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Martin Zack

ResearcherUniversity of Toronto

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Martin Zack

Researcher

Health Sciences

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
4 publications in the last five years, latest in 2024.
Senior (last) author on 1 recent paper, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 3 research grants (3 CIHR), most recently in 2024.

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Research

Attrition Cognitive Inflexibility Gambling Disorder Memantine Pharmacotherapy Proof-Of-Concept Sensitization

Latest papers

Dopamine mediates a directionally opposite correlation between empathy and the reinforcing effects of amphetamine and gambling in people with gambling disorder vs. healthy controls.
Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior · 2024 · first author
Association of cannabis use with neurocognition in adolescents with bipolar disorder.
Journal of psychopharmacology (Oxford, England) · 2023
Engineered highs: Reward variability and frequency as potential prerequisites of behavioural addiction.
Addictive behaviors · 2023 · senior author

All 34 publications

Latest funding

Proof-of-Concept Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial of the Cognitive Enhancer, Memantine for Gambling Disorder
CIHR · 2024 · Principal investigator
$569,926
Ontario-based Canadian Research Initiative in Substance Misuse Node Team (OCRINT)
CIHR · 2014 · Co-investigator
$1,750,000
Canadian Research Initiative in Substance Misuse (CRISM) - Ontario-Based Team for Intervention Research in Substance Misuse
CIHR · 2013 · Co-investigator
$50,000

All 5 grants and awards

34 publications.

Dopamine mediates a directionally opposite correlation between empathy and the reinforcing effects of amphetamine and gambling in people with gambling disorder vs. healthy controls.

Zack M, Behzadi A, Biback C, Chugani B, DiGiacomo D, Fang T, Houle S, Kalia A, Lobo D, Payer D, Poulos CX, Rusjan PM, Smart K, Tatone D, Warsh J, Wilson AA, Kennedy JL

Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior2024First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2024.173865 PMID: 39236810

Association of cannabis use with neurocognition in adolescents with bipolar disorder.

Sultan AA, Mio M, Dimick MK, Zou Y, Karthikeyan S, Kolla N, Lanctot K, Zack M, Goldstein BI

Journal of psychopharmacology (Oxford, England)2023

DOI: 10.1177/02698811231187128 PMID: 37497695

Engineered highs: Reward variability and frequency as potential prerequisites of behavioural addiction.

Clark L, Zack M

Addictive behaviors2023Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2023.107626 PMID: 36701907

Priming effects of a slot machine game and amphetamine on probabilistic risk-taking in people with gambling disorder and healthy controls.

Zack M, Lobo D, Biback C, Fang T, Smart K, Tatone D, Kalia A, Digiacomo D, Kennedy JL

Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology2023First author

DOI: 10.1080/13803395.2023.2187041 PMID: 36919514

Dopaminergic signaling of uncertainty and the aetiology of gambling addiction.

Zack M, St George R, Clark L

Progress in neuro-psychopharmacology & biological psychiatry2020First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2019.109853 PMID: 31870708

Is (poly-) substance use associated with impaired inhibitory control? A mega-analysis controlling for confounders.

Liu Y, van den Wildenberg WPM, de Graaf Y, Ames SL, Baldacchino A, Bø R, Cadaveira F, Campanella S, Christiansen P, Claus ED, Colzato LS, Filbey FM, Foxe JJ, Garavan H, Hendershot CS, Hester R, Jester JM, Karoly HC, Kräplin A, Kreusch F, Landrø NI, Littel M, Loeber S, London ED, López-Caneda E, Lubman DI, Luijten M, Marczinski CA, Metrik J, Montgomery C, Papachristou H, Mi Park S, Paz AL, Petit G, Prisciandaro JJ, Quednow BB, Ray LA, Roberts CA, Roberts GMP, de Ruiter MB, Rupp CI, Steele VR, Sun D, Takagi M, Tapert SF, van Holst RJ, Verdejo-Garcia A, Vonmoos M, Wojnar M, Yao Y, Yücel M, Zack M, Zucker RA, Huizenga HM, Wiers RW

Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews2019

DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2019.07.006 PMID: 31319124

Impulsivity moderates the effects of dopamine D2 and mixed D1-D2 antagonists in individuals with gambling disorder.

Zack M, Lobo D, Biback C, Fang T, Smart K, Tatone D, Kalia A, Digiacomo D, Kennedy JL

Journal of psychopharmacology (Oxford, England)2019First author

DOI: 10.1177/0269881119855972 PMID: 31219367

Neuroimaging of reward mechanisms in Gambling disorder: an integrative review.

Clark L, Boileau I, Zack M

Molecular psychiatry2019Senior author

DOI: 10.1038/s41380-018-0230-2 PMID: 30214041

Prevalence of Fetal Alcohol Exposure by Analysis of Meconium Fatty Acid Ethyl Esters; A National Canadian Study.

Delano K, Koren G, Zack M, Kapur BM

Scientific reports2019

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-38856-5 PMID: 30783158

How uncertainty begets hope: A model of adaptive and maladaptive seeking behavior.

Zack M

The Behavioral and brain sciences2019First author

DOI: 10.1017/s0140525x18001875 PMID: 30940261

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Martin Zack

Research

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Latest funding

Dopamine mediates a directionally opposite correlation between empathy and the reinforcing effects of amphetamine and gambling in people with gambling disorder vs. healthy controls.

Association of cannabis use with neurocognition in adolescents with bipolar disorder.

Engineered highs: Reward variability and frequency as potential prerequisites of behavioural addiction.

Priming effects of a slot machine game and amphetamine on probabilistic risk-taking in people with gambling disorder and healthy controls.

Dopaminergic signaling of uncertainty and the aetiology of gambling addiction.

Is (poly-) substance use associated with impaired inhibitory control? A mega-analysis controlling for confounders.

Impulsivity moderates the effects of dopamine D2 and mixed D1-D2 antagonists in individuals with gambling disorder.

Neuroimaging of reward mechanisms in Gambling disorder: an integrative review.

Prevalence of Fetal Alcohol Exposure by Analysis of Meconium Fatty Acid Ethyl Esters; A National Canadian Study.

How uncertainty begets hope: A model of adaptive and maladaptive seeking behavior.

Proof-of-Concept Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial of the Cognitive Enhancer, Memantine for Gambling Disorder

Ontario-based Canadian Research Initiative in Substance Misuse Node Team (OCRINT)

Canadian Research Initiative in Substance Misuse (CRISM) - Ontario-Based Team for Intervention Research in Substance Misuse

Comparative effects of a D2 and mixed D1-D2 dopamine antagonist on gambling and amphetamine reinforcement in pathological gamblers and healthy controls

Probing the role of dopamine in co-morbid pathological gambling and Parkinson's disease: Behavioural pharmacology, electrophysiology, neuroimaging, and genetics.

Frequent collaborators

Isabelle Boileau

Kelly Smart

Peter Selby

Antonio Strafella

Pablo Rusjan

Nathan Kolla

Bernard Le Foll

Krista Lanctôt