By Dr Justine Fam

Journal articles

Fam J; Holmes N; Westbrook RF, 2024, 'Stimulating oxytocin receptors in the basolateral amygdala enhances stimulus processing: Differential and consistent effects for stimuli paired with fear versus sucrose in extinction and reversal learning', Psychoneuroendocrinology, 160, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2023.106917

Leake J; Leidl DM; Lay BPP; Fam JP; Giles MC; Qureshi OA; Westbrook RF; Holmes NM, 2024, 'What is learned determines how Pavlovian conditioned fear is consolidated in the brain', Journal of Neuroscience, 44, http://dx.doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0513-23.2023

Fam J; Chieng B; Westbrook RF; Laurent V; Holmes NM, 2023, 'Second-order fear conditioning involves formation of competing stimulus-danger and stimulus-safety associations', Cerebral Cortex, 33, pp. 1843 - 1855, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhac176

Holmes NM; Fam JP; Clemens KJ; Laurent V; Westbrook RF, 2022, 'The neural substrates of higher-order conditioning: A review', Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 138, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2022.104687

Fam J; Clemens KJ; Westbrook RF; Morris MJ; Kendig MD, 2022, 'Chronic exposure to cafeteria-style diet in rats alters sweet taste preference and reduces motivation for, but not ‘liking’ of sucrose', Appetite, 168, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2021.105742

Fam J; Huff MJ; Westbrook RF; Holmes NM, 2021, 'The effect of early list manipulations on the DRM illusion', Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 74, pp. 1924 - 1934, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/17470218211012620

Crane JW; Holmes NM; Fam J; Westbrook RF; Delaney AJ, 2020, 'Oxytocin increases inhibitory synaptic transmission and blocks development of long-term potentiation in the lateral amygdala', Journal of Neurophysiology, 123, pp. 587 - 599, http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/JN.00571.2019

Fam J; Lee JC, 2019, 'Peer mentoring: A move towards addressing inequality between PhDstudents', Neuroanatomy and Behaviour, 1, pp. e8 - e8, http://dx.doi.org/10.35430/nab.2019.e8

Delaney AJ; Crane JW; Holmes NM; Fam J; Westbrook RF, 2018, 'Baclofen acts in the central amygdala to reduce synaptic transmission and impair context fear conditioning', Scientific Reports, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-28321-0

Fam J; Holmes N; Delaney A; Crane J; Westbrook RF, 2018, 'Oxytocin receptor activation in the basolateral complex of the amygdala enhances discrimination between discrete cues and promotes configural processing of cues', Psychoneuroendocrinology, 96, pp. 84 - 92, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2018.06.006

Holmes NM; Crane JW; Tang M; Fam J; Westbrook RF; Delaney AJ, 2017, 'α2-adrenoceptor-mediated inhibition in the central amygdala blocks fear-conditioning', Scientific Reports, 7, pp. 11712, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-12115-x

Fam J; Westbrook RF; Holmes NM, 2017, 'An examination of changes in behavioral control when stimuli with different associative histories are conditioned in compound', Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Learning and Cognition, 43, pp. 205 - 218, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/xan0000140

Huynh C; Fam J; Ahmed SH; Clemens KJ, 2017, 'Rats quit nicotine for a sweet reward following an extensive history of nicotine use', Addiction Biology, 22, pp. 142 - 151, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/adb.12306

Holmes NM; Hutton-Bedbrook K; Fam J; Westbrook RF, 2016, 'Incentive contrast effects regulate responding to a flavor presented in compound with a saccharin unconditioned stimulus in rats', Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Learning and Cognition, 42, pp. 233 - 245, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/xan0000101

Fam J; Westbrook F; Arabzadeh E, 2016, 'Temporal dynamics of choice behavior in rats and humans: An examination of pre-and post-choice latencies', Scientific Reports, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep20583

Fam J; Westbrook F; Arabzadeh E, 2015, 'Behavioral correlates of the decision process in a dynamic environment: Post-choice latencies reflect relative value and choice evaluation', Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2015.00261

Fam J; Westbrook F; Arabzadeh E, 2015, 'Dynamics of pre- and post-choice behaviour: rats approximate optimal strategy in a discrete-trial decision task', Proceedings. Biological sciences / The Royal Society, 282, pp. 20142963, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2014.2963

Holmes NM; Fam J, 2013, 'How Does Dopamine Release in the Nucleus Accumbens Core Relate to Encoding of a Pavlovian Incentive Stimulus?', Journal of Neuroscience, 33, pp. 10191 - 10192, http://dx.doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1543-13.2013

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