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Latest papers
Robust effects of food deprivation as a relapse trigger: comparison to other stressors, and investigation of predictive individual traits in male and female rats.
Psychopharmacology · 2026 · senior author
Advancing translational research in binge-eating: Integrating insights from clinical practice into animal models.
Translational psychiatry · 2026
The Role of the Posterior Paraventricular Nucleus of the Thalamus in Food Deprivation-Induced Heroin-Seeking Relapse, in Male and Female Rats.
Addiction biology · 2026 · senior author
Latest funding
- $78,000
The effect of deprivation states on motivation: natural and drug rewards
NSERC · 2023 · Principal investigator
- $596,700
Stress-induced relapse following voluntary abstinence: model characterization and critical neural pathways
CIHR · 2022 · Nominated PI
- $186,000
Hunger and relapse to drug abuse: investigations of common neuromechanisms underlying eating control and drug seeking
NSERC · 2016 · Principal investigator
27 publications.
Robust effects of food deprivation as a relapse trigger: comparison to other stressors, and investigation of predictive individual traits in male and female rats.
Charles J, Borges C, Sylvain E, Quiteshat N, Shalev U
Advancing translational research in binge-eating: Integrating insights from clinical practice into animal models.
Dufour R, Shalev U, Booij L
The Role of the Posterior Paraventricular Nucleus of the Thalamus in Food Deprivation-Induced Heroin-Seeking Relapse, in Male and Female Rats.
Borges C, Darecka A, Mainville-Berthiaume A, Ah-Yen E, Darvishmolla M, Courtemanche R, Shalev U
Restrained eating and alcohol use: Testing drinking to cope and impulsivity as moderators.
Corran C, Khan M, Gallant S, Shalev U, O'Connor RM
Modulation of cue value and the augmentation of heroin seeking in chronically food-restricted male rats under withdrawal.
Sedki F, D'Cunha TM, Rizzo D, Mayers L, Cohen J, Chao ST, Shalev U
The utility of maraviroc, an antiretroviral agent used to treat HIV, as treatment for opioid abuse? Data from MRI and behavioural testing in rats.
Iriah SC, Borges C, Shalev U, Cai X, Madularu D, Kulkarni PP, Ferris CF
Assessing the Role of Corticothalamic and Thalamo-Accumbens Projections in the Augmentation of Heroin Seeking in Chronically Food-Restricted Rats.
Chisholm A, Rizzo D, Fortin É, Moman V, Quteishat N, Romano A, Capolicchio T, Shalev U
A role for leptin and ghrelin in the augmentation of heroin seeking induced by chronic food restriction.
D'Cunha TM, Chisholm A, Hryhorczuk C, Fulton S, Shalev U
The role of the paraventricular nucleus of the thalamus in the augmentation of heroin seeking induced by chronic food restriction.
Chisholm A, Iannuzzi J, Rizzo D, Gonzalez N, Fortin É, Bumbu A, Batallán Burrowes AA, Chapman CA, Shalev U
Augmentation of Heroin Seeking Following Chronic Food Restriction in the Rat: Differential Role for Dopamine Transmission in the Nucleus Accumbens Shell and Core.
D'Cunha TM, Daoud E, Rizzo D, Bishop AB, Russo M, Mourra G, Hamel L, Sedki F, Shalev U
The effect of deprivation states on motivation: natural and drug rewards
Principal investigators: Shalev, Uri
Keywords: Animal models; Neuronal mechanisms; Reward seeking; Sex differences; Stress
Stress-induced relapse following voluntary abstinence: model characterization and critical neural pathways
Principal investigators: Shalev, Uri
Keywords: Abstinence; Addiction; Drug Abuse; Negative Consequences; Punishment; Rat; Relapse; Stress
Hunger and relapse to drug abuse: investigations of common neuromechanisms underlying eating control and drug seeking
Principal investigators: Shalev, Uri
Environmental challenges and the risk for drug relapse: chronic stress
Principal investigators: Shalev, Uri
Keywords: Abstinence; Addiction; Caloric Restriction; Chronic Stress; Drug Abuse; Relapse
Hunger and relapse to drugs of abuse: investigations of common neuromechanisms underlying eating control and drug seeking
Principal investigators: Shalev, Uri
CANADA RESEARCH CHAIRHOLDER / TITULAIRE DE CHAIRE DE RECHERCHE DU CANADA
Principal investigators: Shalev, Uri
Keywords: Crc
Hunger and relapse to drugs of abuse: investigations of common neuromechanisms underlying eating control and drug seeking
Principal investigators: Shalev, Uri
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
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Linda Booij
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2026
Linda Booij
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2026
Stephanie Fulton
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2020
Stephanie Fulton
Nutrition
1 shared papers, latest 2020
Shimon Amir
Psychology
1 shared papers, latest 2017
Shimon Amir
Biochemistry
1 shared papers, latest 2017
Linda Booij
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2026
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