical effects in rats.

scientific article published in August 2006

Residual social, memory and oxytocin-related changes in rats following repeated exposure to γ-hydroxybutyrate (GHB), 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) or their combination.

scientific article published on 21 August 2010

Resilience and reduced c-Fos expression in P2X7 receptor knockout mice exposed to repeated forced swim test.

scientific article published on 12 June 2011

Rewarding brain stimulation induces only sparse Fos-like immunoreactivity in dopaminergic neurons ⬇️

scientific article published on March 1, 1998

Rubbings deposited by cats elicit defensive behavior in rats.

scientific article published on 10 March 2012

Sedative and hypothermic effects of gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB) in rats alone and in combination with other drugs: assessment using biotelemetry.

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Stress-induced changes in respiratory quotient, energy expenditure and locomotor activity in rats: effects of midazolam.

scientific article published in December 1994

Synthesis and pharmacology of new psychoactive substance 5F-CUMYL-P7AICA, a scaffold- hopping analog of synthetic cannabinoid receptor agonists 5F-CUMYL-PICA and 5F-CUMYL-PINACA

scientific article published on 01 October 2018

Synthetic Cannabinoid Hydroxypentyl Metabolites Retain Efficacy at Human Cannabinoid Receptors

scientific article published on 14 December 2018

The Effects of Lithium Carbonate Supplemented with Nitrazepam on Sleep Disturbance during Cannabis Abstinence

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The cannabinoid receptor agonist THC attenuates weight loss in a rodent model of activity-based anorexia.

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The cannabinoid receptor antagonist SR�141716 attenuates overfeeding induced by systemic or intracranial morphine ⬇️

scientific article published on April 17, 2003

The cardiovascular and behavioral response to cat odor in rats: unconditioned and conditioned effects.

scientific article published in April 2001

The chemistry and pharmacology of putative synthetic cannabinoid receptor agonist (SCRA) new psychoactive substances (NPS) 5F-PY-PICA, 5F-PY-PINACA, and their analogs

scientific article published on 08 May 2019

The chemistry and pharmacology of synthetic cannabinoid SDB-006 and its regioisomeric fluorinated and methoxylated analogues

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The direct actions of cannabidiol and 2-arachidonoyl glycerol at GABAA receptors.

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The dopamine receptor antagonist SCH 23390 attenuates feeding induced by Delta9-tetrahydrocannabinol

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The effect of COVID19 pandemic restrictions on an urban rodent population

scientific article published on 21 June 2021

The effect of daily aerobic cycling exercise on sleep quality during inpatient cannabis withdrawal: A randomised controlled trial

scientific article published on 19 October 2020

The first CNS-active carborane: A novel P2X7 receptor antagonist with antidepressant activity.

scientific article published on 03 April 2014

The kynurenine pathway contributes to long-term neuropsychological changes in experimental pneumococcal meningitis.

scientific article published on 17 May 2014

The major plant-derived cannabinoid Δ(9)-tetrahydrocannabinol promotes hypertrophy and macrophage infiltration in adipose tissue.

scientific article published on 21 December 2011

The nonpeptide oxytocin receptor agonist WAY 267,464: receptor-binding profile, prosocial effects and distribution of c-Fos expression in adolescent rats.

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The pro-inflammatory cytokine interferon-gamma is an important driver of neuropathology and behavioural sequelae in experimental pneumococcal meningitis

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The role of the vasopressin V1A receptor in oxytocin modulation of methamphetamine primed reinstatement

scientific article published on 15 January 2018

The schizophrenia susceptibility gene neuregulin 1 modulates tolerance to the effects of cannabinoids

scientific article published on 12 August 2010

The synthesis and pharmacological evaluation of adamantane-derived indoles: cannabimimetic drugs of abuse

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Topiramate moderately reduces the motivation to consume alcohol and has a marked antidepressant effect in rats.

scientific article published on 14 September 2007

Toxic by design? Formation of thermal degradants and cyanide from carboxamide-type synthetic cannabinoids CUMYL-PICA, 5F-CUMYL-PICA, AMB-FUBINACA, MDMB-FUBINACA, NNEI, and MN-18 during exposure to high temperatures

scientific article published in January 2019

Transmembrane domain Nrg1 mutant mice show altered susceptibility to the neurobehavioural actions of repeated THC exposure in adolescence

scientific article published on 9 January 2012

Trends in the utilisation of psychotropic medications in Australia from 2000 to 2011

scientific article published on November 9, 2012

WAY 267,464, a non-peptide oxytocin receptor agonist, impairs social recognition memory in rats through a vasopressin 1A receptor antagonist action.

scientific article published on 13 March 2015

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