Prof Jess Nithianantharajah
Head of Department
Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences
81 Scholarly works
5 Projects
HIGHLIGHTS
2025
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.2017.12.0012017
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Arc Requires PSD95 for Assembly into Postsynaptic Complexes Involved with Neural Dysfunction and Intelligence
DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2017.09.0452015
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Bridging the translational divide: Identical cognitive touchscreen testing in mice and humans carrying mutations in a disease-relevant homologous gene
DOI: 10.1038/srep146132013
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Cognitive components in mice and humans: Combining genetics and touchscreens for medical translation
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2013.06.0062013
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Synaptic scaffold evolution generated components of vertebrate cognitive complexity
DOI: 10.1038/nn.32762012
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TNiK is required for postsynaptic and nuclear signaling pathways and cognitive function
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2433-12.2012
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-x2025
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484. MAPPING NEURONAL ENSEMBLE ACTIVITY IN THE MOUSE PREFRONTAL CORTEX DURING MOTIVATIONAL CONTROL OF BEHAVIOR FOLLOWING KETAMINE TREATMENT
DOI: 10.1093/ijnp/pyaf052.0772025
Conference Proceedings
682. The effects of maternal immune activation on the phospho-proteome of the developing adolescent mouse hippocampus
DOI: 10.1093/ijnp/pyaf052.0992025
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/pyaf052.0332025
Conference Proceedings
692. Sex-dependent and dynamic brain structural mri changes in mice following influenza a virus maternal immune activation
DOI: 10.1093/ijnp/pyaf052.1092025
Conference Proceedings
Orphan GPCRs – A New Frontier in Schizophrenia Drug Discovery
DOI: 10.1093/ijnp/pyae059.3032025
Conference Proceedings
Clinically Predictive Modulation of Cognitive Impairments in Mouse Touchscreen Tasks
DOI: 10.1093/ijnp/pyae059.0882024
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