Wetherill RR

ORCID: 0000-0002-1991-6292 · 3 papers in corpus
2022
Impact of the natural hormonal milieu on ventral striatal responses to appetitive cigarette smoking cues: A prospective longitudinal study.
Drug and alcohol dependence reports ·doi:10.1016/j.dadr.2022.100119

BackgroundThe female sex hormones estradiol (E) and progesterone (P) galvanize the ventral striatal reward pathway. E elevates ventral striatal dopamine and accelerates drug-cued reinstatement, while P has opposing 'protective' effects on d…

2021
Influence of the natural hormonal milieu on brain and behavior in women who smoke cigarettes: Rationale and methodology.
Contemporary clinical trials communications ·doi:10.1016/j.conctc.2021.100738

Women experience more severe health consequences from smoking, have greater difficulty quitting, and respond less favorably to nicotine replacement therapy than men. The influence of fluctuating ovarian hormones, specifically estradiol (E) …

2019
Oral Contraceptives and Cigarette Smoking: A Review of the Literature and Future Directions.
Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco ·doi:10.1093/ntr/ntx258

IntroductionEvidence continues to mount indicating that endogenous sex hormones (eg, progesterone and estradiol) play a significant role in smoking-related outcomes. Although approximately one out of four premenopausal smokers use oral cont…