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Hill, Andrew John, Jones, Nicholas, Williams, Claire Michelle, Stephens, Gary John and Whalley, Benjamin Jason (2010) Development of multi-electrode array screening for anticonvulsants in acute rat brain slices. Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 185 (2). 246 -256 . ISSN 0165-0270 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneumeth.2009.10.007

Macready, Anna L., Butler, Laurie T., Kennedy, Orla B., Ellis, Judith A., Williams, Claire M. and Spencer, Jeremy P. (2010) Cognitive tests used in chronic adult human randomised controlled trial micronutrient and phytochemical intervention studies. Nutrition Research Reviews, 23 (2). pp. 200-229. ISSN 0954-4224 doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954422410000119

Hanmer, Louise A., Riddell, Patricia Mary and Williams, Claire Michelle (2010) Using a runway paradigm to assess the relative strength of rats' motivations for enrichment objects. Behavior Research Methods, 42 (2). pp. 517-524. ISSN 1554-351X doi: https://doi.org/10.3758/BRM.42.2.517

Hill, A.J, Jones, N.A, Williams, C.M, Stephens, G.J and Whalley, B.J (2009) Development of multi-electrode array screening for anticonvulsants in acute rat brain slices. Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 185 (2). pp. 246-256. ISSN 0165-0270 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneumeth.2009.10.007.

Macready, Anna L., Kennedy, O. B., Ellis, J. A., Williams, C. M., Spencer, J. P. E. and Butler, L. T. (2009) Flavonoids and cognitive function: a review of human randomized controlled trial studies and recommendations for future studies. Genes and Nutrition, 4 (4). pp. 227-242. ISSN 1555-8932 doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12263-009-0135-4

Farrimond, John, Hill, Andrew John, Jones, Nicholas, Stephens, Gary John, Whalley, Benjamin Jason and Williams, Claire Michelle (2009) A cost-effective high-throughput digital system for observation and acquisition of animal behavioral data. Behavior Research Methods, 41 (2). pp. 446-451. ISSN 1554-351X doi: https://doi.org/10.3758/BRM.41.2.446

Farrimond, J.A., Hill, A.J., Jones, N.A., Stephens, G.J., Whalley, B.J. and Williams, C.M. (2009) A cost-effective high-throughput digital system for observation and acquisition of animal behavioral data. Behavior Research Methods, 41 (2). pp. 446-451. ISSN 1554-351X doi: https://doi.org/10.3758/BRM.41.2.446

Williams, C. M., Hanmer, L. A. and Riddell, P. M. (2009) The effect of the functional attributes of objects within the caged environment on interaction time in laboratory rats. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 120 (3-4). pp. 208-215. ISSN 0168-1591 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applanim.2009.06.004

Rendeiro, C., Spencer, J. P. E., Vauzour, D., Butler, L. T., Ellis, J. A. and Williams, C. M. (2009) The impact of flavonoids on spatial memory in rodents: from behaviour to underlying hippocampal mechanisms. Genes and Nutrition, 4 (4). pp. 251-270. ISSN 1555-8932 doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12263-009-0137-2

Williams, C. M., El Mohsen, M. A., Vauzour, D., Rendeiro, C., Butler, L. T., Ellis, J. A., Whiteman, M. and Spencer, Jeremy P. E. (2008) Blueberry-induced changes in spatial working memory correlate with changes in hippocampal CREB phosphorylation and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) levels. Free Radical Biology and Medicine, 45 (3). pp. 295-305. ISSN 1873-4596 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2008.04.008

Williams, C. M., Riddell, P. M. and Scott, L. A. (2008) Comparison of preferences for object properties in the rat using paired- and free-choice paradigms. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 112 (1-2). pp. 146-157. ISSN 0168-1591 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applanim.2007.07.013

Kirkham, T.C. and Williams, C.M (2004) Endocannabinoid receptor antagonists: potential for obesity treatment. Treatments in Endocrinology, 3 (6). pp. 345-60. ISSN 1175-6349

Higgs, S., Williams, C. M. and Kirkham, T. C. (2003) Cannabinoid influences on palatability: microstructural analysis of sucrose drinking after Delta(9)-tetrahydrocannabinol, anandamide, 2-arachidonoyl glycerol and SR141716. Psychopharmacology, 165 (4). pp. 370-377. ISSN 0033-3158 doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00213-002-1263-3

Kirkham, Tim C., Williams, Claire M., Fezza, Filomena and Marzo, Vincenzo Di (2002) Endocannabinoid levels in rat limbic forebrain and hypothalamus in relation to fasting, feeding and satiation: stimulation of eating by 2-arachidonoyl glycerol. British Journal of Pharmacology, 136 (4). pp. 550-557. ISSN 0007-1188 doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bjp.0704767

Williams, Claire M. and Kirkham, Tim C. (2002) Observational analysis of feeding induced by Δ9-THC and anandamide. Physiology & Behavior, 76 (2). pp. 241-250. ISSN 0031-9384 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9384(02)00725-4

Kirkham, Tim C. and Williams, Claire M. (2001) Endogenous cannabinoids and appetite. Nutrition Research Reviews, 14 (1). pp. 65-86. ISSN 0954-4224

Kirkham, Tim C. and Williams, Claire M. (2001) Synergistic efects of opioid and cannabinoid antagonists on food intake. Psychopharmacology, 153 (2). pp. 267-270. ISSN 0033-3158 doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s002130000596

Book or Report Section

Turner, Sarah E., Williams, Claire M., Iversen, Leslie and Whalley, Benjamin J. (2017) Molecular pharmacology of phytocannabinoids. In: Kinghorn, A. Douglas, Falk, Heinz, Gibbons, Simon and Kobayashi, Jun'ichi (eds.) Phytocannabinoids. Progress in the Chemistry of Organic Natural Products, 103. Springer, pp. 61-101. ISBN 9783319455396 doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-45541-9_3