Nicotine addiction : a review [PDF]
, 2013 Nicotine, the major psychoactive compound in tobacco, acts as a potent addictive drug in humans. The addictive nature of nicotine leads to more than 6 million deaths a year.
Di Giovanni, Giuseppe, Vella, Jacob
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Nicotine strongly activates dendritic cell-mediated adaptive immunity - potential role for progression of atherosclerotic lesions [PDF]
, 2003 Background - Antigen-presenting cells (APCs) such as monocytes and dendritic cells (DCs) stimulate T-cell proliferation and activation in the course of adaptive immunity.
Aicher, A +5 more
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Cigarette Use and Striatal Dopamine D2/3 Receptors: Possible Role in the Link between Smoking and Nicotine Dependence. [PDF]
, 2016 BackgroundCigarette smoking induces dopamine release in the striatum, and smoking- or nicotine-induced ventral striatal dopamine release is correlated with nicotine dependence.
London, Edythe D +2 more
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Stress-induced reinstatement of nicotine preference requires dynorphin/kappa opioid activity in the basolateral amygdala [PDF]
, 2016 UNLABELLED: The dynorphin (DYN)/kappa-opioid receptor (KOR) system plays a conserved role in stress-induced reinstatement of drug seeking for prototypical substances of abuse.
Bruchas, Michael R +4 more
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Comparative cytotoxicity study of nicotine and cotinine on MRC-5 cell line [PDF]
, 2018 Nicotine has several health hazards regarding carcinogenic potential. It also imparts increased risk for respiratory, cardiovascular, and gastrointestinal disorders.
Baconi, Daniela Luiza +4 more
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Nicotine-replacement therapy: A proven treatment for smoking cessation [PDF]
, 2010 Smoking is a major cause of cardiovascular diseases, respiratory diseases and cancer. Despite the high prevalence of smokers worldwide, smokers are often neglected and not offered effective assistance with quitting their habits. In order to overcome this
Robson, Noorzurani
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Nicotine-Induced Effects on Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors (nAChRs), Ca2+ and Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) in STC-1 Cells [PDF]
, 2016 In addition to the T2R bitter taste receptors, neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) have recently been shown to be involved in the bitter taste transduction of nicotine, acetylcholine and ethanol.
Alkahtan, Reem M. +6 more
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Menthol's potential effects on nicotine dependence: a tobacco industry perspective. [PDF]
, 2011 ObjectiveTo examine what the tobacco industry knows about the potential effects menthol may have on nicotine dependence.MethodsA snowball strategy was used to systematically search the Legacy Tobacco Documents Library (http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu ...
Yerger, Valerie B
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Acute effects of nicotine on visual search tasks in young adult smokers [PDF]
, 2005 Rationale Nicotine is known to improve performance on tests involving sustained attention and recent research suggests that nicotine may also improve performance on tests involving the strategic allocation of attention and working memory.
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Inhibition of Autophagy Signaling via 3-methyladenine Rescued Nicotine-Mediated Cardiac Pathological Effects and Heart Dysfunctions. [PDF]
, 2020 Rationale: Cigarette smoking is a well-established risk factor for myocardial infarction and sudden cardiac death. The deleterious effects are mainly due to nicotine, but the mechanisms involved and theranostics remain unclear.
Fu, Yingjie +7 more
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