Publications

Formoterol attenuates lipopolysaccharide-induced mnemonic impairment in the delayed nonmatch to position task in rats(PubMed, opens in new tab)

M. McAuslan, D. Kozareva, F. Dunphy-Doherty, M. Corrigan, J. Prenderville, J. Huxter, A. Harkin

Behavioural Pharmacology, 2026

Acute trazodone administration reduces behavioral and physiological indicators of travel-induced anxiety in dogs in a road travel model(DOI, opens in new tab)

Gary Landsberg, Jessica Mendes, Whitney Kosziwka, Deborah A. Keys, Andria Gordon, Andrew King, Joseph A. Araujo, Christina de Rivera

Sec. Animal Behavior and Welfare Volume 13 - 2026

Anxiety-related platform in zebrafish (Danio rerio) larvae: An integrated analysis of behavioural and molecular assay in drug screening research(PubMed, opens in new tab)

M. Potoczna, N. Kasica, M. Chmielewska-Krzesińska, J. Dybalska-Szczepanek, K. Wąsowicz, E. Sokołowska, P. Podlasz

Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy, 2026

Trafficking and potentiation of Nav1.7 and Nav1.8 channels are mediated by IQGAP1(PubMed, opens in new tab)

X. Zhang, P. H. Patra, J. Yang

The Journal of Physiology, 2026

Elevated expression of the NLRP3 inflammasome in post-mortem brain white matter and immune cells in multiple sclerosis(PubMed, opens in new tab)

A. Otálora-Alcaraz, M. C. Sun, N. Hofman, L. Costelloe, H. Kearney, J. A. Prenderville, E. J. Downer

Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders, 2026

An examination of the interaction between the interoceptive and reinforcing properties of morphine: a self-administration study in male and female rats(PubMed, opens in new tab)

Allyson K Andrade, Briana Renda, Adiia P Stone, Michael Sharivker, Jessica M Karlovcec, Rita El Azali, Francesco Leri, Scott T Barrett, Jennifer E Murray

Springer Nature Link

The Canine Cognitive Dysfunction Syndrome Working Group guidelines for diagnosis and monitoring of canine cognitive dysfunction syndrome(PubMed, opens in new tab)

Natasha J. Olby; Joseph A. Araujo; Margaret E. Gruen; Phillipa Johnson; Eniko Kubinyi; Gary Landsberg; Caitlin S. Latimer; Stephanie McGrath; Brennen McKenzie; Julie A. Moreno; Monica Tarantino; Holger Volk

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association (JAVMA)

A comparative assessment of the antidepressant efficacy of ketamine, psilocybin, and fluoxetine in a chronic stress model(PubMed, opens in new tab)

Małgorzata Domżalska, Joanna Kwiatkowska, Iwona Cichoń, Ewa Sokołowska

Scientific Reports volume 15

Behavioral improvement in dystrophic mdx23 mouse following repeated antisense oligonucleotides injections(PubMed, opens in new tab)

A. Aghaeipour, M. Mitsogiannis, C. Fergus, K. Tetorou, T. Gileadi, E. Stojek, S. Talavera, S. Singh, M. Siddle, J. Prendeville, E. Sokolowska, V. Kelly, J. Morgan, F. Montanaro, F. Muntoni

Molecular Therapy: Nucleic Acids, 2025

Pharmacological characterisation of psilocybin and 5-MeO-DMT discriminative 41 cues in the rat and their translational value for identifying novel psychedelics(PubMed, opens in new tab)

Higgins GA, MacMillan C, de Lannoy I, Tyler C, Slassi M.

J Psychopharmacol. 2025 Aug 27:2698811251361453. doi: 10.1177/02698811251361453.

5-MeO-DMT and Naltrexone Selectively Attenuate Oral Ethanol Self-administration in Male and Female Wistar Rats(poster, PDF, opens in new tab)

Briana Renda, Felipe C.K. Duarte, Jarret Folmer, Lara Mitchell, Victoria Phelps, Kevin Mills, Guy A. Higgins

RSA Research Society on Alcohol General Meeting

Effects of Three Pharmacologically Distinct Monoamine Reuptake Inhibitors on Two Measures of Compulsive Behaviour: Implications for Triple Reuptake Inhibitors(poster, PDF, opens in new tab)

Parisa Moazen, Cam McMillan, Trevor W. Robbins, Guy A. Higgins

CINP 37th World Congress of Neuropsychopharmacology

Beyond seizure control: Profiling Levetiracetam’s effect on epileptogenesis and comorbid behaviours in kindled mice(poster, PDF, opens in new tab)

Leo B. Silenieks, Annette Pisanski, Matt Brown, Lauren Stam, Anne Oakley, Maria F. Fernandes, Sandy Thevarkunnel, Uttam Das, Erika Kropf, Winthrop Gillis, John Huxter, Guy A. Higgins

American Epilepsy Society (AES)

Study of the effects of psilocybin in three rat preclinical models of migraine: insights from the trigeminovascular system(poster, PDF, opens in new tab)

Owein Guillemot-Legris, Isabelle Shand, Joshua Featherstone, Monika Baryla, Joseph Araujo, Mark Duxon, K.R. Walker, Colleen Taylor, Guy A. Higgins

SfN 2025, Nov 15th-19th

The effects of LSD and its non-hallucinogenic analogue 2-Br-LSD on murine behavior, sleep patterns, and quantitative EEG(poster, PDF, opens in new tab)

K. Marszalek, M. Domzalska, J. R. Huxter, C. Cayir, R. Ramarohetra, E. Sokolowska

SfN 2025, Nov 15th-19th

Drug effects on sleep architecture and qEEG: a cross-species comparison in mice, rats and dogs(poster, PDF, opens in new tab)

John R. Huxter, Stephanie Kelly, Anand Vardhan, Reed Percival, Ashley Bernardo, Lukasz Dlugosz, Lauren Giggins, Katarzyna Marszałek, Malgorzata Domżalska, Sandy Thevarkunnel, Ewa Sokołowska

SfN 2025, Nov 15th-19th

Phenotyping the DISC1 Rat Model of Schizophrenia using PPI, amphetamine-induced hyperlocomotion, sleep-EEG and 40Hz ASSR(poster, PDF, opens in new tab)

John Huxter, Ashley M. Bernardo, Lukasz Dlugosz, Lauren Stam, Sandy Thevarkunnel, Carsten Korth, Guy Higgins

SfN 2025, Nov 15th-19th

Characterisation of GABA2/3 positive allosteric modulators (PAMs) in tests of anxiety and side effect(poster, PDF, opens in new tab)

Guy A. Higgins, Parisa Moazen, Cam MacMillan, Karen T. Elvers, Oana Popa, John R. Atack

SfN 2025, Nov 15th-19th

Behaviour and Biomarker Changes in ARTE10 Mice Reveal Translational Potential for Alzheimer’s Disease and Mood-Related Comorbidities(poster, PDF, opens in new tab)

Ashley Bernardo, Monika Baryla, Ewa Sokolowska, Laura Griffin, Moriah Jacobson, Guy Higgins

SfN 2025, Nov 15th-19th

A Drug for All Ages: Levetiracetam Enhances Attention in Both Young and Aged Rats(poster, PDF, opens in new tab)

Parisa Moazen, Cam MacMillan, Leo B. Silenieks, Guy A. Higgins