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  • Physiology, Development and Neuroscience
    • Research Theme Neurons, Circuits and Networks
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    Mrs Gemma Cockcroft

    University Position
    Research Assistant

    Interests

    Research Assistant in a unit that studies various forms of cognitive and behavioural neuroscience

    Key Publications

    Differential Effects of the Inactivation of Anterior and Posterior Orbitofrontal Cortex on Affective Responses to Proximal and Distal Threat, and Reward Anticipation in the Common Marmoset.

    DOI: http://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhab240
    Journal: Cereb Cortex
    E-pub date: 30 Mar 2022
    Authors: ZM Stawicka, R Massoudi, L Oikonomidis, L McIver, K Mulvihill, SKL Quah, GJ Cockcroft, HF Clarke, NK Horst, CM Wood, AC Roberts

    Glutamate Within the Marmoset Anterior Hippocampus Interacts with Area 25 to Regulate the Behavioral and Cardiovascular Correlates of High-Trait Anxiety.

    DOI: http://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2451-18.2018
    Journal: J Neurosci
    E-pub date: 17 Apr 2019
    Authors: JL Zeredo, SKL Quah, CU Wallis, L Alexander, GJ Cockcroft, AM Santangelo, J Xia, Y Shiba, JW Dalley, RN Cardinal, AC Roberts, HF Clarke

    Fractionating Blunted Reward Processing Characteristic of Anhedonia by Over-Activating Primate Subgenual Anterior Cingulate Cortex.

    DOI: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2018.11.021
    Journal: Neuron
    E-pub date: 16 Jan 2019
    Authors: L Alexander, PLR Gaskin, SJ Sawiak, TD Fryer, YT Hong, GJ Cockcroft, HF Clarke, AC Roberts

    Orbitofrontal dopamine depletion upregulates caudate dopamine and alters behavior via changes in reinforcement sensitivity.

    DOI: http://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0718-14.2014
    Journal: J Neurosci
    E-pub date: 28 May 2014
    Authors: HF Clarke, RN Cardinal, R Rygula, YT Hong, TD Fryer, SJ Sawiak, V Ferrari, G Cockcroft, FI Aigbirhio, TW Robbins, AC Roberts

    Publications

    Differential Contribution of Anterior and Posterior Midcingulate Subregions to Distal and Proximal Threat Reactivity in Marmosets.

    DOI: http://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhab121
    Journal: Cereb Cortex
    E-pub date: 26 Aug 2021
    Authors: SS Rahman, K Mulvihill, CM Wood, SKL Quah, NK Horst, HF Clarke, GJ Cockcroft, AM Santangelo, AC Roberts

    Hippocampal Interaction With Area 25, but not Area 32, Regulates Marmoset Approach-Avoidance Behavior.

    DOI: http://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhz015
    Journal: Cereb Cortex
    E-pub date: 17 Dec 2019
    Authors: CU Wallis, GJ Cockcroft, RN Cardinal, AC Roberts, HF Clarke

    Novel Primate Model of Serotonin Transporter Genetic Polymorphisms Associated with Gene Expression, Anxiety and Sensitivity to Antidepressants.

    DOI: http://doi.org/10.1038/npp.2016.41
    Journal: Neuropsychopharmacology
    E-pub date: 31 Aug 2016
    Authors: AM Santangelo, M Ito, Y Shiba, HF Clarke, EH Schut, G Cockcroft, AC Ferguson-Smith, AC Roberts

    Role of Central Serotonin in Anticipation of Rewarding and Punishing Outcomes: Effects of Selective Amygdala or Orbitofrontal 5-HT Depletion.

    DOI: http://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhu102
    Journal: Cereb Cortex
    E-pub date: 1 Sep 2015
    Authors: R Rygula, HF Clarke, RN Cardinal, GJ Cockcroft, J Xia, JW Dalley, TW Robbins, AC Roberts

    Serotonergic, brain volume and attentional correlates of trait anxiety in primates.

    DOI: http://doi.org/10.1038/npp.2014.324
    Journal: Neuropsychopharmacology
    E-pub date: 1 May 2015
    Authors: Y Mikheenko, Y Shiba, S Sawiak, K Braesicke, G Cockcroft, H Clarke, AC Roberts