By Scientia Professor Fred Westbrook

Journal articles

Williams-Spooner MJ; Westbrook RF; Holmes XNM, 2019, 'The Conditions under Which Consolidation of Serial-Order Conditioned Fear Requires De Novo Protein Synthesis in the Basolateral Amygdala Complex', Journal of Neuroscience, 39, pp. 7357 - 7368, http://dx.doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0768-19.2019

Lingawi NW; Laurent V; Westbrook RF; Holmes NM, 2019, 'The role of the basolateral amygdala and infralimbic cortex in (re)learning extinction', Psychopharmacology, 236, pp. 303 - 312, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00213-018-4957-x

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

Lingawi NW; Andrew E; Laurent V; Killcross S; Westbrook RF; Holmes NM, 2018, 'The conditions that regulate formation of a false fear memory in rats', Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 156, pp. 53 - 59, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nlm.2018.10.009

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

Leidl DM; Lay BPP; Chakouch C; Westbrook RF; Holmes NM, 2018, 'Protein synthesis in the basolateral amygdala complex is required for consolidation of a first-order fear memory, but not for consolidation of a higher-order fear memory', Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 153, pp. 153 - 165, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nlm.2018.04.001

Tran DMD; Westbrook RF, 2018, 'Dietary effects on object recognition: The impact of high-fat high-sugar diets on recollection and familiarity-based memory', Journal of Experimental Psychology Animal Learning and Cognition, 44, pp. 217 - 228, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/xan0000170

Rosenberg H; McDonald S; Rosenberg J; Frederick Westbrook R; Westbrook F, 2018, 'Amused, flirting or simply baffled? Is recognition of all emotions affected by traumatic brain injury?', Journal of Neuropsychology, 12, pp. 145 - 164, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jnp.12109

Lingawi NW; Holmes NM; Westbrook RF; Laurent V, 2018, 'The infralimbic cortex encodes inhibition irrespective of motivational significance', Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 150, pp. 64 - 74, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nlm.2018.03.001

Lay BP; Westbrook ; Glanzman DL; Holmes , 2018, 'Commonalities and Differences in the Substrates Underlying Consolidation of First- and Second-Order Conditioned Fear', The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience, 38, pp. 1926 - 1941, http://dx.doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2966-17.2018

Holmes NM; Raipuria M; Qureshi OA; Killcross S; Westbrook F, 2018, 'Danger changes the way the mammalian brain stores information about innocuous events: A study of sensory preconditioning in rats', Eneuro, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0381-17.2017

Laurent V; Balleine BW; Westbrook RF, 2018, 'Motivational state controls the prediction error in Pavlovian appetitive-aversive interactions', Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 147, pp. 18 - 25, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nlm.2017.11.006

Lingawi NW; Westbrook RF; Laurent V, 2017, 'Extinction and Latent Inhibition Involve a Similar Form of Inhibitory Learning that is Stored in and Retrieved from the Infralimbic Cortex', Cerebral Cortex, 27, pp. 5547 - 5556, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhw322

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

Holmes NM; Westbrook RF, 2017, 'A dangerous context changes the way that rats learn about and discriminate between innocuous events in sensory preconditioning', Learning and Memory, 24, pp. 440 - 448, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/lm.044297.116

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

Reichelt AC; Westbrook RF; Morris MJ, 2017, 'Editorial: Impact of diet on learning, memory and cognition', Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2017.00096

Tran DMD; Westbrook RF, 2017, 'A high-fat high-sugar diet-induced impairment in place-recognition memory is reversible and training-dependent', Appetite, 110, pp. 61 - 71, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2016.12.010

Lingawi NW; Westbrook RF; Laurent V, 2017, 'Extinction of relapsed fear does not require the basolateral amygdala', Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 139, pp. 149 - 156, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nlm.2017.01.005

Griffiths O; Holmes N; Fred Westbrook R, 2017, 'Compound stimulus presentation does not deepen extinction in human causal learning', Frontiers in Psychology, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00120

Kaakoush NO; Martire SI; Raipuria M; Mitchell HM; Nielsen S; Westbrook RF; Morris MJ, 2017, 'Alternating or continuous exposure to cafeteria diet leads to similar shifts in gut microbiota compared to chow diet', Molecular Nutrition and Food Research, 61, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mnfr.201500815

Kaakoush NO; Martire SI; Raipuria M; Mitchell HM; Nielsen S; Westbrook RF; Morris MJ, 2017, 'Front cover: Alternating or continuous exposure to cafeteria diet leads to similar shifts in gut microbiota compared to chow diet', Molecular Nutrition & Food Research, 61, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mnfr.201770011

Reichelt AC; Morris MJ; Westbrook RF, 2016, 'Daily access to sucrose impairs aspects of spatial memory tasks reliant on pattern separation and neural proliferation in rats', Learning and Memory, 23, pp. 386 - 390, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/lm.042416.116

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

Macnamara CL; Holmes NM; Westbrook RF; Clemens KJ, 2016, 'Varenicline impairs extinction and enhances reinstatement across repeated cycles of nicotine self-administration in rats', Neuropharmacology, 105, pp. 463 - 470, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropharm.2016.02.023

Holmes NM; Leung HT; Westbrook RF, 2016, 'Counterconditioned fear responses exhibit greater renewal than extinguished fear responses', Learning and Memory, 23, pp. 141 - 150, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/lm.040659.115

Sharpe MJ; Clemens KJ; Morris MJ; Westbrook RF, 2016, 'Daily Exposure to Sucrose Impairs Subsequent Learning About Food Cues: A Role for Alterations in Ghrelin Signaling and Dopamine D2 Receptors', Neuropsychopharmacology, 41, pp. 1357 - 1365, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/npp.2015.287

Reichelt AC; Abbott KN; Westbrook RF; Morris MJ, 2016, 'Differential motivational profiles following adolescent sucrose access in male and female rats', Physiology and Behavior, 157, pp. 13 - 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physbeh.2016.01.038

Leung HT; Holmes NM; Westbrook RF, 2016, 'An appetitive conditioned stimulus enhances fear acquisition and impairs fear extinction', Learning and Memory, 23, pp. 113 - 120, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/lm.040337.115

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

Tran DMD; Westbrook RF, 2015, 'Rats Fed a Diet Rich in Fats and Sugars Are Impaired in the Use of Spatial Geometry', Psychological Science, 26, pp. 1947 - 1957, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0956797615608240

Reichelt AC; Westbrook RF; Morris MJ, 2015, 'Integration of reward signalling and appetite regulating peptide systems in the control of food-cue responses', British Journal of Pharmacology, 172, pp. 5225 - 5238, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bph.13321

Morris MJ; Beilharz JE; Maniam J; Reichelt AC; Westbrook RF, 2015, 'Why is obesity such a problem in the 21st century? The intersection of palatable food, cues and reward pathways, stress, and cognition', Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 58, pp. 36 - 45, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2014.12.002

Bae SE; Holmes NM; Westbrook RF, 2015, 'False context fear memory in rats', Learning and Memory, 22, pp. 519 - 525, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/lm.039065.115

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

Rosenberg H; Dethier M; Kessels RPC; Frederick Westbrook R; McDonald S; Westbrook F, 2015, 'Emotion perception after moderate-severe traumatic brain injury: The valence effect and the role of working memory, processing speed, and nonverbal reasoning', Neuropsychology, 29, pp. 509 - 521, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/neu0000171

Campbell-Smith EJ; Holmes NM; Lingawi NW; Panayi MC; Westbrook RF, 2015, 'Oxytocin signaling in basolateral and central amygdala nuclei differentially regulates the acquisition, expression, and extinction of context-conditioned fear in rats', Learning and Memory, 22, pp. 247 - 257, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/lm.036962.114

Pearson J; Westbrook F, 2015, 'Phantom perception: Voluntary and involuntary nonretinal vision', Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 19, pp. 278 - 284, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2015.03.004

Reichelt AC; Killcross S; Hambly LD; Morris MJ; Westbrook RF, 2015, 'Impact of adolescent sucrose access on cognitive control, recognition memory, and parvalbumin immunoreactivity', Learning and Memory, 22, pp. 215 - 224, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/lm.038000.114

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

Martire SI; Westbrook RF; Morris MJ, 2015, 'Effects of long-term cycling between palatable cafeteria diet and regular chow on intake, eating patterns, and response to saccharin and sucrose', Physiology and Behavior, 139, pp. 80 - 88, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physbeh.2014.11.006

Reichelt AC; Maniam J; Westbrook RF; Morris MJ, 2015, 'Dietary-induced obesity disrupts trace fear conditioning and decreases hippocampal reelin expression', Brain Behavior and Immunity, 43, pp. 68 - 75, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2014.07.005

Rosenberg H; McDonald S; Dethier M; Kessels RPC; Westbrook RF, 2014, 'Facial emotion recognition deficits following moderate-severe traumatic brain Injury (TBI): Re-examining the valence effect and the role of emotion intensity', Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 2013, pp. 994 - 1003, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1355617714000940

Rosenberg H; McDonald S; Dethier M; Kessels RPC; Westbrook RF, 2014, 'Facial emotion recognition deficits following moderate-severe traumatic brain Injury (TBI): Re-examining the valence effect and the role of emotion intensity', Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 2013, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1355617714000940

Holmes NM; Westbrook RF, 2014, 'Appetitive context conditioning proactively, but transiently, interferes with expression of counterconditioned context fear', Learning and Memory, 21, pp. 597 - 605, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/lm.035089.114

Holmes NM; Cai SYU; Lay BPOP; Watts NR; Westbrook RF, 2014, 'Extinguished second-order conditioned fear responses are renewed but not reinstated', Journal of experimental psychology. Animal learning and cognition, 40, pp. 440 - 456, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/xan0000036

Reichelt AC; Morris MJ; Westbrook RF, 2014, 'Cafeteria diet impairs expression of sensory-specific satiety and stimulus-outcome learning', FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00852

Holmes NM; Westbrook RF, 2014, 'ABA renewal is greater when extinction occurs in the same context as cue pre-exposure', Journal of experimental psychology. Animal learning and cognition, 40, pp. 369 - 379, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/xan0000024

Martire SI; Maniam J; South T; Holmes N; Westbrook RF; Morris MJ, 2014, 'Extended exposure to a palatable cafeteria diet alters gene expression in brain regions implicated in reward, and withdrawal from this diet alters gene expression in brain regions associated with stress', Behavioural Brain Research, 265, pp. 132 - 141, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2014.02.027

South T; Holmes NM; Martire SI; Westbrook RF; Morris MJ, 2014, 'Rats eat a cafeteria-style diet to excess but eat smaller amounts and less frequently when tested with chow', Plos One, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0093506

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