Representative Publications
Publications (Note: * denotes the corresponding author)
Peer reviewed:
1. Li, M*, He, W, and Munro, R (accepted): Differential effects of acute amphetamine and phencyclidine treatment and withdrawal from repeated amphetamine or phencyclidine treatment on social interaction and social memory in rats, PsyCh Journal, March 25, 2012.
2. Zhao, CJ, Sun, T and Li, M* (accepted): Neural basis of the potentiated inhibition of repeated haloperidol and clozapine treatment on the phencyclidine-induced hyperlocomotion, Progress in Neuropsychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry, March 19, 2012. Abstract
3. Zhang, C and Li, M* (2012): Contextual and behavioral control of antipsychotic sensitization induced by haloperidol and olanzapine, Behavioural Pharmacology, Feb;23(1):66-79. Abstract
4. Li, M*, Sun, T, and Mead, A (2012): Clozapine, but not olanzapine disrupts conditioned avoidance response in rats by antagonizing 5-HT2A/2C receptors, Journal of Neural Transmission, 2012 Apr;119(4):497-505. Epub 2011 Oct 11. Abstract
5. Charntikov, S, Tracy, M, Zhao, CJ, Li, M, Bevins, R (2011): Conditioned response evoked by nicotine conditioned stimulus preferentially induces c-Fos expression in medial regions of caudate-putamen, Neuropsychopharmacology, 2011 Nov 2. doi: 10.1038/npp.2011.263. Abstract
6. Grant, K, LeVan, T, Wells, S, Li, M, Stoltenberg, S, Gendelman, H, Carlo, G and Bevins, R (2011): Methamphetamine-associated psychosis, Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology. Abstract; Full-text PDF
7. Li, M*, He, W, and Chen, J (2011): Time course of prepulse inhibition disruption induced by dopamine agonists and NMDA antagonists: Effects of drug administration regimen, Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, 99(3), 509-518. Abstract
8. Li, M*, He, W, and Heupel, K (2011): Administration of clozapine to a mother rat potentiates pup ultrasonic vocalization in response to separation and re-separation: Contrast with haloperidol, Behavioural Brain Research, 2011 Apr 4. Abstract
9. Li, M*, He, W, and Volf, N (2011): Time course of the attenuation effect of repeated antipsychotic treatment on prepulse inhibition disruption induced by repeated phencyclidine treatment, Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, 2011 Mar 21;98(4):559-569. Abstract
10. Kathryn Wilson, David Hansen and Ming Li (2011): The Traumatic Stress Response in Child Maltreatment and Resultant Neuropsychological Effects, Aggression and Violent Behavior, 16 (2011) 87–97.
11. Zhang, C, Fang, YR, and Li, M* (2011): Behavioral mechanisms of the disruptive effect of olanzapine and risperidone in the rat conditioned avoidance response model: further evidence, Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, 2011 Mar;98(1):155-60. Epub 2010 Dec 29. Abstract; Full-text PDF
12. Li, M*, Sun, T, Zhang, C, Hu, G (2010): Distinct neural mechanisms underlying acute and repeated administration of antipsychotic drugs in rat avoidance conditioning, Psychopharmacology, Sep;212(1):45-57. Abstract
13. Sun, T, He, W, Hu, G, Li, M* (2010): Anxiolytic property of risperidone and olanzapine as examined in multiple measures of fear in rats. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, 2010 May;95(3):298-307. Abstract; Full-text PDF
14. Sun, T, Zhao, CJ, Hu, G, Li, M* (2010): Iptakalim: A potential antipsychotic drug with novel mechanisms? European Journal of Pharmacology, 2010 May 25;634(1-3):68-76. Abstract
15. Zhao, CJ, Li, M* (2010): C-FOS identification of neuroanatomical sites associated with haloperidol and clozapine disruption of maternal behavior in the rat. Neuroscience, 2010 Apr 14;166(4):1043-55. Abstract; Full-text PDF
16. Chen, J, Wang, ZC, and Li, M* (2011): Multiple “hits” during postnatal and early adulthood periods disrupt the normal development of sensorimotor gating ability in rats. Journal of Psychopharmacology, 2011;25:379-92. Abstract
17. Zhao, CJ, Li, M* (2009): The receptor mechanisms underlying the disruptive effects of haloperidol and clozapine on rat maternal behavior: A double dissociation between dopamine D2 and 5-HT2A/2C receptors. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, 2009 Oct;93(4):433-42. Epub 2009 Jun 17. Abstract; Full-text PDF
18. Li, M*, He, W, Mead, A (2009) An investigation of the behavioral mechanisms of antipsychotic action using a drug-drug conditioning paradigm. Behavioural Pharmacology, 2009 Mar;20(2):184-94. Abstract
19. Mead A, Li M* (2010) Avoidance-Suppressing Effect of Antipsychotic Drugs is Progressively Potentiated after Repeated Administration: an Interoceptive Drug State Mechanism. Journal of Psychopharmacology, 2010 Jul;24(7):1045-53. Epub 2009 Mar 27. Abstract
20. Li, M*, He, W, Mead, A (2009) Olanzapine and risperidone disrupt conditioned avoidance responding in phencyclidine or amphetamine pretreated rats by selectively weakening motivational salience of conditioned stimulus. Behavioural Pharmacology, 20: 84-98. Abstract
21. Sun, T, Hu, G, Li, M* (2009): Repeated antipsychotic treatment progressively potentiates inhibition on phencyclidine-induced hyperlocomotion, but attenuates inhibition on amphetamine-induced hyperlocomotion: Relevance to animal models of antipsychotic drugs. European Journal of Pharmacology, 602:334-342. Abstract
22. Zhao, CJ, Li, M* (2009): Sedation and disruption of maternal motivation underlie the disruptive effects of antipsychotic treatment on rat maternal behavior. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, 92: 147-156. Abstract; Full-text PDF
23. Mead, A, Li, M*, Kapur, S (2008): Clozapine and Olanzapine Exhibit an Intrinsic Anxiolytic Property in Two Conditioned Fear Paradigms: Contrast with Haloperidol and Chlordiazepoxide. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, 90 (2008) 551–562 Abstract; Full-text PDF
24. Li, M*, He, W and Munro, R (2008): Amphetamine Selectively Enhances Avoidance Responding to a Less Salient Stimulus in Rats. Journal of Neural Transmission, 2008 May;115(5):773-6. Abstract
25. Parada, M, King, S, Li, M and Fleming, A (2008): The roles of accumbal dopamine D1 and D2 receptors in maternal memory in rats. Behavioral Neuroscience, Apr;122(2):368-76. Abstract; Full-text PDF
26. Li, M, Fletcher PJ, Kapur S (2007) Time Course of the Antipsychotic Effect and the Underlying Behavioral Mechanisms. Neuropsychopharmacology, 2007, Feb;32(2):263-72. Abstract; Full-text PDF
27. Smith AJ, Li M, Becker S, Kapur S (2007) Linking Animal Models of Psychosis to Computational Models of Dopamine Function. Neuropsychopharmacology, 2007 Jan;32(1):54-66 Abstract; Full-text PDF
28. Smith A, Li, M, Becker S, Kapur S (2006) Dopamine, prediction error and associative learning: A model-based account. Network 17:61-84. Abstract
29. Li, M, Budin, R, Fleming, A, and Kapur, S (2005) Effects of novel antipsychotics, amisulpiride and aripiprazole, on maternal behavior in rats. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2005, 181(3) 600-10. Abstract
30. Li, M., Budin, R, Fleming, A, and Kapur, S (2005) Effects of chronic typical and atypical antipsychotic drug treatment on maternal behavior in rats. Schizophrenia Research, 75/2-3 pp 325-336. Abstract
31. Li, M. Parkes, J, Fletcher, PJ, and Kapur, S. (2004) Evaluation of the motor initiation hypothesis of APD-induced conditioned avoidance decreases. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, 78(4), 811-819. Abstract
32. Smith, A, Li, M, Becker, S and Kapur, S. (2004) A Model of Antipsychotic Action in Conditioned Avoidance: A Computational Approach. Neuropsychopharmacology, 2004 Jun, 29(6) 1040-9. Abstract; Full-text PDF
33. Li, M., Davidson, P, Budin, R, Kapur, S and Fleming, A (2004) Effects of typical and atypical antipsychotic drugs on maternal behavior in postpartum female rats. Schizophrenia Research, 2004 Sep 1;70(1):69-80. Abstract
34. Li, M. and A.S. Fleming (2003) The nucleus accumbens shell is critical for normal expression of pup-retrieval in postpartum female rats. Behavioural Brain Research, 2003. 145(1-2): p. 99-111. Abstract
35. Li, M. and A.S. Fleming (2003) Differential involvement of nucleus accumbens shell and core subregions in maternal memory in postpartum female rats. Behavioral Neuroscience, 2003. 117(3): p. 426-45. Abstract; Full-text PDF
36. Lee, A., Li, M. Watchus, J, Fleming AS (1999) Neuroanatomical basis of maternal memory in postpartum rats: selective role for the nucleus accumbens. Behavioral Neuroscience, 1999. 113(3): p. 523-38. Abstract; Full-text PDF
Invited papers
37. Li, M*, Mead, A, Bevins, RA (2009) Individual Differences in Responding to Nicotine: Tracking Changes from Adolescence to Adulthood. Acta Pharmacol Sin 2009, Jun; 30 (6): 868–878
38. Kapur, S, Agid, O, Mizrahi, R, and Li, M (2006) How antipsychotics work—From receptors to reality. NeuroRx, 3 (1), 10-21.
39. Kapur, S, Mizrahi, R, and Li, M (2005) From dopamine to salience to psychosis - Linking biology, pharmacology and phenomenology of psychosis. Schizophrenia Research, 2005 Nov 1;79(1):59-68.
Book chapters
40. Fleming, A, and Li, M (2002). Psychobiology of maternal behavior in non-human mammals. Handbook of Parenting (second edition, eds. Marc H. Bornstein), Mahwah, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2002.