Lara Ray, Ph.D.
Titles
Associate Professor, Behavioral Neuroscience
Clinical Psychology
Member, Brain Research Institute
CTSI
Neuroscience GPB Home Area
Contact Information
Email
lararay@psych.ucla.edu Phone
Fax Number:
310-206-5895
Work Phone Number: 310-794-5383
Work Phone Number: 310-794-5383
Address
Office Address:
office3214 FH
UNITED STATES
Biography
Publications
A selected list of publications:
Bacio Guadalupe A, Lunny Katy F, Webb Jessica N, Ray Lara A
Alcohol Use Following an Alcohol Challenge and a Brief Intervention
among Alcohol-Dependent Individuals
The American journal on addictions / American Academy of Psychiatrists in Alcoholism and Addictions,
2014; 23(1):
96-101.
Courtney Kelly E, Ashenhurst James, Bacio Guadalupe, Moallem Nathasha, Bujarski Spencer, Hartwell Emily, Ray Lara A
Craving and subjective responses to alcohol administration: validation
of the desires for alcohol questionnaire in the human laboratory
Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs,
2013; 74(5):
797-802.
Courtney Kelly E, Ghahremani Dara G, Ray Lara A
Fronto-striatal functional connectivity during response inhibition in
alcohol dependence
Addiction biology,
2013; 18(3):
593-604.
Ray Lara A, Courtney Kelly E, Hutchison Kent E, Mackillop James, Galvan Adriana, Ghahremani Dara G
Initial Evidence that OPRM1 Genotype Moderates Ventral and Dorsal
Striatum Functional Connectivity During Alcohol Cues
Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research,
2013; 74(5):
.
Moallem Nathasha R, Courtney Kelly E, Bacio Guadalupe A, Ray Lara A
Modeling alcohol use disorder severity: an integrative structural
equation modeling approach
Frontiers in psychiatry,
2013; 4(1):
75.
Hartwell Emily E, Ray Lara A
Sex moderates stress reactivity in heavy drinkers
Addictive behaviors,
2013; 38(11):
2643-6.
Ray Lara A, Bujarski Spencer, MacKillop James, Courtney Kelly E, Monti Peter M, Miotto Karen
Subjective response to alcohol among alcohol-dependent individuals:
effects of the μ-opioid receptor (OPRM1) gene and alcoholism
severity
Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research,
2013; 37 Suppl 1(1):
E116-24.
Bujarski Spencer, O'Malley Stephanie S, Lunny Katy, Ray Lara A
The effects of drinking goal on treatment outcome for alcoholism
Journal of consulting and clinical psychology,
2013; 81(1):
13-22.
Ray Lara A, Lunny Katy, Bujarski Spencer, Moallem Nathasha, Krull Jennifer L, Miotto Karen
The effects of varenicline on stress-induced and cue-induced craving
for cigarettes
Drug and alcohol dependence,
2013; 131(1-2):
136-42.
Ray, L. A. Miranda, R. Mackillop, J. McGeary, J. Tidey, J. W. Rohsenow, D. J. Gwaltney, C. Swift, R. W. Monti, P. M.
A preliminary pharmacogenetic investigation of adverse events from topiramate in heavy drinkers
Exp Clin Psychopharmacol,
2009; 17(2):
122-9.
Ray, L. A. Mackillop, J. Leggio, L. Morgan, M. Hutchison, K. E.
Effects of naltrexone on cortisol levels in heavy drinkers
Pharmacol Biochem Behav,
2009; 91(4):
489-94.
Leventhal, A. M. Kahler, C. W. Ray, L. A. Zimmerman, M.
Refining the depression-nicotine dependence link: patterns of depressive symptoms in psychiatric outpatients with current, past, and no history of nicotine dependence
Addict Behav,
2009; 34(3):
297-303.
Ray, L. A. Bryan, A. Mackillop, J. McGeary, J. Hesterberg, K. Hutchison, K. E.
The dopamine D Receptor (DRD4) gene exon III polymorphism, problematic alcohol use and novelty seeking: direct and mediated genetic effects
Addict Biol,
2009; 14(2):
238-44.
Leventhal, A. M. Kahler, C. W. Ray, L. A. Stone, K. Young, D. Chelminski, I. Zimmerman, M.
Anhedonia and amotivation in psychiatric outpatients with fully remitted stimulant use disorder
Am J Addict,
2008; 17(3):
218-23.
Ray, L. A. Miranda, R., Jr. Chelminski, I. Young, D. Zimmerman, M.
Diagnostic orphans for alcohol use disorders in a treatment-seeking psychiatric sample
Drug Alcohol Depend,
2008; 96(1-2):
187-91.
Filbey, F. M. Ray, L. Smolen, A. Claus, E. D. Audette, A. Hutchison, K. E.
Differential neural response to alcohol priming and alcohol taste cues is associated with DRD4 VNTR and OPRM1 genotypes
Alcohol Clin Exp Res,
2008; 32(7):
1113-23.
Ray, L. A. Hutchison, K. E. MacKillop, J. Miranda, R., Jr. Audette, A. Swift, R. Monti, P. M.
Effects of naltrexone during the descending limb of the blood alcohol curve
Am J Addict,
2008; 17(4):
257-64.
Miranda, R., Jr. Rohsenow, D. J. Monti, P. M. Tidey, J. Ray, L.
Effects of repeated days of smoking cue exposure on urge to smoke and physiological reactivity
Addict Behav,
2008; 33(2):
347-53.
Miranda, R., Jr. MacKillop, J. Monti, P. M. Rohsenow, D. J. Tidey, J. Gwaltney, C. Swift, R. Ray, L. McGeary, J.
Effects of topiramate on urge to drink and the subjective effects of alcohol: a preliminary laboratory study
Alcohol Clin Exp Res,
2008; 32(3):
489-97.
MacKillop, J. Murphy, J. G. Ray, L. A. Eisenberg, D. T. Lisman, S. A. Lum, J. K. Wilson, D. S.
Further validation of a cigarette purchase task for assessing the relative reinforcing efficacy of nicotine in college smokers
Exp Clin Psychopharmacol,
2008; 16(1):
57-65.
Haughey, H. M. Ray, L. A. Finan, P. Villanueva, R. Niculescu, M. Hutchison, K. E.
Human gamma-aminobutyric acid A receptor alpha2 gene moderates the acute effects of alcohol and brain mRNA expression
Genes Brain Behav,
2008; 7(4):
447-54.
Ray, L. A. Kahler, C. W. Young, D. Chelminski, I. Zimmerman, M.
The factor structure and severity of DSM-IV alcohol abuse and dependence symptoms in psychiatric outpatients
J Stud Alcohol Drugs,
2008; 69(4):
496-9.
Bryan, A. Ray, L. A. Cooper, M. L.
Alcohol use and protective sexual behaviors among high-risk adolescents
J Stud Alcohol Drugs,
2007; 68(3):
327-35.
Ray, L. A. Hutchison, K. E.
Effects of naltrexone on alcohol sensitivity and genetic moderators of medication response: a double-blind placebo-controlled study
Arch Gen Psychiatry,
2007; 64(9):
1069-77.
Ray, L. A. Rhee, S. H. Stallings, M. C. Knopik, V. Hutchison, K. E.
Examining the heritability of a laboratory-based smoking endophenotype: initial results from an experimental twin study
Twin Res Hum Genet,
2007; 10(4):
546-53.
Ray, L. A. Miranda, R., Jr. Kahler, C. W. Leventhal, A. M. Monti, P. M. Swift, R. Hutchison, K. E.
Pharmacological effects of naltrexone and intravenous alcohol on craving for cigarettes among light smokers: a pilot study
Psychopharmacology (Berl),
2007; 193(4):
449-56.
Ray, L. A. Meskew-Stacer, S. Hutchison, K. E.
The relationship between prospective self-rating of alcohol sensitivity and craving and experimental results from two alcohol challenge studies
J Stud Alcohol Drugs,
2007; 68(3):
379-84.
Ray, L. A. McGeary, J. Marshall, E. Hutchison, K. E.
Risk factors for alcohol misuse: examining heart rate reactivity to alcohol, alcohol sensitivity, and personality constructs
Addict Behav,
2006; 31(11):
1959-73.
Hutchison, K. E. Ray, L. Sandman, E. Rutter, M. C. Peters, A. Davidson, D. Swift, R.
The effect of olanzapine on craving and alcohol consumption
Neuropsychopharmacology,
2006; 31(6):
1310-7.
Hines, L. M. Ray, L. Hutchison, K. Tabakoff, B.
Alcoholism: the dissection for endophenotypes
Dialogues Clin Neurosci,
2005; 7(2):
153-63.
Ray, L. A. Hutchison, K. E.
A polymorphism of the mu-opioid receptor gene (OPRM1) and sensitivity to the effects of alcohol in humans
Alcohol Clin Exp Res,
2004; 28(12):
1789-95.
Fromme, K. de Wit, H. Hutchison, K. E. Ray, L. Corbin, W. R. Cook, T. A. Wall, T. L. Goldman, D.
Biological and behavioral markers of alcohol sensitivity
Alcohol Clin Exp Res,
2004; 28(2):
247-56.