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Mary C. Olmstead

Mary C. Olmstead

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Neuroscience

D-Index
38
Citations
7138
World Ranking
8502
National Ranking
497

Overview

Mary C. Olmstead is a researcher affiliated with Queen's University in Canada. Their work spans several fields of study, primarily focusing on neuroscience, psychology, and medicine, with a significant emphasis on clinical psychology and cellular and molecular neuroscience. Additional subfields of research include pharmacology, neurology, and the endocrine and autonomic systems.

Their research topics cover a range of areas within neuroscience and behavioral science. Key topics include:

  • Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research
  • Eating Disorders and Behaviors
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Regulation of Appetite and Obesity
  • Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques

Mary C. Olmstead's notable recent publications include:

  • Post-acute sequelae of COVID-19: Evidence of mood & cognitive impairment, 2021, Brain Behavior & Immunity - Health
  • The endocannabinoid system is modulated in reward and homeostatic brain regions following diet-induced obesity in rats: a cluster analysis approach, 2021, European Journal of Nutrition
  • Does inflammation link stress to poor COVID-19 outcome?, 2020, Stress and Health
  • Delta opioid receptor activation modulates affective pain and modality-specific pain hypersensitivity associated with chronic neuropathic pain, 2020, Journal of Neuroscience Research
  • Can cocaine-induced neuroinflammation explain maladaptive cocaine-associated memories?, 2020, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Katia Befort
  • Steven J. Lamontagne
  • Romain Bourdy
  • Dominique Filliol
  • Virginie Andry

Mary C. Olmstead publishes regularly in several scientific journals, with multiple papers appearing in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Brain Behavior & Immunity - Health
  • European Journal of Nutrition
  • Stress and Health
  • Journal of Neuroscience Research

Best Publications

  • Associative processes in addiction and reward. The role of amygdala-ventral striatal subsystems

    Barry J. Everitt;John A. Parkinson;Mary C. Olmstead;Mercedes Arroyo

  • Dissociation in effects of lesions of the nucleus accumbens core and shell on appetitive pavlovian approach behavior and the potentiation of conditioned reinforcement and locomotor activity by D-amphetamine.

    John A. Parkinson;Mary C. Olmstead;Lindsay H. Burns;Trevor W. Robbins

  • The development of a conditioned place preference to morphine: effects of microinjections into various CNS sites.

    Mary C. Olmstead;Keith B. J. Franklin

  • Ultra-low-dose naloxone suppresses opioid tolerance, dependence and associated changes in mu opioid receptor–G protein coupling and Gβγ signaling

    H.-Y. Wang;E. Friedman;M.C. Olmstead;L.H. Burns

  • Adolescent enrichment partially reverses the social isolation syndrome.

    Kim G.C Hellemans;Luis C Benge;Mary C Olmstead

  • Paradoxical effects of the opioid antagonist naltrexone on morphine analgesia, tolerance, and reward in rats.

    Kelly J. Powell;Noura S. Abul-Husn;Asha Jhamandas;Mary C. Olmstead

  • Microglia Disrupt Mesolimbic Reward Circuitry in Chronic Pain

    Anna M. W. Taylor;Annie Castonguay;Alison J. Taylor;Niall P. Murphy

  • Effects of Pedunculopontine Tegmental Nucleus Lesions on Responding for Intravenous Heroin under Different Schedules of Reinforcement

    Mary C. Olmstead;Elizabeth M. Munn;Keith B. J. Franklin;Roy A. Wise

  • Cocaine seeking by rats is a goal-directed action.

    Mary C. Olmstead;Matthew V. Lafond;Barry J. Everitt;Anthony Dickinson

  • Alcohol intoxication reduces impulsivity in the delay-discounting paradigm.

    Catherine N. M. Ortner;Tara K. MacDonald;Mary C. Olmstead

  • Selective deficits in attentional performance on the 5-choice serial reaction time task following pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus lesions.

    Wendy L Inglis;Mary C Olmstead;Trevor W Robbins

  • The development of a conditioned place preference to morphine : Effects of lesions of various CNS sites

    Mary C. Olmstead;Keith B. J. Franklin

  • Repeated exposure to stress across the childhood-adolescent period alters rats' anxiety- and depression-like behaviors in adulthood: The importance of stressor type and gender.

    Joanna Pohl;Mary C. Olmstead;Katherine E. Wynne-Edwards;Kate Harkness

  • Effects of chronic cocaine on impulsivity: relation to cortical serotonin mechanisms.

    Tracie A. Paine;Hans C. Dringenberg;Mary C. Olmstead

  • Animal models of drug addiction: Where do we go from here?

    Mary C. Olmstead

  • Lesions of the pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus block drug-induced reinforcement but not amphetamine-induced locomotion

    Mary C. Olmstead;Keith B.J. Franklin

  • Integrated contributions of basal forebrain and thalamus to neocortical activation elicited by pedunculopontine tegmental stimulation in urethane-anesthetized rats

    H.C Dringenberg;M.C Olmstead

  • Binge drinking in undergraduates: relationships with sex, drinking behaviors, impulsivity, and the perceived effects of alcohol.

    Iris M. Balodis;Marc N. Potenza;Mary C. Olmstead

  • The other side of the curve: Examining the relationship between pre-stressor physiological responses and stress reactivity

    Iris M. Balodis;Katherine E. Wynne-Edwards;Mary C. Olmstead

  • Mu and Delta Opioid Receptors Oppositely Regulate Motor Impulsivity in the Signaled Nose Poke Task

    Mary C. Olmstead;Abdel-Mouttalib Ouagazzal;Brigitte L. Kieffer

Frequent Co-Authors

Catherine M. Cahill
Catherine M. Cahill University of California, Los Angeles
Barry J. Everitt
Barry J. Everitt University of Cambridge
Trevor W. Robbins
Trevor W. Robbins University of Cambridge
Iris M. Balodis
Iris M. Balodis McMaster University
Keith B.J. Franklin
Keith B.J. Franklin McGill University
Richard J. Beninger
Richard J. Beninger Queen's University
John A. Parkinson
John A. Parkinson Bangor University
James N. Reynolds
James N. Reynolds Queen's University
Anthony Dickinson
Anthony Dickinson University of Cambridge
Diego A. Pizzagalli
Diego A. Pizzagalli Harvard University

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