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McMurray MS, Conway SM, Roitman JD (2017) Brain stimulation reward supports more consistent and accurate rodent decision-making than food reward. eNeuro 4(2): e0015-17.2017.
Amodeo LR, Jacobs-Brichford E, McMurray MS, Roitman JD (2017) Acute and long-term effects of adolescent methylphenidate on decision-making and dopamine receptor mRNA expression in the orbitofrontal cortex. Behavioural Brain Research 324: 100-108.
Ho EV, Klenotich SJ, McMurray MS, Dulawa SC (in press) Activity-based anorexia alters the expression of BDNF transcripts in the mesocorticolimbic reward circuit. PLoS ONE 11(11):e0166756.
Amodeo LR, McMurray MS, Roitman JD (2016) Orbitofrontal cortex reflects changes in response-outcome contingencies during probabilistic reversal learning. Neuroscience [epub ahead of print].
McMurray MS, Amodeo LR, Roitman JD (2016) Consequences of adolescent ethanol consumption on risk preference and orbitofrontal cortex encoding of reward. Neuropsychopharmacology 41: 1366–1375.
Klenotich SJ, Ho EV, McMurray MS, Server CH, Dulawa SC (2015) Dopamine D2/3 receptor antagonism reduces activity-based anorexia. Translational Psychiatry 5: e613.
McMurray MS, Oguz I, Rumple AM, Paniagua B, Styner MA, Johns JM (2014) Effects of prenatal cocaine exposure on early postnatal rodent brain structure and diffusion properties. Neurotoxicology and Teratology 47: 80-88.
Cox-Lippard ET, Jarett TM, McMurray MS, Zeskind PS, Garber KA, Zoghby CR, Glaze K, Tate W, Johns JM (2014) Early postpartum pup preference is altered by gestational cocaine treatment: associations with infant cues and oxytocin expression in the MPOA. Behavioral Brain Research 278: 176–185.
Zeskind PS, McMurray MS, Cox-Lippard ET, Grewen KM, Garber KA, Johns JM (2014) Translational Effects of Prenatal Cocaine Exposure on Human Infant Cries and Rat Pup Vocalizations. PLoS ONE 9(10): e110349.
McMurray MS, Amodeo LR, Roitman JD (2014) Effects of Voluntary Alcohol Intake on Risk Preference and Behavioral Flexibility during Rat Adolescence. PLoS ONE 9(7): e100697.
McMurray MS, Zeskind PS, Meiners SM, Garber KA, Tien H, Johns JM (2013) Effect of prenatal cocaine on early postnatal thermoregulation and ultrasonic vocalization production. Frontiers in Psychology 4: 882.
Rumple A, McMurray M, Johns J, Lauder J, Makam P, Radcliffe M, Oguz I (2013) 3-Dimensional Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI) Atlas of the Rat Brain. PLoS ONE 8(7): e67334.
McMurray MS, Hubbard DK (2013) A novel device for the calibration of sonic and ultrasonic recording transducers. Journal of Neuroscience Methods 217(1-2): 39-43.
Klenotich SJ, Seiglie MP, McMurray MS, Roitman JD, Grange D, Dugad P, Dulawa SC (2012) Olanzapine but not fluoxetine treatment increases survival in activity-based anorexia in mice. Neuropsychopharmacology 37(7): 1620-31.
Cai Y, McMurray MS, Lin W, Oguz I, Yuan H, Johns JM, An H (2011) Use of high resolution 3D Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) to study brain development in neonatal rats. Frontiers in Psychiatry 2: 54.
Cox ET, Jarrett TM, McMurray MS, Greenhill K, Hofler VA, Williams SK, Joyner PW, Middleton CL, Walker CH, Johns JM (2011) Combined norepinephrine / serotonergic reuptake inhibition: effects on maternal behavior aggression and oxytocin in the rat. Frontiers in Psychiatry 2: 34.
Oguz I, Lee J, Budin F, Rumple A, McMurray M, Ehlers C, Crews F, Johns J, Styner M (2011) Automatic skull-stripping of rat MRI/DTI scans and atlas building. Proceedings of the Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers 7962: 7962251-7962257.
Johns JM, McMurray MS, Joyner PW, Jarrett TM, Williams SK, Cox ET, Black MA, Middleton CL, Walker CH (2010) Effects of chronic and intermittent cocaine treatment on dominance aggression and oxytocin levels in post-lactational rats. Psychopharmacology (Berl) 211(2): 175-85.
Williams SK, Cox ET, McMurray MS, Fay EE, Jarrett TM, Walker CH, Overstreet DH, Johns JM (2009) Simultaneous prenatal ethanol and nicotine exposure affect ethanol consumption ethanol preference and oxytocin receptor binding in adolescent and adult rats. Neurotoxicology and Teratology 31(5): 291–302.
McMurray MS, Williams SK, Jarrett TM, Cox ET, Fay EE, Overstreet DH, Walker CH, Johns JM (2008) Gestational ethanol and nicotine exposure: effects on maternal behavior, oxytocin, and offspring ethanol intake in the rat. Neurotoxicology and Teratology 30(6): 475-86.
McMurray MS, Joyner PW, Middleton CW, Jarrett T M, Elliott DL, Black MA, Hofler VE, Walker CH, Johns JM (2008) Intergenerational effects of cocaine treatment and rearing environment on aggressive behavior and oxytocin in rats. Stress 11(5): 398-410.
McMurray MS, Cox ET, Jarrett TM, Williams SK, Walker CH, Johns JM (2008) Impact of gestational cocaine treatment or prenatal cocaine exposure on early postpartum oxytocin mRNA levels and receptor binding in the rat. Neuropeptides 42(5-6): 641-52.
Johns JM, McMurray MS, Hofler VE, Jarrett TM, Middleton CL, Elliott DL, Mirza R, Haslup A, Elliott JC, Walker CH (2007) Cocaine disrupts pup-induced maternal behavior in juvenile and adult rats. Neurotoxicology and Teratology 29(6): 634-641.
Jarrett TM, McMurray MS, Walker CH, Johns JM (2006) Cocaine treatment alters oxytocin mRNA production and receptor binding in postpartum rat dams. Neuropeptides 40(3): 161-167.
Gordon CJ, Herr DW, Gennings C, Graff JE, McMurray M, Stork L, Coffey T, Hamm A, Mack CM (2006) Thermoregulatory response to an organophosphate and carbamate insecticide mixture: testing the assumption of dose-additivity. Toxicology 217: 1-13.
Johns JM, Joyner PW, McMurray MS, Elliot DA, Hofler VE, Knupp K, Greenhill KW, Walker CH (2005) The effects of combined dopaminergic / serotonergic reuptake inhibition on maternal behavior maternal aggression and oxytocin in the rat. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior 81(4): 769-785.
Johns JM, Elliott DL Hofler VE, Joyner PW, McMurray MS, Jarrett T M, Haslup AM, Middleton CL, Eliott JC, Walker CH (2005) Cocaine treatment and prenatal environment interact to disrupt intergenerational maternal behavior in rats. Behavioral Neuroscience 119(6): 1605-1618.
Johns JM, Lubin DA, Walker CH, Joyner PW, Middleton CL, Hofler VE, McMurray MS (2004) Gestational treatment with cocaine and fluoxetine alters oxytocin receptor number and binding affinity in lactating rat dams. International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience 22: 321-328.

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