2008
Cocaine Users Differ from Normals on Cognitive Tasks Which Show Poorer Performance During Drug Abstinence
Pace-Schott EF, Morgan PT, Malison RT, Hart CL, Edgar C, Walker M, Stickgold R. Cocaine Users Differ from Normals on Cognitive Tasks Which Show Poorer Performance During Drug Abstinence. The American Journal Of Drug And Alcohol Abuse 2008, 34: 109-121. PMID: 18161649, DOI: 10.1080/00952990701764821.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVerbal recognition memoryCocaine usersCocaine-dependent individualsCocaine-induced impairmentRecognition memoryCognitive tasksCognitive batteryCognitive changesDrug-free baselineDrug abstinenceAbstinencePoor performanceMemoryCocaine useDrug useDay cocaineNormative valuesAttentionCocaineTaskImpairmentIndividualsBatteriesInpatient study
2007
Altered levels of sex and stress steroid hormones assessed daily over a 28-day cycle in early abstinent cocaine-dependent females
Fox HC, Hong KA, Paliwal P, Morgan PT, Sinha R. Altered levels of sex and stress steroid hormones assessed daily over a 28-day cycle in early abstinent cocaine-dependent females. Psychopharmacology 2007, 195: 527-536. PMID: 17891383, PMCID: PMC2746368, DOI: 10.1007/s00213-007-0936-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMenstrual cycleSex hormonesHealthy femalesEstradiol/progesterone ratioSteroid hormonesFirst monthChronic cocaine abuseSex steroid hormonesLevels of cortisolMood rating scalesStress steroid hormonesDrug-seeking behaviorProgesterone ratioHealthy controlsInpatient treatmentObjectivesThe current studyEvidence of alterationsBrain stressCocaine cravingCocaine abuseSalivary samplesCocaine abstinenceCocaine dependenceCocaine reinforcementCocaine patients