Published Work
Research manuscripts, review articles, and book chapters authored by past and present researchers from McMurray Lab.
2021
The somatosensory system in anorexia nervosa: A scoping review
Teaford M, McMurray M, Billock V, Filipkowski M, Smart JL
Journal of Experimental Psychopathology (epub ahead of print)
2020
Integrating research into the undergraduate curriculum: 1. Early research experiences and training
Buffalari D, Fernandes J, Chase L, Lom B, McMurray MS, Morrison ME, Stavnezer A
Journal of Undergraduate Neuroscience Education 19(1): A52-A63.
2020
Central but not peripheral oxytocin administration reduces risk-based decision-making in male rats
Tapp DN, Singstock MD, Gottliebson M, McMurray MS
Hormones and Behavior 125: 104840.
2020
Extent of food restriction affects probability but not delay-based decision-making
Tapp DN, Zerkle HL, McMurray MS
Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior 114(2): 179-192.
2020
Integrating research into the undergraduate curriculum: 2. Scaffolding research skills and transitioning toward independent research
Morrison ME, Lom B, Buffalari D, Chase L, Fernandes J, McMurray MS, Stavnezer A
Journal of Undergraduate Neuroscience Education 19(1): A64-A74.
2020
Integrating research into the undergraduate curriculum: 3. Research training in the upper-level neuroscience curriculum
Chase L, McMurray MS, Stavnezer A, Morrison ME, Lom B, Buffalari D, Fernandes J
Journal of Undergraduate Neuroscience Education 19(1): A75-A88.
2020
The effects of multiple early life stressors on adolescent alcohol consumption
Thompson SM, Simmons AN, McMurray MS
Behavioural Brain Research 380: 112449.
2019
Dopamine D2 receptor overexpression in the nucleus accumbens core induces robust weight loss during scheduled fasting selectively in female mice
Welch AC, Zhang J, Lyu J, McMurray MS, Javitch JA, Kellendonk C, Dulawa SC
Molecular Psychiatry (epub ahead of print).
2019
Relationship between college student intoxication level and their recall of alcohol poisoning symptoms
Ward RM, Lewis P, McMurray MS, Brinkman CS, Taylor EA, Witmer KA, Bonar RN
Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education 63(2): 18-34.
2018
Effects of prenatal cocaine on maternal care and ultrasonic vocalizations of rat offspring
McMurray MS, Johns JM
In: Stefan M. Brudzynski, editor: Handbook of Ultrasonic Vocalization, Vol 25, HBBN, UK: Academic Press, pp. 457-466.
2017
Acute and long-term effects of adolescent methylphenidate on decision-making and dopamine receptor mRNA expression in the orbitofrontal cortex
Amodeo LR, Jacobs-Brichford E, McMurray MS, Roitman JD.
Behavioural brain research 324: 100-108
2017
Orbitofrontal cortex reflects changes in response-outcome contingencies during probabilistic reversal learning
Amodeo LR, McMurray MS, Roitman JD.
Neuroscience 345: 27-37
2017
Brain Stimulation Reward Supports More Consistent and Accurate Rodent Decision-Making than Food Reward
McMurray MS, Conway SM, Roitman JD.
eNeuro 4(2): ENEURO.0015-17.2017
2016
Consequences of Adolescent Ethanol Consumption on Risk Preference and Orbitofrontal Cortex Encoding of Reward
McMurray MS, Amodeo LR, Roitman JD.
Neuropsychopharmacology 41(5): 1366-75
2016
Activity-Based Anorexia Alters the Expression of BDNF Transcripts in the Mesocorticolimbic Reward Circuit
Ho EV, Klenotich SJ, McMurray MS, Dulawa SC.
PloS one 11(11): e0166756
2015
Early postpartum pup preference is altered by gestational cocaine treatment: associations with infant cues and oxytocin expression in the MPOA
Lippard ET, Jarrett TM, McMurray MS, Zeskind PS, Garber KA, Zoghby CR, Glaze K, Tate W, Johns JM.
Behavioural brain research 278: 176-85
2015
Dopamine D2/3 receptor antagonism reduces activity-based anorexia
Klenotich SJ, Ho EV, McMurray MS, Server CH, Dulawa SC.
Translational psychiatry 5: e613
2015
Effects of prenatal cocaine exposure on early postnatal rodent brain structure and diffusion properties
McMurray MS, Oguz I, Rumple AM, Paniagua B, Styner MA, Johns JM.
Neurotoxicology and teratology 47: 80-8
2014
Effects of voluntary alcohol intake on risk preference and behavioral flexibility during rat adolescence
McMurray MS, Amodeo LR, Roitman JD.
PloS one 9(7): e100697
2014
Translational analysis of effects of prenatal cocaine exposure on human infant cries and rat pup ultrasonic vocalizations
Zeskind PS, McMurray MS, Cox Lippard ET, Grewen KM, Garber KA, Johns JM.
PloS one 9(10): e110349
2013
Effect of prenatal cocaine on early postnatal thermoregulation and ultrasonic vocalization production
McMurray MS, Zeskind PS, Meiners SM, Garber KA, Tien H, Johns JM.
Frontiers in psychology 4: 882
2013
A novel device for the calibration of sonic and ultrasonic recording transducers
McMurray MS, Hubbard DK.
Journal of neuroscience methods 217(1-2) :39-43
2013
3-dimensional diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) atlas of the rat brain
Rumple A, McMurray M, Johns J, Lauder J, Makam P, Radcliffe M, Oguz I.
PloS one 8(7): e67334
2012
The translational role of diffusion tensor image analysis in animal models of developmental pathologies
Oguz I, McMurray MS, Styner M, Johns JM.
Developmental neuroscience 34(1): 5-19
2012
Olanzapine, but not fluoxetine, treatment increases survival in activity-based anorexia in mice
Klenotich SJ, Seiglie MP, McMurray MS, Roitman JD, Le Grange D, Dugad P, Dulawa SC.
Neuropsychopharmacology 37(7): 1620-31
2011
Development of translational methods in spectral analysis of human infant crying and rat pup ultrasonic vocalizations for early neurobehavioral assessment
Zeskind PS, McMurray MS, Garber KA, Neuspiel JM, Cox ET, Grewen KM, Mayes LC, Johns JM.
Frontiers in psychiatry 2: 56
2011
Automatic Skull-stripping of Rat MRI/DTI Scans and Atlas Building
Oguz I, Lee J, Budin F, Rumple A, McMurray M, Ehlers C, Crews F, Johns J, Styner M.
Proceedings of SPIE--the International Society for Optical Engineering 7962: 7962251-7962257
2011
Combined norepinephrine/serotonergic reuptake inhibition: effects on maternal behavior, aggression, and oxytocin in the rat
Cox ET, Jarrett TM, McMurray MS, Greenhill K, Hofler VE, Williams SK, Joyner PW, Middleton CL, Walker CH, Johns JM.
Frontiers in psychiatry 2: 34
2011
Use of High Resolution 3D Diffusion Tensor Imaging to Study Brain White Matter Development in Live Neonatal Rats
Cai Y, McMurray MS, Oguz I, Yuan H, Styner MA, Lin W, Johns JM, An H.
Frontiers in psychiatry 2: 54
2011
Synergy of image analysis for animal and human neuroimaging supports translational research on drug abuse
Gerig G, Oguz I, Gouttard S, Lee J, An H, Lin W, McMurray M, Grewen K, Johns J, Styner MA.
Frontiers in psychiatry 2: 53
2010
Effects of chronic and intermittent cocaine treatment on dominance, aggression, and oxytocin levels in post-lactational rats
Johns JM, McMurray MS, Joyner PW, Jarrett TM, Williams SK, Cox ET, Black MA, Middleton CL, Walker CH.
Psychopharmacology 211(2): 175-85
2009
Simultaneous prenatal ethanol and nicotine exposure affect ethanol consumption, ethanol preference and oxytocin receptor binding in adolescent and adult rats
Williams SK, Cox ET, McMurray MS, Fay EE, Jarrett TM, Walker CH, Overstreet DH, Johns JM.
Neurotoxicology and teratology 31(5): 291-302
2008
Gestational ethanol and nicotine exposure: effects on maternal behavior, oxytocin, and offspring ethanol intake in the rat
McMurray MS, Williams SK, Jarrett TM, Cox ET, Fay EE, Overstreet DH, Walker CH, Johns JM.
Neurotoxicology and teratology 30(6): 475-86
2008
Intergenerational effects of cocaine on maternal aggressive behavior and brain oxytocin in rat dams
McMurray MS, Joyner PW, Middleton CW, Jarrett TM, Elliott DL, Black MA, Hofler VE, Walker CH, Johns JM.
Stress 11(5): 398-410
2008
Impact of gestational cocaine treatment or prenatal cocaine exposure on early postpartum oxytocin mRNA levels and receptor binding in the rat
McMurray MS, Cox ET, Jarrett TM, Williams SK, Walker CH, Johns JM.
Neuropeptides 42(5-6): 641-52
2007
Cocaine disrupts pup-induced maternal behavior in juvenile and adult rats
Johns JM, McMurray MS, Hofler VE, Jarrett TM, Middleton CL, Elliott DL, Mirza R, Haslup A, Elliott JC, Walker CH.
Neurotoxicology and teratology 29(6): 634-41
2006
Thermoregulatory response to an organophosphate and carbamate insecticide mixture: testing the assumption of dose-additivity
Gordon CJ, Herr DW, Gennings C, Graff JE, McMurray M, Stork L, Coffey T, Hamm A, Mack CM.
Toxicology 217(1): 1-13
2006
Cocaine treatment alters oxytocin receptor binding but not mRNA production in postpartum rat dams
Jarrett TM, McMurray MS, Walker CH, Johns JM.
Neuropeptides 40(3): 161-7
2005
Cocaine treatment and prenatal environment interact to disrupt intergenerational maternal behavior in rats
Johns JM, Elliott DL, Hofler VE, Joyner PW, McMurray MS, Jarrett TM, Haslup AM, Middleton CL, Elliott JC, Walker CH.
Behavioral neuroscience 119(6): 1605-18
2005
The effects of dopaminergic/serotonergic reuptake inhibition on maternal behavior, maternal aggression, and oxytocin in the rat
Johns JM, Joyner PW, McMurray MS, Elliott DL, Hofler VE, Middleton CL, Knupp K, Greenhill KW, Lomas LM, Walker CH.
Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior 81(4): 769-85
2004
Gestational treatment with cocaine and fluoxetine alters oxytocin receptor number and binding affinity in lactating rat dams.
Johns JM, Lubin DA, Walker CH, Joyner P, Middleton C, Hofler V, McMurray M.
International journal of developmental neuroscience 22(5-6): 321-8