Expand the psychobiology research program for the purpose of conducting
research on nicotine dependence, withdrawal and relapse and on basic biobehavioral mechanisms
Research on nicotine's molecular targets in the brain has provided new insight into the mechanism of nicotine addiction.
As part of a collaborative effort, clinical researchers Rebecca Ashare, PhD, an assistant professor of Psychology in Psychiatry, and Robert Schnoll, PhD, an associate professor of Psychology in Psychiatry and director of the Center for Interdisciplinary
Research on Nicotine Addiction, are studying the effects of metformin on smokers to see if it attenuates negative mood and cognitive deficits during withdrawal — symptoms known to be associated with the ability to quit.
Not exact matches
They conclude: «More definitive
research might elucidate the effects of vaporized
nicotine on the survival of skin and soft tissue flaps, as they most intimately relate to the safe practice of plastic surgery.»
Previous
research had shown that
nicotine seems to have conflicting effects
on different types of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, proteins
on the surface of brain cells that respond to
nicotine and the naturally occurring neurotransmitter acetylcholine.
Today
Nicotine & Tobacco
Research publishes the third in a series of studies
on the cost of smoking in California, one of the first US states to implement a comprehensive tobacco control program.
Today, e-cigarettes earned another kind of notice: Two of the largest cancer science and treatment groups in the United States called
on the government to start regulating «electronic
nicotine delivery systems» and step up
research on the health effects of vaping.
The FDA has funded
research examining the impact of lower
nicotine cigarettes
on smoking behavior and also toxin exposure.
«I've always believed it's scientifically possible to enhance cognition, but society will have to decide whether it wants these drugs,» says Keith Wesnes, a psychologist who spent 10 years studying the effects of
nicotine on attention and memory at British universities and who now runs Cognition Drug
Research, a Reading - based company similar to Crook's.
The goal is to determine whether «the inhibitory effect of cortisol
on addictive cravings might also have positive implications for
nicotine, alcohol or gambling addiction,» says Dominique de Quervain, Director of the
research platform Molecular and Cognitive Neurosciences at the University of Basel.
In addition, the
research team analyzed data based
on participants» smoking rate and level of
nicotine dependence.
How the brain responds to
nicotine depends
on a smoker's belief about the
nicotine content in a cigarette, according to new
research from the Center for BrainHealth at The University of Texas at Dallas.
«The ability to identify
nicotine and other plant - based drugs in ancient dental plaque could help us answer longstanding questions about the consumption of intoxicants by ancient humans,» said Shannon Tushingham, a WSU assistant professor of anthropology and co-author of a new study
on the
research in Journal of Archaeological Science Reports.
The grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will fund
research focused
on finding novel positive modulators for GABAB receptors that have the potential to become treatments for
nicotine addiction.
«More
research is needed into the effects of
nicotine addiction
on the adolescent brain, given converging evidence from other drugs of addiction that exposure during this key developmental period can have lasting effects
on the brain extending into adulthood.»
Publishing the
research in the Journal of Biological Chemistry, the team concluded that
nicotine exposure affects receptor distribution through combined effects
on both receptor assembly and trafficking, which eventually could help explain the effects of drugs like
nicotine on neuromuscular functioning.
May 3, 2011
Nicotine and cocaine leave similar mark on brain after first contact The effects of nicotine upon brain regions involved in addiction mirror those of cocaine, according to new neuroscience r
Nicotine and cocaine leave similar mark
on brain after first contact The effects of
nicotine upon brain regions involved in addiction mirror those of cocaine, according to new neuroscience r
nicotine upon brain regions involved in addiction mirror those of cocaine, according to new neuroscience
research.
However, some
research has found that people who smoke menthols are more dependent
on nicotine.
«Women lose both the sensory cues and the
nicotine when they quit smoking,» Cora Lee Wetherington, PhD, explained in a 2002 article by the National Institute
on Drug Abuse (NIDA), where she is the women and gender
research coordinator.
Perhaps you could do some
research on this subject in order to more adequately inform your readers
on the real effects of
nicotine and also the benefits.