Allison Coker, PhD

Title(s)Clinical Research Analyst, Neurology
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    University of California, San FranciscoPhDNeuroscience
    Emory UniverisityBSNeuroscience & Behavioral Biology

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    1. Psychedelic Regulation Beyond the Controlled Substances Act: A Three-Dimensional Framework for Characterizing Policy Options. Am J Psychiatry. 2025 Jan 01; 182(1):6-9. Mian MN, Dinh MT, Coker AR, Mitchell JM, Anderson BT. PMID: 39741445; PMCID: PMC11772052.
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    2. Effects of MDMA-assisted therapy for PTSD on self-experience. PLoS One. 2024; 19(1):e0295926. van der Kolk BA, Wang JB, Yehuda R, Bedrosian L, Coker AR, Harrison C, Mithoefer M, Yazar-Klosinki B, Emerson A, Doblin R. PMID: 38198456; PMCID: PMC10781106.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 2     Fields:    Translation:HumansCTClinical Trials
    3. MDMA-Assisted Therapy for Severe PTSD: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Phase 3 Study. Focus (Am Psychiatr Publ). 2023 Jul; 21(3):315-328. Mitchell JM, Bogenschutz M, Lilienstein A, Harrison C, Kleiman S, Parker-Guilbert K, Ot'alora G M, Garas W, Paleos C, Gorman I, Nicholas C, Mithoefer M, Carlin S, Poulter B, Mithoefer A, Quevedo S, Wells G, Klaire SS, van der Kolk B, Tzarfaty K, Amiaz R, Worthy R, Shannon S, Woolley JD, Marta C, Gelfand Y, Hapke E, Amar S, Wallach Y, Brown R, Hamilton S, Wang JB, Coker A, Matthews R, de Boer A, Yazar-Klosinski B, Emerson A, Doblin R. PMID: 37404971; PMCID: PMC10316215.
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    4. Altered brain activity and functional connectivity after MDMA-assisted therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder. Front Psychiatry. 2022; 13:947622. Singleton SP, Wang JB, Mithoefer M, Hanlon C, George MS, Mithoefer A, Mithoefer O, Coker AR, Yazar-Klosinski B, Emerson A, Doblin R, Kuceyeski A. PMID: 36713926; PMCID: PMC9879604.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 11  
    5. Psychedelic drug abuse potential assessment research for new drug applications and Controlled Substances Act scheduling. Neuropharmacology. 2022 11 01; 218:109220. Henningfield JE, Coe MA, Griffiths RR, Belouin SJ, Berger A, Coker AR, Comer SD, Heal DJ, Hendricks PS, Nichols CD, Sapienza F, Vocci FJ, Zia FZ. PMID: 35987353.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 8     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    6. The effects of MDMA-assisted therapy on alcohol and substance use in a phase 3 trial for treatment of severe PTSD. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2022 04 01; 233:109356. Nicholas CR, Wang JB, Coker A, Mitchell JM, Klaire SS, Yazar-Klosinski B, Emerson A, Brown RT, Doblin R. PMID: 35286849; PMCID: PMC9750500.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 18     Fields:    Translation:HumansCTClinical Trials
    7. Reply to: Caution at psychiatry's psychedelic frontier and Challenges with benchmarking of MDMA-assisted psychotherapy. Nat Med. 2021 10; 27(10):1691-1692. Mitchell J, Coker A, Yazar-Klosinski B. PMID: 34635856.
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    8. Scaling Up: Multisite Open-Label Clinical Trials of MDMA-Assisted Therapy for Severe Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Journal of Humanistic Psychology. 2021. Wang JB, Lin J, Bedrosian L, Coker A, Jerome I, Feduccia A, Lilienstein A, Harrison C, Heimler E, Mithoefer M, Mithoefer A, Ot’alora G. M, Poulter B, Carlin S, Matthews R, Yazar-Klosinski B, Emerson A, Doblin R. View Publication.
    9. MDMA-assisted therapy for severe PTSD: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase 3 study. Nat Med. 2021 06; 27(6):1025-1033. Mitchell JM, Bogenschutz M, Lilienstein A, Harrison C, Kleiman S, Parker-Guilbert K, Ot'alora G M, Garas W, Paleos C, Gorman I, Nicholas C, Mithoefer M, Carlin S, Poulter B, Mithoefer A, Quevedo S, Wells G, Klaire SS, van der Kolk B, Tzarfaty K, Amiaz R, Worthy R, Shannon S, Woolley JD, Marta C, Gelfand Y, Hapke E, Amar S, Wallach Y, Brown R, Hamilton S, Wang JB, Coker A, Matthews R, de Boer A, Yazar-Klosinski B, Emerson A, Doblin R. PMID: 33972795; PMCID: PMC8205851.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 274     Fields:    Translation:HumansCTClinical Trials
    10. The catechol-O-methyltransferase inhibitor tolcapone modulates alcohol consumption and impulsive choice in alcohol use disorder. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2020 Oct; 237(10):3139-3148. Coker AR, Weinstein DN, Vega TA, Miller CS, Kayser AS, Mitchell JM. PMID: 32617646; PMCID: PMC7529919.
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    11. Intra-VTA deltorphin, but not DPDPE, induces place preference in ethanol-drinking rats: distinct DOR-1 and DOR-2 mechanisms control ethanol consumption and reward. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2014 Jan; 38(1):195-203. Mitchell JM, Margolis EB, Coker AR, Allen DC, Fields HL. PMID: 24033469.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 15     Fields:    Translation:Animals
    12. Alcohol self-administration, anxiety, and cortisol levels predict changes in delta opioid receptor function in the ventral tegmental area. Behav Neurosci. 2012 Aug; 126(4):515-22. Mitchell JM, Margolis EB, Coker AR, Fields HL. PMID: 22708955; PMCID: PMC3669671.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 4     Fields:    Translation:Animals
    13. The anticonvulsant levetiracetam potentiates alcohol consumption in non-treatment seeking alcohol abusers. J Clin Psychopharmacol. 2012 Apr; 32(2):269-72. Mitchell JM, Grossman LE, Coker AR, Messing RO. PMID: 22367657.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 10     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    14. Reliability in the identification of midbrain dopamine neurons. PLoS One. 2010 Dec 09; 5(12):e15222. Margolis EB, Coker AR, Driscoll JR, Lemaître AI, Fields HL. PMID: 21151605; PMCID: PMC3000317.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 38     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
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