
Contact Information
Research Areas
Education
B.S. in Psychology, University of Iowa
Ph.D. in Neural Science and Psychology, Indiana University-Bloomington
Grants
NIH R21 DA045175-01A1 “Mechanisms of metabolic and cognitive dysregulation after combined alcohol and THC use” (PI's: Gulley and Liang)
RB17146 (UIUC Campus Research Board) “Changes in dopamine/glutamate receptor interactions as a potential mechanism of heightened relapse risk in adolescent-onset methamphetamine users” (PI: Gulley)
Courses Taught
PSYC 210: Introduction to Behavioral Neuroscience
PSYC 492: Undergraduate Capstone Research
PSYC 593 (seminar): Behavioral Neuroscience of Drug Addiction
PSYC 593 (seminar): Behavioral Neuroscience of Adolescence
Additional Campus Affiliations
Professor, Psychology
Affiliate, Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
Associate Head, Psychology
Recent Publications
Carrica, L. K., Choi, C. Y., Walter, F. A., Noonan, B. L., Shi, L., Johnson, C. T., Bradshaw, H. B., Liang, N. C., & Gulley, J. M. (2023). Effects of combined use of alcohol and delta-9-tetrahydrocannibinol on working memory in Long Evans rats. Behavioural Brain Research, 449, Article 114475. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2023.114475
Belagodu, A., Kang, S., Gulley, J. M., & Galvez, R. (2021). Effects of β-hydroxy-β-methylbutyrate (HMB) supplementation on biomarkers for cognitive function and electrophysiological processes in aging. In Factors Affecting Neurological Aging: Genetics, Neurology, Behavior, and Diet (pp. 627-636). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-817990-1.00054-8
Gulley, J. M., & Izenwasser, S. (2021). Adolescent drug addiction. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior, 203, Article 173151. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pbb.2021.173151
Westbrook, S. R., Carrica, L. K., Banks, A., & Gulley, J. M. (2020). AMPed-up adolescents: The role of age in the abuse of amphetamines and its consequences on cognition and prefrontal cortex development. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior, 198, Article 173016. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pbb.2020.173016
Westbrook, S. R., & Gulley, J. M. (2020). Effects of the GluN2B antagonist, Ro 25-6981, on extinction consolidation following adolescent- or adult-onset methamphetamine self-administration in male and female rats. Behavioural Pharmacology, 31(8), 748-758. https://doi.org/10.1097/FBP.0000000000000586