Publications

Cavalli, J. M., Cuttler, C., & Cservenka, A. (2025). A Naturalistic Examination of the Acute Effects of High-Potency Cannabis on Emotion Regulation Among Young Adults: A Pilot Study. Human psychopharmacology, 40(1), e2915.

Gherghe, A., Fahey, K.M.L., Cservenka, A. (2025). Recent stressful experiences and electronic nicotine product use among young adultsCurrent Psychiatry Research and Reviews, 21(3), 329-339.

Cservenka, A., & Azma, S. (2025). Neural correlates associated with a family history of alcohol use disorder: A narrative review of recent findings. Alcohol, clinical & experimental research, 49(1), 62–80.

Inman, A., & Cservenka, A. (2024). Cannabis flower, concentrates, and edibles: a narrative review comparing prevalence of use, methods of consumption, and cannabis use disorder outcomes. Journal of addictive diseases, 1–11. Advance online publication.

 Fahey, K. M. L., Dermody, S. S., & Cservenka, A. (2024). The importance of community engagement in experimental stress and substance use research with marginalized groups: Lessons from research with sexual and gender minority populations. Drug and alcohol dependence, 260, 111349.

Cservenka, A., & Donahue, L. C. (2024). Emotion Recognition and Self-Reported Emotion Processing in Alcohol and Cannabis Co-Using Young AdultsBehavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland), 14(5), 407.

Fahey, K.M.L., Cservenka, A., Peltier, M., Mereish, E., Dermody, S.S. (2024). An experimental laboratory-based minority stress paradigm for alcohol research among sexual minority women: A pilot studyAlcohol: Clinical and Experimental Research48(2): 345-361.

Mullin, C. J., & Cservenka, A. (2024) Cannabis Use and Academic Performance in College Students: The Role of Procrastination. Cannabis (Albuquerque, N.M.), 7(2), 108–122.

Najera, M. S., Cavalli, J. M., & Cservenka, A. (2024). Distress tolerance and problematic cannabis use: does the form of cannabis matter?. Journal of addictive diseases, 42(4), 373–383.

Cavalli, J. M., & Cservenka, A. (2024). Sex Moderates Associations Between Dimensions of Emotion Dysregulation and Problematic Cannabis Use. Journal of psychoactive drugs, 56(3), 342–352.

Cavalli, J. M., Cservenka, A., Kerr, D. C. R., Tiberio, S. S., & Owen, L. D. (2023). Ratings of executive function as a risk factor for adolescents' frequent cannabis use: A prospective longitudinal study. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors : Journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors37(4): 616–625.

MacKenzie, A., & Cservenka, A. (2023). Cannabis and emotion processing: A review of behavioral, physiological, and neural responses. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology31(1): 263–279.

Troup, L. J., & Cservenka, A. (2022). Editorial: Cannabis and emotion processing. Frontiers in Psychology13: 1039982.

Vele, K.C., Cavalli, J.M., & Cservenka, A. (2022). Effort-based decision making and self-reported apathy in frequent cannabis users and healthy controls: A replication and extension. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 44(2): 146-162.

Cavalli, J.M., & Cservenka, A. (2021). Emotion dysregulation moderates the association between stress and problematic cannabis use. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 11:597789.

Huffer, M.C., & Cservenka, A. (2021). Effects of age and sex on primary form and method of cannabis use. Journal of Substance Use, 26(5): 505-510.

Casey, J.L., & Cservenka, A. (2020). Effects of frequent marijuana use on risky decision-making in young adult college students. Addictive Behaviors Reports, 11:110253.

Cavalli, J.M., & Cservenka, A. (2020). Chronic marijuana use, inhibitory control, and processing speed in young adult college students. Cannabis, 3(1): 19-30.

Lahanas, S., & Cservenka, A. (2019). Frequent marijuana use and cognitive flexibility in young adult college students. Journal of Drug and Alcohol Research, 8:236075.

Cservenka, A.Lahanas, S., & Dotson-Bossert, J. (2018). Marijuana use and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis functioning in humans. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 9:472.

Cservenka, A., & Brumback, T. (2017). The burden of binge and heavy drinking on the brain: Effects on adolescent and young adult neural structure and function. Frontiers in Psychology, 8:1111.

Cservenka, A., Courtney, K.E., Ghahremani, D.G., Hutchison, K.E., & Ray, L.A. (2017). Development, initial testing, and challenges of an ecologically valid reward prediction error fMRI task for alcoholism. Alcohol and Alcoholism, 52(5): 617-624.

Lim, A.C., Cservenka, A., & Ray, L.A. (2017). Effects of alcohol dependence severity on neural correlates of delay discounting. Alcohol and Alcoholism, 52(4): 506-515.

Squeglia, L.M., & Cservenka, A. (2017). Adolescence and drug use vulnerability: Findings from neuroimaging.  Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences13: 164-170.

Cservenka, A., & Ray, L.A. (2017). Self-reported attentional and motor impulsivity are related to age at first methamphetamine use. Addictive Behaviors65: 7-12.

Bullock, K., Cservenka, A., & Ray, L.A. (2017). Severity of alcohol dependence is negatively related to hypothalamic and prefrontal cortical gray matter density in heavy drinking smokers. The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 43(3): 281-290.

Alarcón, G., Cservenka, A., & Nagel, B.J. (2017). Adolescent neural response to reward is related to participant sex and task motivation. Brain and Cognition111: 51-62.

Cservenka, A., Yardley, M.M., & Ray, L.A. (2017). Pharmacogenetics of alcoholism treatment: Implications of ethnic diversity. The American Journal on Addictions, 26(5): 516-525.

Jones, S.A., Cservenka, A., & Nagel, B.J. (2016). Binge drinking impacts dorsal striatal response during decision making in adolescents. Neuroimage, 129: 378-388.

Cservenka, A. (2016). Neurobiological phenotypes associated with a family history of alcoholism. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 158: 8-21.

Cservenka, A., Jones, S.A., & Nagel, B.J. (2015). Reduced cerebellar activity during reward processing in adolescent binge drinkers. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience16: 110-120.

Cservenka, A., Stein, H., Wilson, A.C., & Nagel, B.J. (2015). Neurobiological phenotypes of familial chronic pain in adolescence: a pilot fMRI study. Journal of Pain, 16(9): 913-925.

Cservenka, A., Stroup, M.L., Etkin, A., & Nagel, B.J. (2015). The effect of age, sex, and hormones on emotional conflict-related brain response during adolescence. Brain and Cognition, 99: 135-150.

Alarcón, G., Cservenka, A., Rudolph, M., Fair, D.A., & Nagel, B.J. (2015). Developmental sex differences in resting state functional connectivity of amygdala sub-regions. Neuroimage, 115: 235-244.

Cservenka, A., Alarcón, G., Jones, S., & Nagel, B.J. (2015). Advances in Human Neuroconnectivity Research. Special Section: Technologies for Translational Research. In Issue on Translational Research: Alcohol Research: Current Reviews. A National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Publication. 37(1): 89-95.

Cservenka, A., Gillespie, A., Michael, P.G., & Nagel, B.J. (2015). Family history density of alcoholism relates to left nucleus accumbens volume in adolescent girls. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs76(1): 47-56.

Peraza, J., Cservenka, A., Herting, M.M., & Nagel, B.J.(2015). Atypical parietal lobe activity to subliminal faces in youth with a family history of alcoholism. American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 41(2): 139-145.

Alarcón, G., Cservenka, A., Fair, D.A., & Nagel, B.J. (2014). Sex differences in the neural substrates of spatial working memory during adolescence are not mediated by endogenous testosterone. Brain Research1593: 40-54.

Cservenka, A., Fair, D.A., & Nagel, B.J. (2014). Emotional processing and brain activity in youth at high risk for alcoholism. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research38(7): 1912-1923.

Cservenka, A., Casimo, K., Fair, D.A., & Nagel, B.J. (2014).Resting state functional connectivity of the nucleus accumbens in youth with a family history of alcoholism. Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, 221(3): 210-219.

Mackiewicz Seghete, K., Cservenka, A., Herting, M.M., Nagel, B.J. (2013). Atypical spatial working memory and task-general brain activity in adolescents with a family history of alcoholism. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 37(3): 390-398.

Cservenka, A., Herting M.M., Mackiewicz Seghete, K.L., Hudson, K.A., & Nagel, B.J. (2013). High and low sensation seeking adolescents show distinct patterns of brain activity during reward processing. Neuroimage66: 184-193.

Cservenka, A., Herting, M.M., & Nagel, B.J. (2012). Atypical frontal lobe activity during verbal working memory in youth with a family history of alcoholism. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 123(1-3): 98-104.

Cservenka, A., & Nagel, B.J. (2012). Risky decision-making: An fMRI study of youth at high risk for alcoholism. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 36(4): 604-615.

Cservenka, A., Spangler, E., Cote, D., & Ryabinin A.E. (2010). Postnatal developmental profile of urocortin 1 and cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript in the perioculomotor region of C57BL/6J mice. Brain Research, 1319: 33-43.