Expert Opinion on Investigational Drugs

I am a postdoctoral researcher in the Addiction Neuroscience lab. I am interested in the evolution of brain circuits underlying innate behaviours. Salt appetite is a prototypical innate behaviour, whereby salt-depleted animals exhibit a strong instinctive drive to seek and ingest salt.
My current research focus is centred on the neural substrates underlying salt appetite, with a particular focus on endogenous opioid signalling in the central amygdala.
Research Papers
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Investigational drugs for alcohol use disorders: a review of preclinical data
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Glucose Availability Predicts the Feeding Response to Ghrelin in Male Mice, an Effect Dependent on AMPK in AgRP NeuronsEndocrinology
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The intersection of stress and reward: BNST modulation of aversive and appetitive statesProgress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry
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Distribution of the orexin-1 receptor (OX1R) in the mouse forebrain and rostral brainstem: A characterisation of OX1R-eGFP miceJournal of Chemical Neuroanatomy
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Characterization of the relaxin family peptide receptor 3 system in the mouse bed nucleus of the stria terminalisJournal of Comparative Neurology
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