2014
Testing differences in the activity of event-related potential sources: Important implications for clinical researchers
Cortes-Briones JA, Cahill JD, Ranganathan M, Sewell RA, D’Souza D, Skosnik PD. Testing differences in the activity of event-related potential sources: Important implications for clinical researchers. Clinical Neurophysiology 2014, 126: 215-218. PMID: 24840905, DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2014.04.008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGoing up in smoke? A review of nAChRs-based treatment strategies for improving cognition in schizophrenia.
Boggs DL, Carlson J, Cortes-Briones J, Krystal JH, D'Souza DC. Going up in smoke? A review of nAChRs-based treatment strategies for improving cognition in schizophrenia. Current Pharmaceutical Design 2014, 20: 5077-92. PMID: 24345265, PMCID: PMC4442779, DOI: 10.2174/1381612819666131216121019.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCognitive impairmentStandardized cognitive test batteryCognitive test batteryInformation processing impairmentsNicotinic medicationsProcessing impairmentsCore deficitAttentional deficitsTest batteryCognitive deficitsProximal measuresBrain functionCognitionSchizophreniaDeficitsImpairmentNumber of medicationsNicotinic acetylcholine receptorsCertain symptomsConsistent improvementClinical evidenceTreatment strategiesClinical studiesNicotinic receptorsClinical utility
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