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  • 1995 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Richard W. Foltin is affiliated with Columbia University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine, Neuroscience, and Psychology with a focus on subfields including Pharmacology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Applied Psychology.

Their scholarly work centers on topics such as Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research, Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior, Behavioral Health and Interventions, Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes, Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Gambling Behavior and Treatments, and Sleep and Wakefulness Research.

Foltin has contributed to multiple publications, including several in prominent scientific journals. Notable recent papers include:

  • Signaling-specific inhibition of the CB1 receptor for cannabis use disorder: phase 1 and phase 2a randomized trials, 2023, Nature Medicine
  • 5HT-2C agonist lorcaserin decreases cannabis self-administration in daily cannabis smokers, 2021, Addiction Biology
  • Impulsivity in cocaine users compared to matched controls: Effects of sex and preferred route of cocaine use, 2021, Drug and Alcohol Dependence
  • Impact of cyclooxygenase-2 inhibition on cannabis withdrawal and circulating endocannabinoids in daily cannabis smokers, 2022, Addiction Biology
  • Smoked cannabis reduces peak cocaine plasma levels and subjective effects in a controlled drug administration study of polysubstance use in men, 2022, Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Foltin frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • Drug and Alcohol Dependence
  • Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior
  • Addiction Biology
  • Nature Medicine
  • Substance Use & Misuse

Frequent collaborators include Margaret Haney, Suzette M. Evans, Stephanie Collins Reed, Ziva D. Cooper, and Caroline A. Arout.

In 1995, they were recognized as a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA).

Best Publications

  • Relationship between subjective effects of cocaine and dopamine transporter occupancy

    N D Volkow;G J Wang;M W Fischman;R W Foltin

  • Abstinence symptoms following smoked marijuana in humans.

    M. Haney;Amie S. Ward;Sandra D. Comer;Richard W. Foltin

  • Amphetamine-Induced Dopamine Release: Markedly Blunted in Cocaine Dependence and Predictive of the Choice to Self-Administer Cocaine

    Diana Martinez;Rajesh Narendran;Richard W. Foltin;Mark Slifstein

  • Marijuana withdrawal in humans: effects of oral THC or divalproex.

    Margaret Haney;Carl L Hart;Suzanne K Vosburg;Jennifer Nasser

  • Satiety after preloads with different amounts of fat and carbohydrate: implications for obesity.

    B J Rolls;S Kim-Harris;M W Fischman;R W Foltin

  • Effects of Acute Smoked Marijuana on Complex Cognitive Performance

    Carl L Hart;Wilfred van Gorp;Margaret Haney;Richard W Foltin

  • Cocaine dependence and d2 receptor availability in the functional subdivisions of the striatum: relationship with cocaine-seeking behavior.

    Diana Martinez;Allegra Broft;Richard W Foltin;Mark Slifstein

  • Abstinence symptoms following oral THC administration to humans.

    Margaret Haney;Amie S. Ward;Sandra D. Comer;Richard W. Foltin

  • The effects of smoked cocaine during the follicular and luteal phases of the menstrual cycle in women.

    Suzette M. Evans;Margaret Haney;Richard W. Foltin

  • Exogenous Progesterone Attenuates the Subjective Effects of Smoked Cocaine in Women, but not in Men

    Suzette M Evans;Richard W Foltin

  • Methylphenidate and cocaine have a similar in vivo potency to block dopamine transporters in the human brain

    Nora D. Volkow;Gene Jack Wang;Joanna S. Fowler;Marian Fischman

  • Dronabinol and marijuana in HIV-positive marijuana smokers. Caloric intake, mood, and sleep.

    Margaret Haney;Erik W Gunderson;Judith Rabkin;Carl L Hart

  • Utility of subjective‐effects measurements in assessing abuse liability of drugs in humans

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  • Effects of smoked marijuana on food intake and body weight of humans living in a residential laboratory

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  • Behavioral analysis of marijuana effects on food intake in humans.

    Richard W. Foltin;Joseph V. Brady;Marian W. Fischman

  • Effects of route of administration on cocaine induced dopamine transporter blockade in the human brain.

    Nora D. Volkow;Nora D. Volkow;Gene Jack Wang;Marian W. Fischman;Richard Foltin

  • Smoked Cocaine Self-Administration is Decreased by Modafinil

    Carl L Hart;Margaret Haney;Suzanne K Vosburg;Eric Rubin

  • Effects of THC and lofexidine in a human laboratory model of marijuana withdrawal and relapse

    Margaret Haney;Carl L. Hart;Suzanne K. Vosburg;Sandra D. Comer

  • Comparison of smoked marijuana and oral Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol in humans

    Carl L. Hart;Amie S. Ward;Margaret Haney;Sandra D. Comer

  • Effects of ecopipam, a selective dopamine D1 antagonist, on smoked cocaine self-administration by humans.

    Margaret Haney;Amie S. Ward;Richard W. Foltin;Marian W. Fischman

  • Effects of desipramine maintenance on cocaine self-administration by humans.

    M W Fischman;R W Foltin;G Nestadt;G D Pearlson

  • Ethanol and cocaine interactions in humans: Cardiovascular consequences

    Richard W. Foltin;Marian W. Fischman

  • Bupropion SR worsens mood during marijuana withdrawal in humans.

    Margaret Haney;Amie S. Ward;Sandra D. Comer;Carl L. Hart

Frequent Co-Authors

Carl L. Hart
Carl L. Hart Columbia University
Frances R. Levin
Frances R. Levin Columbia University
Nora D. Volkow
Nora D. Volkow National Institutes of Health
Joanna S. Fowler
Joanna S. Fowler Brookhaven National Laboratory
Jean Logan
Jean Logan New York University
Mark A. Gluck
Mark A. Gluck Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Wilfred G. van Gorp
Wilfred G. van Gorp Columbia University
Catherine E. Myers
Catherine E. Myers United States Department of Veterans Affairs
Adam Bisaga
Adam Bisaga Columbia University
Joseph V. Brady
Joseph V. Brady Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

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