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F. Joseph McClernon

F. Joseph McClernon

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Psychology

D-Index
50
Citations
9694
World Ranking
5451
National Ranking
2977

Overview

F. Joseph McClernon is affiliated with Duke University in the United States and has contributed extensively to research primarily in the field of Medicine. Their scholarly work spans multiple subfields including Physiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Applied Psychology, and General Health Professions.

The main topics covered in their research include Smoking Behavior and Cessation, Air Quality and Health Impacts, Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet, Behavioral Health and Interventions, Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study, Health and Medical Research Impacts, and Mobile Health and mHealth Applications.

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by McClernon are:

  • A methodological checklist for fMRI drug cue reactivity studies: development and expert consensus, 2022, Nature Protocols
  • Trends in cannabis and tobacco co-use in the United States, 2002-2021, 2024, Addictive Behaviors
  • Multiple Tobacco Product Use Conceptual Framework: A 2021 Update on Evidence, 2022, Nicotine & Tobacco Research
  • Relationships between the Nicotine Metabolite Ratio and a Panel of Exposure and Effect Biomarkers: Findings from Two Studies of U.S. Commercial Cigarette Smokers, 2020, Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention
  • Parameter Space and Potential for Biomarker Development in 25 Years of fMRI Drug Cue Reactivity, 2024, JAMA Psychiatry

Frequent co-authors collaborating with McClernon include Dana Rubenstein, Jason A. Oliver, Lauren R. Pacek, Maggie M. Sweitzer, and Dana Mowls Carroll.

McClernon's work has been published in several key venues relevant to their research focus. These frequently include Nicotine & Tobacco Research, Journal of Clinical and Translational Science, UNC Libraries, Drug and Alcohol Dependence, and Addictive Behaviors.

Best Publications

  • Nicotinic effects on cognitive function : behavioral characterization, pharmacological specification, and anatomic localization

    Edward D. Levin;F. Joseph McClernon;Amir H. Rezvani

  • Association Between Smoking and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Symptoms in a Population-Based Sample of Young Adults

    Scott H. Kollins;F. Joseph McClernon;Bernard F. Fuemmeler

  • Randomized Trial of Reduced-Nicotine Standards for Cigarettes.

    Eric C. Donny;Rachel L. Denlinger;Jennifer W. Tidey;Joseph S. Koopmeiners

  • 24-h smoking abstinence potentiates fMRI-BOLD activation to smoking cues in cerebral cortex and dorsal striatum

    F. Joseph McClernon;Rachel V. Kozink;Avery M. Lutz;Jed E. Rose

  • Abstinence-Induced Changes in Self-Report Craving Correlate with Event-Related fMRI Responses to Smoking Cues

    F Joseph McClernon;F Berry Hiott;Scott A Huettel;Jed E Rose

  • Cannabinoid exposure and altered DNA methylation in rat and human sperm.

    Susan K. Murphy;Nilda Itchon-Ramos;Zachary Visco;Zhiqing Huang

  • Adverse childhood events are associated with obesity and disordered eating: results from a U.S. population-based survey of young adults.

    Bernard F. Fuemmeler;Eric Dedert;F. Joseph McClernon;Jean C. Beckham

  • Proximal versus distal cues to smoke: The effects of environments on smokers' cue-reactivity.

    Cynthia A. Conklin;Nathalie Robin;Kenneth A. Perkins;Ronald P. Salkeld

  • Remitted major depression is characterized by reward network hyperactivation during reward anticipation and hypoactivation during reward outcomes

    Gabriel S. Dichter;Rachel V. Kozink;F. Joseph McClernon;F. Joseph McClernon;Moria J. Smoski

  • Neurocognitive correlates of the effects of yoga meditation practice on emotion and cognition: a pilot study

    Brett E. Froeliger;Eric L. Garland;Leslie A. Modlin;F. Joseph McClernon

  • The effects of a low-carbohydrate ketogenic diet and a low-fat diet on mood, hunger, and other self-reported symptoms.

    F. Joseph McClernon;William S. Yancy;William S. Yancy;Jacqueline A. Eberstein;Robert C. Atkins

  • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Symptoms Predict Nicotine Dependence and Progression to Regular Smoking from Adolescence to Young Adulthood

    Bernard F. Fuemmeler;Scott H. Kollins;F. Joseph McClernon

  • Effects of quitting smoking on EEG activation and attention last for more than 31 days and are more severe with stress, dependence, DRD2 A1 allele, and depressive traits

    David G. Gilbert;F. Joseph McClernon;Norka E. Rabinovich;Chihiro Sugai

  • Effect of immediate vs gradual reduction in nicotine content of cigarettes on biomarkers of smoke exposure a randomized clinical trial

    Dorothy K. Hatsukami;Xianghua Luo;Joni A. Jensen;Mustafa Al'Absi

  • Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation of the superior frontal gyrus modulates craving for cigarettes.

    Jed E. Rose;F. Joseph McClernon;F. Joseph McClernon;Brett Froeliger;Frédérique M. Behm

  • Yoga Meditation Practitioners Exhibit Greater Gray Matter Volume and Fewer Reported Cognitive Failures: Results of a Preliminary Voxel-Based Morphometric Analysis

    Brett Froeliger;Eric L. Garland;F. Joseph McClernon

  • Automatic affective responses to smoking cues.

    B. Keith Payne;F. Joseph McClernon;Ian G. Dobbins

  • Cognitive enhancers for the treatment of ADHD.

    L. Cinnamon Bidwell;F. Joseph McClernon;F. Joseph McClernon;Scott H. Kollins

  • Meditation-State Functional Connectivity (msFC): Strengthening of the Dorsal Attention Network and Beyond

    Brett Froeliger;Eric L. Garland;Rachel V. Kozink;Leslie A. Modlin

  • Transdermal nicotine attenuates depression symptoms in nonsmokers: a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

    F. Joseph McClernon;F. Berry Hiott;Eric C. Westman;Jed E. Rose

  • Selectively reduced responses to smoking cues in amygdala following extinction-based smoking cessation: results of a preliminary functional magnetic resonance imaging study.

    F. Joseph McClernon;F. Berry Hiott;Jim Liu;Alfred N. Salley

  • Mood disturbance fails to resolve across 31 days of cigarette abstinence in women

    David G. Gilbert;F. Joseph McClernon;Norka E. Rabinovich;Louisette C. Plath

Frequent Co-Authors

Jean C. Beckham
Jean C. Beckham Duke University
David G. Gilbert
David G. Gilbert Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Michelle F. Dennis
Michelle F. Dennis Duke University
Jennifer W. Tidey
Jennifer W. Tidey Brown University
Patrick S. Calhoun
Patrick S. Calhoun Duke University
David J. Drobes
David J. Drobes University of South Florida
Eric L. Garland
Eric L. Garland University of Utah
Scott R. Vrana
Scott R. Vrana Virginia Commonwealth University
Karen L. Cropsey
Karen L. Cropsey University of Alabama at Birmingham
Suzanne M. Colby
Suzanne M. Colby Brown University

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