2014
Effects of Nicotine on the Neurophysiological and Behavioral Effects of Ketamine in Humans
Mathalon DH, Ahn KH, Perry EB, Cho HS, Roach BJ, Blais RK, Bhakta S, Ranganathan M, Ford JM, D’Souza D. Effects of Nicotine on the Neurophysiological and Behavioral Effects of Ketamine in Humans. Frontiers In Psychiatry 2014, 5: 3. PMID: 24478731, PMCID: PMC3900858, DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2014.00003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAuditory event-related brain potentialsEvent-related brain potentialsTest sessionsBehavioral effectsAmplitude of P3aDissociative Symptoms ScaleNicotinic acetylcholine receptor stimulationBrain potentialsP3b amplitudeMMN amplitudeP3a amplitudeNovel stimuliNeurophysiological measuresNMDA receptor hypofunctionN-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor hypofunctionNegative Syndrome ScaleEffects of nicotineReceptor hypofunctionNeurocognitive impairmentCounterbalanced mannerP3aSchizophrenia-like effectsSyndrome ScaleInjections of nicotineInteraction of ketamine
2012
Dose-Related Modulation of Event-Related Potentials to Novel and Target Stimuli by Intravenous Δ9-THC in Humans
D'Souza DC, Fridberg DJ, Skosnik PD, Williams A, Roach B, Singh N, Carbuto M, Elander J, Schnakenberg A, Pittman B, Sewell RA, Ranganathan M, Mathalon D. Dose-Related Modulation of Event-Related Potentials to Novel and Target Stimuli by Intravenous Δ9-THC in Humans. Neuropsychopharmacology 2012, 37: 1632-1646. PMID: 22334121, PMCID: PMC3358754, DOI: 10.1038/npp.2012.8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRecent cannabis usersPerceptual alterationsERP componentsCannabis usersEvent-related potential taskSensory ERP componentsCannabis Use StatusModulation of eventsΔ9-THCProperties of cannabisContext updatingNeural correlatesP3b amplitudeTarget stimuliPsychophysiological indicesCortical processesP300b amplitudesProcessing speedCognitive deficitsPsychophysiological dataInformation processingAutomatic orientationCounterbalanced designSubjective effectsPotential tasks