Cognitive Testing in Pain Research Publications
Taylor CJ, Renström JG, Loayza J, Gwilt M, Williams SA, Grasmeder Allen R, Moran PM, Gigg J, Neill J, Harte M, Bast T (2025) Too little and too much: balanced hippocampal, but not medial prefrontal, neural activity is required for intact novel object recognition in rats. J Neurosci 45(50): e1141252025.
Maggi S, Hock RM, O'Neill M, Buckley MJ, Moran PM, Bast T, Sami M, Humphries MD (2024) Tracking subject's strategies in behavioural choice experiments at trial resolution. Elife 13, e86491.
Goncalves S, Hathway GJ, Woodhams SG, Chapman V, Bast T (2023) No evidence for cognitive impairment in an experimental rat model of knee osteoarthritis and associated chronic pain. J Pain 24(8): 1478-92,
Espahbodi S, Hogervorst E, Macnab TP, Thanoon A, Fernandes GS, Millar B, Duncan A, Goodwin M, Batt M, Fuller CW, Fuller G, Ferguson E, Bast T, Doherty M, Zhang W (2023) Heading Frequency and Risk of Cognitive Impairment in Retired Male Professional Soccer Players. JAMA Netw Open 6(7):e2323822.
Bauer M., Buckley MG., Bast T., Individual differenced in theta-band oscillations in a spatial memory network revealed by electroencephalography predict rapid place learning, Brain and Neuroscience Advances. 2021;5. doi:
McGarrity S., Mason R., Fone KC., Pezze M., Bast T., Hippocampal Neural Disinhibition Causes Attentional and Memory Deficits, Cerebral Cortex, Volume 27, Issue 9, September 2017, Pages 4447–4462,
Pezze M., McGarrity S., Mason R., Fone KC., Bast T., Too Little and Too Much: Hypoactivation and Disinhibition of Medial Prefrontal Cortex Cause Attentional Deficits, Journal of Neuroscience 4 June 2014, 34 (23) 7931-7946; DOI: