Dr Calvin Young

2026

Journal - Research Article

Dickison, E. M., Neo, P. S.-H., Young, C. K., McNaughton, N., & Sellbom, M. (2026). A four-factor model of psychopathy assessed via neural reinforcement sensitivity theory. Personality Neuroscience, 9, e4. doi: 10.1017/pen.2026.10008

Shadli, S. M., Nasrollahi, N., Young, C. K., Schuck, G. S. R., Whatson, M. G., Kawe, T., Neehoff, S., Beaglehole, B., Glue, P., & McNaughton, N. (2026). Ketamine effects on EEG and their links to therapy differ across treatment-resistant major depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, and obsessive-compulsive disorder. International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1093/ijnp/pyag037

Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)

Young, C. K., Darroch, H., & Leask, M. P. (2026, February). Probing the function of neural jazf1 with whole-brain imaging and RNA-seq in the larval zebrafish. Poster session presented at the Genetics Otago (GO) Annual Symposium, Dunedin, New Zealand.

2025

Journal - Research Article

Zheng, S., Focke, C. M. B., Young, C. K., Tripp, I., Ganeshan, D., Power, E. M., Schwenke, D. O., Herbison, A. E., Kim, J. S., & Iremonger, K. J. (2025). Ultradian rhythms of CRH^PVN neuron activity, behavior, and stress hormone secretion. PNAS, 122(31), e2510083122. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2510083122

Perez, T. M., Adhia, D. B., Glue, P., Zeng, J., Dillingham, P., Navid, M. S., … Young, C. K., … De Ridder, D. (2025). Infraslow closed-loop brain training for anxiety and depression (ISAD): A pilot randomised, sham=controlled trial in adult females with internalizing disorders. Cognitive, Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience, 25, 1147-1180. doi: 10.3758/s13415-025-01279-z

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Nasrollahi, N., Shadli, S. M., Young, C. K., Schuck, G. S. R., Whatson, M. G., Kawe, T., Neehoff, S., Beaglehole, B., Glue, P., & McNaughton, N. (2025). Ketamine effects on EEG and their links to therapy differ across treatment-resistant major depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, and obsessive-compulsive disorder. In A. Banstola (Ed.), Proceedings of the 41st International Australasian Winter Conference on Brain Research (AWCBR). 11.5, (pp. 57). Retrieved from https://www.awcbr.org

2024

Journal - Research Article

Young, C. K., Ruan, M., & McNaughton, N. (2024). Supramammillary theta oscillations in water maze learning. Hippocampus, 34, 767-776. doi: 10.1002/hipo.23646

Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)

Lim, F., Young, C., & Iremonger, K. J. (2024, August-September). Regulation of brain wide activity by glucocorticoid receptor signalling. Poster session presented at the 18th New Zealand Medical Sciences Congress (MedSci), Queenstown, New Zealand.

2023

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Barr-Glintborg, K., Hamilton, J. J., Pei, Y., Tasananukorn, S., Lavery, E., Young, C. K., Hughes, S., … Parr-Brownlie, L. C., & Dalrymple-Alford, J. C. (2023). Cross hemisphere dysfunction of the anterior thalamic nuclei does not impair spatial working memory in rats. In K.-L. Horne (Ed.), Proceedings of the 39th International Australasian Winter Conference on Brain Research (AWCBR). (pp. 48). Retrieved from https://www.awcbr.org

Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)

Young, C. K., Ruan, M., Thomas, B., & McNaughton, N. (2023, August). Predicting cognitive and drug treatment outcomes with speed scaling in movement and brain oscillations. Poster session presented at the Brain Health Research Centre (BHRC) Annual Conference, Dunedin, New Zealand.

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Young, C. K., & Iremonger, K. J. (2023, August). Whole-brain activity mapping of stress in the zebrafish. Verbal presentation at the 17th New Zealand Medical Sciences Congress (MedSci), Queenstown, New Zealand.

2022

Journal - Research Article

Silva, C., Young, C. K., & McNaughton, N. (2022). Prefrontal and hippocampal theta rhythm show anxiolytic-like changes during periaqueductal-elicited “panic” in rats. Hippocampus, 32, 679-694. doi: 10.1002/hipo.23459

Banstola, A., Young, C. K., Parr-Brownlie, L., & McNaughton, N. (2022). Dynamic interaction between hippocampus, orbitofrontal cortex, and subthalamic nucleus during goal conflict in the stop signal task in rats. Neuroscience Research, 182, 65-75. doi: 10.1016/j.neures.2022.06.006

Long, X., Deng, B., Young, C. K., Liu, G.-L., Zhong, Z., Chen, Q., … Zhang, S.-J. (2022). Sharp tuning of head direction and angular head velocity cells in the somatosensory cortex. Advanced Science, 9, 2200020. doi: 10.1002/advs.202200020

Journal - Research Other

Perez, T. M., Glue, P., Adhia, D. B., Navid, M. S., Zeng, J., Dillingham, P., … Young, C. K., & De Ridder, D. (2022). Infraslow closed-loop brain training for anxiety and depression (ISAD): A protocol for a randomized, double-blind, sham-controlled pilot trial in adult females with internalizing disorders. Trials, 23, 949. doi: 10.1186/s13063-022-06863-z

2021

Journal - Research Article

Barnett, S. C., Parr-Brownlie, L. C., Perry, B. A. L., Young, C. K., Wicky, H. E., Hughes, S. M., McNaughton, N., & Dalrymple-Alford, J. C. (2021). Anterior thalamic nuclei neurons sustain memory. Current Research in Neurobiology, 2, 100022. doi: 10.1016/j.crneur.2021.100022

Young, C. K., Ruan, M., & McNaughton, N. (2021). Speed modulation of hippocampal theta frequency and amplitude predicts water maze learning. Hippocampus, 31, 201-212. doi: 10.1002/hipo.23281

2020

Journal - Research Article

Young, C. K., & McNaughton, N. (2020). Mixed effects of low-dose ethanol on cortical and hippocampal theta oscillations. Neuroscience, 429, 213-224. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2020.01.007

2019

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Barnett, S. C., Young, C. K., Perry, B. A. L., McNaughton, N., Hughes, S. M., Parr-Brownlie, L. C., & Dalrymple-Alford, J. C. (2019). Optogenetic stimulation of the anterior thalamic nuclei ameliorates impaired spatial memory in rats with mammillothalamic tract lesions. In K. Hillman (Ed.), Proceedings of the 37th International Australasian Winter Conference on Brain Research (AWCBR). (pp. 27). Retrieved from http://www.otago.ac.nz/awcbr

2017

Journal - Research Article

Young, C. K., Ruan, M., & McNaughton, N. (2017). A critical assessment of directed connectivity estimates with artificially imposed causality in the supramammillary-septo-hippocampal circuit. Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience, 11, 72. doi: 10.3389/fnsys.2017.00072

Ruan, M., Young, C. K., & McNaughton, N. (2017). Bi-directional theta modulation between the septo-hippocampal system and the mammillary area in free-moving rats. Frontiers in Neural Circuits, 11, 62. doi: 10.3389/fncir.2017.00062

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Banstola, A., Young, C. K., & McNaughton, N. (2017). Involvement of hippocampal, orbitofrontal and subthalamic oscillations in behavioural inhibition in the stop signal task in rats. Proceedings of the Society for Neuroscience 47th Annual Meeting. 337.04/TT65. SfN. Retrieved from https://www.sfn.org/

2016

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Young, C. K. (2016). Integrating reliable, cost-effective, open-source hardware for high throughput neurophysiological, optogenetic and behavioural experimentation in rodents. In B. Leitch (Ed.), Proceedings of the 34th International Australasian Winter Conference on Brain Research. (pp. 65). AWCBR. Retrieved from http://www.otago.ac.nz/awcbr

Porter, B. S., Young, C. K., & Bilkey, D. K. (2016). Hippocampal place cell representations of effortful space. In B. Leitch (Ed.), Proceedings of the 34th International Australasian Winter Conference on Brain Research. (pp. 59). AWCBR. Retrieved from http://www.otago.ac.nz/awcbr

Banstola, A., Young, C. K., & McNaughton, N. (2016). Dynamic hippocampal, orbitofrontal and subthalamic oscillations in rats performing a stopsignal task. In B. Leitch (Ed.), Proceedings of the 34th International Australasian Winter Conference on Brain Research. (pp. 43). AWCBR. Retrieved from http://www.otago.ac.nz/awcbr

2010

Journal - Research Article

Ruan, M., Young, C. K., & McNaughton, N. (2010). Minimal driving of hippocampal theta by the supramammillary nucleus during water maze learning. Hippocampus, 21(10), 1074-1081. doi: 10.1002/hipo.20821

2009

Journal - Research Article

Young, C., & McNaughton, N. (2009). Coupling of theta oscillations between anterior and posterior midline cortex and with the hippocampus in freely behaving rats. Cerebral Cortex, 19(1), 24-40. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhn055

2008

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Young, C., Holmes, A., Cannon, R. D., & Monk, B. C. (2008). Modifying a yeast growth medium for recombinant protein research. Journal of Dental Research, 87(Spec Iss C). Retrieved from http://www.dentalresearch.org

2006

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Ruan, M., Young, C. K., & McNaughton, N. (2006). Theta rhythms recorded from the posterior hypothalamic nucleus, supramammillary area, and mammillary bodies show site-specific sensitivity to blockade of hippocampal theta. Proceedings of the Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting. SfN. Retrieved from http://www.abstractsonline.com/plan/AdvancedSearch.aspx

2002

Journal - Research Article

King, J., Young, C., Highton, J., Smith, P. F., & Darlington, C. L. (2002). Vestibulo-ocular, optokinetic and postural function in humans with rheumatoid arthritis. Neuroscience Letters, 328, 77-80.