By Scientia Professor Fred Westbrook

Journal articles

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

Johnston I; Westbrook RF, 2005, 'Inhibition of morphine analgesia by LPS: role of opioid and NMDA receptors and spinal glia', Behavioural Brain Research, 156, pp. 75 - 83, http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6SYP-4CVWS08-2/2/671533bbd4b0029e15d5d22d9bd3a24c

Morris RW; Furlong TM; Westbrook RF, 2005, 'Recent exposure to a dangerous context impairs extinction and reinstates lost fear reactions', Journal of Experimental Psychology - Animal Behavior Processes, 31, pp. 40 - 55, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0097-7403.31.1.40

Morris RW; Westbrook RF; Kilcross A, 2005, 'Reinstatement of extinguished fear by beta-adrenergic arousal elicited by a conditioned context', Behavioral Neuroscience, 119, pp. 1662 - 1671

Westbrook F, 2005, 'Role of opioid and GABA receptors in extinction of pavlovian conditioned fear', Biological Psychiatry, 57, pp. 12S - 12S

Johnston IN; Westbrook RF, 2004, 'Inhibition of morphine analgesia by lithium: role of peripheral andcentral opioid receptors', Behavioural Brain Research, 151, pp. 151 - 158

Harris J; Shand FL; Carroll L; Westbrook F, 2004, 'Persistence of preference for a flavor presented in simultaneous compound with sucrose', Journal of Experimental Psychology - Animal Behavior Processes, 30, pp. 177 - 189

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

Johnston I; Westbrook RF, 2003, 'Acute sickness and conditioned sickness reduces morphine analgesia.', Behavioural Brain Research, 142, pp. 89 - 97

Nakamura T; Croft DB; Westbrook RF, 2003, 'Domestic pigeons (Columba livia) discriminate between photographs of individual pigeons', Learning and Behavior, 31, pp. 307 - 317

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

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

Kenny LM; Westbrook RF, 2002, 'A role for context in the overexpectation effect', AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY, 54, pp. 38 - 38, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000179895100165&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Yap CSL; Westbrook RF, 2002, 'The role of affect in the reinstatement of extinguished appetitive conditioned responses: An animal model of relapse', AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY, 54, pp. 66 - 66, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000179895100293&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

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

Harris J; Westbrook RF, 2001, 'Contextual control over the expression of fear in rats conditioned under a benzodiazepine.', Psychopharmacology, 156, pp. 92 - 97

Bailey GK; Westbrook RF, 2000, 'Context specificity of extinction and latent inhibition in within-event learning', INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY, 35, pp. 116 - 116, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000088388801125&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

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; 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

Westbrook RF; Jones ML; Bailey GK; Harris JA, 2000, 'Contextual control over conditioned responding in a latent inhibition paradigm', Journal of Experimental Psychology - Animal Behavior Processes, pp. 157 - 173

Harris JA; Bailey GK; Jones ML; Westbrook RF, 2000, 'Contextual control over conditioned responding in an extinction paradigm', Journal of Experimental Psychology - Animal Behavior Processes, pp. 174 - 185

Harris JA; Gorissen MC; Bailey GK; Westbrook RF, 2000, 'Motivational state regulates the contents of learned flavour preferences', Journal of Experimental Psychology - Animal Behavior Processes, pp. 15 - 30

Haralambous T; Westbrook RF, 1999, 'An infusion of bupivacaine into the nucleus accumbens disrupts the acquisition but not the expression of contextual fear conditioning', Behavioral Neuroscience, 113, pp. 925 - 940

Brown RR; Jackson GD; Martin TR; Westbrook RF; Pollard J; Westland KW, 1999, 'Bacterial lipopolysaccaride induces a conduction block in the sciatic nerves of rats', Laboratory Animal Science, pp. 62 - 69

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

Richardson RD; Duffield T; Bailey GK; Westbrook RF, 1999, 'Reinstatement of fear to an extinguished conditioned context', Animal Learning and Behavior, pp. 399 - 415

Harris JA; Westbrook RF, 1999, 'The benzodiazepine midazolam does not impair Pavlovian fear conditioning but regulates when and where that fear is expressed', Journal of Experimental Psychology - Animal Behavior Processes, pp. 236 - 246

Harris JA; Westbrook RF, 1998, 'The disruption of fear conditioning by midazolam is context-specific and subject to spontaneous recovery after a delay.', EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE, 10, pp. 145 - 145, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000074749400851&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Harris JA; Westbrook RF, 1998, 'Benzodiazepine-induced amnesia in rats: Reinstatement of conditioned performance by noxious stimulation on test.', Behavioral Neuroscience, 112, pp. 183 - 192

Killcross AS; Kiernan MJ; Dwyer DE; Westbrook RF, 1998, 'Effects of retention interval on latent inhibition and perceptual learning.', Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section B - Comparative and Physiological Psychology, pp. 59 - 74

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

Harris JA; Westbrook RF, 1998, 'Evidence that GABA transmission mediates context-specific extinction of learned fear.', Psychopharmacology, 140, pp. 105 - 115

Killcross AS; Kiernan MJ; Dwyer DE; Westbrook RF, 1998, 'Loss of latent inhibition of contextual conditioning following non-reinforced context exposure in rats.', Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section B - Comparative and Physiological Psychology, pp. 75 - 90

Harris JA; Westbrook RF, 1998, 'Retroactive revaluation of an odor-taste association.', Animal Learning and Behavior, pp. 326 - 335

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

Brown RR; Jackson GD; Martin TR; Westbrook RF, 1997, 'Bacterial lipopolysaccharides induce peripheral nerve disturbances in rats that mimic human immune-mediated polyneuropathies', Laboratory Animal Science, pp. 354 - 361

Vollmer-Conna US; Wakefield D; Lloyd AR; Hickie IB; Lemon J; Bird KD; Westbrook RF, 1997, 'Cognitive deficits in patients suffering from chronic fatigue syndrome, acute infective illness or depression', British Journal of Psychiatry, 171, pp. 377 - 381

Boakes RA; Westbrook RF; Elliot M; Swinbourne AL, 1997, 'Context dependency of conditioned aversions to water and sweet tastes', Journal of Experimental Psychology - Animal Behavior Processes, pp. 56 - 67

Westbrook RF; Good AJ; Kiernan MJ, 1997, 'Microinjection of morphine into the nucleus accumbens impairs contextual learning in rats', Behavioral Neuroscience, 111, pp. 996 - 1013

Slotnick BM; Westbrook RF; Darling FM, 1997, 'What the rat`s nose tells the rat`s mouth: Long delay aversion conditioning with aqueous odors and potentiation of taste by odors', Animal Learning and Behavior, pp. 357 - 369

Harris J; Westbrook RF, 1996, 'Midazolam impairs the acquisition of conditioned analgesia if rats are tested with an acute but not chronic noxious stimulus', Brain Research Bulletin, pp. 227 - 233

Westbrook RF; Duffield TQ; Good AJ; Halligan S; Seth AK; Swinbourne AL, 1995, 'Extinction of Within-event Learning Is Contextually Controlled and Subject to Renewal', Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section B, 48, pp. 357 - 375, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14640749508401458

Harris JA; Westbrook RF, 1995, 'Effects of Benzodiazepine Microinjection Into the Amygdala or Periaqueductal Gray on the Expression of Conditioned Fear and Hypoalgesia in Rats', Behavioral Neuroscience, 109, pp. 295 - 304, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0735-7044.109.2.295

Harris J; Westbrook RF, 1995, 'Effects of a benzodiazepine microinjection into the amygdala or periaqueductal grey on conditioned hypoalgesia and fear responses', Behavioral Neuroscience, 109, pp. 295 - 304

Good AJ; Westbrook RF, 1995, 'Effects of a microinjection of morphine into the amygdala on the aquisition and expression of conditioned fear and hypoalgesic in rats', Behavioral Neuroscience, 109, pp. 631 - 641

Westbrook RF; Duffield T; Good AJ; Halligan SJ; Seth AK; Swinbourne AL, 1995, 'Extinction of within-event learning is contextually controlled and subject to renewal', Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section B - Comparative and Physiological Psychology, pp. 357 - 375

Harris J; Westbrook RF; Duffield T; Bentivoglio M, 1995, 'Fos expression in the spinal cord is supressed in rats displaying conditioned hypoalgesia', Behavioral Neuroscience, 109, pp. 320 - 328

Kiernan MJ; Westbrook RF; Cranney J, 1995, 'Immediate shock, passive avoidance and potentiated startle: implications for the unconditioned response to shock', Animal Learning and Behavior, pp. 22 - 30

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