By Professor Gavan Patrick McNally

Journal articles

McNally G; Westbrook RF, 2006, 'The effect of the inter trial interval on Pavlovian conditioned fear', Australian Journal of Psychology, 58, pp. 85 - 86

Mcnally GP; Lam S, 2005, 'Altered Vulnerability to Acute Opiate Withdrawal Following Stress: Roles of N-Methyl-D-Aspartate and Glucocorticoid Receptors', Behavioral Neuroscience, 119, pp. 1215 - 1221, http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6WY4-4HMFBS8-5/2/56cc84e146b7b357f340ee598283f2e2

Mcnally GP, 2005, 'Facilitation of fear extinction by midbrain periaqueductal gray infusions of RB 101(S), an inhibitor of enkephalin-degrading enzymes', Behavioral Neuroscience, 119, pp. 1672 - 1677

Diamond K; Westbrook RF; Mcnally GP; Blatchford K, 2005, 'Increased Vulnerability to Stress Following Opiate Exposures: Behavioral and Autonomic Correlates', Behavioral Neuroscience, 119, pp. 1034 - 1041, http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6WY4-4H5MWPR-K/2/0578465b6f3871c8a7419611011ed1c9

Mcnally GP; Lee B; Chiem J; Choi EA, 2005, 'The Midbrain Periaqueductal Gray and Fear Extinction: Opioid Receptor Subtype and Roles of Cyclic AMP, Protein Kinase A, and Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase', Behavioral Neuroscience, 119, pp. 1023 - 1033, http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6WY4-4H5MWPR-J/2/53b6722378e1409c2c8522455733b6f1

Mcnally GP; Pigg M; Weidemann G, 2004, 'Blocking, unblocking, and overexpectation of fear: Opioid receptors regulate Pavlovian association formation', Behavioral Neuroscience, 118, pp. 111 - 120

Mcnally GP; Pigg M; Weidemann G, 2004, 'Opioid receptors in the midbrain periaqueductal gray matter regulate the extinction of Pavlovian fear conditioning', Journal of Neuroscience, 24, pp. 6912 - 6919

McNally GP; Westbrook RF, 2003, 'Anterograde Amnesia for Pavlovian Fear Conditioning and the Role of One-Trial Overshadowing: Effects of Preconditioning Exposures to Morphine in the Rat', Journal of Experimental Psychology Animal Behavior Processes, 29, pp. 222 - 232, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0097-7403.29.3.222

McNally GP; Westbrook RF, 2003, 'Temporally Graded, Context-Specific Retrograde Amnesia and its Alleviation by Context Preexposure: Effects of Postconditioning Exposures to Morphine in the Rat', Journal of Experimental Psychology Animal Behavior Processes, 29, pp. 130 - 142, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0097-7403.29.2.130

McNally GP; Johnston IN, 2003, 'A role for opioid peptides in communication between the immune and central nervous systems: Evidence from illness-induced hyperalgesia', AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY, 55, pp. 85 - 86, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000186983200371&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Richardson R; McNally GP, 2003, 'Effects of an odor paired with illness on startle, freezing, and analgesia in rats', Physiology and Behavior, 78, pp. 213 - 219, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9384(02)00974-5

Richardson RD; Mcnally GP, 2003, 'Effects of an odor paired with illness on freezing, analgesia, and startle in rats', Physiology and Behavior, 78, pp. 213 - 219

Mcnally GP; Westbrook RF, 2003, 'Opioid receptors regulate the extinction of Pavlovian fear conditioning', Behavioral Neuroscience, 117, pp. 1292 - 1301

Mcnally GP; Akil H, 2003, 'Selective down-regulation of hippocampal glucocorticoid receptors during opiate dependence', Molecular Brain Research, 118, pp. 152 - 155

Mcnally GP; Westbrook RF, 2003, 'Temporally-graded anterograde deficits in Pavlovian fear conditioning and the role of one-trial overshadowing: Effects of pre-conditioning exposures to morphine.', Journal of Experimental Psychology - Animal Behavior Processes, 29, pp. 222 - 232

Mcnally GP; Westbrook RF, 2003, 'Temporally-graded, context specific retrograde amnesia and its alleviation by context pre-exposure: Effects of post-conditioning exposures', Journal of Experimental Psychology - Animal Behavior Processes, 29, pp. 30 - 142

McNally GP; Akil H, 2002, 'Role of corticotropin-releasing hormone in the amygdala and bed nucleus of the stria terminalis in the behavioral, pain modulatory, and endocrine consequences of opiate withdrawal', Neuroscience, 112, pp. 605 - 617, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0306-4522(02)00105-7

Westbrook RF; Iordanova MD; Mcnally GP; Richardson RD; Harris J, 2002, 'Reinstatement of fear to an extinguished conditioned stimulus: two roles for context', Journal of Experimental Psychology - Animal Behavior Processes, 28, pp. 97 - 110

McNally GP; Akil H, 2001, 'Effects of contextual or olfactory cues previously paired with morphine withdrawal on behavior and pain sensitivity in the rat', Psychopharmacology, 156, pp. 381 - 387, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s002130100743

Mcnally GP; Johnston IN; Westbrook RF, 2000, 'A peripheral, intracerebral, or intrathecal administration of an opioid receptor antagonist blocks illness-induced hyperalgesia in rats', Behavioral Neuroscience, 114, pp. 1183 - 1190

McNally GP; Johnston IN; Westbrook RF, 2000, 'A peripheral, intracerebral, or intrathecal administration of an opioid receptor antagonist blocks illness-induced hyperalgesia in the rat.', Behavioral Neuroscience, 114, pp. 1183 - 1190, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037//0735-7044.114.6.1183

Mcnally GP; Westbrook RF, 2000, 'Acute exposure to saccharin reduces morphine analgesia in the rat: evidence for involvement of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors and peripheral opioid receptors', Psychopharmacology, 149, pp. 56 - 62

McNally GP, 1999, 'Pain facilitatory circuits in the mammalian central nervous system: Their behavioral significance and role in morphine analgesic tolerance', Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 23, pp. 1059 - 1078, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0149-7634(99)00040-8

Mcnally GP; Gorissen MC; Low TL; Westbrook RF, 1999, 'Effects of contextual cues previously paired with footshock or illness on behavior and pain sensitivity in the rat', Animal Learning and Behavior, pp. 416 - 425

Mcnally GP; Westbrook RF, 1998, 'Effects of systemic, intracerebral, or intrathecal administration of an N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor antagonist on associative morphine analgesic tolerance and hyperalgesia in rats.', Behavioral Neuroscience, 112, pp. 966 - 978

McNally GP; Westbrook RF, 1998, 'Effects of systemic, intracerebral, or intrathecal administration on an N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor antagonist on associative morphine analgesic tolerance and hyperalgesia in rats.', Behavioral Neuroscience, 112, pp. 966 - 978, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037//0735-7044.112.4.966

Mcnally GP; Westbrook RF, 1998, 'Test type influences the expression of lithium chloride-induced hyperalgesia.', Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior, pp. 385 - 394

Conference Papers

McNally G, 2021, 'Decision-Making Under Motivational Conflict', in NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY, SPRINGERNATURE, pp. 24 - 25, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000725511400054&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Baker K; McNally G; Richardson R, 2018, 'D-Cycloserine Facilitates Fear Extinction in Adolescent Rats and Differentially Affects Medial and Lateral Prefrontal Cortex Activation', in BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY, ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, NY, New York, pp. S133 - S134, presented at 73rd Annual Scientific Convention and Meeting of the Society-of-Biological-Psychiatry (SOBP), NY, New York, 10 May 2018 - 12 May 2018, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2018.02.349

McNally G, 2016, 'Complementary Roles for Accumbens Shell Output Pathways in Promoting Extinction Versus Reinstatement of Alcohol Seeking', in NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY, NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP, pp. S70 - S71, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000440365600140&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

McNally G; Assareh N, 2015, 'Effects of optogenetic stimulation of lateral versus ventrolateral periaqueductal gray on fear expression and fear learning', in JOURNAL OF NEUROCHEMISTRY, WILEY-BLACKWELL, AUSTRALIA, Cairns, pp. 318 - 318, presented at 25th Biennial Meeting of the International-Society-for-Neurochemistry Jointly with the 13th Meeting of the Asian-Pacific-Society-for-Neurochemistry in Conjunction with the 35th Meeting of the Australasian-Neuroscience-Society, AUSTRALIA, Cairns, 23 August 2015 - 27 August 2015, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000360206300808&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Gibson G; Khoo A; Prassad A; McNally G, 2015, 'Optogenetic evidence for opposing roles of the striatopallidal and striatohypothalamic pathways in relapse to alcohol seeking', in JOURNAL OF NEUROCHEMISTRY, WILEY-BLACKWELL, AUSTRALIA, Cairns, pp. 350 - 350, presented at 25th Biennial Meeting of the International-Society-for-Neurochemistry Jointly with the 13th Meeting of the Asian-Pacific-Society-for-Neurochemistry in Conjunction with the 35th Meeting of the Australasian-Neuroscience-Society, AUSTRALIA, Cairns, 23 August 2015 - 27 August 2015, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000360206300901&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Hutton-Bedbrook KE; McNally GP, 2013, 'MTEP AFFECTS THE ACQUISITION OF THE EXTINCTION OF ALCOHOL-SEEKING', in BEHAVIOURAL PHARMACOLOGY, LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, pp. E51 - E51, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.fbp.0000434854.78655.9e

Chan WYM; McNally GP, 2011, 'EFFECTS OF MEMORY RETRIEVAL ON PAVLOVIAN EXTINCTION', in BEHAVIOURAL PHARMACOLOGY, LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, NETHERLANDS, Amsterdam, pp. E60 - E60, presented at 14th Biennial Meeting of the European-Behavioural-Pharmacology-Society, NETHERLANDS, Amsterdam, 26 August 2011 - 29 August 2011, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000300365200209&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Hutton-Bedbrook KE; Marchant NJ; Cole S; McNally GP, 2011, 'LEARNING EXTINCTION OF ALCOHOLIC BEER SELF-ADMINISTRATION IS ASSOCIATED WITH INCREASED PMAPK EXPRESSION IN ORBITOFRONTAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX AND LATERAL AMYGDALA', in BEHAVIOURAL PHARMACOLOGY, LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, NETHERLANDS, Amsterdam, pp. E54 - E54, presented at 14th Biennial Meeting of the European-Behavioural-Pharmacology-Society, NETHERLANDS, Amsterdam, 26 August 2011 - 29 August 2011, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000300365200189&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Millan EZ; McNally GP, 2011, 'THE EFFECTS OF COCAINE-AND AMPHETAMINE-REGULATED TRANSCRIPT ON CONTEXT-INDUCED REINSTATEMENT (RENEWAL) OF REWARD SEEKING', in BEHAVIOURAL PHARMACOLOGY, LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, NETHERLANDS, Amsterdam, pp. E18 - E18, presented at 14th Biennial Meeting of the European-Behavioural-Pharmacology-Society, NETHERLANDS, Amsterdam, 26 August 2011 - 29 August 2011, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000300365200066&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Perry CJ; McNally GP, 2011, 'THE ROLE OF AN OPIOID RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST ON RELAPSE OF BEER SEEKING', in BEHAVIOURAL PHARMACOLOGY, LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, NETHERLANDS, Amsterdam, pp. E54 - E54, presented at 14th Biennial Meeting of the European-Behavioural-Pharmacology-Society, NETHERLANDS, Amsterdam, 26 August 2011 - 29 August 2011, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000300365200188&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Willcocks AL; McNally GP, 2011, 'THE ROLE OF mPFC SUBREGIONS IN CONTEXT-INDUCED REINSTATEMENT OF ALCOHOLIC BEER-SEEKING', in BEHAVIOURAL PHARMACOLOGY, LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, NETHERLANDS, Amsterdam, pp. E53 - E53, presented at 14th Biennial Meeting of the European-Behavioural-Pharmacology-Society, NETHERLANDS, Amsterdam, 26 August 2011 - 29 August 2011, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000300365200187&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Christie M; Bagley EE; Hacker J; Mcnally GP; Chefer V; Shippenberg T, 2009, 'ADAPTATIONS IN PROTEIN KINASE A CASCADES INDICATE NOVEL THERAPEUTICS IN OPIOID ADDICTION', in Journal of Neurochemistry, Blackwell Publishing Ltd, Oxford, England, pp. 14 - 14

Mcnally GP; Westbrook RF, 1997, 'Mechanisms of associative morphine analgesic tolerance and hyperalgesia in the rat', in Proceedings of the Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, pp. 266 - 266, presented at 27th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, 25 October 1997 - 30 October 1997

Mcnally GP; Westbrook RF, 1997, 'Effects of a flavor paired with morphine on subsequent morphine analgesic and basal nociceptive sensitivity', in Society for Stimulus Properties of Drugs 20th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, pp. ? - ?, presented at Society for Stimulus Properties of Drugs 20th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, 24 October 1997 - 25 October 1997

Mcnally GP; Westbrook RF, 1996, 'Evidence for involvement of the NMDA receptor in the expression of learned morphine analgesic tolerance and hyperalgesia in the rat', in Proceedings of Aust Neuroscience Society, University of Adelaide, pp. 172 - 172, presented at 16th Annual Meeting of the Australian Neuroscience Society, University of Adelaide, 01 February 1996 - 04 February 1996

Conference Abstracts

Khoo SY; McNally GP; Clemens KJ, 2015, 'effect of the dual orexin receptor antagonist TCS1102 on intravenous nicotine self-administration and reinstatement in the rat', in JOURNAL OF NEUROCHEMISTRY, WILEY-BLACKWELL, AUSTRALIA, Cairns, Vol. 134, pp. 215 - 215, presented at 25th Biennial Meeting of the International-Society-for-Neurochemistry Jointly with the 13th Meeting of the Asian-Pacific-Society-for-Neurochemistry in Conjunction with the 35th Meeting of the Australasian-Neuroscience-Society, AUSTRALIA, Cairns, 23 August 2015 - 27 August 2015, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000360206300525&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Working Papers

McNally G, 2019, An arbiter model of motivational selection, http://dx.doi.org10.31234/osf.io/b7eux

Preprints

Zeng L; Jean-Richard-dit-Bressel P; McNally GP; Morley K; Livesey EJ, 2026, Validating an abridged version of Planets and Pirates conditioned punishment task, http://dx.doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/7fzn5_v1

Cooley BJ; Sirohi P; Gilroy CA; Tong JS; Price CG; Mitchell E; Heller WA; Chilkoti A; Lawrence AJ; McNally GP; Millan EZ, 2026, Dual GLP-1/FGF21 agonism suppresses voluntary alcohol consumption, alcohol choice, and nucleus accumbens dopamine modulation, http://dx.doi.org/10.64898/2026.04.30.721773

Jean-Richard-dit-Bressel P; Zeng L; Park H; McNally G, 2025, Causal inference deficits and integration failure drive stable variation in human punishment sensitivity, http://dx.doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/ac423_v1

Gaetani K; McNally G; Jean-Richard-dit-Bressel P, 2025, Early contingency information enhances human punishment sensitivity when punishment is frequent but not rare, http://dx.doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/s3vg8_v1

Millan Z; Lim JH; Power J; McNally G, 2021, Rapid appetitive transitions are sculpted by amygdala to accumbens pathways, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2021.04.11.435530

McNally GP; Jean-Richard-dit-Bressel P, A cognitive pathway to persistent, maladaptive choice, http://dx.doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/nrwve

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