Molecular Psychiatry
NHMRC R.D. Wright Biomedical Career Development Fellow - Neural Plasticity & Motivated Behaviour Laboratory
Dr Robyn Brown
PhD
Robyn Brown is an NHMRC R.D. Wright Biomedical Career Development Fellow at the Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health. She completed a PhD at Monash University in 2010 and a Bachelor of Commerce/Science (honours) in 2004 at University of Melbourne. In 2011 she was awarded a Sir Keith Murdoch Fellowship from the American Australian Association to go and undertake postdoctoral training in the laboratory of Peter Kalivas in the USA where she contributed to a number of high impact studies investigating neuroplasticity in drug addiction.
The current research focus of her laboratory is investigating the neural mechanisms underlying pathological forms of motivated behaviour such as compulsive overeating and drug addiction. Specific projects include:
Awards and achievements
2018 NHMRC RD Wright Biomedical Research Fellowship
2018 Short listed for L'Oreal Women in Science Award
2016 Best paper award, Florey.
2016 Japanese Neuroscience Society Young Investigator Award
2016 Selection for ACAN (Australian Course in Advanced Neuroscience)
2015 Young Investigator Colloquia Award, International Society for Neurochemistry
2015 Travel Fellow, Winter Conference on Brain Research
2015 Optogenetics School, Standford University
2014 Go8 Future Leaders Research Program
2013 Cold Spring Harbour Laboratory School: Cellular Biology of Addiction Course
Research Papers
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Glutamatergic mechanisms of comorbidity between acute stress and cocaine self-administration
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Differences in dietary preferences, personality and mental health in Australian adults with and without food addictionNutrients
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Extinction of a cocaine-taking context that protects against drug-primed reinstatement is dependent on the metabotropic glutamate 5 receptorAddiction Biology
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Reframing addiction: habit, choice, cues and compulsivityProgress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry
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Addiction-like Synaptic Impairments in Diet-Induced ObesityBiological Psychiatry
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Coding the direct/indirect pathways by D1 and D2 receptors is not valid for accumbens projectionsNature Neuroscience
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Adenosine 2A receptors modulate reward behaviours for methamphetamineAddiction Biology
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Orexin-1 receptor signalling in the prelimbic cortex and ventral tegmental area regulates cue-induced reinstatement of ethanol-seeking in IP ratsAddiction Biology
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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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A model of emotional stress‐induced binge eating in female mice with no history of food restrictionGenes, Brain and Behavior
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