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Publications: DR Paul Faulkner

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Faulkner P, Knudsen GM, Frokjaer VG, Erritzoe D ( 2025 ) . Cigarette smoking is associated with levels of the serotonin transporter in the brain: a [11C]DASB PET Study . The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology vol. 28 , ( 5 )
Faulkner P, Gibson EL, Dyall SC ( 2025 ) . Long-chain omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids are associated with brain connectivity and mood in young adults with subthreshold depression: A preliminary study . Prostaglandins Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids vol. 204 ,
Faulkner P, Allen P, Costabile A, Schoemaker MH, Imakulata F, Hepsomali P ( 2024 ) . Greater resting state functional connectivity of the medial prefrontal cortex with the thalamus, caudate, and putamen in individuals who adhere to the Mediterranean style diets . European Journal of Nutrition vol. 64 , ( 1 )
Faulkner P, Costabile A, Imakulata F, Pandey N, Hepsomali P ( 2024 ) . A preliminary examination of gut microbiota and emotion regulation in 2- to 6-year-old children . Frontiers in Developmental Psychology vol. 2 ,
Sandrini M, Rota M, Kamboj S, Allen P, Faulkner P ( 2024 ) . Using non-invasive brain stimulation to alleviate emotion dysregulation and aid smoking cessation: a concurrent tdcs-fmri study . Neuroscience Applied vol. 3 ,
Candow DG, Forbes SC, Ostojic SM, Prokopidis K, Stock MS, Harmon KK, Faulkner P ( 2023 ) . Correction to: “Heads Up” for Creatine Supplementation and its Potential Applications for Brain Health and Function . Sports Medicine vol. 54 , ( 1 ) 235 - 236 .
Candow DG, Forbes SC, Ostojic SM, Prokopidis K, Stock MS, Harmon KK, Faulkner P ( 2023 ) . “Heads Up” for Creatine Supplementation and its Potential Applications for Brain Health and Function . Sports Medicine vol. 53 , ( Suppl 1 ) 49 - 65 .
Faulkner P, Rota M, Sandrini M, Kamboj S, Allen P ( 2023 ) . Alleviating emotion dysregulation via non-invasive brain stimulation in nicotine and tobacco addiction: a concurrent tDCS-fMRI study . Neuroscience Applied vol. 2 ,
Faulkner P, Costabile A, Bayindir A, Hepsomali P ( 2023 ) . The associations between the gut microbiome and emotion regulation in 2–6-year-olds . Neuroscience Applied vol. 2 ,
Childs‐Fegredo J, Fontana E, Moran M, Faulkner P ( 2022 ) . Yoga‐integrated psychotherapy for emotion dysregulation: A pilot study . Counselling and Psychotherapy Research vol. 23 , ( 3 ) 638 - 652 .
Daniju Y, Faulkner P, Brandt K, Allen P ( 2022 ) . Prefrontal cortex and putamen grey matter alterations in cannabis and tobacco users . Journal of Psychopharmacology vol. 36 , ( 12 ) 1315 - 1323 .
Faulkner P, Machon S, Brown C, Sandrini M, Kamboj S, Allen P ( 2022 ) . Cigarette smoking is associated with difficulties in the use of reappraisal for emotion regulation . Drug and Alcohol Dependence vol. 234 ,
Faulkner P, Paioni SL, Kozhuharova P, Orlov N, Lythgoe DJ, Daniju Y, Morgenroth E, Barker H et al. ( 2021 ) . Relationship between depression, prefrontal creatine and grey matter volume . Journal of Psychopharmacology vol. 35 , ( 12 ) 1464 - 1472 .
Brown CRH, Faulkner P ( 2021 ) . Smokers’ Affective Responses to COVID-19-Related Health Warnings on Cigarette Packets: The Influence of Delay Discounting . Nicotine & Tobacco Research vol. 25 , ( 2 ) 221 - 227 .
Charpentier CJ, Faulkner P, Pool ER, Ly V, Tollenaar MS, Kluen LM, Fransen A, Yamamori Y et al. ( 2021 ) . How representative are neuroimaging samples? Large-scale evidence for trait anxiety differences between fMRI and behaviour-only research participants . Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience vol. 16 , ( 10 ) 1057 - 1070 .
Diaz MP, Pochon J-B, Ghahremani DG, Dean AC, Faulkner P, Petersen N, Tyndale RF, Donis A et al. ( 2021 ) . Sex Differences in the Association of Cigarette Craving With Insula Structure . The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology vol. 24 , ( 8 ) 624 - 633 .
Faulkner P, Huys QJM, Renz D, Eshel N, Pilling S, Dayan P, Roiser JP ( 2021 ) . A comparison of ‘pruning’ during multi-step planning in depressed and healthy individuals . Psychological Medicine vol. 52 , ( 16 ) 3948 - 3956 .
Faulkner P, Paioni SL, Kozhuharova P, Orlov N, Lythgoe DJ, Daniju Y, Morgenroth E, Barker H et al. ( 2020 ) . Daily and intermittent smoking are associated with low prefrontal volume and low concentrations of prefrontal glutamate, creatine, myo‐inositol, and N‐acetylaspartate . Addiction Biology vol. 26 , ( 4 )
Faulkner P, Dean AC, Ghahremani DG, London ED ( 2020 ) . Neural Basis of Smoking-Related Difficulties in Emotion Regulation . The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology vol. 23 , ( 7 ) 409 - 416 .
Faulkner P, Ghahremani DG, Tyndale RF, Paterson NE, Cox C, Ginder N, Hellemann G, London ED ( 2018 ) . Neural basis of smoking‐induced relief of craving and negative affect: Contribution of nicotine . Addiction Biology vol. 24 , ( 5 ) 1087 - 1095 .
Faulkner P, Ghahremani DG, Tyndale RF, Hellemann G, London ED ( 2018 ) . Functional Connectivity of the Raphe Nuclei: Link to Tobacco Withdrawal in Smokers . The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology vol. 21 , ( 9 ) 800 - 808 .
Ghahremani DG, Faulkner P, M. Cox C, London ED ( 2018 ) . Behavioral and neural markers of cigarette-craving regulation in young-adult smokers during abstinence and after smoking . Neuropsychopharmacology vol. 43 , ( 7 ) 1616 - 1622 .
Faulkner P, Petersen N, Ghahremani DG, Cox CM, Tyndale RF, Hellemann GS, London ED ( 2017 ) . Sex differences in tobacco withdrawal and responses to smoking reduced-nicotine cigarettes in young smokers . Psychopharmacology vol. 235 , ( 1 ) 193 - 202 .
Lally N, Huys QJM, Eshel N, Faulkner P, Dayan P, Roiser JP ( 2017 ) . The Neural Basis of Aversive Pavlovian Guidance during Planning . Journal of Neuroscience vol. 37 , ( 42 ) 10215 - 10229 .
Selvaraj S, Walker C, Arnone D, Cao B, Faulkner P, Cowen PJ, Roiser JP, Howes O ( 2017 ) . Effect of Citalopram on Emotion Processing in Humans: A Combined 5-HT1A [11C]CUMI-101 PET and Functional MRI Study . Neuropsychopharmacology vol. 43 , ( 3 ) 655 - 664 .
Faulkner P, Ghahremani DG, Tyndale RF, Cox CM, Kazanjian AS, Paterson N, Lotfipour S, Hellemann GS et al. ( 2017 ) . Reduced-Nicotine Cigarettes in Young Smokers: Impact of Nicotine Metabolism on Nicotine Dose Effects . Neuropsychopharmacology vol. 42 , ( 8 ) 1610 - 1618 .
Faulkner P, Mancinelli F, Lockwood PL, Matarin M, Dolan RJ, Wood NW, Dayan P, Roiser JP ( 2017 ) . Peripheral serotonin 1B receptor transcription predicts the effect of acute tryptophan depletion on risky decision-making . International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology vol. 20 , ( 1 ) 58 - 66 .
Faulkner P, Mancinelli F, Lockwood PL, Matarin M, Dolan RJ, Wood NW, Dayan P, Roiser JP ( 2016 ) . Peripheral Serotonin 1B Receptor Transcription Predicts the Effect of Acute Tryptophan Depletion on Risky Decision-Making . The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology vol. 20 , ( 1 ) 58 - 66 .
Huys QJM, Lally N, Faulkner P, Eshel N, Seifritz E, Gershman SJ, Dayan P, Roiser JP ( 2015 ) . Interplay of approximate planning strategies . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America vol. 112 , ( 10 ) 3098 - 3103 .
Faulkner P, Deakin JFW ( 2014 ) . The role of serotonin in reward, punishment and behavioural inhibition in humans: Insights from studies with acute tryptophan depletion . Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews vol. 46 , 365 - 378 .
Garrett N, Sharot T, Faulkner P, Korn CW, Roiser JP, Dolan RJ ( 2014 ) . Losing the rose tinted glasses: neural substrates of unbiased belief updating in depression . Frontiers in Human Neuroscience vol. 8 ,
Selvaraj S, Mouchlianitis E, Faulkner P, Turkheimer F, Cowen PJ, Roiser JP, Howes O ( 2014 ) . Presynaptic Serotoninergic Regulation of Emotional Processing: A Multimodal Brain Imaging Study . Biological Psychiatry vol. 78 , ( 8 ) 563 - 571 .
Faulkner P, Selvaraj S, Pine A, Howes OD, Roiser JP ( 2014 ) . The relationship between reward and punishment processing and the 5-HT1A receptor as shown by PET . Psychopharmacology vol. 231 , ( 13 ) 2579 - 2586 .
Selvaraj S, Faulkner P, Mouchlianitis E, Roiser JP, Howes O ( 2012 ) . Effects of citalopram on serotonin neurotransmission . Molecular Psychiatry vol. 17 , ( 12 ) 1143 - 1143 .
Selvaraj S, Turkheimer F, Faulkner P, Mouchlianitis E, Roiser JP, McGuire P, Cowen PJ, Howes O ( 2012 ) . P.1.e.004 Brain serotonin neurotransmission and affect regulation in humans: a positron emission tomography study . European Neuropsychopharmacology vol. 22 , s193 - s194 .
Selvaraj S, Turkheimer F, Rosso L, Faulkner P, Mouchlianitis E, Roiser JP, McGuire P, Cowen PJ et al. ( 2012 ) . Measuring endogenous changes in serotonergic neurotransmission in humans: a [11C]CUMI-101 PET challenge study . Molecular Psychiatry vol. 17 , ( 12 ) 1254 - 1260 .
Selvaraj S, Faulkner P, Mouchlianitis E, Turkheimer F, Rosso L, Roiser JP, Cowen PJ, Howes O ( 2012 ) . P-800 - How do antidepressants work? A Positron Emission Tomography (PET) study of brain serotonin levels and affect regulation . European Psychiatry vol. 27 ,
Faulkner P, Huys QJM, Renz D, Eshel N, Pilling S, Dayan P, Roiser JP . A Comparison of ‘Pruning’ During Multi-Step Planning in Depressed and Healthy Individuals .
Faulkner P, Machon S, Brown CRH, Sandrini M, Kamboj S, Allen P . Cigarette Smoking is Associated with Difficulties in the Use of Reappraisal for Emotion Regulation .
Faulkner P, Paioni SL, Kozhuharova P, Orlov N, Lythgoe DJ, Daniju Y, Morgenroth E, Barker H et al. . Daily and Intermittent Smoking Decrease Gray Matter Volume and Concentrations of Glutamate, Creatine, Myo-Inositol and N-acetylaspartate in the Prefrontal Cortex .
Charpentier CJ, Faulkner P, pool E, Ly V, Tollenaar M, Kluen LM, Fransen A, Yamamori Y et al. . How representative are neuroimaging samples? Large-scale evidence for trait anxiety differences between fMRI and behaviour-only research participants .
Faulkner P, Paioni SL, Kozhuharova P, Orlov N, Lythgoe DJ, Daniju Y, Morgenroth E, Barker H et al. . Relationship Between Depression, Prefrontal Creatine and Gray Matter Volume .
Brown CRH, Faulkner P . Smokers’ Affective Responses to COVID-19-Related Health Warnings on Cigarette Packets: The Influence of Delay Discounting .
Childs-Fegredo J, Fontana E, Moran ME, Faulkner P . Yoga-integrated psychotherapy for emotion dysregulation: A pilot study .
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