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H. Valerie Curran is affiliated with University College London in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on the intersection of medicine and neuroscience, with significant contributions in pharmacology, psychiatry and mental health, cognitive neuroscience, experimental and cognitive psychology, and cellular and molecular neuroscience.

The major topics of Curran's work include:

  • Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research
  • Bipolar Disorder and Treatment
  • Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Neuroscience of respiration and sleep
  • Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior

Recent notable papers authored or coauthored by Curran include:

  • "Adjunctive Ketamine With Relapse Prevention-Based Psychological Therapy in the Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorder," 2022, American Journal of Psychiatry
  • "The effects of acute cannabidiol on cerebral blood flow and its relationship to memory: An arterial spin labelling magnetic resonance imaging study," 2020, Journal of Psychopharmacology
  • "The CannTeen Study: Cannabis use disorder, depression, anxiety, and psychotic-like symptoms in adolescent and adult cannabis users and age-matched controls," 2022, Journal of Psychopharmacology
  • "The acute and non-acute effects of cannabis on reward processing: A systematic review," 2021, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
  • "Effects of cannabidiol on anandamide levels in individuals with cannabis use disorder: findings from a randomised clinical trial for the treatment of cannabis use disorder," 2023, Translational Psychiatry

Frequent coauthors who have collaborated extensively with Curran are:

  • Tom P. Freeman
  • Will Lawn
  • Claire Mokrysz
  • Kat Petrilli
  • Chandni Hindocha

The scientist's work is frequently published in the following venues:

  • Journal of Psychopharmacology
  • Biological Psychiatry Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging
  • Addiction
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Translational Psychiatry

H. Valerie Curran's output demonstrates a cross-disciplinary approach combining clinical and experimental methods. Their publications contribute to understanding the pharmacological effects of cannabinoids, substance abuse treatment outcomes, and cognitive as well as neural mechanisms underlying psychiatric and neurological conditions.

Best Publications

  • Psilocybin with psychological support for treatment-resistant depression: six-month follow-up.

    R. L. Carhart-Harris;M. Bolstridge;M. Bolstridge;C.M.J. Day;C.M.J. Day;J. Rucker;J. Rucker

  • Neural correlates of the LSD experience revealed by multimodal neuroimaging

    Robin L. Carhart-Harris;Suresh D. Muthukumaraswamy;Suresh D. Muthukumaraswamy;Leor Roseman;Mendel Kaelen

  • Effects of Cannabis Use on Human Behavior, Including Cognition, Motivation, and Psychosis: A Review

    Nora D. Volkow;James M. Swanson;A. Eden Evins;Lynn E. DeLisi

  • Ketamine use: a review

    Celia J. A. Morgan;H. Valerie Curran

  • Psilocybin for treatment-resistant depression: fMRI-measured brain mechanisms

    Robin L Carhart-Harris;Leor Roseman;Mark Bolstridge;Lysia Demetriou;Lysia Demetriou

  • Estimating the harms of nicotine-containing products using the MCDA approach.

    David J. Nutt;Lawrence D. Phillips;David Balfour;H. Valerie Curran

  • Keep off the grass? Cannabis, cognition and addiction

    H. Valerie Curran;Tom P. Freeman;Claire Mokrysz;David A. Lewis

  • Mood and cognitive effects of ± 3,4‐methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA, ‘ecstasy’): week‐end ‘high’ followed by mid‐week low

    H. Valerie Curran;Ross A. Travill

  • Effects of cannabidiol on schizophrenia-like symptoms in people who use cannabis

    Celia J. A. Morgan;H. Valerie Curran

  • Impact of cannabidiol on the acute memory and psychotomimetic effects of smoked cannabis: naturalistic study

    Celia J A Morgan;Gráinne Schafer;Tom P Freeman;H Valerie Curran

  • Consequences of chronic ketamine self-administration upon neurocognitive function and psychological wellbeing: a 1-year longitudinal study.

    Celia J. A. Morgan;Leslie Muetzelfeldt;H. Valerie Curran

  • Acute effects of ketamine on memory systems and psychotic symptoms in healthy volunteers.

    Celia J A Morgan;Ali Mofeez;Brigitta Brandner;Lesley Bromley

  • Cognitive, dissociative and psychotogenic effects of ketamine in recreational users on the night of drug use and 3 days later

    H V Curran;C Morgan

  • Acute and chronic effects of ketamine upon human memory: a review.

    Celia J. A. Morgan;H. Valerie Curran

  • Benzodiazepines: Risks and benefits. A reconsideration

    David S Baldwin;Katherine Aitchison;Alan Bateson;H Valerie Curran

  • Journey through the K-hole: Phenomenological aspects of ketamine use

    L. Muetzelfeldt;S.K. Kamboj;H. Rees;J. Taylor

  • Older adults and withdrawal from benzodiazepine hypnotics in general practice: effects on cognitive function, sleep, mood and quality of life

    H. V. Curran;R. Collins;S. Fletcher;S. C. Y. Kee

  • Dopaminergic Function in Cannabis Users and Its Relationship to Cannabis-Induced Psychotic Symptoms

    Michael A.P. Bloomfield;Michael A.P. Bloomfield;Celia J.A. Morgan;Alice Egerton;Alice Egerton;Shitij Kapur

  • Cannabidiol attenuates the appetitive effects of Delta 9-tetrahydrocannabinol in humans smoking their chosen cannabis.

    Celia J A Morgan;Tom P Freeman;Gráinne L Schafer;H Valerie Curran

  • Encoding of Marginal Utility across Time in the Human Brain

    A. Pine;B. Seymour;J. P. Roiser;P. Bossaerts;P. Bossaerts

  • Sub-chronic impact of cannabinoids in street cannabis on cognition, psychotic-like symptoms and psychological well-being.

    C.J.A. Morgan;C. Gardener;G. Schafer;S. Swan

Frequent Co-Authors

Celia J. A. Morgan
Celia J. A. Morgan University of Exeter
Tom P. Freeman
Tom P. Freeman University of Bath
Chandni Hindocha
Chandni Hindocha Beckley Foundation
Malcolm Lader
Malcolm Lader King's College London
Peter G. Rendell
Peter G. Rendell University of Queensland
Trevor W. Robbins
Trevor W. Robbins University of Cambridge
Mitul A. Mehta
Mitul A. Mehta King's College London
Marta Di Forti
Marta Di Forti King's College London
Lawrence H. Price
Lawrence H. Price Brown University
Julie D. Henry
Julie D. Henry University of Queensland

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