Role of Mesoaccumbens Dopamine in Nicotine Dependence

Nov 10, 2016 by in NEUROLOGY Comments Off on Role of Mesoaccumbens Dopamine in Nicotine Dependence

Fig. 1 Innervation of the nucleus accumbens. This figure highlights the principal pathways that innervate and project from the nucleus accumbens core and shell. NACs nucleus accumbens shell; NAcC nucleus accumbens core; VTA ventral…

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Tobacco Smoking with PET and SPECT

Nov 10, 2016 by in NEUROLOGY Comments Off on Tobacco Smoking with PET and SPECT

Fig. 1 Description of the use of PET brain imaging to determine the outcome measure of receptor availability 2 Imaging β2*-Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors 2.1 Preclinical Studies The nAChRs that contain the…

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Disorders as Vulnerability Factors for Nicotine Addiction: What Have We Learned from Animal Models?

Nov 10, 2016 by in NEUROLOGY Comments Off on Disorders as Vulnerability Factors for Nicotine Addiction: What Have We Learned from Animal Models?

© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015David J.K. Balfour and Marcus R. Munafò (eds.)The Neuropharmacology of Nicotine DependenceCurrent Topics in Behavioral Neurosciences2410.1007/978-3-319-13482-6_6 Psychiatric Disorders as Vulnerability Factors for Nicotine Addiction: What Have We Learned from…

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Bases of Cue- and Nicotine-induced Reinstatement of Nicotine Seeking: Implications for the Development of Smoking Cessation Medications

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Fig. 1 Effects of manipulating various neurotransmitter systems on cue- and nicotine-induced reinstatement of nicotine-seeking behavior. The pharmacological targeting of a wide range of neurotransmitter systems attenuated reinstatement to nicotine seeking…

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Withdrawal

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Gangitano D, Salas R, Teng Y, Perez E, De Biasi M (2009) Progesterone modulation of alpha5 nAChR subunits influences anxiety-related behavior during estrus cycle. Genes Brain Behav 8:398–406PubMedCentralPubMed Geisler S,…

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