Recent Publications

  • Hoffman, L. A., Sklar, A. L., Nixon, S. J. (In Press). The effects of acute alcohol on psychomotor, set-shifting and working memory performance in older men and women. Alcohol 49, 185-191.
  • Lewis, B., Hoffman, L.A., Nixon, S.J. (2014). Sex differences in drug use among polysubstance users. Drug and Alcohol Dependence 145, 127-133. PMID: 25454410 Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=25454410
  • Boissoneault, J., Sklar, A. Prather, R., and Nixon, S. J. (2014). Acute effects of moderate alcohol on psychomotor, set shifting, and working memory function in older and younger social drinkers. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs 75, 870-879. PMID: 25208205
    Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=25208205
  • Squeglia, L. M., Boissoneault, J., Van Skike, C. E., Nixon, S. J., Matthews, D. B. (2014). Age-related effects of alcohol from adolescent, adult, and aged populations using human and animal models. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research 38(10), 2509-2516. PMID: 25156779
    Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=25156779
  • Sklar, A. L. & Nixon, S. J. (2014). Disruption of sensory gating by moderate alcohol doses. Psychopharmacology, 231(22), 4393-4402. PMID: 24800896
    Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=24800896
  • Sklar, A. L., Boissoneault, J. Fillmore, M. T., Nixon, S. J. (2014). Interactions between age and moderate alcohol effects on simulated driving performance. Psychopharmacology 231, 557-566. PMID: 24030469
    Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=24030469
  • Lewis, B., & Nixon, S. J. (2014). Characterizing gender differences in treatment seekers. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research 38(1), 275-284. PMID: 23930695
    Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=23930695
  • Durazzo, T. C., Meyerhoff, D. J., and Nixon, S. J. (2013). Interactive effects of chronic cigarette smoking and age on hippocampal volumes. Drug and Alcohol Dependence 133(2), 704-711. PMID: 24051060
    Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=24051060
  • Lewis, B., & Nixon, S. J. (2013). Cognitive flexibility during breath alcohol plateau is associated with previous drinking measures. Alcohol 47(4), 333-338. PMID: 23597416
    Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=23597416
  • Nixon, S. J. (2013). Executive functioning among young people in relation to alcohol use. Current Opinion in Psychiatry 26(4), 305-309. PMID: 23695532  Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=23695532
  • Cottler, L. B., Ajinkya, S., Merlo, L. J., Nixon, S. J., Ben Abdallah, A., Gold, M. S. (2013). Lifetime psychiatric and substance use disorders among impaired physicians in a Physicians’ Health Program: Comparison to a general treatment population. Journal of Addiction Medicine 7(2), 108-112. PMID: 23412081 Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=23412081
  • Lewis, B., Boissoneault, J., Gilbertson, R., Prather, R., Nixon, S.J. (2013). Neurophysiological correlates of moderate alcohol consumption in older and younger social drinkers. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research 37(6), 941-951. PMID: 23278355
    Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=23278355
  • Sklar, A. L., Gilbertson, R. J., Boissoneault, J., Prather, R., Nixon, S. J. (2012). Differential effects of moderate alcohol consumption on performance among older and younger adults. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research 36(12), 2150-2156. PMID: 22591190
    Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=22591190
  • Durazzo, T. C., Meyerhoff, D. J., Nixon, S. J. (2012). A comprehensive assessment of neurocognition in middle-aged chronic cigarette smokers. Drug and Alcohol Dependence 122, 105-111. PMID: 21992872
    Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=21992872
  • Boissoneault, J., Gilbertson, R. J., Prather, R. A., Nixon, S. J. (2011). Contrasting behavioral effects of acute nicotine and chronic smoking in detoxified alcoholics. Addictive Behaviors 36(12), 1344-1348. PMID: 21855223
    Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=21855223
  • Gilbertson, R. J., Boissoneault, J., Prather, R., & Nixon, S. J. (2011). Nicotine effects on immediate and delayed verbal memory after substance use detoxification. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 33(6), 609-618. PMID: 21526444
    Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=21526444
  • Johnson, B. A., Messing, R. O., Charness, M. E., Crabbe, J. C., Goldman, M. S., Harris, R. A., Kranzler, H. R., Mitchell, M. C., Jr., Nixon, S. J., Riley, E. P., Schuckit, M. A., Sher, K. J., Thomas, J. D. (2011). Should the reorganization of addiction-related research across all the National Institutes of Health be structural? — The devil is truly in the details. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 35(4), 572-580. PMID: 21443646
    Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=21443646
  • Morey, T. E., Booth, M. M., Prather, R. A., Nixon, S. J., Boissoneault, J., Melker, R. J., Goldberger, B. A., Wohltjen, H., Dennis, D. M. (2011). Measurement of ethanol in gaseous breath using a miniature gas chromatograph. J Anal Toxicol 35(3), 134-42. PMID: 21439148
    Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=21439148
  • Gilbertson, R., Frye, R. F., & Nixon, S. J. (2011). Nicotine as a factor in stress responsiveness among detoxified alcoholics. Alcohol Alcohol, 46(1), 39-51. PMID: 21045074 Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term= 21045074