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2024, 'Time-restricted feeding does not prevent adverse effects of palatable cafeteria diet on adiposity, cognition and gut microbiota in rats', Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry, 134, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jnutbio.2024.109761
,2024, 'Cue-potentiated feeding in rodents: Implications for weight regulation in obesogenic environments', Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 215, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nlm.2024.107984
,2024, 'Striatal Acetylcholine and Dopamine Interactions Produce Situationappropriate Action Selection', Current Neuropharmacology, 22, pp. 1491 - 1496, http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1570159X21666230912093041
,2024, 'Binge eating in adolescent rats', Obesity Research & Clinical Practice, 18, pp. S14 - S14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.orcp.2024.09.033
,2024, 'Impact of maternal obesogenic diet on maternal and offspring microbiome development', Obesity Research & Clinical Practice, 18, pp. S6 - S6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.orcp.2024.09.015
,2023, 'High fat diet allows food-predictive stimuli to energize action performance in the absence of hunger, without distorting insulin signaling on accumbal cholinergic interneurons', Appetite, 188, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2023.106769
,2023, 'Serotonin and Dopamine Show Different Response Profiles to Acute Stress in the Nucleus Accumbens and Medial Prefrontal Cortex of Rats with Neuropathic Pain', Neurochemical Research, 48, pp. 2265 - 2280, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11064-023-03906-y
,2023, 'Obesogenic Diet Cycling Produces Graded Effects on Cognition and Microbiota Composition in Rats', Molecular Nutrition and Food Research, 67, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mnfr.202200809
,2023, 'Switching from Sugar- to Artificially-Sweetened Beverages: A 12-Week Trial', Nutrients, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu15092191
,2023, 'Diet and obesity effects on cue-driven food-seeking: insights from studies of Pavlovian-instrumental transfer in rodents and humans', Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2023.1199887
,2023, 'The Benefits of Switching to a Healthy Diet on Metabolic, Cognitive, and Gut Microbiome Parameters Are Preserved in Adult Rat Offspring of Mothers Fed a High-Fat, High-Sugar Diet', Molecular Nutrition and Food Research, 67, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mnfr.202200318
,2022, 'Association learning: Dopamine and the formation of backward associations', Current Biology, 32, pp. R769 - R771, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2022.06.007
,2022, 'The influence of maternal unhealthy diet on maturation of offspring gut microbiota in rat', Animal Microbiome, 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s42523-022-00185-w
,2022, 'Adolescent exposure to a solid high-fat, high-sugar ‘cafeteria’ diet leads to more pronounced changes in metabolic measures and gut microbiome composition than liquid sugar in female rats', Appetite, 172, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2022.105973
,2022, 'Animal research is saving lives, but funding is needed to improve welfare: Submission to the New South Wales parliamentary inquiry', Neuroanatomy and Behaviour, 4, pp. e45 - e45, http://dx.doi.org/10.35430/nab.2022.e45
,2022, 'Peripheral Neuropathy Phenotyping in Rat Models of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Evaluating Uptake of the Neurodiab Guidelines and Identifying Future Directions', Diabetes and Metabolism Journal, 46, pp. 198 - 221, http://dx.doi.org/10.4093/dmj.2021.0347
,2022, 'Male Rat Offspring Are More Impacted by Maternal Obesity Induced by Cafeteria Diet Than Females—Additive Effect of Postweaning Diet', International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 23, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms23031442
,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
,2022, 'Food for thought: Diet-induced impairments to decision-making and amelioration by N-acetylcysteine in male rats', Psychopharmachology
,2021, 'Exercise Capacity and Acute Effect of Exercise on Affect in a Substance Use Disorder Population', Journal of Clinical Exercise Physiology, 10, pp. 142 - 149, http://dx.doi.org/10.31189/2165-6193-10.4.142
,2021, 'Unravelling the impacts of western-style diets on brain, gut microbiota and cognition', Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 128, pp. 233 - 243, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2021.05.031
,2021, 'Comparable metabolic effects of isocaloric sucrose and glucose solutions in rats', Physiology and Behavior, 229, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physbeh.2020.113239
,2021, 'Mendacity: The Tendency to Lie or Deceive. A Cautionary Tale in Obesity Research, Stigma, and Headlining', Frontiers in Endocrinology, 11, pp. 598713, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fendo.2020.598713
,2021, 'Mechanisms underlying the cognitive and behavioural effects of maternal obesity', Nutrients, 13, pp. 1 - 24, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu13010240
,2020, 'Evidence of altered peripheral nerve function in a rodent model of diet-induced prediabetes', Biomedicines, 8, pp. 313, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines8090313
,2019, 'Pattern of access to cafeteria-style diet determines fat mass and degree of spatial memory impairments in rats', Scientific Reports, 9, pp. 13516, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-50113-3
,2019, 'The role of serotonin 1B in the representation of outcomes', Scientific Reports, 9, pp. 2497, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-38938-4
,2019, 'Palatable western-style cafeteria diet as a reliable method for modeling diet-induced obesity in rodents', Journal of Visualized Experiments, 2019, http://dx.doi.org/10.3791/60262
,2019, 'Polymer brush based fluorescent immunosensor for direct monitoring of interleukin-1β in rat blood', Analyst, 144, pp. 5682 - 5690, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c9an01300h
,2019, 'Altered monoamine levels in the dorsal striatum of the rat are associated with alterations in behavioural selection and motivation following peripheral nerve injury and acute stress', European Journal of Neuroscience, 50, pp. 2786 - 2800, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ejn.14518
,2019, 'Fizzing out: No effect of acute carbohydrate consumption on mood', Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 104, pp. 56 - 57, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2019.06.028
,2019, 'Reviewing the effects of dietary salt on cognition:mechanisms and future directions', Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 28, pp. 6 - 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.6133/apjcn.201903_28(1).0002
,2019, 'Experience-based changes to decision-making circuits and implications for behavioural control', IBRO Reports, 6, pp. S35 - S35, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ibror.2019.07.104
,2019, 'Metabolic improvement from switching to saccharin or water following chronic consumption by rats of 10% sucrose solution', Obesity Research & Clinical Practice, 13, pp. 89 - 90, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.orcp.2016.10.244
,2019, 'Recovery from sucrose-induced metabolic and cognitive impairments in male rats', Obesity Research & Clinical Practice, 13, pp. 279 - 279, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.orcp.2018.11.127
,2018, 'Metabolic and cognitive improvement from switching to saccharin or water following chronic consumption by female rats of 10% sucrose solution', Physiology and Behavior, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physbeh.2018.02.008
,2018, 'Variety overcomes the specificity of cue-potentiated feeding in rats', Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Learning and Cognition, 44, pp. 56 - 66, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/xan0000159
,2018, 'Giving up sugary drinks: is switching to diet beverages a good move?', Appetite, 123, pp. 454 - 454, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2017.11.025
,2017, 'Peripheral nerve injury impairs the ability to maintain behavioural flexibility following acute stress in the rat', Behavioural Brain Research, 328, pp. 123 - 129, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2017.04.003
,2016, 'Contexts paired with junk food impair goal-directed behavior in rats: Implications for decision making in obesogenic environments', Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 10, pp. 216, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2016.00216
,2016, 'Individual differences in saccharin acceptance predict rats' food intake', Physiology and Behavior, 164, pp. 151 - 156, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physbeh.2016.05.050
,2016, 'Sweetening yoghurt with glucose, but not with saccharin, promotes weight gain and increased fat pad mass in rats', Appetite, 105, pp. 114 - 128, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2016.05.011
,2015, 'Metabolic effects of access to sucrose drink in female rats and transmission of some effects to their offspring', PLoS ONE, 10, pp. e0131107, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0131107
,2015, 'Temporal distributions of schedule-induced licks, magazine entries, and lever presses on fixed- and variable-time schedules', Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Learning and Cognition, 41, pp. 52 - 68, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/xan0000046
,2014, 'Cognitive and behavioural effects of sugar consumption in rodents. A review', Appetite, 80, pp. 41 - 54, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2014.04.028
,2014, 'Maltodextrin can produce similar metabolic and cognitive effects to those of sucrose in the rat', Appetite, 77, pp. 1 - 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2014.02.011
,2014, 'Persisting adiposity following chronic consumption of 10% sucrose solution: Strain differences and behavioural effects', Physiology and Behavior, 130, pp. 54 - 65, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physbeh.2014.03.021
,2014, 'Access to glucose-sweetened yoghurt or solution produces enlarged fat pads in the rat', Obesity Research & Clinical Practice, 8, pp. 9 - 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.orcp.2014.10.017
,2014, 'Metabolic effects of access to 10% sucrose solution in female rats and transmission of some effects to their offspring', Obesity Research & Clinical Practice, 8, pp. 52 - 53, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.orcp.2014.10.098
,2014, 'Sugar-sweetened drinks for rats. Bad for their bodies and bad for their brains', Appetite, 83, pp. 342 - 342, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2014.06.032
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