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| Anthony LiguoriSummaryAffiliation: Wake Forest University School of Medicine Country: USA Publications
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Effects of marijuana on equilibrium, psychomotor performance, and simulated drivingA Liguori
Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, North Carolina 27157, USA
Behav Pharmacol 9:599-609. 1998..The equilibrium and brake latency data with 3.95% THC are similar to prior results in our laboratory in participants with breath alcohol concentrations near 0.05%...
Behavioral and subjective effects of marijuana following partial sleep deprivationAnthony Liguori
Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC 27157, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 70:233-40. 2003..Thus, while PSD increased the dose-dependence of THC effects on heart rate and subjective impairment, it did not enhance the effects of marijuana on standing balance and brake latency...
Caffeine antagonism of alcohol-induced driving impairmentA Liguori
Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC 27157, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 63:123-9. 2001..Stroop and CFF performance were unaffected by any drug condition. The results suggest that caffeine may increase alertness and improve reaction time after alcohol use but will not completely counteract alcohol impairment in a driver...
Separate and combined effects of marijuana and alcohol on mood, equilibrium and simulated drivingAnthony Liguori
Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA
Psychopharmacology (Berl) 163:399-405. 2002..Conversely, braking impairment from low doses of alcohol may not be revealed by tests of balance...
Alcohol effects on simulated driving in frequent and infrequent binge drinkersKimberly A Bernosky-Smith
Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, North Carolina 27101, USA
Hum Psychopharmacol 26:216-23. 2011..This study compared the effects of an experimenter‐delivered alcohol binge on subjective impairment and simulated driving ability in female high‐frequency and low‐frequency bingers...
Response inhibition impairments predict alcohol-induced sedationErin E Shannon
Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC 27101, USA
Alcohol Alcohol 46:33-8. 2011..The aim of this study was to probe the relationship between the subjective effects of alcohol and impulsive behavior in social drinkers...
Differential effects of alcohol and alcohol expectancy on risk-taking during simulated drivingScott E Burian
Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA
Hum Psychopharmacol 18:175-84. 2003..These findings suggest that the knowledge of dose received can differentially influence the pharmacological effect of alcohol on decision-making...
Ultraviolet exposure is a reinforcing stimulus in frequent indoor tannersSteven R Feldman
Department of Dermatology, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, USA
J Am Acad Dermatol 51:45-51. 2004..Investigations into tanners' reasons for tanning have focused primarily on the perception of improved appearance. Reported relaxing effects of tanning suggest the possibility of a physiologic effect of UV that drives tanning behavior...
Involvement of cholinergic neuronal systems in intravenous cocaine self-administrationJames E Smith
Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Center for the Neurobiological Investigation of Drug Abuse, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Wake Forest University, Winston Salem, NC 27157 1083, USA
Neurosci Biobehav Rev 27:841-50. 2004....
Cognitive, psychomotor and polysomnographic effects of trazodone in primary insomniacsAlicia J Roth
Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC 27101, USA
J Sleep Res 20:552-8. 2011..Although trazodone is efficacious for sleep maintenance difficulties, its associated cognitive and motor impairments may provide a modest caveat to health-care providers...
Effects of alcohol on risk-taking during simulated drivingScott E Burian
Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA
Hum Psychopharmacol 17:141-50. 2002..This finding suggests that breath alcohol concentrations within current legal standards can alter a driver's decision-making such that the willingness to enter a high-risk situation is increased...
Tanning as an addictive behavior: a literature reviewBridgit V Nolan
Department of Dermatology, Center for Dermatology Research, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston Salem, NC 27157 1071, USA
Photodermatol Photoimmunol Photomed 25:12-9. 2009..Recent studies have identified reinforcing properties associated with tanning and suggest a possible physiologic mechanism and addiction driving tanning behavior...
Cannabis withdrawal among adolescent cannabis users in an outpatient research settingMichael A Dawes
Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
Am J Addict 15:485-6. 2006
Rapid drinking is associated with increases in driving-related risk-takingKimberly A Bernosky-Smith
Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston Salem, North Carolina, USA
Hum Psychopharmacol 27:622-5. 2012..The current study assessed the influence of speed of alcohol consumption within a laboratory-administered binge on self-reported attitudes toward driving and simulated driving ability...
Induction of withdrawal-like symptoms in a small randomized, controlled trial of opioid blockade in frequent tannersMandeep Kaur
Center for Dermatology Research, Department of Dermatology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157-1071, USA
J Am Acad Dermatol 54:709-11. 2006..Opioid blockade reduced ultraviolet preference in frequent tanners. Four of 8 frequent tanners, but no infrequent tanners, exhibited withdrawal-like symptoms with naltrexone administration. A limitation of this study is its small size...
Teenagers do not always lie: characteristics and correspondence of telephone and in-person reports of adolescent drug useErin E Shannon
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC, United States
Drug Alcohol Depend 90:288-91. 2007..Additionally, parents appear to become more aware of their adolescent's drug use with increased frequency of use...
Long-term heavy marijuana users make costly decisions on a gambling taskChristopher T Whitlow
Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Center for the Neurobiological Investigation of Drug Abuse, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston Salem, NC 27157-1083, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 76:107-11. 2004..It is unknown, however, whether the basis for such deficits might be attributed directly to marijuana exposure or pre-existing genetic or behavioral differences...
Visual discrimination testing of ultraviolet transmitting and ultraviolet blocking acrylic thermoplasticsMichael J Kucenic
The Department of Dermatology, Baptist Medical Center, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC 27157 1071, USA
Photodermatol Photoimmunol Photomed 18:228-31. 2002..New acrylic thermoplastics that block or transmit ultraviolet light have visual properties that may provide a solution...
Side effects of naltrexone observed in frequent tanners: could frequent tanners have ultraviolet-induced high opioid levels?Mandeep Kaur
J Am Acad Dermatol 52:916. 2005
Plasma beta-endorphin levels in frequent and infrequent tanners before and after ultraviolet and non-ultraviolet stimuliMandeep Kaur
J Am Acad Dermatol 54:919-20. 2006
Indoor tanning relieves painMandeep Kaur
Photodermatol Photoimmunol Photomed 21:278. 2005
Research Grants
- SLEEP DEPRIVATION AND ALCOHOL EFFECTS IN MARIJUANA USERSAnthony Liguori; Fiscal Year: 2002..By clarifying the separate and combined effects of marijuana, alcohol, and sleep deprivation on these ecologically valid measures, the results will contribute to the prevention of drug-related highway fatalities. ..
- Motivation and Attention in Marijuana Use and WithdrawalAnthony Liguori; Fiscal Year: 2005..abstract_text> ..
