Behavioural Neuroscience research group
Research in the Behavioural Neuroscience Laboratory focuses on psychopharmacology, learning and memory, drugs of addiction
and impulsivity, and evolutionary psychology. It includes both basic and translational approaches ranging from the
micro-level of drug-receptor interactions through to the macro-level of behaviour. Ongoing basic and clinically
relevant research projects include:
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Impulsivity as both a cause and consequence of addiction to drugs of abuse such as nicotine and
amphetamine (Dr Amanda Harrison)
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The role of discrete amygdaloid nuclei in appetitively-motivated learning and memory
(Dr Pam Blundell)
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The modulation of emotional memory via glycineB binding sites on the NMDA receptor complex
(Professor John Rodgers)
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The role of cannabinoid CB1 receptor mechanisms in the regulation of anxiety and appetite
(Professor John Rodgers)
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Low-dose drug combinations as a novel and low adverse effects approach to anti-obesity drug development
(Professor John Rodgers)
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Studies on depression as an evolutionary adaptation, nightclubs as human lekking (sexual display) grounds, and kissing as
an adaptive protection against Human Cytomegalovirus-like teratogenesis
(Dr Colin Hendrie)
