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Francesco Leri

ResearcherUniversity of Guelph

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Francesco Leri

Researcher

Health Sciences

University of Guelph

Guelph, Ontario, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
17 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 9 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 7 research grants (6 NSERC, 1 CIHR), most recently in 2021.

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Research

Addiction Gene Expression High Fructose Corn Syrup Individual Differences Microarray Obesity Self-Administration

Latest papers

An examination of the interaction between the interoceptive and reinforcing properties of morphine: a self-administration study in male and female rats.
Psychopharmacology · 2026
Polygenic Risk Score Analysis of Antidepressant Treatment Outcomes: A CAN-BIND-1 Study Report: Analyse des résultats du traitement antidépresseur à l’aide des scores de risque polygéniques : Rapport sur l’étude CAN-BIND-1
Canadian Journal of Psychiatry · 2025
Role of the dopamine D3 receptor in the core and shell of the nucleus accumbens in conditioned modulation of memory consolidation.
Neuropharmacology · 2025 · senior author

All 95 publications

Latest funding

Psychobiology of conditioned memory modulation
NSERC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$160,000
Are all reinforcers the same? A memory consolidation perspective
NSERC · 2015 · Principal investigator
$165,000
Food addiction: studies of bio-behavioural links between nutrition and obesity
CIHR · 2013 · Nominated PI
$99,996

All 8 grants and awards

95 publications.

An examination of the interaction between the interoceptive and reinforcing properties of morphine: a self-administration study in male and female rats.

Andrade AK, Renda B, Stone AP, Sharivker M, Karlovcec JM, El Azali R, Leri F, Barrett ST, Murray JE

Psychopharmacology2026

DOI: 10.1007/s00213-025-07000-9 PMID: 41545584

Polygenic Risk Score Analysis of Antidepressant Treatment Outcomes: A CAN-BIND-1 Study Report: Analyse des résultats du traitement antidépresseur à l’aide des scores de risque polygéniques : Rapport sur l’étude CAN-BIND-1

Magarbeh L, Elsheikh SSM, Islam F, Marshe VS, Men X, Tavakoli E, Kronenbuerger M, Kloiber S, Frey BN, Milev R

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry20252 citations

DOI: 10.1177/07067437251329073

Role of the dopamine D3 receptor in the core and shell of the nucleus accumbens in conditioned modulation of memory consolidation.

Lapointe T, Baidoo N, Renda B, Leri F

Neuropharmacology2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2025.110651 PMID: 40854474

Memory enhancement by unconditioned and conditioned heroin withdrawal: Role of corticotropin-releasing factor in the central amygdala.

Baidoo N, Shaver A, Ginson B, Castellani J, Lapointe T, Wolter M, Leri F

Neuropharmacology2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2025.110341 PMID: 39923961

Influence of CYP2C19, CYP2D6, and ABCB1 Gene Variants and Serum Levels of Escitalopram and Aripiprazole on Treatment-Emergent Sexual Dysfunction: A Canadian Biomarker Integration Network in Depression 1 (CAN-BIND 1) Study

Islam F, Magarbeh L, Elsheikh SSM, Kloiber S, Espinola CW, Bhat V, Frey BN, Milev R, Soares CN, Parikh SV

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry20248 citations

DOI: 10.1177/07067437231203433

Integrative Genetic Variation, DNA Methylation, and Gene Expression Analysis of Escitalopram and Aripiprazole Treatment Outcomes in Depression: A CAN-BIND-1 Study

Islam F, Lisoway A, Oh ES, Fiori LM, Magarbeh L, Elsheikh SSM, Kim HK, Kloiber S, Kennedy JL, Frey BN

Pharmacopsychiatry20244 citations

DOI: 10.1055/a-2313-9979

The anxiogenic drug yohimbine is a reinforcer in male and female rats.

Renda B, Leri F

Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1038/s41386-024-01985-1 PMID: 39289489

Adolescent restraint stress enhances adult nicotine reinforcement in male and female rats.

Renda B, Andrade AK, Wylie IR, Stone AP, Antenos M, Leri F, Murray JE

Psychoneuroendocrinology2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2023.106927 PMID: 38113767

ABCB1 Gene Variants and Antidepressant Treatment Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis Including Results from the CAN‐BIND‐1 Study

Magarbeh L, Hassel C, Choi M, Islam F, Marshe VS, Zai CC, Zuberi R, Gammal RS, Men X, Scherf‐Clavel M

Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics202318 citations

DOI: 10.1002/cpt.2854

Enhancement of memory consolidation by an avoidance conditioned stimulus: Modulation by the D3 receptor.

Lapointe T, Francis T, Doray K, Leri F

Neuropharmacology2023Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2023.109572 PMID: 37149214

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Francesco Leri

Research

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An examination of the interaction between the interoceptive and reinforcing properties of morphine: a self-administration study in male and female rats.

Polygenic Risk Score Analysis of Antidepressant Treatment Outcomes: A CAN-BIND-1 Study Report: Analyse des résultats du traitement antidépresseur à l’aide des scores de risque polygéniques : Rapport sur l’étude CAN-BIND-1

Role of the dopamine D3 receptor in the core and shell of the nucleus accumbens in conditioned modulation of memory consolidation.

Memory enhancement by unconditioned and conditioned heroin withdrawal: Role of corticotropin-releasing factor in the central amygdala.

Influence of CYP2C19, CYP2D6, and ABCB1 Gene Variants and Serum Levels of Escitalopram and Aripiprazole on Treatment-Emergent Sexual Dysfunction: A Canadian Biomarker Integration Network in Depression 1 (CAN-BIND 1) Study

Integrative Genetic Variation, DNA Methylation, and Gene Expression Analysis of Escitalopram and Aripiprazole Treatment Outcomes in Depression: A CAN-BIND-1 Study

The anxiogenic drug yohimbine is a reinforcer in male and female rats.

Adolescent restraint stress enhances adult nicotine reinforcement in male and female rats.

ABCB1 Gene Variants and Antidepressant Treatment Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis Including Results from the CAN‐BIND‐1 Study

Enhancement of memory consolidation by an avoidance conditioned stimulus: Modulation by the D3 receptor.

Psychobiology of conditioned memory modulation

Are all reinforcers the same? A memory consolidation perspective

Food addiction: studies of bio-behavioural links between nutrition and obesity

Neuropsychopharmacology of response reacquisition

Neuropsychopharmacology of response reacquisition

Neural basis of acquistion.extinction and reacquistion of heroin-seeking behaviour

Using SELDI for proteomic analysis in animal science

Understanding the process of relapse to drug use: the role of multiple memory systems in the reacquisition of heroin self-administration in rats

Frequent collaborators

Gustavo Turecki

Benicio Frey

Pierre Blier

Jane Foster

Roumen Milev

Rudolf Uher

Faranak Farzan

Peter Giacobbe

Valerie Taylor

Stefan Kloiber

Linda Parker

Fidel Vila-Rodriguez

Zahinoor Ismail

Vincenzo Di Marzo

Luciano Minuzzi

Jonathan Downar

Geoffrey Hall

Naguib Mechawar

Venkat Bhat

Antonio Zadra

Kathrin Tyryshkin

Brendan Carmichael