2018
Longitudinal Effects of Alcohol Consumption on the Hippocampus and Parahippocampus in College Students
Meda SA, Hawkins KA, Dager AD, Tennen H, Khadka S, Austad CS, Wood RM, Raskin S, Fallahi CR, Pearlson GD. Longitudinal Effects of Alcohol Consumption on the Hippocampus and Parahippocampus in College Students. Biological Psychiatry Cognitive Neuroscience And Neuroimaging 2018, 3: 610-617. PMID: 29680476, PMCID: PMC6062479, DOI: 10.1016/j.bpsc.2018.02.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAlcohol consumptionAlcohol use indicesHippocampal volume declineBrain magnetic resonanceLongitudinal effectsMemory scoresCalifornia Verbal Learning Test-IIAlcohol-induced memory blackoutsPara-hippocampusHippocampal volumeMemory blackoutsLongitudinal brainVolume declineDrinking indicesLongitudinal pipelinePoorer memory performancePoorer memory scoresHippocampusTest IICross-sectional literatureDrinking-related measuresBrainAlcohol researchMagnetic resonanceScores
2014
On the Mismeasurement of Impulsivity: Trait, Behavioral, and Neural Models in Alcohol Research among Adolescents and Young Adults
King K, Patock-Peckham J, Dager A, Thimm K, Gates J. On the Mismeasurement of Impulsivity: Trait, Behavioral, and Neural Models in Alcohol Research among Adolescents and Young Adults. Current Addiction Reports 2014, 1: 19-32. DOI: 10.1007/s40429-013-0005-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBehavioral impulsivityTrait modelNeural modelDefinition of impulsivityShared theoretical frameworkTwo-factor modelAlcohol use riskAlcohol researchEmotion dysregulationEffortful controlImpulsigenic traitsImpulsive choiceMotivational driveDevelopmental researchImpulsivityPsychosocial traitsDevelopmental modelYoung adulthoodBehavioral researchAlcohol useGeneral underrepresentationYoung adultsEmpirical connectionUse riskBehavioral model