2022
Current Substance Use and Maternal Neural Responses to Infant Faces and Cries
Wall K, Dell J, Lowell A, Potenza M, Mayes L, Rutherford H. Current Substance Use and Maternal Neural Responses to Infant Faces and Cries. International Journal Of Mental Health And Addiction 2022, 22: 1629-1644. DOI: 10.1007/s11469-022-00947-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchInfant cuesCurrent substance useInfant facesSubstance useNeural responsesMaternal neural responseUnknown infant facesSubstance use effectsN170 responseChild developmentMaternal substance useSubstance use assessmentCuesLong delayContinuous measureElectroencephalographyCentral findingPrior workFaceSalienceHigh levelsCaregivingStimuliUse assessmentFamiliarity
2019
How Spirituality May Mitigate Against Stress and Related Mental Disorders: a Review and Preliminary Neurobiological Evidence
McClintock C, Worhunsky P, Balodis I, Sinha R, Miller L, Potenza M. How Spirituality May Mitigate Against Stress and Related Mental Disorders: a Review and Preliminary Neurobiological Evidence. Current Behavioral Neuroscience Reports 2019, 6: 253-262. DOI: 10.1007/s40473-019-00195-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBrain mechanismsStress processingSelf-referential processingFunctional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) dataPotential brain mechanismsSpecific brain mechanismsImportant resilience factorMental disordersPreliminary fMRI dataStress-related psychopathologyMechanisms of psychopathologyDefault mode networkStress-related mental disordersCognitive processingNeurobiological evidenceNeural mechanismsNeural responsesNeuroscientific researchResilience factorsMagnetic resonance imaging dataNeural circuitryFMRI dataStress responsivityBrain regionsAcute stress
2017
Current Tobacco-Smoking and Neural Responses to Infant Cues in Mothers
Rutherford H, Maupin A, Landi N, Potenza M, Mayes L. Current Tobacco-Smoking and Neural Responses to Infant Cues in Mothers. Parenting 2017, 17: 1-10. DOI: 10.1080/15295192.2017.1262176.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchInfant cuesNeural responsesN170 event-related potential componentEvent-related potential (ERP) measuresEvent-related potential componentInfant face perceptionMaternal neural responseEvent-related potentialsFace perceptionEmotional infantNon-smoking mothersChild developmentMaternal physical healthPhysical healthPostpartum smokingPotential componentsSmoking statusMaternal brainPotential measuresCuesCurrent tobacco smokingCurrent smoking statusCurrent smokingTobacco smokingMothers
2013
Chapter 42 Common Neural Mechanisms in Obesity and Drug Addiction
Gearhardt A, Potenza M. Chapter 42 Common Neural Mechanisms in Obesity and Drug Addiction. 2013, 425-429. DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-398335-0.00042-x.ChaptersReward-related neural responsesDrug-related cuesCommon neural mechanismsDrug addictionNeural similarityNeural mechanismsNeural responsesNeural activationAddictive behaviorsDrugs of abusePalatable foodImportant next stepSubstance dependenceAddictionRecent researchDopaminergic systemPublic health implicationsDiagnostic differencesImportant treatmentCuesObesitySimilar patternHealth implicationsAbuseEssential nature