Jason Middleton

1 week ago | johnmenadue.com | Jason Middleton

Having been unable to pass legislation, the Albanese Labor Government (as it likes to be called) decided in 2024 to use the “slow student visa process” to reduce international student numbers because of the problems they cause in taking houses and jobs from Australians. The Dutton Coalition proposes to reduce international student numbers even further. But what is the logic of reducing numbers?

Dec 13, 2023 | jneurosci.org | Marcus M. Weera |Daniel Webster |Jason Middleton |Nicholas W. Gilpin

AbstractAvoidance stress coping, defined as persistent internal and/or external avoidance of stress-related stimuli, is a key feature of anxiety- and stress-related disorders, and contributes to increases in alcohol misuse after stress exposure.

Oct 27, 2023 | jneurosci.org | Marcus M. Weera |Daniel Webster |Jason Middleton |Nicholas W. Gilpin

Traumatic stress-induced increases in anxiety-like behavior and alcohol self-administration are mediated by central amygdala CRF1 neurons that project to the lateral hypothalamus Marcus M. Weera, Daniel A. Webster, Rosetta S. Shackett, Federica Benvenuti, Jason W. Middleton, Nicholas W. Gilpin Journal of Neuroscience 6 November 2023, JN-RM-1414-23; DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1414-23.2023

Mar 13, 2023 | kfiam640.iheart.com | Jason Middleton

Mar 13, 2023 | kfiam640.iheart.com | Jason Middleton

UPDATE: The entire banking sector is showing instability as Moody’s downgrades its ratings of held and available financial assets within the sector. The recent, quasi-epic failures of three mid-sized banks has generated not only digital reams of headlines, debates over Black Swan events, rending of garments and clutching of pearls, but the failures have also rebooted a quite necessary (and hopefully impactful) discussion: what is a bank?