Liz Somerville
Emeritus Senior Lecturer (Ecology and Evolution)

Selected publications

Article

Nilsson, Simon R O, Alsio, Johan, Somerville, Elizabeth M and Clifton, Peter G (2015) The rat's not for turning: dissociating the psychological components of cognitive inflexibility. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 56. pp. 1-14. ISSN 0149-7634

Nilsson, Simon, Somerville, Liz and Clifton, Pete (2013) Dissociable effects of 5-HT2C receptor antagonism and genetic inactivation on perseverance and learned non-reward in an egocentric spatial reversal task. PLoS ONE, 8 (10). e77762. ISSN 1932-6203

Nilsson, S R O, Ripley, T L, Somerville, E M and Clifton, P G (2012) Reduced activity at the 5-HT2C receptor enhances reversal learning by decreasing the influence of previously non-rewarded associations. Psychopharmacology, 224 (2). pp. 241-254. ISSN 0033-3158

Nilsson, S R O, Ripley, Tamzin, Somerville, E M and Clifton, P G (2012) Reduced activity at the 5-HT(2C) receptor enhances reversal learning by decreasing the influence of previously non-rewarded associations. Psychopharmacology, 224 (2). pp. 241-254. ISSN 0033-3158

Pulman, Kim G T, Somerville, Elizabeth M and Clifton, Peter G (2012) Intra-accumbens baclofen, but not muscimol, increases second order instrumental responding for food reward in rats. PLoS ONE, 7 (7). e40057. ISSN 1932-6203

Pulman, K. G. T., Somerville, E. M. and Clifton, P. G. (2010) Intra-accumbens baclofen, but not muscimol, mimics the effects of food withdrawal on the behavioural satiety sequence. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior, 97 (1). pp. 156-162. ISSN 0091-3057

Somerville, Elizabeth M, Horwood, Julia M, Lee, Michelle D, Kennett, Guy A and Clifton, Peter G (2007) 5-HT2C receptor activation inhibits appetitive and consummatory components of feeding and increases brain c-fos immunoreactivity in mice. European Journal of Neuroscience, 25 (10). pp. 3115-3124. ISSN 1460-9568

Somerville, Liz and Bonell, J (2006) The Marine Shell. Sussex Archaeological Collections, 144. pp. 94-97.

Somerville, Elizabeth M and Creme, Phyllis (2005) 'Asking Pompeii questions': a co-operative approach to Writing in the Disciplines. Teaching in Higher Education, 10 (1). pp. 17-28. ISSN 1356-2517

Somerville, Liz (2005) Shells. Britannia, 36. p. 91. ISSN 0068-113X

Lee, Michelle D, Somerville, Elizabeth M, Kennett, Guy A, Dourish, Colin T and Clifton, Peter G (2004) Reduced hypophagic effects of d-fenfluramine and the 5-HT2C receptor agonist mCPP in 5-HT1B receptor knockout mice. Psychopharmacology, 176 (1). pp. 39-49. ISSN 0033-3158

Lee, Michelle D, Somerville, Elizabeth M, Kennett, Guy A, Dourish, Colin T and Clifton, Peter G (2004) Tonic regulation of satiety by 5-HT1B receptors in the mouse: converging evidence from behavioural and c-fos immunoreactivity studies. European Journal of Neuroscience, 19 (11). pp. 3017-3025. ISSN 0953-816X

Clifton, Peter G, Lee, Michelle D, Somerville, Elizabeth M, Kennett, Guy A and Dourish, Colin T (2003) 5-HT1B receptor knockout mice show a compensatory reduction in 5-HT2C receptor function. European Journal of Neuroscience, 17 (1). pp. 185-190. ISSN 1460-9568

Somerville, Liz and Bonell, JK (2003) Marine Shell. Sussex Archaeological Collections, 141. pp. 123-124.

Ward, B O, Somerville, E M and Clifton, P G (2000) Intra-accumbens baclofen selectively enhances feeding behaviour in the rat. Physiology and Behavior, 68 (4). pp. 463-468. ISSN 0031-9384

Somerville, Elizabeth M (1999) Some aspects of the palaeoecology of commensals. Journal of Quaternary Science, 14 (6). pp. 605-613. ISSN 0267-8179

Somerville, E M (1996) Piltdown reflections: a mirror for prehistory. Sussex Archaeological Collections, 134. pp. 7-19. ISSN 0143-8204

Book Section

Somerville, Liz (2011) The marine molluscs from Pevensey Castle. In: Fulford, Michael and Rippon, Stephen (eds.) Pevensey Castle, Sussex: excavations in the Roman fort and medieval keep, 1993-95. Wessex Archaeology, pp. 100-107. ISBN 9781874350552

Somerville, Liz (2010) The marine molluscs from Bishopstone. In: Thomas, Gabor (ed.) The later Anglo-Saxon settlement at Bishopstone. CBA Research Report, 163 . Council for British Archeology. ISBN 9781902771830

Somerville, E (2003) Sussex: from environmental change to landscape history. In: Rudling, David (ed.) The Archaeology of Sussex to AD2000. Heritage Marketing & Publications Ltd for the Centre for Continuing Education, University of Sussex, pp. 235-246. ISBN 9780954445614