Cole, S., & McNally, G.P. (2009). Complementary roles for amygdala and periaqueductal gray in temporal difference fear learning. Learning & Memory, in press.

Garfield, J.B.B., & McNally, G.P. (2008). Effects of FG7142 on overexpectation of Pavlovian fear conditioning. Behavioral Neuroscience, in press.

Bradfield, L., & McNally, G.P. (2008). Unblocking in Pavlovian fear conditioning. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes, 34, 256 - 265. PDF

McNally, G.P., Augustyn, K., & Richardson, R. (2008). GABAA receptors determine the temporal dynamics of memory retention. Learning & Memory, 15, 106-111. PDF

Hamlin, A.S., Clemens, K.J., & McNally, G.P. (2008). Renewal of extinguished cocaine-seeking. Neuroscience, 151, 659-670. PDF

Cole, S., & McNally, G.P. (2007). Temporal difference prediction errors and Pavlovian fear conditioning: Role of NMDA and opioid receptors. Behavioral Neuroscience, 121, 1043-1052. PDF

See also Commentary by Lattal & Bernardi.

Hamlin, A.S., McNally, G.P., & Osborne, P.B. (2007). Induction of c-Fos and zif268 in the nociceptive amygdala parallel abstinence hyperalgesia in rats briefly exposed to morphine. Neuropharmacology, 53, 330 - 343. PDF

 Tang, H.Y., McNally, G.P., & Richardson, R. (2007). The effects of FG7142 on two types of forgetting in 18 day old rats. Behavioral Neuroscience, 121, 1421-1425. PDF

Cole, S., & McNally, G.P. (2007). Opioid receptors mediate direct predictive fear learning: Evidence from one-trial blocking. Learning & Memory, 14, 229-235. PDF

Hamlin, A.S., Newby, J., & McNally, G.P. (2007). The neural correlates and role of D1 dopamine receptors in the renewal of extinguished alcohol-seeking. Neuroscience, 146, 525-536. PDF

Blatchford, K.E., Choi, E.A., & McNally, G.P. (2006). Altered responsiveness to corticotropin-releasing factor in rats with a history of opiate exposures. Behavioral Neuroscience, 120, 1169-1174. PDF

Hamlin, A.S., Blatchford. K.E., & McNally, G.P. (2006).  Renewal of an extinguished instrumental response: Neural correlates and the role of D1 dopamine receptors. Neuroscience, 143, 25- 38. PDF

McNally, G.P. & Cole, S. (2006). mu-opioid receptors in the midbrain periaqueductal gray regulate predictive error during Pavlovian fear conditioning. Behavioral Neuroscience, 120, 313-323. PDF

Iordanova, M., McNally, G.P., & Westbrook, R.F. (2006). Opioid receptors in the nucleus accumbens regulate attentional learning in the blocking paradigm. The Journal of Neuroscience, 26, 4036-4045. PDF

McNally, G.P. & Westbrook, R.F. (2006). Predicting danger:  The nature, consequences, and neural mechanisms of predictive fear learning. Learning & Memory, 13, 245-253.PDF

McNally, G.P., & Carrive, P. (2006). A telemetric analysis of autonomic function during the development and recovery from opiate dependence. Physiology & Behavior, 88, 55-60. PDF

Weber, M., McNally, G.P., & Richardson. R. (2006). Opioid receptors regulate retrieval of infant fear memories: Effects of naloxone on infantile amnesia. Behavioral Neuroscience, 120, 702-709. PDF

Kim, J., McNally, G.P., & Richardson, R. (2006). Recovery of fear memory in rats: Role of GABA in infantile amnesia. Behavioral Neuroscience, 120, 40-48. PDF

See also Commentary in  APA Monitor on Psychology.   

McNally, G.P., & Westbrook, R.F. (2006). A short intertrial interval facilitates acquisition of context-conditioned fear and a short retention interval facilitates its expression. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes, 32, 164-172. PDF

Blatchford, K.E., Diamond, K., Westbrook, R.F., & McNally, G.P. (2005).  Increased vulnerability to stress following opiate exposures: Behavioural and autonomic correlates. Behavioral Neuroscience, 119, 1034-1041. PDF

See also Commentary by  APA

McNally, G.P., Lee, B., Chiem, J.Y., & Choi, E.A. (2005). The midbrain periaqueductal gray and fear extinction. Opioid receptor subtype and roles of cAMP, protein kinase A, and mitogen-activated protein kinase. Behavioral Neuroscience, 119, 1023-1033. PDF

McNally, G.P., & Lam, S. (2005). Altered vulnerability to acute opiate withdrawal following stress:  Role for N-methyl-d-aspartate and glucocorticoid receptors. Behavioural Neuroscience, 119, 1215-1221. PDF

McNally, G.P. (2005). Facilitation of fear extinction by midbrain periaqueductal gray infusions of RB101(S), an inhibitor of enkephalin catabolizing enzymes. Behavioral Neuroscience, 119, 1672-1677. PDF

McNally, G.P., Pigg, M., & Weidemann, G. (2004). Blocking, unblocking, and overexpectation of fear: Opioid receptors regulate Pavlovian association formation. Behavioral Neuroscience, 118, 111-120. PDF

McNally, G.P., Pigg, M., & Weidemann, G. (2004). Opioid receptors in the midbrain periaqueductal gray matter regulate the extinction of Pavlovian fear conditioning. The Journal of Neuroscience, 24, 6912-6919. PDF

Richardson, R., & McNally, G.P. (2003).  Effects of an odor paired with illness on freezing analgesia, and startle in rats. Physiology & Behavior, 78, 213-219. PDF

McNally, G.P., & Westbrook, R.F. (2003). Temporally-graded, context specific retrograde amnesia and its alleviation by context pre-exposure: Effects of post-conditioning exposures to morphine in the rat. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes, 29, 30-142. PDF

McNally, G.P., & Westbrook, R.F. (2003).  Temporally-graded anterograde deficits in Pavlovian fear conditioning and the role of one-trial overshadowing: Effects of pre-conditioning exposures to morphine. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes, 29, 222-232. PDF

McNally, G.P., & Akil, H.  (2003). Selective down-regulation of hippocampal glucocorticoid receptors during opiate dependence. Molecular Brain Research, 118, 152-155.PDF

McNally, G.P., & Westbrook, R.F. (2003). Opioid receptors regulate the extinction of Pavlovian fear conditioning. Behavioral Neuroscience, 117, 1292-1301. PDF

Westbrook, R.F., Iordanova, M., McNally, G.P., Richardson, R., & Harris, J.A. (2002). Reinstatement of fear by presentations of the US: Two roles of context. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes, 28, 97–110. PDF

McNally, G.P., & Akil, H. (2002). Role of corticotropin-releasing hormone in the amygdala and bed nucleus of the stria terminalis in the behavioral, pain modulatory and endocrine consequences of opiate withdrawal.  Neuroscience, 112, 605 – 617. PDF

McNally, G.P. & Akil, H.  (2002). Opioid peptides and their receptors. In: K. Davis, D. Charney, J.T. Coyle, and C. Nemeroff, (Eds) Neuropsychopharmacology: Fifth generation of  progress (pp. 35 – 46).  New York: Lippincott, Williams, & Wilkins. PDF

McNally, G.P., & Akil, H. (2001). Effects of contextual or olfactory cues previously paired with morphine withdrawal on behavior and pain sensitivity in the rat. Psychopharmacology, 156, 381-387. PDF

McNally, G. P., & Westbrook, R. F. (2000). Acute exposure to saccharin reduces morphine analgesia in the rat: Evidence for involvement of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors and peripheral opioid receptors. Psychopharmacology, 149, 56-62. PDF

McNally, G. P., Johnston, I. N. & Westbrook, R. F. (2000). A peripheral, intracerebral, or intrathecal administration of an opioid receptor antagonist blocks illness-induced hyperalgesia in rats. Behavioral Neuroscience, 114, 1183-1190. PDF

McNally, G. P., Gorrisen, M. C., Low, L. F., & Westbrook, R. F. (1999). Effects of contextual cues paired with footshock or illness on behavior and pain sensitivity in the rat. Animal Learning & Behavior, 27, 416-425. PDF

McNally, G.P. (1999). Pain facilitatory circuits in the mammalian central nervous system: Their behavioral significance and role in associative morphine analgesic tolerance.  Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 23, 1059-1078. PDF

 McNally, G. P., & Westbrook, R. F. (1998).  Effects of systemic, intracerebral or intrathecal administration of an N-Methyl- d- Aspartate antagonist on associative morphine analgesic tolerance and hyperalgesia in rats.  Behavioral Neuroscience, 12, 966-978. PDF