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Email

jess.nithianantharajah@florey.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Head of Department
Florey Department of Neuroscience and Mental Health
Education
PhD
University of Melbourne
Bachelors Degree (Honours)
University of Melbourne
PhD
University of Melbourne
ORCID

0000-0002-3501-1143

A/Prof Jess Nithianantharajah

Head of Department
Florey Department of Neuroscience and Mental Health

81 Scholarly works
5 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2024

    Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)

    Centre for Next-Generation Treatments for Mood Disorders
  • 2018

    Journal article

    Neurodevelopmental synaptopathies: Insights from behaviour in rodent models of synapse gene mutations
    DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2017.12.001
  • 2017

    Journal article

    Arc Requires PSD95 for Assembly into Postsynaptic Complexes Involved with Neural Dysfunction and Intelligence
    DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2017.09.045
  • 2015

    Journal article

    Bridging the translational divide: Identical cognitive touchscreen testing in mice and humans carrying mutations in a disease-relevant homologous gene
    DOI: 10.1038/srep14613
  • 2013

    Journal article

    Cognitive components in mice and humans: Combining genetics and touchscreens for medical translation
    DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2013.06.006
  • 2013

    Journal article

    Synaptic scaffold evolution generated components of vertebrate cognitive complexity
    DOI: 10.1038/nn.3276
  • 2012

    Journal article

    TNiK is required for postsynaptic and nuclear signaling pathways and cognitive function
    DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2433-12.2012
Jess Nithianantharajah

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    Of mice, molecules and mental health: establishment of the consortium for preclinical psychiatric research to find solutions to the translational gap
    DOI: 10.1038/s41380-025-03361-x
  • 2025

    Journal article

    484. MAPPING NEURONAL ENSEMBLE ACTIVITY IN THE MOUSE PREFRONTAL CORTEX DURING MOTIVATIONAL CONTROL OF BEHAVIOR FOLLOWING KETAMINE TREATMENT
    DOI: 10.1093/ijnp/pyaf052.077
  • 2025

    Conference Proceedings

    682. The effects of maternal immune activation on the phospho-proteome of the developing adolescent mouse hippocampus
    DOI: 10.1093/ijnp/pyaf052.099
  • 2025

    Conference Proceedings

    249. Elevated levels of akt-interacting protein in the frontal pole reveals molecular pathology specific to a subtype of people with schizophrenia
    DOI: 10.1093/ijnp/pyaf052.033
  • 2025

    Conference Proceedings

    692. Sex-dependent and dynamic brain structural mri changes in mice following influenza a virus maternal immune activation
    DOI: 10.1093/ijnp/pyaf052.109
  • 2025

    Journal article

    ORPHAN GPCRS – A NEW FRONTIER IN SCHIZOPHRENIA DRUG DISCOVERY
    DOI: 10.1093/ijnp/pyae059.303
  • 2025

    Journal article

    CLINICALLY PREDICTIVE MODULATION OF COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENTS IN MOUSE TOUCHSCREEN TASKS
    DOI: 10.1093/ijnp/pyae059.088
  • 2024

    Journal article

    Brain region-specific alterations in gene expression trajectories in the offspring born from influenza A virus infected mice
    DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2024.06.025

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