Robyn Brown

Identifying stress-related eating in behavioural research: A review.

Lauren Stammers, Lisa Wong, Robyn Brown, Sarah Price, Elif Ekinci, Priya Sumithran

Journal article  |  2020  |  Hormones and Behavior

Stress is a commonly reported precipitant of overeating. Understanding the relationship between stress and food intake is importan..

Characterization of the relaxin family peptide receptor 3 system in the mouse bed nucleus of the stria terminalis

Sarah S Ch'ng, Jingjing Fu, Robyn M Brown, Craig M Smith, Mohammed Akhter Hossain, Stuart J McDougall, Andrew J Lawrence

Journal article  |  2019  |  Journal of Comparative Neurology

The bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (BNST) is a critical node involved in stress and reward-related behaviors. Relaxin family ..

A model of emotional stress-induced binge eating in female mice with no history of food restriction

Roberta G Anversa, Erin J Campbell, Sarah S Ch'ng, Andrea Gogos, Andrew J Lawrence, Robyn M Brown

Journal article  |  2019  |  Genes, Brain and Behavior

Overeating is a major contributing factor to obesity and related health complications. For women, in particular, negative emotions..

The intersection of stress and reward: BNST modulation of aversive and appetitive states

Sarah Ch'ng, Jingjing Fu, Robyn M Brown, Stuart J McDougall, Andrew J Lawrence

Journal article  |  2018  |  Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Reframing addiction: habit, choice, cues and compulsivity

Robyn M Brown, Heather B Madsen

Journal article  |  2018  |  Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Addiction-like Synaptic Impairments in Diet-Induced Obesity

Robyn Mary Brown, Yonatan Michael Kupchik, Sade Spencer, Constanza Garcia-Keller, David C Spanswick, Andrew John Lawrence, Stephanie Elise Simonds, Danielle Joy Schwartz, Kelsey Ann Jordan, Thomas Clayton Jhou, Peter William Kalivas

Journal article  |  2017  |  Biological Psychiatry

Differences in Dietary Preferences, Personality and Mental Health in Australian Adults with and without Food Addiction

Tracy Burrows, Leanne Hides, Robyn Brown, Christopher V Dayas, Frances Kay-Lambkin

Journal article  |  2017  |  Nutrients

Glutamatergic mechanisms of comorbidity between acute stress and cocaine self-administration

C Garcia-Keller, YM Kupchik, CD Gipson, RM Brown, S Spencer, F Bollati, MA Esparza, DJ Roberts-Wolfe, JA Heinsbroek, A-C Bobadilla, LM Cancela, PW Kalivas

Journal article  |  2016  |  Molecular Psychiatry

Orexin-1 receptor signalling in the prelimbic cortex and ventral tegmental area regulates cue-induced reinstatement of ethanol-seeking in iP rats

Robyn Mary Brown, Andrezza K Kim, Shaun Yon-Seng Khoo, Jee Hyun Kim, Bianca Jupp, Andrew John Lawrence

Journal article  |  2016  |  Addiction Biology

Adenosine 2A receptors modulate reward behaviours for methamphetamine

Rose Chesworth, Robyn M Brown, Jee Hyun Kim, Catherine Ledent, Andrew J Lawrence

Journal article  |  2016  |  Addiction Biology

Coding the direct/indirect pathways by D1 and D2 receptors is not valid for accumbens projections

Yonatan M Kupchik, Robyn M Brown, Jasper A Heinsbroek, Mary Kay Lobo, Danielle J Schwartz, Peter W Kalivas

Journal article  |  2015  |  Nature Neuroscience

Extinction of a cocaine-taking context that protects against drug-primed reinstatement is dependent on the metabotropic glutamate 5 receptor

Jee Hyun Kim, Christina Perry, Sophia Luikinga, Isabel Zbukvic, Robyn M Brown, Andrew J Lawrence

Journal article  |  2015  |  Addiction Biology

Knockdown of CRF1 Receptors in the Ventral Tegmental Area Attenuates Cue- and Acute Food Deprivation Stress-Induced Cocaine Seeking in Mice

Nicola A Chen, Bianca Jupp, Yehezkel Sztainberg, Maya Lebow, Robyn M Brown, Jee Hyun Kim, Alon Chen, Andrew J Lawrence

Journal article  |  2014  |  JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Orexin/Hypocretin Based Pharmacotherapies for the Treatment of Addiction: DORA or SORA?

Shaun Yon-Seng Khoo, Robyn Mary Brown

Journal article  |  2014  |  CNS Drugs

alpha 2 delta-1 Signaling in Nucleus Accumbens Is Necessary for Cocaine-Induced Relapse

Sade Spencer, Robyn M Brown, Gabriel C Quintero, Yonatan M Kupchik, Charles A Thomas, Kathryn J Reissner, Peter W Kalivas

Journal article  |  2014  |  Journal of Neuroscience

The mGlu5 receptor regulates extinction of cocaine-driven behaviours

Michael K Bird, Peter Lohmann, Billy West, Robyn M Brown, Jeppe Kirchhoff, Clarke R Raymond, Andrew J Lawrence

Journal article  |  2014  |  DRUG AND ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE

Chronic Administration of the Methylxanthine Propentofylline Impairs Reinstatement to Cocaine by a GLT-1-Dependent Mechanism

Kathryn J Reissner, Robyn M Brown, Sade Spencer, Phuong K Tran, Charles A Thomas, Peter W Kalivas

Journal article  |  2014  |  Neuropsychopharmacology

Central orexin (hypocretin) 2 receptor antagonism reduces ethanol self-administration, but not cue-conditioned ethanol-seeking, in ethanol-preferring rats

Robyn Mary Brown, Shaun Yon-Seng Khoo, Andrew John Lawrence

Journal article  |  2013  |  International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology

The Story of Glutamate in Drug Addiction and of N-Acetylcysteine as a Potential Pharmacotherapy

Robyn M Brown, Yonatan M Kupchik, Peter W Kalivas

Journal article  |  2013  |  JAMA Psychiatry

Optogenetic Evidence That Pallidal Projections, Not Nigral Projections, from the Nucleus Accumbens Core Are Necessary for Reinstating Cocaine Seeking

Michael T Stefanik, Yonatan M Kupchik, Robyn M Brown, Peter W Kalivas

Journal article  |  2013  |  Journal of Neuroscience

Ascending otexinergic pathways and alcohol-seeking

Robyn Mary Brown, Andrew John Lawrence

Journal article  |  2013  |  Current Opinion in Neurobiology

The Metabotropic Glutamate 5 Receptor Modulates Extinction and Reinstatement of Methamphetamine-Seeking in Mice

Rose Chesworth, Robyn M Brown, Jee Hyun Kim, Andrew J Lawrence

Journal article  |  2013  |  PLOS ONE

Overview of Animal Models of Drug Addiction: Commonalities to Human Addiction

David H Overstreet, Robyn Brown, Andrew J Lawrence, Amir H Rezvani

Book Chapter  |  2013

The role of orexins/hypocretins in alcohol use and abuse: an appetitive-reward relationship

Andrezza K Kim, Robyn M Brown, Andrew J Lawrence

Journal article  |  2012  |  Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

mGlu5 and adenosine A(2A) receptor interactions regulate the conditioned effects of cocaine

Robyn M Brown, Jhodie R Duncan, Monique R Stagnitti, Catherine Ledent, Andrew J Lawrence

Journal article  |  2012  |  INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

The mGlu5 receptor antagonist MTEP attenuates opiate self-administration and cue-induced opiate-seeking behaviour in mice

Robyn M Brown, Monique R Stagnitti, Jhodie R Duncan, Andrew J Lawrence

Journal article  |  2012  |  Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Investigation of the neuroanatomical substrates of reward seeking following protracted abstinence in mice

Heather B Madsen, Robyn M Brown, Jennifer L Short, Andrew J Lawrence

Journal article  |  2012  |  JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON

COMPULSIVE USE OF DOPAMINE REPLACEMENT THERAPY IN PARKINSON'S DISEASE: INSIGHTS INTO THE NEUROBIOLOGY OF ADDICTION

Robyn M Brown, Andrew J Lawrence

Journal article  |  2012  |  Addiction

mGlu5 receptor functional interactions and addiction

Robyn M Brown, Sanam Mustafa, Mohammed Akli Ayoub, Peter R Dodd, Kevin DG Pfleger, Andrew J Lawrence

Journal article  |  2012  |  FRONTIERS IN PHARMACOLOGY

Neuroplasticity in addiction: cellular and transcriptional perspectives

Heather B Madsen, Robyn M Brown, Andrew J Lawrence

Journal article  |  2012  |  Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience

Identification of Brain Nuclei Implicated in Cocaine-Primed Reinstatement of Conditioned Place Preference: A Behaviour Dissociable from Sensitization

Robyn Mary Brown, Jennifer Lynn Short, Andrew John Lawrence

Journal article  |  2010  |  PLoS ONE

Neurochemistry Underlying Relapse to Opiate Seeking Behaviour

Robyn M Brown, Andrew J Lawrence

Journal article  |  2009  |  Neurochemical Research

A Differential Role for the Adenosine A(2A) Receptor in Opiate Reinforcement vs Opiate-Seeking Behavior

Robyn Mary Brown, Jennifer Lynn Short, Michael Scott Cowen, Catherine Ledent, Andrew John Lawrence

Journal article  |  2009  |  Neuropsychopharmacology

Adenosine A(2A) receptors and their role in drug addiction

Robyn M Brown, Jennifer L Short

Journal article  |  2008  |  Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology

Mice lacking the alpha 4 nicotinic receptor subunit fail to modulate dopaminergic neuronal arbors and possess impaired dopamine transporter function

CL Parish, J Nunan, DI Finkelstein, FN McNamara, JY Wong, JL Waddington, RM Brown, AJ Lawrence, MK Horne, J Drago

Journal article  |  2005  |  Molecular Pharmacology

The Role of Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase in Treatment Strategies for Fear and Drug Addiction

Robyn Mary, Andrew J., Jee Hyun

Book Chapter