The acute effects of 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine and d-methamphetamine on human cognitive functioningCon Stough
Centre for Human Psychopharmacology, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, Vic, 3122, Australia
Psychopharmacology (Berl) 220:799-807. 2012
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- The acute effects of 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine and methamphetamine on driving: a simulator study
Con Stough
Centre for Human Psychopharmacology, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia
Accid Anal Prev 45:493-7. 2012
..Their exact effect on driving and driving behavior has yet to be thoroughly investigated...
- Examining the nootropic effects of a special extract of Bacopa monniera on human cognitive functioning: 90 day double-blind placebo-controlled randomized trial
Con Stough
Brain Sciences Institute, Swinburne University, Hawthorn, Victoria 3122, Australia
Phytother Res 22:1629-34. 2008
..Further studies are required to ascertain the effective dosage range, the time required to attain therapeutic levels and the effects over a longer term of administration...
- The effect of d-methamphetamine on simulated driving performance
Beata Y Silber
Centre for Human Psychopharmacology, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia
Hum Psychopharmacol 27:139-44. 2012
..This being despite methamphetamine's increased prevalence in injured and deceased drivers...
- The effect of d,l-methamphetamine on simulated driving performance
Beata Y Silber
Centre for Human Psychopharmacology, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia
Psychopharmacology (Berl) 219:1081-7. 2012
..The exact effect of methamphetamine or its specific isomers on driving and driving behaviour have yet to be thoroughly investigated...
The acute effects of d-amphetamine and methamphetamine on attention and psychomotor performanceBeata Y Silber
Drugs and Driving Research Unit, Brain Sciences Institute, Swinburne University of Technology, 400 Burwood Rd, Hawthorn, Victoria 3122, Australia
Psychopharmacology (Berl) 187:154-69. 2006
..It is not clear how the deleterious effects of amphetamines on driving performance are mediated in terms of select cognitive processes...
- The cognitive-enhancing effects of Bacopa monnieri: a systematic review of randomized, controlled human clinical trials
Matthew P Pase
Centre for Human Psychopharmacology, Faculty of Life and Social Sciences, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, Australia
J Altern Complement Med 18:647-52. 2012
..The current systematic review aimed to examine the scientific evidence as to whether Bacopa can enhance cognitive performance in humans...
- The effects of 90-day supplementation with the omega-3 essential fatty acid docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) on cognitive function and visual acuity in a healthy aging population
Con Stough
National Institute of Complementary Medicine NICM Collaborative Centre for Neurocognition, Brain Sciences Institute, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, Melbourne, Victoria 3122, Australia
Neurobiol Aging 33:824.e1-3. 2012
..For participants with corrected vision, the group receiving DHA were found to have significantly better right eye visual acuity posttreatment in comparison with the placebo group (F(1,22) = 7.651; p = 0.011; partial η(2) = 0.258)...
- Acute neurocognitive effects of epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG)
Andrew Scholey
Centre for Human Psychopharmacology, Swinburne University, Melbourne, Vic 3122, Australia
Appetite 58:767-70. 2012
..This is in keeping with the widespread consumption of green tea for its purported relaxing/refreshing properties. The modulation of brain function due to EGCG is deserving of further controlled human studies...
- Examining the effect of dl-3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) and methamphetamine on the Standardized Field Sobriety Tests
Luke A Downey
Centre for Human Psychopharmacology, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, Victoria, 3122, Australia
Forensic Sci Int 220:e33-6. 2012
..It was concluded that the SFSTs are not efficient in identifying the presence of low level d-methamphetamine, and are significantly better at detecting the presence of MDMA at the levels assessed...
- Neuropsychological sequelae of digital mobile phone exposure in humans
Vanessa Keetley
Brain Sciences Institute, Swinburne University, P.O. Box 218, Hawthorn, Vic. 3122, Australia
Neuropsychologia 44:1843-8. 2006
..Further, performance on the Trail Making Task (TMT) improved, supporting the hypothesis that DMP radiofrequency emissions improve the speed of processing of information held in working memory...
- Dairy constituents and neurocognitive health in ageing
David A Camfield
National Institute of Complementary Medicine Collaborative Research Centre in Neurocognition, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, Vic 3122, Australia
Br J Nutr 106:159-74. 2011
..It is concluded that low-fat dairy products, when consumed regularly as part of a balanced diet, may have a number of beneficial outcomes for neurocognitive health during ageing...
- The effects of cannabis and alcohol on simulated driving: Influences of dose and experience
Luke A Downey
Centre for Human Psychopharmacology, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia
Accid Anal Prev 50:879-86. 2013
..Clarification of the interactive effects of these drugs upon driving behaviour is critical for reducing drug-related road deaths...
- Does evening exposure to mobile phone radiation affect subsequent melatonin production?
Andrew W Wood
Brain Sciences Institute, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia
Int J Radiat Biol 82:69-76. 2006
..To test whether exposure to the emissions from a digital mobile phone handset prior to sleep alters the secretion of melatonin...
- Detecting impairment associated with cannabis with and without alcohol on the Standardized Field Sobriety Tests
Luke A Downey
Centre for Human Psychopharmacology, Swinburne University of Technology, PO Box 218 H24, Hawthorn, Victoria 3122, Australia
Psychopharmacology (Berl) 224:581-9. 2012
..The Standardized Field Sobriety Tests (SFST) are commonly used to establish impairment due to drugs and alcohol, but limited empirical evidence exists concerning the combined effects of these drugs on SFST performance...
- Does coffee enriched with chlorogenic acids improve mood and cognition after acute administration in healthy elderly? A pilot study
Vanessa Cropley
Brain Sciences Institute, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia
Psychopharmacology (Berl) 219:737-49. 2012
..The chlorogenic acids are the most abundant family of compounds found in coffee, yet their effects on cognition and mood have not been investigated...
- MDMA and methamphetamine: some paradoxical negative and positive mood changes in an acute dose laboratory study
Andrew C Parrott
Brain Sciences Institute, Swinburne University, Melbourne, Vic, Australia
Psychopharmacology (Berl) 215:527-36. 2011
..This study investigated the acute mood effects of oral MDMA, methamphetamine, and placebo in a double-blind laboratory study...
- The effect of electromagnetic fields emitted by mobile phones on human sleep
Sarah P Loughran
Brain Sciences Institute, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia
Neuroreport 16:1973-6. 2005
..These results are evidence that mobile phone exposure prior to sleep may promote rapid eye movement sleep and modify the sleep electroencephalogram in the first non-rapid eye movement sleep period...
- Glucose enhancement of recognition memory: differential effects on effortful processing but not aspects of 'remember-know' responses
Andrew Scholey
Centre for Human Psychopharmacology, Swinburne University, Melbourne Vic 3122, Australia
Neuropharmacology 64:544-9. 2013
..This article is part of a Special Issue entitled 'Cognitive Enhancers'...
- The effect of 90 day administration of a high dose vitamin B-complex on work stress
Con Stough
Centre for Human Psychopharmacology, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia
Hum Psychopharmacol 26:470-6. 2011
..The present study examined for the first time the efficacy of 3 months administration of two forms of high dose vitamin B complex on mood and psychological strain associated with chronic work stress...
Cognitive effects of two nutraceuticals Ginseng and Bacopa benchmarked against modafinil: a review and comparison of effect sizesChris Neale
Centre for Human Psychopharmacology, Swinburne University, Melbourne, Vic 3122, Australia
Br J Clin Pharmacol 75:728-37. 2013
..Future research should compare these effects directly in clinical trials...
- The acute nootropic effects of Ginkgo biloba in healthy older human subjects: a preliminary investigation
Pradeep J Nathan
Neuropharmacology Laboratory, Brain Sciences Institute, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia
Hum Psychopharmacol 17:45-9. 2002
..No acute effects of Ginkgo biloba were found for any of the memory tests examined. The findings suggest that 120 mg of Ginkgo biloba has no acute nootropic effects in healthy older humans...
- Examining the effects of electromagnetic fields emitted by GSM mobile phones on human event-related potentials and performance during an auditory task
Denise L Hamblin
Swinburne University of Technology, School of Biophysical Sciences and Electrical Engineering, PO Box 218, Hawthorn, Melbourne, Vic, Australia
Clin Neurophysiol 115:171-8. 2004
..No difference in accuracy was found. CONCLUSIONS: The results suggest that MP exposure may affect neural activity, particularly in proximity to the phone, however caution should be applied due to the small sample size...
- Psychophysiological correlates of dissociation, handedness, and hemispheric lateralization
Joel Ashworth
Biology of Individual Differences Research Unit, Brain Sciences Institute, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia
J Nerv Ment Dis 196:411-6. 2008
..The study provides a good framework for future research investigating the neurophysiological correlates underpinning dissociative symptomatology...
- The effects of cannabis on information-processing speed
Lucia M Kelleher
Swinburne Centre for Neuropsychology, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia
Addict Behav 29:1213-9. 2004
..Furthermore, these results may assist in providing an explanation for the development of dependence with chronic cannabis users...
- Healthy middle-aged individuals are vulnerable to cognitive deficits as a result of increased arterial stiffness
Matthew P Pase
NICM Centre for Study of Natural Medicines and Neurocognition, Brain Sciences Institute, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia
J Hypertens 28:1724-9. 2010
..The cognitive drug research (CDR) computerized system was implemented to assess domains of cognitive performance, whereas pulse pressure and augmentation index were determined centrally by a noninvasive SphygmoCor device...
- Herbal medicine for depression, anxiety and insomnia: a review of psychopharmacology and clinical evidence
Jerome Sarris
The University of Melbourne, Department of Psychiatry, Australia
Eur Neuropsychopharmacol 21:841-60. 2011
..Several herbal medicines with in vitro and in vivo evidence are currently unexplored in human studies, and along with use of emerging genetic technologies "herbomics", are areas of potential future research...
