2013
Influence of Alcohol Use on Neural Response to Go/No-Go Task in College Drinkers
Ahmadi A, Pearlson GD, Meda SA, Dager A, Potenza MN, Rosen R, Austad CS, Raskin SA, Fallahi CR, Tennen H, Wood RM, Stevens MC. Influence of Alcohol Use on Neural Response to Go/No-Go Task in College Drinkers. Neuropsychopharmacology 2013, 38: 2197-2208. PMID: 23670589, PMCID: PMC3773670, DOI: 10.1038/npp.2013.119.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSupplementary motor areaHeavy drinkersLight drinkersCollege-age drinkersAlcohol useResponse inhibitionBlood oxygen level-dependent (BOLD) responseHeavy alcohol drinkersImportant risk factorBilateral middle frontal gyrusAlcohol use disorderBrain activityAnterior cingulate cortexGreater BOLD responseLevel-dependent responsesMiddle frontal gyrusSuperior temporal gyrusImpaired response inhibitionAlcohol drinkersRisk factorsResponse inhibition taskRight hippocampusMotor areaWarrants additional investigationBilateral parietal lobules
2012
Influence of Alcohol Use and Family History of Alcoholism on Neural Response to Alcohol Cues in College Drinkers
Dager AD, Anderson BM, Stevens MC, Pulido C, Rosen R, Jiantonio‐Kelly R, Sisante J, Raskin SA, Tennen H, Austad CS, Wood RM, Fallahi CR, Pearlson GD. Influence of Alcohol Use and Family History of Alcoholism on Neural Response to Alcohol Cues in College Drinkers. Alcohol Clinical And Experimental Research 2012, 37: e161-e171. PMID: 23078363, PMCID: PMC3548054, DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2012.01879.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAlcohol cue reactivityFamily historyHeavy drinkersCue reactivityLight drinkersHeavy drinkingMagnetic resonance imaging responseBOLD responseBlood oxygen level-dependent (BOLD) contrastAlcohol cuesVisual association regionsAlcohol use disorderAlcohol imagesFunctional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) responsesMedial frontal cortexGreater BOLD responseLevel-dependent contrastTemporo-parietal regionsRisk factorsFrontal cortexDorsal striatumUse disordersAnterior cingulateBeverage imagesImaging response
2001
Connecticut Pictorial Learning Test: A Pictorial Version of the California Verbal Learning Test*
Stevens MC, Fein DA, Markus E. Connecticut Pictorial Learning Test: A Pictorial Version of the California Verbal Learning Test*. The Clinical Neuropsychologist 2001, 15: 95-108. PMID: 11778582, DOI: 10.1076/clin.15.1.95.1913.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCalifornia Verbal Learning TestVerbal Learning TestLearning TestPictorial stimuliVerbal stimuliPictorial versionSubsequent recall performanceClinical memory testsYoung adult sampleGood internal consistencyMemory researchRecall performanceMemory testNew stimuliPictorial TestSemantic organizationAdult samplesInformation processingConcurrent validityPsychometric propertiesInternal consistencyStimuliPsychometric evidencePictorial useSecond experiment