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Aimee L. McRae-Clark is affiliated with the Medical University of South Carolina in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of medicine and neuroscience, with a significant focus on pharmacology, epidemiology, cognitive neuroscience, public health, environmental and occupational health, and clinical psychology.

Their work addresses several key topics, including cannabis and cannabinoid research, substance abuse treatment and outcomes, prenatal substance exposure effects, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, neuroendocrine regulation and behavior, neurotransmitter receptor influence on behavior, and maternal mental health during pregnancy and postpartum.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Aimee L. McRae-Clark include Nathaniel L. Baker, Kevin M. Gray, Rachel L. Tomko, Brian J. Sherman, and Gregory L. Sahlem.

The scholar has contributed extensively to several publication venues, most notably Drug and Alcohol Dependence, where sixteen publications are recorded. Other frequent venues include Biology of Sex Differences, Addictive Behaviors, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and Biological Psychiatry.

Representative recent papers authored or coauthored by McRae-Clark include:

  • The state of clinical outcome assessments for cannabis use disorder clinical trials: A review and research agenda (2020), Drug and Alcohol Dependence
  • Consideration of sex and gender differences in addiction medication response (2022), Biology of Sex Differences
  • Varenicline as a treatment for cannabis use disorder: A placebo-controlled pilot trial (2021), Drug and Alcohol Dependence
  • Cannabis use prevalence, patterns, and reasons for use among patients with cancer and survivors in a state without legal cannabis access (2023), Supportive Care in Cancer
  • A review of sleep disturbance in adults prescribed medications for opioid use disorder: potential treatment targets for a highly prevalent, chronic problem (2021), Sleep Medicine

Their academic output consists of 91 publications categorized broadly under medicine and 38 under neuroscience, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach to research. Within this body of work, 33 publications belong to pharmacology, 19 to epidemiology, 15 to cognitive neuroscience, 13 to public health, environmental and occupational health, and 11 to clinical psychology.

Best Publications

  • A double-blind randomized controlled trial of N-acetylcysteine in cannabis-dependent adolescents.

    Kevin M. Gray;Matthew J. Carpenter;Matthew J. Carpenter;Nathaniel L. Baker;Nathaniel L. Baker;Stacia M. DeSantis;Stacia M. DeSantis

  • Is Cocaine Desire Reduced by N -Acetylcysteine?

    Steven D. LaRowe;Hugh Myrick;Sarra Hedden;Pascale Mardikian

  • Stress reactivity: biological and subjective responses to the cold pressor and Trier Social stressors.

    Aimee L. McRae;Michael E. Saladin;Kathleen T. Brady;Himanshu Upadhyaya

  • Safety and Tolerability of N-Acetylcysteine in Cocaine-Dependent Individuals

    Steven D. LaRowe;Pascale Mardikian;Robert Malcolm;Hugh Myrick

  • Treatment of Cannabis Use Disorder: Current Science and Future Outlook.

    Brian J. Sherman;Aimee L. McRae-Clark

  • Oral Cannabidiol does not Alter the Subjective, Reinforcing or Cardiovascular Effects of Smoked Cannabis

    Margaret Haney;Robert J Malcolm;Shanna Babalonis;Paul A Nuzzo

  • Determining menstrual phase in human biobehavioral research: A review with recommendations

    Alicia M Allen;Aimee L. McRae-Clark;Samantha Carlson;Michael E. Saladin

  • Treatment of marijuana dependence: a review of the literature.

    Aimee L. McRae;Alan J. Budney;Kathleen T. Brady

  • Reactivity to laboratory stress provocation predicts relapse to cocaine

    Sudie E. Back;Karen Hartwell;Stacia M. DeSantis;Michael Saladin

  • A randomized placebo-controlled trial of N-acetylcysteine for cannabis use disorder in adults.

    Kevin M. Gray;Susan C. Sonne;Erin A. McClure;Udi E. Ghitza

  • Review of sertraline and its clinical applications in psychiatric disorders.

    Aimee L McRae;Kathleen T Brady

  • Effect of oxytocin on craving and stress response in marijuana-dependent individuals: a pilot study

    Aimee L. McRae-Clark;Nathaniel L. Baker;Megan Moran-Santa Maria;Kathleen T. Brady

  • A placebo-controlled trial of atomoxetine in marijuana-dependent individuals with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

    Aimee L. McRae-Clark;Rickey E. Carter;Therese K. Killeen;Matthew J. Carpenter

  • A double blind, placebo-controlled study of the effects of post-retrieval propranolol on reconsolidation of memory for craving and cue reactivity in cocaine dependent humans

    Michael E. Saladin;Kevin M. Gray;Aimee L. McRae-Clark;Steven D. LaRowe;Steven D. LaRowe

  • A placebo-controlled trial of buspirone for the treatment of marijuana dependence

    Aimee L. McRae-Clark;Rickey E. Carter;Therese K. Killeen;Matthew J. Carpenter

  • PTSD and the HPA axis: Differences in response to the cold pressor task among individuals with child vs. adult trauma

    Elizabeth J. Santa Ana;Michael E. Saladin;Sudie E. Back;Angela E. Waldrop

  • Association of elevated cytokines with childhood adversity in a sample of healthy adults

    Karen J. Hartwell;Megan M. Moran-Santa Maria;Waleed O. Twal;Stephanie Shaftman

  • Effects of gender and cigarette smoking on reactivity to psychological and pharmacological stress provocation

    Sudie E. Back;Angela E. Waldrop;Michael E. Saladin;Sharon D. Yeatts

  • Cold pressor task reactivity: predictors of alcohol use among alcohol-dependent individuals with and without comorbid posttraumatic stress disorder.

    Kathleen T. Brady;Sudie E. Back;Angela E. Waldrop;Aimee L. McRae

  • Stress- and cue-elicited craving and reactivity in marijuana-dependent individuals

    Aimee L. McRae-Clark;Rickey E. Carter;Kimber L. Price;Nathaniel L. Baker

Frequent Co-Authors

Kathleen T. Brady
Kathleen T. Brady Medical University of South Carolina
Michael E. Saladin
Michael E. Saladin Medical University of South Carolina
Sudie E. Back
Sudie E. Back Medical University of South Carolina
Lindsay M. Squeglia
Lindsay M. Squeglia Medical University of South Carolina
Kathleen M. Carroll
Kathleen M. Carroll Yale University
Daniel J. Taylor
Daniel J. Taylor University of Arizona
Sherry A. McKee
Sherry A. McKee Yale University
Frances R. Levin
Frances R. Levin Columbia University
Himanshu P. Upadhyaya
Himanshu P. Upadhyaya Eli Lilly (United States)
Brian D. Kiluk
Brian D. Kiluk Yale University

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