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Overview

Alasdair M. Barr is affiliated with the University of British Columbia in Canada. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine, with a focus on Psychiatry and Mental health, General Health Professions, Clinical Psychology, Pharmacology, and broader Health topics.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, including:

  • Schizophrenia research and treatment
  • Homelessness and Social Issues
  • Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
  • Tryptophan and brain disorders

Among their recent papers are:

  • A Focused Review of the Metabolic Side-Effects of Clozapine, 2021, Frontiers in Endocrinology
  • Cannabidiol-associated hepatotoxicity: A systematic review and meta-analysis, 2023, Journal of Internal Medicine
  • Associations of substance use, psychosis, and mortality among people living in precarious housing or homelessness: A longitudinal, community-based study in Vancouver, Canada, 2020, PLoS Medicine
  • Practical Strategies Using Medical Cannabis to Reduce Harms Associated With Long Term Opioid Use in Chronic Pain, 2021, Frontiers in Pharmacology
  • Efficacy of long-acting injectable versus oral antipsychotic drugs in early psychosis: A systematic review and meta-analysis, 2021, Early Intervention in Psychiatry

The scholar has published frequently in various venues, including:

  • Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • Frontiers in Pharmacology
  • Neurology
  • PLoS ONE
  • Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • William G. Honer
  • William J. Panenka
  • Ric M. Procyshyn
  • Allen E. Thornton
  • Donna J. Lang

Best Publications

  • The need for speed: an update on methamphetamine addiction.

    Alasdair M. Barr;William J. Panenka;G. William MacEwan;Allen E. Thornton

  • Methamphetamine use: a comprehensive review of molecular, preclinical and clinical findings.

    William J. Panenka;Ric M. Procyshyn;Tania Lecomte;G. William MacEwan

  • Much of late life cognitive decline is not due to common neurodegenerative pathologies

    Patricia A. Boyle;Robert S. Wilson;Lei Yu;Alasdair M. Barr

  • Estradiol alleviates depressive-like symptoms in a novel animal model of post-partum depression.

    Liisa A.M Galea;Jennifer K Wide;Alasdair M Barr

  • Cognitive deficits in individuals with methamphetamine use disorder: A meta-analysis.

    Stéphane Potvin;Julie Pelletier;Stéphanie Grot;Catherine Hébert

  • Stimulation of the Ventral Subiculum of the Hippocampus Evokes Glutamate Receptor‐mediated Changes in Dopamine Efflux in the Rat Nucleus Accumbens

    Charles D. Blaha;Charles R. Yang;Stan B. Floresco;Alasdair M. Barr

  • Region-specific transcriptional changes following the three antidepressant treatments electro convulsive therapy, sleep deprivation and fluoxetine.

    B Conti;R Maier;A M Barr;A M Barr;M C Morale

  • Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome: A Review from a Clinically Oriented Perspective

    Lurdes Tse;Alasdair M Barr;Vanessa Scarapicchia;Fidel Vila-Rodriguez

  • Withdrawal following repeated exposure to d-amphetamine decreases responding for a sucrose solution as measured by a progressive ratio schedule of reinforcement.

    Alasdair M. Barr;A. G. Phillips

  • A 'crash' course on psychostimulant withdrawal as a model of depression

    Alasdair M Barr;Athina Markou;Anthony G Phillips

  • Cardiovascular side-effects of antipsychotic drugs: the role of the autonomic nervous system.

    Joanne Y.T. Leung;Alasdair M. Barr;Ric M. Procyshyn;William G. Honer

  • Sex differences in forced-swim and open-field test behaviours after chronic administration of melatonin.

    Lori A Brotto;Alasdair M Barr;Boris B Gorzalka

  • A role for galanin in antidepressant actions with a focus on the dorsal raphe nucleus

    Xiaoying Lu;Alasdair M. Barr;Jefferson W. Kinney;Pietro Sanna

  • Galmic, a nonpeptide galanin receptor agonist, affects behaviors in seizure, pain, and forced-swim tests

    Tamas Bartfai;Xiaoying Lu;Hedieh Badie-Mahdavi;Alasdair M. Barr

  • Hippocampal Complexin Proteins and Cognitive Dysfunction in Schizophrenia

    Ken Sawada;Alasdair M. Barr;Masato Nakamura;Kunimasa Arima

  • Persistent antipsychotic polypharmacy and excessive dosing in the community psychiatric treatment setting: a review of medication profiles in 435 Canadian outpatients.

    Ric M. Procyshyn;William G. Honer;Tony K. Y. Wu;Rebecca W. Y. Ko

  • The Selective Serotonin-2A Receptor Antagonist M100907 Reverses Behavioral Deficits in Dopamine Transporter Knockout Mice

    Alasdair M Barr;Virginia Lehmann-Masten;Martin Paulus;Raul R Gainetdinov

  • Traumatic brain injury in homeless and marginally housed individuals: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Jacob L Stubbs;Allen E Thornton;Jessica M Sevick;Noah D Silverberg;Noah D Silverberg

  • Altered immunoreactivity of complexin protein in prefrontal cortex in severe mental illness

    K Sawada;K Sawada;C E Young;A M Barr;K Longworth

  • Uncoupling protein 2 protects dopaminergic neurons from acute 1,2,3,6‐methyl‐phenyl‐tetrahydropyridine toxicity

    Bruno Conti;Shuei Sugama;Jacinta Lucero;Raphaelle Winsky-Sommerer

  • Psychostimulant withdrawal as an inducing condition in animal models of depression.

    Alasdair M. Barr;Athina Markou

  • Role of Integrin-Linked Kinase in Nerve Growth Factor-Stimulated Neurite Outgrowth

    Julia Mills;Murat Digicaylioglu;Arthur T. Legg;Clint E. Young

Frequent Co-Authors

William G. Honer
William G. Honer University of British Columbia
Anthony G. Phillips
Anthony G. Phillips University of British Columbia
Tamas Bartfai
Tamas Bartfai Stockholm University
David A. Bennett
David A. Bennett Rush University Medical Center
Julie A. Schneider
Julie A. Schneider Rush University Medical Center
Tania Lecomte
Tania Lecomte University of Montreal
Sue Leurgans
Sue Leurgans Rush University Medical Center
Lori A. Brotto
Lori A. Brotto University of British Columbia
Gorazd Rosoklija
Gorazd Rosoklija Columbia University
Mel Krajden
Mel Krajden University of British Columbia

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