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Sarah Baracz

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  • 118 Citations
  • 7 h-Index
20122018

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Research interests

I am interested in understanding the mechanisms by which oxytocin and oxytocin-like compounds work in the brain to reduce the rewarding effects and abuse potential of licit and illicit drugs. 

I am also interested in how early life trauma can disrupt the oxytocin system and the impact this has on mental health and susceptibility for drug addiction.

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Projects 2016 2018

Does oxytocin treatment in adolescence reverse the negative impact of early life stress on mental health and susceptibility for drug addiction?

Baracz, S. & Cornish, J.

1/01/18 → …

Project: Research

MQRIS Small: Enhancing electrochemical recording techniques in the animal research facility

Cornish, J., Baracz, S., McMullan, S., Goodchild, A., Barron, A. & Hildreth, C.

1/01/18 → 31/12/18

Project: Other

An examination of adolescent oxytocin treatment on reversing the adverse effects of early life trauma on increased susceptibility to abuse methamphetamine in adulthood

Baracz, S.

6/04/16 → 7/02/17

Project: Research

Research Output 2012 2018

  • 118 Citations
  • 7 h-Index
  • 8 Article
  • 1 Review article

The role of the vasopressin V1A receptor in oxytocin modulation of methamphetamine primed reinstatement

Everett, N. A., McGregor, I. S., Baracz, S. J. & Cornish, J. L. 17 Jan 2018 In : Neuropharmacology. p. 1-11 11 p.

Research output: Research - peer-review › Article

Adolescent pre-treatment with oxytocin protects against adult methamphetamine-seeking behavior in female rats

Hicks, C., Cornish, J. L., Baracz, S. J., Suraev, A. & McGregor, I. S. 1 Mar 2016 In : Addiction Biology. 21, 2, p. 304-315 12 p.

Research output: Research - peer-review › Article

Methamphetamine
Oxytocin
Reinforcement Schedule
Self Administration
Therapeutics

Chronic Methamphetamine Self-Administration Dysregulates Oxytocin Plasma Levels and Oxytocin Receptor Fibre Density in the Nucleus Accumbens Core and Subthalamic Nucleus of the Rat

Baracz, S. J., Parker, L. M., Suraev, A. S., Everett, N. A., Goodchild, A. K., Mcgregor, I. S. & Cornish, J. L. Apr 2016 In : Journal of Neuroendocrinology. 28, 4, p. 1-13 13 p., 12337

Research output: Research - peer-review › Article

Oxytocin Receptors
Subthalamic Nucleus
Self Administration
Methamphetamine
Nucleus Accumbens

Oxytocin in the nucleus accumbens core reduces reinstatement of methamphetamine-seeking behaviour in rats

Baracz, S. J., Everett, N. A., McGregor, I. S. & Cornish, J. L. 1 Mar 2016 In : Addiction Biology. 21, 2, p. 316-325 10 p.

Research output: Research - peer-review › Article

Methamphetamine
Nucleus Accumbens
Oxytocin
Oxytocin Receptors
Reward

Regional c-Fos expression induced by peripheral oxytocin administration is prevented by the vasopressin 1A receptor antagonist SR49059

Hicks, C., Ramos, L., Dampney, B., Baracz, S. J., McGregor, I. S. & Hunt, G. E. 1 Oct 2016 In : Brain Research Bulletin. 127, p. 208-218 11 p.

Research output: Research - peer-review › Article

Oxytocin
Oxytocin Receptors
Antidiuretic Hormone Receptor Antagonists
Vasopressin Receptors
Supraoptic Nucleus

Prizes

Early Career Achievement Award

Sarah Baracz (Recipient), Jul 2017

Prize

Press / Media

How childhood trauma changes our hormones, and thus our mental health, into adulthood

Sarah Baracz

17/10/17

1 media contribution

Press / Media: Expert Comment