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Neuroscience

D-Index
67
Citations
14657
World Ranking
2905
National Ranking
281

Best Publications

  • Behavioural and pharmacological characterisation of the elevated "zero-maze" as an animal model of anxiety.

    Jon K. Shepherd;Savraj S. Grewal;Allan Fletcher;David J. Bill

  • Electrophysiological, biochemical, neurohormonal and behavioural studies with WAY-100635, a potent, selective and silent 5-HT1A receptor antagonist.

    Allan Fletcher;Elaine A. Forster;David J. Bill;Geraldine Brown

  • Low doses of the putative serotonin agonist 8-hydroxy-2-(di-n-propylamino) tetralin (8-OH-DPAT) elicit feeding in the rat.

    C. T. Dourish;P. H. Hutson;G. Curzon

  • Reduced satiating effect of d-fenfluramine in serotonin 5-HT(2C) receptor mutant mice.

    Steven P. Vickers;Peter G. Clifton;Colin T. Dourish;Laurence H. Tecott

  • The role of CCK caerulein, and CCK antagonists in nociception.

    Nigel Scott Baber;Colin Trevor Dourish;David Robert Hill

  • The selective CCK-B receptor antagonist L-365,260 enhances morphine analgesia and prevents morphine tolerance in the rat.

    C.T. Dourish;M.F. O'Neill;J. Coughlan;S.J. Kitchener

  • Preferential effects of the cannabinoid CB1 receptor antagonist, SR 141716, on food intake and body weight gain of obese (fa/fa) compared to lean Zucker rats.

    S. P. Vickers;L. J. Webster;A. Wyatt;C. T. Dourish

  • Postponement of satiety by blockade of brain cholecystokinin (CCK-B) receptors.

    CT Dourish;W Rycroft;SD Iversen

  • Silent 5-HT1A receptor antagonists: utility as research tools and therapeutic agents

    Allan Fletcher;Ian A. Cliffe;Colin T. Dourish

  • Antidepressant-like action of 5-HT1A agonists and conventional antidepressants in an animal model of depression.

    G.A. Kennett;C.T. Dourish;G. Curzon

  • Evidence that hypophagia induced by d-fenfluramine and d-norfenfluramine in the rat is mediated by 5-HT2C receptors.

    Steven P Vickers;Colin T Dourish;Guy A Kennett

  • Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study of Amantadine Hydrochloride in the Treatment of Children With Autistic Disorder

    Bryan H. King;D. Mark Wright;Benjamin L. Handen;Linmarie Sikich

  • Neurochemical and behavioural evidence for mediation of the hyperphagic action of 8-OH-DPAT by 5-HT cell body autoreceptors.

    P.H. Hutson;C.T. Dourish;G. Curzon

  • Utility of ethological analysis to overcome locomotor confounds in elevated maze models of anxiety

    S.M Weiss;G Wadsworth;A Fletcher;C.T Dourish

  • Enhancement of morphine analgesia and prevention of morphine tolerance in the rat by the cholecystokinin antagonist L-364,718

    Colin T. Dourish;Diane Hawley;Susan D. Iversen

  • 5-HT1B agonists induce anorexia at a postsynaptic site.

    G.A. Kennett;C.T. Dourish;G. Curzon

  • Cholecystokinin and anxiety

    S. Ravard;C.T. Dourish

  • Characteristics of feeding induced by the serotonin agonist 8-hydroxy-2-(di-n-propylamino) tetralin (8-OH-DPAT).

    C.T. Dourish;P.H. Hutson;G. Curzon

  • 8-OH-DPAT-induced hyperphagia: Its neural basis and possible therapeutic relevance

    C.T. Dourish;P.H. Hutson;G.A. Kennett;G. Curzon

  • Single administration of 5-HT1A agonists decreases 5-HT1A presynaptic, but not postsynaptic receptor-mediated responses: relationship to antidepressant-like action.

    G.A. Kennett;M. Marcou;C.T. Dourish;G. Curzon

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Suzanne Higgs University of Birmingham
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Guy M. Goodwin University of Oxford
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Michael Browning University of Oxford
Pia Rotshtein
Pia Rotshtein University of Birmingham
Emma Barkus
Emma Barkus Northumbria University
David J. Nutt
David J. Nutt Imperial College London
Alan A. Boulton
Alan A. Boulton University of Saskatchewan
Ulrich Ettinger
Ulrich Ettinger University of Bonn
Lawrence Stephen Wilkinson
Lawrence Stephen Wilkinson Cardiff University

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