
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
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, [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, [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
Westbrook, S. R., Dwyer, M. R., Cortes, L. R., & Gulley, J. M. (2020). Extended access self-administration of methamphetamine is associated with age- and sex-dependent differences in drug taking behavior and recognition memory in rats. Behavioural Brain Research, 390, [112659]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2020.112659