Author

Megan G. Jackson

Observed names: Jackson, Megan, Jackson, Megan G, Jackson, Megan G., Megan G Jackson, Megan Jackson

Observed institution: University of Bristol

ORCID: 0000-0003-4050-6164

Observed ORCID: 0000-0003-4050-6164

OpenAlex ID: A5000583683

The use of ball pits and playpens in laboratory Lister Hooded male rats induces ultrasonic vocalisations indicating a more positive affective state and can reduce the welfare impacts of aversive procedures

2022 · Justyna K Hinchcliffe, Megan G Jackson, et al. · Laboratory Animals · 18

Evidence for deficits in behavioural and physiological responses in aged mice relevant to the psychiatric symptom of apathy

2021 · Megan G. Jackson, Stafford L. Lightman, et al. · Brain and Neuroscience Advances · 18

Pharmacological characterisation of the effort for reward task as a measure of motivation for reward in male mice

2023 · Caterina Marangoni, Melissa Tam, et al. · Psychopharmacology · 12

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Validation of a non-food or water motivated effort-based foraging task as a measure of motivational state in male mice

2024 · Foteini Xeni, Caterina Marangoni, et al. · Neuropsychopharmacology · 8

The importance of a multidimensional approach to the preclinical study of major depressive disorder and apathy

2022 · Megan G. Jackson, Emma S. J. Robinson · Emerging Topics in Life Sciences · 7

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Male mice prefer to live on their own

2025 · Jennifer Davies, Megan G Jackson, et al. · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 5

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Characterisation of behaviours relevant to apathy syndrome in the aged male rat

2024 · Megan G. Jackson, Stafford L. Lightman, et al. · Behavioural Brain Research · 4

The Effort‐Based Forage Task: An Ethological Behavioral Test for Assessing Motivation and Apathy‐Related Behavior in Mice

2025 · Eleanor W. Grayson, Foteini Xeni, et al. · Current Protocols · 3

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Is poor dose selection undermining the translational validity of antidepressant research involving animal models?

2025 · Dasha Anderson, Justyna Hinchcliffe, et al. · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2

Conditioned versus innate effort-based tasks reveal divergence in antidepressant effect on motivational state in male mice

2025 · Foteini Xeni, Caterina Marangoni, et al. · Neuropsychopharmacology · 2

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Validation of a non-appetitive effort-based foraging task as a measure of motivational state in male mice

2023 · Foteini Xeni, Caterina Marangoni, et al. · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2

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Modelling falls in Parkinson’s disease and normal ageing in mice using a complex motor task

2022 · Megan G. Jackson, Laura J. Brennan, et al. · Brain and Neuroscience Advances · 1

Evidence for an apathy phenotype in aged mice

2020 · Megan G Jackson, Stafford L Lightman, et al. · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 1

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The Rat Affective Bias Test and Reward Learning Assay

2026 · Justyna K. Hinchcliffe, Megan G. Jackson, et al. · Neuromethods

Male mouse strain variation reveals divergent phenotypes for extrinsic and intrinsic reward motivation

2026 · Eleanor W Grayson, Emma S J Robinson, et al. · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

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Beyond the barrier: an assessment of social behaviour in mice using a modified 3-chamber test

2026 · Meida Sofyana, Hugh D. Piggins, et al. · Physiology & Behavior

Conditioned versus innate effort-based tasks reveal divergence in antidepressant effect on motivational state in male mice

2026 · Justyna Hinchcliffe, Emma Robinson, et al. · OSF Preprints (OSF Preprints)

Novel model combining intrinsic and learned behaviours captures divergent effects of dopaminergic drugs on different types of motivation

2026 · Madeleine Bartlett, P. Michael Furlong, et al. · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

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Evidence for deficits in behavioural and physiological responses in aged mice relevant to the psychiatric symptom of apathy

2021 · Emma Robinson, Megan Jackson · OSF Preprints (OSF Preprints)

The Investigation of Age-related Changes in Apathy-related Behaviour and Biological Rhythms

· Jackson, Megan G · Bristol Research (University of Bristol)

Works count: 26

Citation count: 83

H-index: 5

I10-index: 3