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Responses to the Trier Social Stress Test (TSST) in single versus grouped participantsEmma Childs
Department of Psychiatry, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
Psychophysiology 43:366-71. 2006..The findings suggest that the TSST may be conducted with multiple participants without significantly affecting subjective and cortisol responses to the task...
Varenicline potentiates alcohol-induced negative subjective responses and offsets impaired eye movementsEmma Childs
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
Alcohol Clin Exp Res 36:906-14. 2012..In this study, we examined the effects of an acute dose of VAR upon subjective, physiological, and objective responses to low and moderate doses of alcohol in healthy social drinkers...
Effects of acute progesterone administration upon responses to acute psychosocial stress in menEmma Childs
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, The University of Chicago, 5841 South Maryland Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
Exp Clin Psychopharmacol 18:78-86. 2010..Thus, progesterone dampened some of the psychological effects of stress but produced inconsistent effects on physiological stress responses...- Enhanced mood and psychomotor performance by a caffeine-containing energy capsule in fatigued individualsEmma Childs
The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
Exp Clin Psychopharmacol 16:13-21. 2008..These findings indicate that consumption of a caffeine-containing food supplement improves subjective state and cognitive performance in fatigued individuals that is likely a result of its caffeine content... - Hormonal, cardiovascular, and subjective responses to acute stress in smokersEmma Childs
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neuroscience, The University of Chicago, 5841 S Maryland Ave, MC 3077, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
Psychopharmacology (Berl) 203:1-12. 2009..It is important to understand how smoking affects physiological and psychological outcomes after stress and how these may interact to motivate smoking... - Effects of acute psychosocial stress on cigarette craving and smokingEmma Childs
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, The University of Chicago, 5841 South Maryland Avenue MC3077, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 12:449-53. 2010..In this study, we investigated the effects of acute psychosocial stress on cigarette craving, the subjective effects of smoking, and smoking behavior in daily smokers... - Cardiovascular, hormonal, and emotional responses to the TSST in relation to sex and menstrual cycle phaseEmma Childs
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
Psychophysiology 47:550-9. 2010..We discuss our findings in the context of sex differences in the prevalence of stress-linked disorders... - Stress-induced changes in mood and cortisol release predict mood effects of amphetamineAjna Hamidovic
The University of Chicago, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, 5841 S Maryland Avenue MC 3077, Chicago, IL 60637, United States
Drug Alcohol Depend 109:175-80. 2010.... - Does stress reactivity or response to amphetamine predict smoking progression in young adults? A preliminary studyHarriet de Wit
Department of Psychiatry, The University of Chicago, 5841 S Maryland Ave, MC3077, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
Pharmacol Biochem Behav 86:312-9. 2007.... - Bidirectional interactions between acute psychosocial stress and acute intravenous alcohol in healthy menEmma Childs
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
Alcohol Clin Exp Res 35:1794-803. 2011..In this study, we investigated whether different phases of response to an acute stress alter the subjective effects of intravenous alcohol, by administering the drug at 2 different times after the stress... - Acute HPA axis response to naltrexone differs in female vs. male smokersDaniel J O Roche
Committee on Neurobiology, University of Chicago, 947 E 58th St, Chicago, IL 60637, United States
Psychoneuroendocrinology 35:596-606. 2010..Additionally, exploratory analyses compared the combined effects of naltrexone and cigarette smoking on hormonal responsivity between the sexes... - Amphetamine-induced place preference in humansEmma Childs
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neuroscience, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
Biol Psychiatry 65:900-4. 2009..Further, we investigated the relationship between conditioned place preference and the mood-altering effects of the drug... - Subjective, behavioral, and physiological effects of acute caffeine in light, nondependent caffeine usersEmma Childs
The University of Chicago, 5841 S Maryland Avenue, MC3077, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
Psychopharmacology (Berl) 185:514-23. 2006..These findings support the idea that the drug has psychoactive effects even in the absence of withdrawal... - Association between ADORA2A and DRD2 polymorphisms and caffeine-induced anxietyEmma Childs
Department of Psychiatry, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60657, USA
Neuropsychopharmacology 33:2791-800. 2008..It is likely that other ADORA2A and DRD2 polymorphisms also contribute to responses to caffeine... - Acute stress increases circulating anandamide and other N-acylethanolamines in healthy humansAndrea Dlugos
Department of Psychiatry, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany
Neuropsychopharmacology 37:2416-27. 2012..This finding supports a protective role for eCBs in anxiety. Further research is needed to elucidate the function of these lipid mediators, and to determine the mechanisms that regulate their appearance in the circulation...