... were randomly allocated either to a nicotine group (14 subjects, 7 mg transdermal nicotine) or a placebo group (16 subjects). EEG activity was recorded in eyes-open (EO) and eyes-closed (EC) conditions before and after drug administration. A source reconstruction (minimum norm algorithm) analysis...

... to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Preproenkephalin Anorexia nervosa Depressive symptoms Anxious symptoms Obsessive-compulsive symptoms Stress Nicotine Smoking Peripheral blood mononuclear cells Real...

... were non-significant. Conclusions: The results of the current study confirm previous reports regarding the relationship of BMI and mood in women and extend these findings to the early stages of smoking cessation. Body mass index Nicotine Smoking Gender Mood National Institutes of Health...

... Smoking Nicotine Cholesterol Lipids Panic disorder Anxiety Neuropsychobiology 1990;23:134-139 ©1990 S. KargerAG, Basel 03O2-282X/9O/O233-OI34S2.75/O Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Illness in Panic Disorder Patients Vikram K. Yeragani, Robert Pohl, Richard Baton, C. Ramesh, Debra Glitz. Pant...

..., subjects smoked 1 of 5 cigarettes having the following FTC nicotine/’tar’ yields in mg: 0.08/8.5, 0.17/9.1, 0.37/9.8, 0.48/9.8, and 0.74/10.4. On a pre- to postsmoking basis, blood nicotine and heart rate increased with nicotine yield. The effect of nicotine yield on changes in self-rated anxiety...

... in the expression of occipital theta waves during exploratory sniffing with a significantly lower mean power in the lesioned hemisphere. Acetylcholine was found to be the main neuro-transmitter used by the PPTg neurones. Therefore, the present study was conducted to determine if nicotine was effective...

... on four occasions while smoking single cigarettes yielding varying levels of nicotine (< 0.1, 0.6, 1.0 or 2.1 mg) but similar levels (8–10 mg) of tar. Data were transformed with regard to baseline scores to counter day-to-day differences in performance and showed brake reaction times to be improved...

...Verner J. Knott; Anne Harr As neuroelectric research into the smoking/nicotine habit has focused exclusively on young and middle-aged adults, this electroencephalographic (EEG) study was conducted to determine whether a long-term smoking history alters the aging brain and/or whether the aging brain...

... mechanism, rather than separable serial processes described in the traditional modular models of memory. 22 2 2008 Memory Attention Acetylcholine Scopolamine Nicotine © 1993 S. Karger AG, Basel 1993 Copyright / Drug Dosage / Disclaimer Copyright: All rights reserved. No part...

... gum, 2 mg nicotine gum, 4 mg nicotine gum, and cigarette smoking (own brand), with the order of drug administration determined by latin square. Pre-post drug difference scores for letter cancellation response time demonstrated a significant monotonic dose-response function, with significantly faster...

... Smoking Nicotine Neuropsychobiology 19: 54-60 (1988) ©1988 S. Karger AG, Basel 0302-282X/88/0191-0054S2.75/0 Dynamic EEG Changes during Cigarette Smoking Vertier J. Knott Royal Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ont., Canada Key Words. Electroencephalogram Smoking Nicotine Abstract. Electroencephalograms...

...Verner J. Knott Previous research had indicated that the smoking of medium tar and nicotine (T/N) yield cigarettes produced a psychostimulant action on electroencephalographic (EEG) activity which was apparent after a single cigarette and was evident as early as the fourth puff. The present study...

... to arousal and information processing. Tobacco Nicotine Evoked potentials Performance Arousal Attention Information processing 19 2 2008 © 1985 S. Karger AG, Basel 1985 Copyright / Drug Dosage / Disclaimer Copyright: All rights reserved. No part of this publication may...

... changes but in the TD conditions. The results are discussed in relation to the role of nicotine and to improved attention and information processing. 19 2 2008 © 1985 S. Karger AG, Basel 1985 Copyright / Drug Dosage / Disclaimer Copyright: All rights reserved. No part of this publication...

...K. Wesnes; D.M. Warburton; B. Matz Signal detection analysis was used to examine the effects of nicotine on a visual vigilance task. Groups of light, heavy and non-smokers performed the 80-min task on three separate occasions, and received different doses of nicotine each time. For all three types...

...Rie Inami; Eiji Kirino; Reiichi Inoue; Toshihito Suzuki; Heii Arai Background: The goal of the present study is to identify the effect of nicotine on auditory automatic processing, as reflected by mismatch negativity (MMN), in nonsmoking schizophrenic patients. Methods: Ten nonsmoking schizophrenic...

...K.D. Biondolillo; A.R. Pearce Background: The availability of tobacco products is associated with the likelihood that adolescents will begin using tobacco. Yet the relationship between nicotine availability and voluntary consumption has not been tested experimentally in developing rats. Method...

...Verner Knott; Crystal Blais; Carole Scherling; Jordan Camarda; Anne Millar; Derek Fisher; Judy McIntosh Acute nicotine has been found to improve task performance in smokers after smoking abstinence, but the attentional processes mediating these improvements are unclear. Since scalp-recorded event...

...- and performance-enhancing properties of nicotine in normal adults, stimulated this study to explore the single-dose effects of nicotine on auditory and visual P300s in DAT. Thirteen patients, 6 currently receiving treatment with the cholinesterase inhibitor tacrine (tetrahydroaminoacridine; THA) and the remaining...

..., were compared for their voluntary intake of ethanol, nicotine, cocaine and morphine. Younger BNR self-administered the same amounts of all 4 substances as did the younger WKR suggesting a similar genetic basis for all drugs at this age. Older BNR consumed less ethanol and nicotine but equal amounts...