​​​2025

• Demir-Kassem, S. , Frey, A. , McCabe, C.  (2025) Meaning in life mediates the effects of sense of self and prosocial behaviours on anhedonia: a path analysis. Journal of Affective Disorders , 368 pp. 503-512. ISSN: 1573-2517 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2024.09.106

2024

• Zhang, H. , Mahmoodi Kahriz, B. , McCabe, C.  , Vogt, J.  (2024) How to be happy from East to West: social and flexible pursuit of happiness is associated with positive effects of valuing happiness on well-being. Current Psychology ISSN: 1936-4733 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12144-024-07007-z

• Prizeman, K. , Weinstein, N.  , McCabe, C.  (2024) Strategies to overcome mental health stigma: insights and recommendations from young people with major depressive disorder (MDD). Brain and Behaviour , 14 (9). ISSN: 2157-9032 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/brb3.70028

• Prizeman, K. , McCabe, C.  , Weinstein, N.  (2024) Stigma and its impact on disclosure and mental health secrecy in young people with clinical depression symptoms: a qualitative analysis. PLoS ONE , 19 (1). ISSN: 1932-6203 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0296221​​

2023

• Prizeman, K. , Weinstein, N.  , McCabe, C. (2023) Effects of mental health stigma on loneliness, social isolation, and relationships in young people with depression symptoms. BMC Psychiatry , 23 ISSN: 1476-1793 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12888-023-04991-7

• Frey, A. , Kaya, M. , Adeniyi, I. , McCabe, C. (2023) Anhedonia in relation to reward and effort learning in young people with depression symptoms. Brain Sciences , 13 (2). ISSN: 2076-3425 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/brainsci13020341​

2022

• Kaya, S & McCabe C (2022) Effects COVID-19 on Adolescent Mental Health and Internet Use by Ethnicity and Gender: A Mixed–Method Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, In Press.

• McCabe, C. , Keast, K. , Kaya, S. (2022) Barriers and facilitators to university access in disadvantaged UK adolescents by ethnicity: a qualitative study. Journal of Further and Higher Education ISSN: 0309-877X​

2021

• Keast, K., Bull, N., McCabe, C (2021) The Pioneers Report: Barriers & Facilitators to University entry byethnicity https://www.studyhigher.ac.uk/outreach-provision/pioneers-project/ 

• Watson, R. , McCabe, C. , Harvey, K. , Reynolds, S. (2021) Development and validation of a new adolescent self-report scale to measure loss of interest and pleasure: the anhedonia scale for adolescents (ASA). Psychological Assessment , 33 (3). pp. 201-217. ISSN: 1939-134X | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1037/pas0000977

• Watson, R. , Harvey, K. , Pass, L. , McCabe, C. , Reynolds, S. (2021) A qualitative study exploring adolescents’ experience of brief behavioural activation for depression and its impact on the symptom of anhedonia. Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice , 94 (2). pp. 266-288. ISSN: 2044-8341 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/papt.12307

2020​​

• Frey, A.-L. and McCabe, C. (2020) Effects of serotonin and dopamine depletion on neural prediction computations during social learning. Neuropsychopharmacology. ISSN 0893-133X doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41386-020-0678-z

• Frey, A.-L. and McCabe, C. (2020) Impaired social learning predicts reduced real-life motivation in individuals with depression: a computational fMRI study. Journal of Affective Disorders, 263. pp. 698-706. ISSN 0165-0327 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2019.11.049

• Watson, R., Harvey, K., McCabe, C. and Reynolds, S. (2020) Understanding anhedonia: a qualitative study exploring loss of interest and pleasure in adolescent depression. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 29 (4). pp. 489-499. ISSN 1435-165X doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-019-01364-y

2019

• Frey, A.-L., Frank, M. J. and McCabe, C. (2019) Social reinforcement learning as a predictor of real-life experiences in individuals with high and low depressive symptomatology. Psychological Medicine. pp. 1-8. ISSN 1469-8978 doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291719003222

• Kaya, S. and McCabe, C. (2019) Can understanding reward help illuminate anhedonia? Current Behavioral Neuroscience Reports. ISSN 2196-2979 doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40473-019-00186-1

• Kaya, S. and McCabe, C. (2019) What role does the prefrontal cortex play in the processing of negative and positive stimuli in adolescent depression? Brain Sciences, 9 (5). 104. ISSN 2076-3425 doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci9050104

• Rzepa, E. and McCabe, C. (2019) Dimensional anhedonia and the adolescent brain: reward and aversion anticipation, effort and consummation. British Journal of Psychiatry, 5 (6). e99. ISSN 0007-1250 doi: https://doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2019.68

2018

• Rzepa, E. and McCabe, C. (2018) Anhedonia and depression severity dissociated by dmPFC resting-state functional connectivity in adolescents. Journal of Psychopharmacology, 32 (10). pp. 1067-1074. ISSN 1461-7285 doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/0269881118799935

• McCabe, C. (2018) Linking anhedonia symptoms with behavioural and neural reward responses in adolescent depression. Current opinion in behavioural sciences, 22. pp. 143-151. ISSN 2352-1546 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cobeha.2018.07.001

2017

• Rzepa, E., Dean, Z. and McCabe, C. (2017) Bupropion administration increases resting-state functional connectivity in dorso-medial prefrontal cortex. The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology, 20 (6). pp. 455-462. ISSN 1469-5111 doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/ijnp/pyx016

• Rzepa, E., Fisk, J. and McCabe, C. (2017) Blunted neural response to anticipation, effort and consummation of reward and aversion in adolescents with depression symptomatology. Journal of Psychopharmacology, 31 (3). pp. 303-311. ISSN 1461-7285 doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/0269881116681416

2016

• McCabe, C. and Rocha-Rego, V. (2016) Investigating the predictive value of functional MRI to appetitive and aversive stimuli: a pattern classification approach. PLoS ONE, 11 (11). e0165295. ISSN 1932-6203 doi: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0165295

• Setterfield, M., Walsh, M., Frey, A.-L. and McCabe, C. (2016) Increased social anhedonia and reduced helping behaviour in young people with high depressive symptomatology. Journal of Affective Disorders, 205. pp. 372-377. ISSN 0165-0327 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2016.08.020

• Rzepa, E. and McCabe, C. (2016) Decreased anticipated pleasure correlates with increased salience network resting state functional connectivity in adolescents with depressive symptomatology. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 82. pp. 40-47. ISSN 0022-3956 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2016.07.013

• McCabe, C. (2016) Neural signals of “intensity” but not “wanting” or “liking” of rewards may be trait markers for depression. Journal of Psychopharmacology, 30 (10). pp. 1020-1027. ISSN 1461-7285 doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/0269881116653079

• Dean, Z., Horndasch, S., Giannopoulos, P. and McCabe, C. (2016) Enhanced neural response to anticipation, effort and consummation of reward and aversion during Bupropion treatment. Psychological Medicine, 46 (11). pp. 2263-2274. ISSN 1469-8978 doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/S003329171600088X

• Horndasch, S., Okeefe, S. ., Lamond, A., Brown, K. and McCabe, C. (2016) Increased anticipatory but decreased consummatory brain responses to food in sisters of Anorexia Nervosa patients. British Journal of Psychiatry Open, 2 (4). pp. 255-261. ISSN 2056-4724 doi: https://doi.org/10.1192/bjpo.bp.115.002550

• Rzepa, E., Tudge, L. and McCabe, C. (2016) Resting-state functional connectivity following a single dose treatment with CB1 neutral antagonist tetrahydrocannabivarin (THCv) in healthy volunteers. The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology, 19 (2). pyv092. ISSN 1469-5111 doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/ijnp/pyv092

2015

• Frey, A.-L., Malinowska, L., Harley, K., Salhi, L., Sharma, S. and McCabe, C. (2015) Investigating subtypes of reward processing deficits as trait markers for depression. Translational Developmental Psychiatry, 3. 27517. ISSN 2001-7022 doi: https://doi.org/10.3402/tdp.v3.27517

• Thomas, J. M., Higgs, S., Dourish, C.T., Hansen, P. C., Harmer, C. J. and McCabe, C. (2015) Satiation attenuates BOLD activity in brain regions involved in reward and increases activity in dorsolateral prefrontal cortex: an fMRI study in healthy volunteers. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 101 (4). pp. 697-704. ISSN 0002-9165 doi: https://doi.org/10.3945/ajcn.114.097543

• Williams, C. M., Whalley, B. J. and McCabe, C. (2015) Cannabinoids & appetite (dys)regulation (obesity). In: Fattore, L. (ed.) Cannabinoids in Neurologic and Mental Disease. Academic Press, pp. 315-342. ISBN 9780124170414

• Tudge, L., Williams, C., Cowen, P. J. and McCabe, C. (2015) Neural effects of cannabinoid CB1 neutral antagonist tetrahydrocannabivarin (THCv) on food reward and aversion in healthy volunteers. The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology, 18 (6). pyu094. ISSN 1469-5111 doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/ijnp/pyu094

2014

• Murray, E., Brouwer, S., McCutcheon, R., Harmer, C. J., Cowen, P. J. and McCabe, C. (2014) Opposing neural effects of naltrexone on food reward and aversion: implications for the treatment of obesity. Psychopharmacology, 231 (22). pp. 4323-4335. ISSN 0033-3158 doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00213-014-3573-7

• Cowdrey, F. A., Filippini, N., Park, R. J., Smith, S. M. and McCabe, C. (2014) Increased resting state functional connectivity in the default mode network in recovered anorexia nervosa. Human Brain Mapping, 35 (2). pp. 483-491. ISSN 1065-9471 doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/hbm.22202

• McCabe, C. (2014) Neural correlates of anhedonia as a trait marker for depression. In: Ritsner, M. (ed.) Anhedonia: A Comprehensive Handbook Volume II. Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht, pp. 159-174. ISBN 9787401768096

2013

• McCabe, C. (2013) Reward, rest, and antidepressant drug action. In: Stimulating New Research on Serotonergic Neurotransmission from a Developmental Perspective.

• Pringle, A., McCabe, C., Cowen, P. J. and Harmer, C. J. (2013) Antidepressant treatment and emotional processing: can we dissociate the roles of serotonin and noradrenaline? Journal of Psychopharmacology, 27 (8). pp. 719-731. ISSN 1461-7285 doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/0269881112474523

• McCabe, C., Harwood, J., Brouwer, S., Harmer, C. J. and Cowen, P. J. (2013) Effects of pramipexole on the processing of rewarding and aversive taste stimuli. Psychopharmacology, 228 (2). pp. 283-290. ISSN 0033-3158 doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00213-013-3033-9

2012

• McCabe, C., Woffindale, C., Harmer, C. J. and Cowen, P. J. (2012) Neural processing of reward and punishment in young people at increased familial risk of depression. Biological Psychiatry, 72 (7). pp. 588-594. ISSN 0006-3223 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2012.04.034

• Cowdrey, F. A., Park, R. J., Harmer, C. J. and McCabe, C. (2012) Reply to: punishing food: what brain activity can tell us about the representation of food in recovered anorexia nervosa. Biological Psychiatry, 71 (8). e33. ISSN 0006-3223 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2011.11.008

• Cowdrey, F. A., Harmer, C. J., Park, R. J. and McCabe, C. (2012) Neural responses to emotional faces in women recovered from anorexia nervosa. Psychiatry Research, 201 (3). pp. 190-195. ISSN 0165-1781 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pscychresns.2011.08.009

2011

• Cowdrey, F. A., Park, R. J., Harmer, C. J. and McCabe, C. (2011) Increased neural processing of rewarding and aversive food stimuli in recovered anorexia nervosa. Biological Psychiatry, 70 (8). pp. 736-743. ISSN 0006-3223 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2011.05.028

• McCabe, C., Huber, A., Harmer, C. J. and Cowen, P. J. (2011) The D2 antagonist sulpiride modulates the neural processing of both rewarding and aversive stimuli in healthy volunteers. Psychopharmacology, 217 (2). pp. 271-278. ISSN 0033-3158 doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00213-011-2278-4

• McCabe, C. and Mishor, Z. (2011) Antidepressant medications reduce subcortical-cortical resting-state functional connectivity in healthy volunteers. NeuroImage, 57 (4). pp. 1317-1323. ISSN 1053-8119 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.05.051

• McCabe, C., Mishor, Z., Filippini, N., Cowen, P. J., Taylor, M. J. and Harmer, C. J. (2011) SSRI administration reduces resting state functional connectivity in dorso-medial prefrontal cortex. Molecular Psychiatry, 16 (6). pp. 592-594. ISSN 1476-5578 doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/mp.2010.138

• Bilderbeck, A. C., McCabe, C., Wakeley, J., McGlone, F., Harris, T., Cowen, P. J. and Rogers, R. D. (2011) Serotonergic activity influences the cognitive appraisal of close intimate relationships in healthy adults. Biological Psychiatry, 69 (8). pp. 720-725. ISSN 0006-3223 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2010.12.038

2010

• Horder, J., Harmer, C. J., Cowen, P. J. and McCabe, C. (2010) Reduced neural response to reward following 7 days treatment with the cannabinoid CB1 antagonist rimonabant in healthy volunteers. The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology, 13 (8). pp. 1103-1113. ISSN 1469-5111 doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1461145710000453

• McCabe, C., Mishor, Z., Cowen, P. J. and Harmer, C. J. (2010) Diminished neural processing of aversive and rewarding stimuli during selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor treatment. Biological Psychiatry, 67 (5). pp. 439-445. ISSN 0006-3223 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2009.11.001

2009

• McCabe, C., Cowen, P. J. and Harmer, C. J. (2009) NK1 receptor antagonism and the neural processing of emotional information in healthy volunteers. The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology, 12 (9). pp. 1261-1274. ISSN 1469-5111 doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1461145709990150

• McCabe, C., Cowen, P. J. and Harmer, C. J. (2009) Neural representation of reward in recovered depressed patients. Psychopharmacology, 205 (4). pp. 667-677. ISSN 0033-3158 doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00213-009-1573-9

2008

• McCabe, C., Rolls, E. T., Bilderbeck, A. and McGlone, F. (2008) Cognitive influences on the affective representation of touch and the sight of touch in the human brain. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 3 (2). pp. 97-108. ISSN 1749-5024 doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/scan/nsn005

• Rolls, E. T., McCabe, C. and Redoute, J. (2008) Expected value, reward outcome, and temporal difference error representations in a probabilistic decision task. Cerebral Cortex, 18 (3). pp. 652-663. ISSN 1460-2199 doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhm097

2007

• Rolls, E. T. and McCabe, C. (2007) Enhanced affective brain representations of chocolate in cravers vs. non-cravers. The European Journal of Neuroscience, 26 (4). pp. 1067-1076. ISSN 0953-816X doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1460-9568.2007.05724.x

• McCabe, C. and Rolls, E. T. (2007) Umami: a delicious flavor formed by convergence of taste and olfactory pathways in the human brain. The European Journal of Neuroscience, 25 (6). pp. 1855-1864. ISSN 0953-816X doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1460-9568.2007.05445.x

• Grabenhorst, G., Rolls, E. T., McCabe, C. and Bilderbeck, A. (2007) In linking affect to action: critical contributions of the orbitofrontal cortex. In: Linking affect to Action, New York.

2005

• Czoty, P. W., McCabe, C. and Nader, M. A. (2005) Effects of the 5-HT(1A) agonist (+/-)-8-hydroxy-2-(di-n-propylamino)tetralin (8-OH-DPAT) on cocaine choice in cynomolgus monkeys. Behavioural Pharmacology, 16 (3). pp. 187-191. ISSN 0955-8810

• Czoty, P. W., McCabe, C. and Nader, M. A. (2005) Assessment of the relative reinforcing strength of cocaine in socially housed monkeys using a choice procedure. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, 312 (1). pp. 96-102. ISSN 0022-3565 doi: https://doi.org/10.1124/jpet.104.073411

2004

• Shaw, D., Dawson, G. R., Reynolds, D. S., McCabe, C. and Leslie, J. C. (2004) Effects of chlordiazepoxide on extinction and re-acquisition of operant behaviour in mice. Behavioural Pharmacology, 15 (3). pp. 225-232. ISSN 0955-8810

• Leslie, J. C., Shaw, D., McCabe, C., Reynolds, D. S. and Dawson, G. R. (2004) Effects of drugs that potentiate GABA on extinction of positively-reinforced operant behaviour. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 28 (3). pp. 229-238. ISSN 0149-7634 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2004.01.003

• McCabe, C., Shaw, D., Atack, J. R., Street, L. J., Wafford, K. A., Dawson, G. R., Reynolds, D. S. and Leslie, J. C. (2004) Subtype-selective GABAergic drugs facilitate extinction of mouse operant behaviour. Neuropharmacology, 46 (2). pp. 171-178. ISSN 0028-3908 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropharm.2003.09.004