Anthony Liguori, Ph.D., Associate Professor Physiology and Pharmacology

Anthony Liguori, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Physiology & Pharmacology
Translational Science Institute
Translational Science Institute
Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine

Contact Information

Academic: 336-716-8543 | Department: 336-716-8543

Email: aliguori@wakehealth.edu

Education & Training

Ph.D., Boston University , 1991
B.S., Georgetown University , 1986
M.A., Boston University , 1988
Fellowship, Harvard Medical School, 1994

Memberships

Research Society On Alcoholism
Am Psychological Assn
Sleep Research Society

Anthony Liguori, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Physiology & Pharmacology Translational Science Institute
Translational Science Institute
Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine

Research Interests

aging, cognition/learning, drugs/therapeutic agents pharm, neurosciences/behavior, sleep research, substance abuse

Contact Information

Academic: 336-716-8543 | Department: 336-716-8543

Email: aliguori@wakehealth.edu

Recent Publications

Aston ER, Liguori A. Self-estimation of blood alcohol concentration: a review. Addict Behav. 2013;38(4):1944-1951.

Dougherty DM, Mathias CW, Dawes MA, Furr RM, Charles NE, Liguori A, Shannon EE, Acheson A. Impulsivity, attention, memory, and decision-making among adolescent marijuana users. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2013;226(2):307-319.

Bernosky-Smith KA, Aston ER, Liguori A. Rapid drinking is associated with increases in driving-related risk-taking. Hum Psychopharmacol. 2012;27(6):622-625.

Shannon EE, Staniforth ER, McNamara J, Bernosky-Smith KA, Liguori A. Response inhibition impairments predict alcohol-induced sedation. Alcohol Alcohol. 2011;46(1):33-38.

Bernosky-Smith KA, Shannon EE, Roth AJ, Liguori A. Alcohol effects on simulated driving in frequent and infrequent binge drinkers. Hum Psychopharmacol. 2011;26(3):216-223.

Mathias CW, Blumenthal TD, Dawes MA, Liguori A, Richard DM, Bray B, Tong W, Dougherty DM. Failure to sustain prepulse inhibition in adolescent marijuana users. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2011;116(1-3):110-116.

Roth AJ, McCall WV, Liguori A. Cognitive, psychomotor and polysomnographic effects of trazodone in primary insomniacs. J Sleep Res. 2011;20(4):552-558.

Bernosky-Smith KA, Liguori A. Pace of heavy episodic alcohol use predicts risk taking [abstract]. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2011;35(6 Suppl):220A.

Staniforth E, Liguori A. Breath alcohol estimation training with a randomized dosing binge paradigm [abstract]. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2011;35(6 Suppl):214A.

Shannon EE, Mathias CW, Dougherty DM, Liguori A. Cognitive impairments in adolescent cannabis users are related to THC levels. Addict Disord Their Treatment. 2010;9(4):158-163.

Staniforth E, Roth AJ, Shannon EE, Liguori A. Anxiety, impulsivity, and post-binge simulated driving in moderate drinkers [abstract]. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2010;34(Suppl 2):169A.

Nolan BV, Taylor SL, Liguori A, Feldman SR. Tanning as an addictive behavior: a literature review. Photodermatol Photoimmunol Photomed. 2009;25(1):12-19.

Liguori A, Roth AJ, McCall WV. Next-day trazodone impairment of arm strength and memory in insomniacs [abstract]. Sleep. 2009;32(Abstr Suppl):A421.

Shannon EE, Wesley MJ, Hanlon CA, Torrence MC, Ligouri A, Porrino LJ. Impaired decision-making by dependent alcohol users is accompanied by differences in functional brain activation as compared to controls [abstract]. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2009;33(Suppl 1):87A.

Liguori A.Simulator studies of drug-induced driving impairment

Bernosky KA, Liguori A. Behavioral effects of alcohol as a function of binge frequency [abstract]. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2009;33(Suppl 1):187A.

Vandrey RG, Budney AJ, Hughes JR, Liguori A. A within-subject comparison of withdrawal symptoms during abstinence from cannabis, tobacco, and both substances. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2008;92(1-3):48-54.

Dougherty DM, Mathias CW, Liguori A, Marsh DM, Dawes MA, Moeller FG. Behavioral impulsivity in adolescents with conduct disorder who use marijuana. Addict Disord Their Treatment. 2007;6(1):43-50.

Kaur M, Liguori A, Fleischer A, Feldman S. Induction of withdrawal-like symptoms by opioid blockade in frequent tanners [abstract]. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2007;56(2 Suppl):AB165.

Shannon EE, Mathias CW, Marsh DM, Dougherty DM, Liguori A. Teenagers do not always lie: characteristics and correspondence of telephone and in-person reports of adolescent drug use. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2007;90(2-3):288-291.

Liguori A. Marijuana and driving: trends, design issues, and future recommendations In: Earleywine M, ed. Pot politics: marijuana and the costs of prohibition. New York: Oxford University Press;2007: 71-87.

Dawes MA, Liguori A, Dougherty DM. Cannabis withdrawal among adolescent cannabis users in an outpatient research setting. Am J Addict. 2006;15(6):485-486.