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Overview

Gavan P. McNally is a researcher affiliated with the University of New South Wales in Australia. The scientist's work primarily spans the field of neuroscience, with significant publications contributing to various subfields including cognitive neuroscience, cellular and molecular neuroscience, endocrine and autonomic systems, molecular biology, and experimental and cognitive psychology.

Their research covers multiple main topics, among which are:

  • Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
  • Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Sleep and Wakefulness Research
  • Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior

Recent publications by Gavan P. McNally include:

  • "Motivational competition and the paraventricular thalamus," 2021, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
  • "Pathways to the persistence of drug use despite its adverse consequences," 2023, Molecular Psychiatry

Other notable papers relevant to the field, though authored by collaborators or contemporaries, include:

  • "Behavioral and neurobiological mechanisms of pavlovian and instrumental extinction learning," 2020, Physiological Reviews
  • "Analyzing Event-Related Transients: Confidence Intervals, Permutation Tests, and Consecutive Thresholds," 2020, Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience
  • "The Mesolimbic Dopamine Activity Signatures of Relapse to Alcohol-Seeking," 2020, Journal of Neuroscience

Frequent coauthors of Gavan P. McNally are:

  • Philip Jean-Richard-dit-Bressel
  • Joanna Oi-Yue Yau
  • John Power
  • E. Zayra Millan
  • Eun A Choi

The research output has been featured mainly in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Neuropsychopharmacology
  • Behavioral Neuroscience
  • Journal of Neuroscience
  • Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews

Best Publications

  • BEHAVIORAL AND NEUROBIOLOGICAL MECHANISMS OF PAVLOVIAN AND INSTRUMENTAL EXTINCTION LEARNING.

    Mark E Bouton;Stephen Maren;Gavan P McNally

  • Placing prediction into the fear circuit

    Gavan P. McNally;Joshua P. Johansen;Hugh T. Blair

  • The neural correlates and role of D1 dopamine receptors in renewal of extinguished alcohol-seeking.

    Adam S Hamlin;J Newby;Gavan P McNally

  • Effects of recent exposure to a conditioned stimulus on extinction of Pavlovian fear conditioning.

    Wan Yee Macy Chan;Hiu T. Leung;R. Frederick Westbrook;Gavan P. McNally

  • Paraventricular thalamus mediates context-induced reinstatement (renewal) of extinguished reward seeking

    Adam S. Hamlin;Kelly J. Clemens;Eun A. Choi;Gavan P. McNally

  • Reinstatement of fear to an extinguished conditioned stimulus: two roles for context

    R. Frederick Westbrook;Mihaela Iordanova;Gavan McNally;Rick Richardson

  • Renewal of extinguished cocaine-seeking.

    A.S. Hamlin;K.J. Clemens;G.P. McNally

  • Behavioral and neurobiological mechanisms of punishment: implications for psychiatric disorders.

    Philip Jean-Richard-Dit-Bressel;Simon Killcross;Gavan P. McNally

  • Extinction of drug seeking.

    E. Zayra Millan;Nathan J. Marchant;Gavan P. McNally

  • Role of corticotropin-releasing hormone in the amygdala and bed nucleus of the stria terminalis in the behavioral, pain modulatory, and endocrine consequences of opiate withdrawal.

    G.P McNally;H Akil

  • The role of medial prefrontal cortex in extinction and reinstatement of alcohol-seeking in rats.

    Andrea L. Willcocks;Gavan P. McNally

  • Opioid Receptors in the Midbrain Periaqueductal Gray Regulate Extinction of Pavlovian Fear Conditioning

    Gavan P. McNally;Michael Pigg;Gabrielle Weidemann

  • Paraventricular thalamus balances danger and reward

    Eun A. Choi;Gavan P. McNally

  • Paraventricular thalamus: Gateway to feeding, appetitive motivation, and drug addiction.

    E Zayra Millan;ZhiYi Ong;Gavan P McNally

  • Predicting danger: The nature, consequences, and neural mechanisms of predictive fear learning

    Gavan P. McNally;R. Frederick Westbrook

  • Medial dorsal hypothalamus mediates the inhibition of reward seeking after extinction

    Nathan J. Marchant;Teri M. Furlong;Gavan P. McNally

  • Lateral Hypothalamus Is Required for Context-Induced Reinstatement of Extinguished Reward Seeking

    Nathan J. Marchant;Adam S. Hamlin;Gavan P. McNally

  • Opioid receptors regulate the extinction of Pavlovian fear conditioning.

    Gavan P. McNally;R. Frederick Westbrook

  • The conditions that promote fear learning: prediction error and Pavlovian fear conditioning.

    Susan Shi Yuan Li;Gavan P. McNally

  • Paraventricular thalamus controls behavior during motivational conflict

    Eun A. Choi;Philip Jean-Richard-Dit-Bressel;Collin Clifford;Gavan Mcnally

  • Accumbens Shell–Hypothalamus Interactions Mediate Extinction of Alcohol Seeking

    E. Zayra Millan;Teri M. Furlong;Gavan P. McNally

Frequent Co-Authors

Rick Richardson
Rick Richardson University of New South Wales
R. Frederick Westbrook
R. Frederick Westbrook University of New South Wales
Simon Killcross
Simon Killcross University of New South Wales
Pascal Carrive
Pascal Carrive University of New South Wales
Colin W. G. Clifford
Colin W. G. Clifford University of New South Wales
Huda Akil
Huda Akil University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Lee-Fay Low
Lee-Fay Low University of Sydney
Mark E. Bouton
Mark E. Bouton University of Vermont
Christopher V. Dayas
Christopher V. Dayas University of Newcastle Australia
Justin A. Harris
Justin A. Harris University of Sydney

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