University of New South Wales - School of Psychology

Research Areas: Contextual control over relapse to drug seeking, neurochemical and behavioural effects of drugs of abuse.

Academic Career:

BSc (Zoology), 1996, University of Otago
MSc (Anatomy and Structural Biology), 2001, University of Otago
PhD (Psychology), 2006, University of Sydney

Selected Publications:

Clemens KJ, Cornish JL, Hunt GE, McGregor IS. (In Press). MDMA, methamphetamine and their combination: lessons for party drug users from recent preclinical research. Drug and Alcohol Review.
Clemens KJ, Cornish JL, Hunt GE, McGregor IS. (2007). Repeated weekly exposure to MDMA, methamphetamine or their combination: Long-term behavioural and neurochemical effects in rats. Drug and Alcohol Dependence; 86(2-3):183-90.
Clemens KJ, Cornish JL, Hunt GE, McGregor IS. (2006). Intravenous methamphetamine self-administration in rats: Effects of intravenous or intraperitoneal MDMA co-administration. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior; 85:454-63
Clemens KJ, Cornish JL, Hunt GE, McGregor IS. (2005). MDMA ('Ecstasy') and methamphetamine combined: order of administration influences hyperthermic and long-term adverse effects in female rats. Neuropharmacology; 49(2):195-207.

Contact Details:

Office: Mathews, Room 1125
Telephone: (61-2) 9385-8250
Fax: (61-2) 9385-3641
Email: kclemens@psy.unsw.edu.au