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Mr Nicholas Everett
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M02F - 88 Mallett Street - Building F
The University of Sydney
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Member of The Centre for Drug Discovery Innovation
Member of the Brain and Mind Centre
Research Themes
- Neurobiology of methamphetamine and opioid addiction
- Neurobiology of social behaviour
- Novel pharmacotherapies for substance use disorders
- Translatable biomarkers of substance use disorders
- Oxytocin
- Psychedelics
- Animal models of substance use disorders and social deficits
- In vivo neuroimaging (fibre photometry)
- Viral-mediated neural manipulations (CRISPR-Cas9; DREADDs; Optogenetics)
For a list of potential topics for interested students, please email me.
Postgraduate Supervision - Completed
- Joel Raymond, PhD. The University of Sydney. The Social and Sleep Share a Two-way Sheet: Investigating the Reciprocal Dynamics Between Sleep, Social Behaviour, and Oxytocin. 2019-2023.
- Rhianne Scicluna, PhD.The University of Sydney.Novel Pharmacotherapeutics for Opioid Addiction. 2019-2023.
- Harry Carey, Masters of Research.The University of Sydney.DeepSlice: a deep neural network for rapid fully automatic registration of histological images to the Allen Mouse Brain Atlas. 2021-2022.
- Tylah Doolan, Master of Brain and Mind Sciences. The University of Sydney.2021.
Postgraduate Supervision- Current
- Tylah Doolan, PhD. The University of Sydney. 2022-2026.
- Isabella Courtney, Master of Brain and Mind Sciences. The University of Sydney. 2023.
Undergraduate supervision - completed
- Alex Athanasopoulos. The University of Sydney. Targeting the Oxytocin System to Promote Preference for Social Interaction over Alcohol Consumption in Rats. 2023.
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Timothy Hill. Macquarie University. The effects of the melanocortin-4
receptor agonist bremelanotide on methamphetamine self-administration andreinstatement in male rats. 2018.
- International Behavioral Neuroscience Society (IBNS) - Executive Committee (ECR Rep)
- European Behavioral Pharmacology Society (EBPS)
- Biological Psychiatry Australia (BPA)
- Addiction Neuroscience Australia (ANA) - Founder
- World Congress on Neurohypophyseal Hormones (WCNH)
- Hypothalamic Neuroscience and Neuroendocrinology Australasia (HNNA)
Prizes/Honours
- Doris McIlwain Prize for Excellence in Psychology Research 2022
- Vice-Chancellor's Commendation for Academic Excellence 2021
- Lab Hero (Highly Commended), HelloBio, 2021
- Best Publication, Biological Psychiatry Australia, 2021
- Excellence in Higher Degree Research Award (University level), Macquarie University, 2020
- Excellence in Higher Degree Research Award (Faculty level), Macquarie University, 2019
- Best Abstract, Biological Psychiatry Australia, 2019
Notable presentations
- Chair of opening Symposium at European Behavioral Pharmacology Society, 2023
- Keynote representing the Brain and Mind Centre at the USyd Multi-disciplinary Institute showcase, 2023
- Chair of symposium on novel addiction medications at Biologicla Psychiatry, 2023
- Invited symposium presentation on oxytocin-based addiction medications at Society for Neuroscience, 2022
- Invited to Gordon Research Conference on Neurobiology of Addiction, 2022
Learning, Neuroscience
(Rutgers University) Dr Morgan James - Academic research collaborator. Novel models of substance use disorders. |
Project title | Research student |
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Exploring the therapeutic potential of psilocybin in methamphetamine addiction | Alex ATHANASOPOULOS |
Novel approaches for targeting the oxytocin system to treat methamphetamine addiction | Tylah DOOLAN |
Publications
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Journals
- Raymond, J., Rehn, S., James, M., Everett, N., Bowen, M. (2024). Sex differences in the social motivation of rats: Insights from social operant conditioning, behavioural economics, and video tracking. Biology of Sex Differences, 15(1). [More Information]
- Carey, H., Pegios, M., Martin, L., Saleeba, C., Turner, A., Everett, N., Bjerke, I., Puchades, M., Bjaalie, J., McMullan, S. (2023). DeepSlice: rapid fully automatic registration of mouse brain imaging to a volumetric atlas. Nature Communications, 14(1). [More Information]
- Raymond, J., Everett, N., Gururajan, A., Bowen, M. (2023). Quiet wakefulness: the influence of intraperitoneal and intranasal oxytocin on sleep–wake behavior and neurophysiology in rats. Sleep, 46(7). [More Information]
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2024
- Raymond, J., Rehn, S., James, M., Everett, N., Bowen, M. (2024). Sex differences in the social motivation of rats: Insights from social operant conditioning, behavioural economics, and video tracking. Biology of Sex Differences, 15(1). [More Information]
2023
- Carey, H., Pegios, M., Martin, L., Saleeba, C., Turner, A., Everett, N., Bjerke, I., Puchades, M., Bjaalie, J., McMullan, S. (2023). DeepSlice: rapid fully automatic registration of mouse brain imaging to a volumetric atlas. Nature Communications, 14(1). [More Information]
- Raymond, J., Everett, N., Gururajan, A., Bowen, M. (2023). Quiet wakefulness: the influence of intraperitoneal and intranasal oxytocin on sleep–wake behavior and neurophysiology in rats. Sleep, 46(7). [More Information]
2022
- Umpierrez, L., Costa, P., Michelutti, E., Baracz, S., Sauer, M., Turner, A., Everett, N., Arnold, J., McGregor, I., Cornish, J. (2022). Cannabidiol but not cannabidiolic acid reduces behavioural sensitisation to methamphetamine in rats, at pharmacologically effective doses. Psychopharmacology, 239(5), 1593-1603. [More Information]
- Baracz, S., Robinson, K., Wright, A., Turner, A., McGregor, I., Cornish, J., Everett, N. (2022). Oxytocin as an adolescent treatment for methamphetamine addiction after early life stress in male and female rats. Neuropsychopharmacology, 47(8), 1561-1573. [More Information]
- Webb, P., Hill, T., Everett, N., Thornton, J., Cornish, J., Baracz, S. (2022). The effect of adolescent social isolation on vulnerability for methamphetamine addiction behaviours in female rats. Psychopharmacology, 239(4), 1129-1141. [More Information]
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2021
- Thornton, J., Everett, N., Webb, P., Turner, A., Cornish, J., Baracz, S. (2021). Adolescent oxytocin administration reduces depression-like behaviour induced by early life stress in adult male and female rats. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry, 110, 110279. [More Information]
- Everett, N., Turner, A., Costa, P., Baracz, S., Cornish, J. (2021). The vagus nerve mediates the suppressing effects of peripherally administered oxytocin on methamphetamine self-administration and seeking in rats. Neuropsychopharmacology, 46(2), 297-304. [More Information]
2020
- Everett, N., Baracz, S. (2020). A piriform-orbitofrontal cortex pathway drives relapse to fentanyl-seeking after voluntary abstinence. Journal of Neuroscience, 40(43), 8208-8210. [More Information]
- Green, T., Baracz, S., Everett, N., Robinson, K., Cornish, J. (2020). Differential effects of GABA
A receptor activation in the prelimbic and orbitofrontal cortices on anxiety. Psychopharmacology, 237(11), 3237-3247. [More Information] - Baracz, S., Everett, N., Robinson, K., Campbell, G., Cornish, J. (2020). Maternal separation changes maternal care, anxiety-like behaviour and expression of paraventricular oxytocin and corticotrophin-releasing factor immunoreactivity in lactating rats. Journal of Neuroendocrinology, 32(6). [More Information]
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2019
- Everett, N., Baracz, S., Cornish, J. (2019). Oxytocin treatment in the prelimbic cortex reduces relapse to methamphetamine-seeking and is associated with reduced activity in the rostral nucleus accumbens core. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, 183, 64-71. [More Information]
2018
- Hay, G., Baracz, S., Everett, N., Roberts, J., Costa, P., Arnold, J., McGregor, I., Cornish, J. (2018). Cannabidiol treatment reduces the motivation to self-administer methamphetamine and methamphetamine-primed relapse in rats. Journal of Psychopharmacology, 32(12), 1369-1378. [More Information]
- Everett, N., McGregor, I., Baracz, S., Cornish, J. (2018). The role of the vasopressin V1A receptor in oxytocin modulation of methamphetamine primed reinstatement. Neuropharmacology, 133, 1-11. [More Information]
2016
- Baracz, S., Parker, L., Suraev, A., Everett, N., Goodchild, A., McGregor, I., Cornish, J. (2016). Chronic Methamphetamine Self-Administration Dysregulates Oxytocin Plasma Levels and Oxytocin Receptor Fibre Density in the Nucleus Accumbens Core and Subthalamic Nucleus of the Rat. Journal of Neuroendocrinology, 28(4), 1-13. [More Information]
- Baracz, S., Everett, N., McGregor, I., Cornish, J. (2016). Oxytocin in the nucleus accumbens core reduces reinstatement of methamphetamine-seeking behaviour in rats. Addiction Biology, 21(2), 316-325. [More Information]
2015
- Baracz, S., Everett, N., Cornish, J. (2015). The involvement of oxytocin in the subthalamic nucleus on relapse to methamphetamine-seeking behaviour. PloS One, 10(8), 1-17. [More Information]
Selected Grants
2023
- Developing novel strategies for stimulating the oxytocin system to treat methamphetamine addiction., Everett N, National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)/Investigator Grant
- Developing safe and efficacious non-hallucinogenic 5-HT2A agonists - Psylo Pty Ltd - Nicholas Everett, Everett N, Brain and Mind Centre/Brain and Mind Centre Partnership Grant
2022
- Presenting research at European Behavioral Pharmacology Society Meeting 2023, Everett N, Brain and Mind Centre/Early and Mid-Career Researcher Travel Grant
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Key External Partnerships:
- Kinoxis Therapeutics Pty Ltd
- Boehringer Ingelheim
- Psylo
Key Internal Partnerships:
- A/Prof Michael Bowen