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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2008 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Craig R. Rush is affiliated with the University of Kentucky in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within neuroscience, medicine, and psychology, with a significant number of publications contributing to these fields.

The primary fields of study include Neuroscience, Medicine, and Psychology, with focused subfields such as Cognitive Neuroscience, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Clinical Psychology.

The main topics of their work cover a range of subjects including:

  • Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
  • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
  • Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies
  • Treatment of Major Depression
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes

Their frequent coauthors reflect collaborations in related research areas and include:

  • William W. Stoops
  • Joshua A. Lile
  • Gopalkumar Rakesh
  • Seth Himelhoch
  • Lon R. Hays

Craig R. Rush has published regularly in key venues such as:

  • Drug and Alcohol Dependence
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior
  • Journal of Affective Disorders
  • Brain Stimulation

Notable recent publications include:

  • "An update on the clinical pharmacology of methylphenidate: therapeutic efficacy, abuse potential and future considerations," 2020, Expert Review of Clinical Pharmacology
  • "Suvorexant maintenance enhances the reinforcing but not subjective and physiological effects of intravenous cocaine in humans," 2022, Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior
  • "Influence of n-acetylcysteine maintenance on the pharmacodynamic effects of oral ethanol," 2020, Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior
  • "Topiramate-phentermine combinations reduce cocaine self-administration in humans," 2020, Drug and Alcohol Dependence
  • "Exercise increases attentional bias towards food cues in individuals classified as overweight to obese," 2022, Physiology & Behavior

Craig R. Rush received recognition as a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) in 2008.

Best Publications

  • Impaired inhibitory control of behavior in chronic cocaine users

    Mark T Fillmore;Craig R Rush

  • Assessing the abuse potential of methylphenidate in nonhuman and human subjects: a review.

    Scott H Kollins;Emily K MacDonald;Craig R Rush

  • Acute effects of cocaine in two models of inhibitory control: implications of non-linear dose effects

    Mark T. Fillmore;Craig R. Rush;Lon Hays

  • Individual differences in drug abuse vulnerability: d-Amphetamine and sensation-seeking status

    Thomas H. Kelly;Glenn Robbins;Catherine A. Martin;Mark T. Fillmore

  • Acute effects of oral cocaine on inhibitory control of behavior in humans.

    Mark T Fillmore;Craig R Rush;Lon Hays

  • Comparison of acute behavioral effects of sustained-release and immediate-release methylphenidate.

    Scott H. Kollins;Craig R. Rush;Peggy J. Pazzaglia;Jeffrey A. Ali

  • Behavioral Pharmacology of Zolpidem Relative to Benzodiazepines: A Review

    Craig R. Rush

  • Validation of the Multiple-Choice procedure for investigating drug reinforcement in humans

    Roland R. Griffiths;Craig R. Rush;Craig R. Rush;Kimberly A. Puhala

  • Evaluation of the “Pipeline” for Development of Medications for Cocaine Use Disorder: A Review of Translational Preclinical, Human Laboratory, and Clinical Trial Research

    Paul W. Czoty;William W. Stoops;Craig R. Rush

  • Reinforcing and subject-rated effects of methylphenidate and d-amphetamine in non-drug-abusing humans.

    Craig R. Rush;William D. Essman;Cathy A. Simpson;Robert W. Baker

  • Discriminative-stimulus and participant-rated effects of methylphenidate, bupropion, and triazolam in d-amphetamine-trained humans.

    Craig R. Rush;Scott H. Kollins;Peggy J. Pazzaglia

  • Polydrug abusers display impaired discrimination-reversal learning in a model of behavioural control.

    Mark T. Fillmore;Craig R. Rush

  • Acute behavioral effects and abuse potential of trazodone, zolpidem and triazolam in humans.

    C. R. Rush;Robert W. Baker;Ken Wright

  • Zolpidem, triazolam, and temazepam: behavioral and subject-rated effects in normal volunteers.

    Craig R. Rush;Roland R. Griffiths

  • Agonist-like pharmacotherapy for stimulant dependence: Preclinical, human laboratory, and clinical studies

    David V. Herin;Craig. R. Rush;Craig. R. Rush;John Grabowski

  • Acute behavioral and physiological effects of modafinil in drug abusers

    C.R. Rush;T.H. Kelly;L.R. Hays;R.W. Baker

  • Zaleplon and triazolam in humans: acute behavioral effects and abuse potential

    Craig R. Rush;Joseph M. Frey;Roland R. Griffiths

  • Behavioral pharmacological similarities between methylphenidate and cocaine in cocaine abusers.

    Craig R. Rush;Robert W. Baker

  • Acute behavioral and cardiac effects of cocaine and alcohol combinations in humans.

    Stephen T. Higgins;Craig R. Rush;Warren K. Bickel;John R. Hughes

  • Risperidone Attenuates the Discriminative-Stimulus Effects of d-Amphetamine in Humans

    Craig R. Rush;William W. Stoops;Lon R. Hays;Paul E. A. Glaser

Frequent Co-Authors

William W. Stoops
William W. Stoops University of Kentucky
Justin C. Strickland
Justin C. Strickland Johns Hopkins University
Mark T. Fillmore
Mark T. Fillmore University of Kentucky
Stephen T. Higgins
Stephen T. Higgins University of Vermont
Warren K. Bickel
Warren K. Bickel Virginia Tech
Roland R. Griffiths
Roland R. Griffiths Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
John R. Hughes
John R. Hughes University of Vermont
John M. Roll
John M. Roll Washington State University
Scott D. Lane
Scott D. Lane The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

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