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| David M PenetarSummaryAffiliation: Harvard University Country: USA Publications
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The isoflavone puerarin reduces alcohol intake in heavy drinkers: a pilot studyDavid M Penetar
Behavioral Psychopharmacology Research Laboratory, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA 02478, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 126:251-6. 2012..A pilot study was conducted to assess the effects of one primary isoflavone--puerarin--for its ability to modify alcohol intake in humans...- Effects of transcutaneous electric acupoint stimulation on drug use and responses to cue-induced craving: a pilot studyDavid M Penetar
Behavioral Psychopharmacology Research Laboratory, McLean Hospital, 115 Mill Street, Belmont, MA, 02478, USA
Chin Med 7:14. 2012..abstract:.. 
Transdermal nicotine alters some of marihuana's effects in male and female volunteersDavid M Penetar
Behavioral Psychopharmacology Research Laboratory, McLean Hospital Harvard Medical School, 115 Mill Street, Belmont, MA 02478, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 79:211-23. 2005..These effects have implications for the safety and efficacy of marihuana smokers who are self-medicating with the nicotine transdermal patch to manage their tobacco dependence...- Nicotine pretreatment increases dysphoric effects of alcohol in luteal-phase female volunteersDavid M Penetar
Behavioral Psychopharmacology Research Laboratory, McLean Hospital Harvard Medical School, 115 Mill Street, Belmont, MA 02478, USA
Int J Environ Res Public Health 6:526-46. 2009..Luteal-phase women reported peak positive (e.g. "stimulated") and peak negative effects (e.g. "clumsy", "dizzy") almost twice as great as low progesterone women... - Kudzu extract treatment does not increase the intoxicating effects of acute alcohol in human volunteersDavid M Penetar
Behavioral Psychopharmacology Research Laboratory, McLean Hospital Harvard Medical School, Belmont, Massachusetts 02478, USA
Alcohol Clin Exp Res 35:726-34. 2011..This study was designed to test this hypothesis... - Comparison among plasma, serum, and whole blood ethanol concentrations: impact of storage conditions and collection tubesDavid M Penetar
Behavioral Psychopharmacology Research Laboratory, McLean Hospital Harvard Medical School, Belmont, Massachusetts 02478, USA
J Anal Toxicol 32:505-10. 2008..This study shows that blood samples containing ethanol at levels ranging from 60 to 90 mg/dL (0.06 to 0.09 mg%) are not significantly altered by the type of collection tube used or storage condition during a 10-day period... - Benztropine pretreatment does not affect responses to acute cocaine administration in human volunteersDavid M Penetar
Behavioral Psychopharmacology Research Laboratory, McLean Hospital Harvard Medical School MA 02478, USA
Hum Psychopharmacol 21:549-59. 2006..The exact therapeutic application of benztropine as a possible adjunct treatment for cocaine abuse in humans require further exploration... - Pharmacokinetic profile of the isoflavone puerarin after acute and repeated administration of a novel kudzu extract to human volunteersDavid M Penetar
Behavioral Psychopharmacology Research Laboratory, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA 02478, USA
J Altern Complement Med 12:543-8. 2006..This study was undertaken to assess the pharmacokinetic profile of puerarin, the major isoflavone found in a kudzu (Pueraria lobata) extract after acute and repeated administration... - A therapeutic dose of zolpidem has limited abuse-like effects in drug-naïve females: a pilot studyStephanie C Licata
Behavioral Psychopharmacology Research Laboratory, McLean Hospital Harvard Medical School, 115 Mill Street, Belmont, MA 02478, USA
Eur J Pharmacol 598:64-7. 2008..Thus, a therapeutic dose of zolpidem may have limited potential for misuse among females who have no experience with drugs of abuse... - Kudzu root extract does not perturb the sleep/wake cycle of moderate drinkersBethany K Bracken
Behavioral Psychopharmacology Research Laboratory, McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Belmont, MA 02478, USA
J Altern Complement Med 17:961-6. 2011..Many medications used to treat alcohol dependence also affect sleep. Therefore, as a possible treatment for alcohol dependence, the impact of kudzu root extract on the sleep/wake cycle is an important aspect of its effectiveness... - Effects of sleep deprivation on sleep homeostasis and restoration during methadone-maintenance: a [31]P MRS brain imaging studyGeorge H Trksak
Behavioral Pharmacology Research Laboratory, McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 115 Mill Street, Belmont, MA 02472, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 106:79-91. 2010..Results suggest that differences in sleep and brain chemistry during RE in MM participants may be reflective of a disruption in homeostatic sleep function... - Effects of daily treatment with citicoline: a double-blind, placebo-controlled study in cocaine-dependent volunteersStephanie C Licata
Behavioral Psychopharmacology Research Laboratory, McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Belmont, MA 02478, USA
J Addict Med 5:57-64. 2011..We demonstrated previously that citicoline, a compound used to repair neuronal damage in stroke and brain injury, is safe in cocaine-abusing volunteers... - Incidence and patterns of polydrug use and craving for ecstasy in regular ecstasy users: an ecological momentary assessment studyJames W Hopper
Behavioral Psychopharmacology Research Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School and McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA 02478, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 85:221-35. 2006..Previous studies employing retrospective assessments methods found that regular ecstasy users frequently use alcohol, marihuana and other drugs in combination with ecstasy... - Bupropion reduces some of the symptoms of marihuana withdrawal in chronic marihuana users: a pilot studyDavid M Penetar
Behavioral Psychopharmacology Research Laboratory, McLean Hospital, USA
Subst Abuse 6:63-71. 2012..33% completion for placebo). These results suggest that bupropion may be useful for alleviating marihuana withdrawal symptoms and be useful in subject retention during long-term cessation programs... - Eight weeks of citicoline treatment does not perturb sleep/wake cycles in cocaine-dependent adultsBethany K Bracken
Behavioral Psychopharmacology Research Laboratory, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA, 02478, USA
Pharmacol Biochem Behav 98:518-24. 2011..Therefore, it is important to know the impact of citicoline on the sleep/wake cycle in these individuals in order to rate its overall efficacy... - A therapeutic dose of zolpidem reduces thalamic GABA in healthy volunteers: a proton MRS study at 4 TStephanie C Licata
Behavioral Psychopharmacology Research Laboratory, McLean Hospital Harvard Medical School, 115 Mill Street, Belmont, MA 02478, USA
Psychopharmacology (Berl) 203:819-29. 2009..A great deal is known about the behavioral effects of this drug in humans and laboratory animals, but little is known about zolpidem's specific effects on neurochemistry in vivo...