Publications from 2021 to Present

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Kirschner, H., Molla, H. M., Nassar, M. R., de Wit, H., & Ullsperger, M. (2024). Methamphetamine-induced adaptation of learning rate dynamics depend on baseline performance. bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology, 2024.07.04.602054. https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.07.04.602054

Haggarty, C. J., Bershad, A. K., Kumar, M. K., Lee, R., & de Wit, H. (2024). The 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine enhances early visual processing for salient socio-emotional stimuli. The European journal of neuroscience, 59(12), 3224–3235. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejn.16346

Murray, C. H., Frohlich, J., Haggarty, C. J., Tare, I., Lee, R., & de Wit, H. (2024). Neural complexity is increased after low doses of LSD, but not moderate to high doses of oral THC or methamphetamine. Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, 49(7), 1120–1128. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41386-024-01809-2

Murphy, R. J., Muthukumaraswamy, S., & de Wit, H. (2024). Microdosing Psychedelics: Current Evidence From Controlled Studies. Biological psychiatry. Cognitive neuroscience and neuroimaging, 9(5), 500–511. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpsc.2024.01.002

Bershad, A. K., Hsu, D. T., & de Wit, H. (2024). MDMA enhances positive affective responses to social feedback. Journal of psychopharmacology (Oxford, England), 38(3), 297–304. https://doi.org/10.1177/02698811231224153

Haggarty, C. J., Glazer, J. E., Nusslock, R., Lee, R., & de Wit, H. (2024). Lack of effect of methamphetamine on reward-related brain activity in healthy adults. Psychopharmacology, 241(1), 181–193. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00213-023-06475-8

Molla, H., Lee, R., Tare, I., & de Wit, H. (2024). Greater subjective effects of a low dose of LSD in participants with depressed mood. Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, 49(5), 774–781. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41386-023-01772-4

Molla, H., Lee, R., Lyubomirsky, S., & de Wit, H. (2023). Drug-induced social connection: both MDMA and methamphetamine increase feelings of connectedness during controlled dyadic conversations. Scientific reports, 13(1), 15846. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-43156-0

Molla, H., Keedy, S., & de Wit, H. (2023). Methamphetamine enhances neural activation during anticipation of loss in the monetary incentive delay task. Cerebral Cortex Communications. (in press).

de Wit, H., Heilig, M., & Bershad, A. K. (2023). Does acute stress play a role in the lasting therapeutic effects of psychedelic drugs? Neuropsychopharmacology. (in press).

Han, J., Keedy, S., & de Wit, H. (2023). Stimulant-like subjective effects of alcohol are not related to resting-state connectivity in healthy men. Cerebral Cortex. (in press).

Bershad, A. K., & de Wit, H. (2023). Social psychopharmacology: novel approaches to treat deficits in social motivation in schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Bulletin. (in press).

Crane, N. A., Molla, H., & de Wit, H. (2023). Methamphetamine alters striatal neural activation to monetary reward in healthy young adults. Psychopharmacology. (in press).

Nurmi, E. L., Laughlin, C. P., de Wit, H., Palmer, A. A., MacKillop, J., Cannon, T. D., Bilder, R. M., Congdon, E., Sabb, F. W., Seaman, L. C., McElroy, J. J., Libowitz, M. R., Weafer, J., Gray, J., Dean, A. C., Hellemann, G. S., & London, E. D. (2023). Polygenic contributions to performance on the Balloon Analogue Risk Task. Molecular Psychiatry. (in press).

Pabon, E., & de Wit, H. (2023). Impaired inhibition after delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol in women not related to circulating estradiol levels. Pharmacology, Biochemistry, and Behavior, 225, 173547. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pbb.2023.173547

Krishnan, S., Bevins, R. A., & de Wit, H. (2023). Place conditioning in humans: opportunities for translational research. Psychopharmacology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00213-023-06316-8

Glazer, J., Murray, C. H., Nusslock, R., Lee, R., & de Wit, H. (2023). Low doses of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) increase reward-related brain activity. Neuropsychopharmacology, 48(2), 418–426. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41386-022-01479-y

Doss, M. K., de Wit, H., & Gallo, D. A. (2023). The acute effects of psychoactive drugs on emotional episodic memory encoding, consolidation, and retrieval: A comprehensive review. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 150, 105188. PMID: 37085021.

Pabon, E., Greenlund, I. M., Carter, J. R., & de Wit, H. (2022). Effects of alcohol on sleep and nocturnal heart rate: Relationships to intoxication and morning-after effects. Alcoholism, Clinical and Experimental Research, 46, 1875–1887. https://doi.org/10.1111/acer.14921

Murray, C. H., Glazer, J. E., Lee, R., Nusslock, R., & de Wit, H. (2022). Δ9-THC reduces reward-related brain activity in healthy adults. Psychopharmacology, 239(9), 2829–2840. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00213-022-06164-y

Pabon, E., & de Wit, H. (2022). Effects of oral delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol in women during the follicular phase of the menstrual cycle. Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research. https://doi.org/10.1089/can.2022.0045

Doss, M. K., Samaha, J., Barrett, F. S., Griffiths, R. R., de Wit, H., Gallo, D. A., & Koen, J. D. (2022). Unique effects of sedatives, dissociatives, psychedelics, stimulants, and cannabinoids on episodic memory: A review and reanalysis of acute drug effects on recollection, familiarity, and metamemory. bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.05.20.492842

Wardle, M. C., Pabon, E., Webber, H. E., & de Wit, H. (2022). Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol reduces willingness to exert effort in women. Psychopharmacology, 239(5), 1487-1497. PMID: 35102424; PMCID: PMC8803458.

King, A., Vena, A., de Wit, H., Grant, J. E., & Cao, D. (2022). Combination treatment with varenicline and nicotine patch for smoking cessation and heavy drinking: A randomized controlled trial. JAMA Network Open, 5(3). https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.0951

Murray, C. H., Huang, Z., Lee, R., & de Wit, H. (2022). Adolescents are more sensitive than adults to acute behavioral and cognitive effects of THC. Neuropsychopharmacology, 47, 1331-1338. PMID: 35110688; PMCID: PMC9117219

de Wit, H., Molla, H. M., Bershad, A., Bremmer, M., & Lee, R. (2022). Repeated low doses of LSD in healthy adults: A placebo-controlled, dose-response study. Addiction Biology, 27. https://doi.org/10.1111/adb.13143

Pabon, E., Rockwood, F., Norman, G. J., & de Wit, H. (2022). Acute effects of oral delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) on autonomic cardiac activity and their relation to subjective and anxiogenic effects. Psychophysiology, 59(2). https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.13955

Di Ciano, P., de Wit, H., Mansouri, E., Houle, S., Boileau, I., & Le Foll, B. (2021). Conditioned stimuli on [11C]-(+)-PHNO PET binding in tobacco smokers after a one-week abstinence. Scientific Reports. (in press).

Nutt, D., & de Wit, H. (2021). Putting the MD back into MDMA. Nature Medicine (commentary).

Van Hedger, K., Mayo, L. M., Bershad, A. K., & de Wit, H. (2021). Effects of acute drug administration on emotion: A review of pharmacological fMRI studies. Current Addict Reports. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40429-021-00362-y

Weafer, J., Phan, K. L., & de Wit, H. (2021). Neural correlates of inhibitory control are associated with stimulant-like effects of alcohol. Neuropsychopharmacology. (in press).

de Wit, H., Bershad, A. K., Grob, C. (2021). Challenges in translational research: MDMA in the laboratory vs the clinic. Journal of Psychopharmacology. (in press).

Murray, C. H., Li, J., Weafer, J., & de Wit, H. (2021). Subjective responses predict d-amphetamine choice in healthy volunteers. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior. (in press).

Regan, A., Margolis, S., de Wit, H., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2021). Does ±3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (ecstasy) induce subjective feelings of social connection in humans? A multilevel meta-analysis. PLoS One, 16(10). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0258849. PMID: 34695117; PMCID: PMC8544845.

Malina, M., Keedy, S., Weafer, J., Van Hedger, K., & de Wit, H. (2021). Effects of methamphetamine on within- and between-network connectivity in healthy adults. Cereb Cortex Commun, 2(4). https://doi.org/10.1093/texcom/tgab063. PMID: 34859242; PMCID: PMC8633740.

Han, J., Keedy, S., Murray, C. H., Foxley, S., & de Wit, H. (2021). Acute effects of alcohol on resting-state functional connectivity in healthy young men. Addict Behav, 115, 106786. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2020.106786. PMID: 33421747.

Webber, H. E., Lopez-Gamundi, P., Stamatovich, S. N., de Wit, H., & Wardle, M. C. (2021). Using pharmacological manipulations to study the role of dopamine in human reward functioning: A review of studies in healthy adults. Neurosci Biobehav Rev, 120, 123-158. PMCID: PMC7855845.

de Wit, H., Bershad, A. K., Hutchison, W., & Bremmer, M. (2021). Can 3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) change socio-political values? Insights from a research participant. Biological Psychiatry.

Murray, C. H., Li, J., Weafer, J., & de Wit, H. (2021). Subjective responses predict d-amphetamine choice in healthy volunteers. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior. (in press).

Murray, C. H., Tare, I., Perry, C. M., Malina, M., Lee, R., & de Wit, H. (2021). Low doses of LSD reduce broadband oscillatory power and modulate event-related potentials in healthy adults. Psychopharmacology (Berl). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00213-021-05991-9. PMID: 34613430.