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A/PROF TREVOR NORMAN



Contact Details

Organization: Psychiatry
Position: ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR - RESEARCH
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Work: 94965680
Fax: 94590821
Room: 10.2
Level: 10
Building: Lance Townsend Building
Campus: Austin Hospital

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Country of Expertise
Animal models of psychiatric disorders Australia

International Linkages

Country Establishment Collaboration
Ireland National University of Ireland Exchange, Research

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Science Adelaide University 31-Dec-1969
Doctor of Philosophy Adelaide University 31-Dec-1975

Memberships

Membership Type Membership Body Description Start Date End Date
Member CINP Fellow 01-Jan-1980
Member Australian Neuroscience Society Member 01-Jan-2005
Member Australasian Society of Psychiatric Research Member 01-Jan-1990

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Grants

Title Role Funding Source Scheme Award Date
5HT-1A agonist (buspirone) augmentation of atypical antipsychotics in the treatment of cognitive dysfunction in 40 patients with schizophrenia Chief Investigator STANLEY MEDICAL RESEARCH INST Research Awards Program on Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder (THEODORE & VADA STANLEY FOUNDATION) 01/05/2003
Can a dietary supplement prevent the effects of stress? Chief Investigator NHMRC Project Grants 01/01/2008

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2009

Journal Articles

  • Dopamine D1 receptor binding in the striatum of patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder
    Year: 2009
    Journal: Journal of Affective Disorders
    Volume: 114
    Page numbers: 321-326
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Publications in 2008

Journal Articles

  • Duloxetine in the treatment of generalized anxiety disorder


    Year: 2008
    Journal: Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment
    Volume: 4
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 1169-1180
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  • How does your garden grow - therapeutic principles from herbal remedies?


    Year: 2008
    Journal: Stress and Health
    Volume: 24
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 1-2
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  • Stability of cognitive impairment in chronic schizophrenia over brief and intermediate re-test intervals


    Year: 2008
    Journal: Human Psychopharmacology - Clinical and Experimental
    Volume: 24
    Page numbers: 113-121
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  • An investigation of the effect of immediate and extended release venlafaxine on nocturnal melatonin and cortisol release in healthy adult volunteers
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Human Psychopharmacology - Clinical and Experimental
    Volume: 23
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 129-137
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  • Quetiapine augmentation in depressed patients with partial response to antidepressants
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Human Psychopharmacology - Clinical and Experimental
    Volume: 23
    Page numbers: 653-660
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  • Spatial working memory and problem solving in schizophrenia: the effect of symptom stabilization with atypical antipsychotic medication
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Psychiatry Research
    Volume: 160
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 316-321
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  • The neurobiology of benzodiazepine receptors in panic disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Stress and Health
    Volume: 21
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 13-21
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Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  •  “Dopamine Dysregulation Syndrome”: Implications for a dopamine hypothesis of bipolar disorder


    Year: 2007
    Journal: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica
    Volume: 116
    Issue: suppl 434
    Page numbers: 41-49
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  • An open-label study of quetiapine in anorexia nervosa
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Human Psychopharmacology - Clinical and Experimental
    Volume: 22
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 223-230
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  • Behavioural studies of spatial working memory dysfunction in schizophrenia: a quantitative literature review
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Psychiatry Research
    Volume: 150
    Page numbers: 111-121
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  • Combination antidepressants are not yet proven therapy in the treatment of depression (Letter)
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Australasian Psychiatry
    Volume: 15
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 248-249
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  • Neuropsychological study of underweight and weight recovered anorexia nervosa compared with bulimia nervosa and normal controls
    Year: 2007
    Journal: International Journal of Eating Disorders
    Volume: 40
    Issue: 7
    Page numbers: 613-621
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Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

  • The heritability of melatonin secretion and sensitivity to bright nocturnal light in twins


    Year: 2006
    Journal: Psychoneuroendocrinology
    Volume: 31
    Page numbers: 867-875
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  • A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF SERTRALINE DOSAGES, PLASMA CONCENTRATIONS, EFFICACY AND ADVERSE REACTIONS IN CHINESE VERSUS CAUCASIAN PATIENTS
    Year: 2006
    Journal: International Clinical Psychopharmacology
    Volume: 21
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 87-92
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  • A double-blind placebo-controlled randomised pilot study of nocturnal melatonin in tracheostomised patients
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Critical Care and Resuscitation
    Volume: 8
    Issue: 2006
    Page numbers: 187-191
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  • Editorial. Human embryonic stem cells: a resource for in vitro neuroscience research?
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Neuropsychopharmacology
    Volume: 31
    Page numbers: 2571-2572
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  • Prospects for the treatment of depression
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry
    Volume: 40
    Page numbers: 394-401
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Publications in 2005

Book Chapters

  • Latrogenic Psychosis
    Year: 2005
    Book: Psychosis in the Elderly
    Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd(London)
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Journal Articles

  • Attenuation of benzodiazepine withdrawal anxiety in the rat by serotonin antagonists
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Behavioural Brain Research
    Volume: 161
    Page numbers: 286-290
    Publisher: Elsevier Science(Amsterdam)
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  • Brain serotonin depletion by lesions of the median raphe nucleus enhances the psychotomimetic action of phencyclidine, but not dizocilpine (MK-801), in rats
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Brain Research
    Volume: 1049
    Page numbers: 217-226
    Publisher: Elsevier Science(Amsterdam)
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  • Effect of Sodium Valproate on Nocturnal Melatonin Sensitivity to Light in Healthy Volunteers
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Neuropsychopharmacology
    Volume: 30
    Page numbers: 1400-1404
    Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
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  • Low doses of lithium carbonate reduce melatonin light sensitivity in health volunteers
    Year: 2005
    Journal: International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology
    Volume: 8
    Page numbers: 255-259
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  • Melatonin sensitivity to light in monozygotic twins discordant for bipolar 1 disorder
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry
    Volume: 39
    Issue: 10
    Page numbers: 947
    Publisher: Blackwell Science Asia(Carlton)
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  • Serotonergic and dopaminergic systems in anorexia nervosa: a role for atypical antipsychotics?
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry
    Volume: 39
    Page numbers: 146-153
    Publisher: Blackwell Science Asia(Carlton)
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Publications in 2004

Book Chapters

  • Antidepressant drugs
    Year: 2004
    Book: Mood Disorders- Recognition and Treatment
    Publisher: University of New South Wales Press(Sydney)
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Journal Articles

  • An investigation of the effect of tacrine and physostigmine on spatial working memory deficits in the olfactory bulbectomised rat
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Behavioural Brain Research
    Volume: 153
    Page numbers: 481-486
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  • Blunted growth hormone response to clonidine in post-traumatic stress disorder
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Psychoneuroendocrinology
    Volume: 29
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 269-278
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  • Guest Editorial: Fifth World Congress on Stress, London, 18-19 June 2004
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Stress and Health
    Volume: 20
    Page numbers: 173-174
    Publisher: John Wiley & Sons(Chichester)
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  • New Fromulations of Existing Antidepressants (Advantages in the Manaement of Depression.)
    Year: 2004
    Journal: CNS Drugs
    Volume: 18
    Issue: 8
    Page numbers: 505-520
    Publisher: Adis International(Bayauckland)
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  • Prolactin response to d-fenfluramine in combat-related post-traumatic stress disorder.
    Year: 2004
    Journal: International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology
    Volume: 7
    Page numbers: 291-298
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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  • Selective effects of acute serotonin and catecholamie depletion on memory in healthy women
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Journal of Psychopharmacology
    Volume: 18
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 29-36
    Publisher: Sage Publications
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  • The emerging role of pharmacogenetics: implications for clinical psychiatry.
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry
    Volume: 38
    Page numbers: 483-489
    Publisher: Blackwell Science Asia(Carlton)
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  • The treatment of depression with different formulations of venlafaxine: a comparative analysis
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Human Psychopharmacology - Clinical and Experimental
    Volume: 19
    Page numbers: 9-16
    Publisher: John Wiley & Sons(West Sussex)
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Publications in 2003

Book Chapters

  • Theories of the etiology of anxiety
    Year: 2003
    Book: Handbook of depression and anxiety
    Publisher: Dekker - Marcel Dekker(New York)
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Journal Articles

  • Blunted prolactin response to d-fenfluramine in patients with post-stroke major depression
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Journal of Affective Disorders
    Volume: 76
    Page numbers: 273-278
    Publisher: Elsevier Science
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  • Comparative cognitive and psychomotor effects of single doses of Valeriana officianalis and triazolam in healthy volunteers
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Human Psychopharmacology - Clinical and Experimental
    Volume: 18
    Page numbers: 619-625
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  • Does mirtazepine confer advantages over previous pharmacological treatments of depression?
    Year: 2003
    Journal: The Australian Journal of Psychopharmocolgy
    Volume: 10
    Page numbers: 21-25
    Publisher: Orielton Partnership(Sorell)
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  • Olanzapine in anorexia nervosa
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry
    Volume: 37
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 494
    Publisher: Blackwell Science Asia(Carlton)
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Publications in 2002

Journal Articles

  • Brain monoamines and early visual information-processing speed


    Year: 2002
    Journal: International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology
    Volume: 5
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 295-300
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  • Effects of serotonin and catecholamine depletion on interleukin-6 activation and mood in human volunteers
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Human Psychopharmacology - Clinical and Experimental
    Volume: 17
    Page numbers: 293-297
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  • Olanzapine excretion in human breast milk: estimation of infant exposure
    Year: 2002
    Journal: International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology
    Volume: 5
    Page numbers: 243-247
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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  • Third-generation antidepressant: do they offer advantages over the SSRIs?
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Current Therapeutics
    Volume: 516
    Page numbers: 7-14
    Publisher: Adis Press Australasia(Balgowlah)
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Publications in 2001

Book Chapters

  • Hypnosis in the management of stress and anxiety disorders.
    Year: 2001
    Book: International handbook of clinical hypnosis.
    Publisher: John Wiley & Sons(West Sussex)
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Journal Articles

  • In vitro metabolism of mirtazapine enantiomers by human cytochrome P450 enzymes
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Human Psychopharmacology - Clinical and Experimental
    Volume: 16
    Page numbers: 541-544
    Publisher: John Wiley & Sons(West Sussex)
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  • The effect of single oral doses of zopiclone on nocturnal melatonin secretion in healthy male volunteers
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry
    Volume: 25
    Page numbers: 825-833
    Publisher: Elsevier Science
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  • Third-Generation antidepressants: do they offer advantages over the SSRIs?
    Year: 2001
    Journal: CNS Drugs
    Volume: 15
    Page numbers: 941-954
    Publisher: Adis International(Bayauckland)
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