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Janna Cousijn is affiliated with Erasmus University Rotterdam in the Netherlands. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience, with a particular emphasis on subfields such as Cognitive Neuroscience, Pharmacology, Epidemiology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology.

Their work covers key topics including Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research, Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes, Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior, Functional Brain Connectivity Studies, Behavioral Health and Interventions, Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies, and Mental Health Research Topics.

Janna Cousijn has contributed to a variety of recent publications, reflecting a focus on substance use and its neuropsychological correlates. Notable recent papers include:

  • The short-term and long-term effects of cannabis on cognition: recent advances in the field (2020, Current Opinion in Psychology)
  • Sex differences in the neuroanatomy of alcohol dependence: hippocampus and amygdala subregions in a sample of 966 people from the ENIGMA Addiction Working Group (2021, Translational Psychiatry)
  • For better or for worse? A pre-post exploration of the impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on cannabis users (2021, Addiction)
  • Associations between cannabis use, cannabis use disorder, and mood disorders: longitudinal, genetic, and neurocognitive evidence (2021, Psychopharmacology)
  • How do substance use disorders compare to other psychiatric conditions on structural brain abnormalities? A cross-disorder meta-analytic comparison using the ENIGMA consortium findings (2020, Human Brain Mapping)

Frequent publication venues for Janna Cousijn include Addiction, Addiction Biology, Psychopharmacology, Human Brain Mapping, and Drug and Alcohol Dependence. These venues reflect the intersection of behavioral health, addiction research, and neuroscience in their work.

  • Addiction (19 publications)
  • Addiction Biology (5 publications)
  • Psychopharmacology (4 publications)
  • Human Brain Mapping (4 publications)
  • Drug and Alcohol Dependence (4 publications)

Their collaborative network includes several frequent co-authors with whom they have published extensively. Among these are Emese Kroon, Lauren Kuhns, Reínout W. Wiers, Francesca M. Filbey, and Valentina Lorenzetti.

  • Emese Kroon (37 co-authored papers)
  • Lauren Kuhns (29 co-authored papers)
  • Reínout W. Wiers (21 co-authored papers)
  • Francesca M. Filbey (18 co-authored papers)
  • Valentina Lorenzetti (16 co-authored papers)

Best Publications

  • Grey matter alterations associated with cannabis use: results of a VBM study in heavy cannabis users and healthy controls.

    Janna Cousijn;Reinout W. Wiers;K. Richard Ridderinkhof;Wim van den Brink

  • Reaching out towards cannabis: approach-bias in heavy cannabis users predicts changes in cannabis use

    Janna Cousijn;Anna E. Goudriaan;Reinout W. Wiers

  • Mega-Analysis of Gray Matter Volume in Substance Dependence: General and Substance-Specific Regional Effects

    Scott Mackey;Nicholas Allgaier;Bader Chaarani;Philip Spechler

  • Recovery of neurocognitive functions following sustained abstinence after substance dependence and implications for treatment.

    Mieke H J Schulte;Janna Cousijn;Tess E den Uyl;Anna E Goudriaan

  • Neural responses associated with cue-reactivity in frequent cannabis users

    Janna Cousijn;Anna E. Goudriaan;K. Richard Ridderinkhof;Wim van den Brink

  • Age-related differences in the impact of cannabis use on the brain and cognition: a systematic review.

    Claire Gorey;Lauren Kuhns;Eleni Smaragdi;Emese Kroon

  • Effect of baseline cannabis use and working-memory network function on changes in cannabis use in heavy cannabis users: a prospective fMRI study

    Janna Cousijn;Reinout W. Wiers;K. Richard Ridderinkhof;Wim van den Brink

  • Heavy cannabis use, dependence and the brain : a clinical perspective

    Emese Kroon;Lauren Kuhns;Eva Hoch;Janna Cousijn

  • Individual differences in decision making and reward processing predict changes in cannabis use: a prospective functional magnetic resonance imaging study.

    Janna Cousijn;Reinout W. Wiers;K. Richard Ridderinkhof;Wim van den Brink

  • Adolescent resilience to addiction: a social plasticity hypothesis.

    Janna Cousijn;Maartje Luijten;Sarah W Feldstein Ewing

  • Cannabis dependence, cognitive control and attentional bias for cannabis words.

    J. Cousijn;P. Watson;L. Koenders;W.A.M. Vingerhoets

  • Approach-bias predicts development of cannabis problem severity in heavy cannabis users: results from a prospective FMRI study

    Janna Cousijn;Anna E. Goudriaan;K. Richard Ridderinkhof;Wim van den Brink

  • The short-term and long-term effects of cannabis on cognition: recent advances in the field.

    Emese Kroon;Lauren Kuhns;Janna Cousijn

  • Recommendations for international gambling harm-minimisation guidelines: comparison with effective public health policy

    Sally M Gainsbury;Matthijs Blankers;Matthijs Blankers;Claire Wilkinson;Claire Wilkinson;Karen Schelleman-Offermans

  • Grey Matter Changes Associated with Heavy Cannabis Use: A Longitudinal sMRI Study

    Laura Koenders;Janna Cousijn;Janna Cousijn;Wilhelmina A. M. Vingerhoets;Wilhelmina A. M. Vingerhoets;Wim van den Brink

  • Attempted Training of Alcohol Approach and Drinking Identity Associations in US Undergraduate Drinkers: Null Results from Two Studies

    Kristen P. Lindgren;Reinout W. Wiers;Bethany A. Teachman;Melissa L. Gasser

  • Subcortical surface morphometry in substance dependence: An ENIGMA addiction working group study

    Yann Chye;Scott Mackey;Boris A. Gutman;Christopher R.K. Ching

  • Dissociable roles of mGlu5 and dopamine receptors in the rewarding and sensitizing properties of morphine and cocaine.

    M. M. J. Veeneman;H. Boleij;M. H. Broekhoven;E. M. S. Snoeren

  • Relationship between working-memory network function and substance use: a 3-year longitudinal fMRI study in heavy cannabis users and controls

    Janna Cousijn;Janna Cousijn;Wilhelmina A M Vingerhoets;Laura Koenders;Lieuwe de Haan

  • Sex differences in the neuroanatomy of alcohol dependence: hippocampus and amygdala subregions in a sample of 966 people from the ENIGMA Addiction Working Group

    Sally Grace;Maria Gloria Rossetti;Maria Gloria Rossetti;Nicholas Allen;Nicholas Allen;Albert Batalla

  • Time to acknowledge the mixed effects of cannabis on health: a summary and critical review of the NASEM 2017 report on the health effects of cannabis and cannabinoids.

    Janna Cousijn;Adrián E. Núñez;Adrián E. Núñez;Francesca M. Filbey

Frequent Co-Authors

Valentina Lorenzetti
Valentina Lorenzetti Australian Catholic University
Reinout W. Wiers
Reinout W. Wiers University of Amsterdam
Murat Yücel
Murat Yücel QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Anna E. Goudriaan
Anna E. Goudriaan University of Amsterdam
Nadia Solowij
Nadia Solowij University of Wollongong
Martin P. Paulus
Martin P. Paulus Laureate Institute for Brain Research
Patricia J. Conrod
Patricia J. Conrod University of Montreal
Hugh Garavan
Hugh Garavan University of Vermont
Rajita Sinha
Rajita Sinha Yale University
Robert Hester
Robert Hester University of Melbourne

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