Christopher Barkus
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Recent Articles
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Pritchett D, Taylor A, Barkus C, Engle S, Brandon N, Sharp T, et al.
Eur J Neurosci
. 2016 Feb;
43(7):979-89.
PMID: 26833794
A common strategy when searching for cognitive-enhancing drugs has been to target the N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor (NMDAR), given its putative role in synaptic plasticity and learning. Evidence in favour of this...
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McHugh S, Barkus C, Huber A, Capitao L, Lima J, Lowry J, et al.
J Neurosci
. 2014 Jul;
34(27):9024-33.
PMID: 24990922
Prediction error signals are fundamental to learning. Here, in mice, we show that aversive prediction signals are found in the hemodynamic responses and theta oscillations recorded from the basolateral amygdala....
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Barkus C, Line S, Huber A, Capitao L, Lima J, Jennings K, et al.
Biol Psychiatry
. 2013 Oct;
75(11):901-8.
PMID: 24120093
Background: Gene association studies detect an influence of natural variation in the 5-hydroxytryptamine transporter (5-HTT) gene on multiple aspects of individuality in brain function, ranging from personality traits through to...
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Barkus C
Curr Top Behav Neurosci
. 2012 Aug;
14:55-78.
PMID: 22890963
This chapter focuses on the use of genetically modified mice in investigating the neurobiology of depressive behaviour. First, the behavioural tests commonly used as a model of depressive-like behaviour in...
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Line S, Barkus C, Coyle C, Jennings K, Deacon R, Lesch K, et al.
Eur Neuropsychopharmacol
. 2010 Sep;
21(1):108-16.
PMID: 20863670
Human gene association studies have produced conflicting findings regarding the relationship between the 5-HT transporter (5-HTT) and anxiety. In the present study genetically modified mice were utilised to examine the...
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Barkus C, McHugh S, Sprengel R, Seeburg P, Rawlins J, Bannerman D
Eur J Pharmacol
. 2009 Oct;
626(1):49-56.
PMID: 19836379
David De Wied had a fundamental interest in the brain and behaviour, with a particular interest in the interface between cognition and emotion, and how impairments at this interface could...
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Nithianantharajah J, Barkus C, Vijiaratnam N, Clement O, Hannan A
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry
. 2009 May;
17(3):196-209.
PMID: 19454847
Objective: Experience-dependent modification of neuronal and synaptic connectivity may represent a mechanism of relevance to the theory of brain or cognitive reserve. The authors have investigated structural correlates of synaptic...
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Nithianantharajah J, Barkus C, Murphy M, Hannan A
Neurobiol Dis
. 2008 Jan;
29(3):490-504.
PMID: 18165017
Huntington's disease (HD) is a fatal neurodegenerative disorder characterized by motor, cognitive and psychiatric symptoms. Here, we show that R6/1 (HD) mice have deficits in short-term hippocampal-dependent memory prior to...