2024
Longitudinal Tracking of Alcohol Expectancies and their Associations with Impulsivity in Alcohol Naïve Youth in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study
Adams F, Ferster K, Morris L, Potenza M, Ivanov I, Parvaz M. Longitudinal Tracking of Alcohol Expectancies and their Associations with Impulsivity in Alcohol Naïve Youth in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study. Drug And Alcohol Dependence Reports 2024, 100271. DOI: 10.1016/j.dadr.2024.100271.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAdolescent Brain Cognitive DevelopmentAlcohol expectanciesAdolescent Brain Cognitive Development cohortLack of premeditationLack of perseveranceNegative alcohol expectanciesAlcohol use onsetDivergent developmental trajectoriesPositive urgencyBehavioral impulsivitySensation seekingTime-specific associationsCognitive developmentSelf-reportAlcohol useAlcohol initiationDevelopmental aspectsResults FindingsYouth agesLongitudinal developmentImpulseIntervention initiativesReduce underage drinkingAdolescentsYouth
2023
Neural correlates of negative life events and their relationships with alcohol and cannabis use initiation
Zhao Y, Potenza M, Tapert S, Paulus M. Neural correlates of negative life events and their relationships with alcohol and cannabis use initiation. Dialogues In Clinical Neuroscience 2023, 25: 112-121. PMID: 37916739, PMCID: PMC10623894, DOI: 10.1080/19585969.2023.2252437.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNegative life eventsCannabis initiationGreater cortical thicknessCaudate gray matter volumeGray matter volumeDose-response relationshipOdds of alcoholLife eventsInitiation of alcoholSubstance Use InitiationCortical thicknessSubstance-naïveSuperior temporal sulcusNeural pathwaysCannabis useBrain structuresAlcohol useUse initiationAlcohol initiationSubstance use trajectoriesPoor academic performanceTemporal sulcusNeural mechanismsCannabisLinear regression models