The role of brain dopamine systems in the psychopharmacological responses to nicotine.

DJ Balfour, ME Benwell - Asia pacific journal of pharmacology, 1993 - psycnet.apa.org
Reviews the literature to determine the extent to which the effects of nicotine (NCT) on the
mesolimbic dopamine (DA) system of the brain provide an explanation for its role in …

Nicotine preference increases after cigarette deprivation

JE Rose, ME Jarvik, S Ananda - Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior, 1984 - Elsevier
In order to test the theory that nicotine is a reinforcing constituent in tobacco, smokers'
nicotine preference was assessed after two hours' cigarette deprivation and immediately …

Real-time craving and mood assessments before and after smoking

BL Carter, CY Lam, JD Robinson… - Nicotine & Tobacco …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
This study explored some quandaries concerning craving and mood as motivators to smoke.
Craving and negative mood have long been associated with day-to-day smoking as two of …

Addictive and nonaddictive smoking as related to responsivity to neurotransmitter systems

P Netter, C Toll, C Lujic, M Reuter… - Behavioural …, 2002 - journals.lww.com
In a double-blind crossover design on 36 male smokers, differences in hormone responses
to a serotonergic (citalopram) and dopaminergic (bromocriptine) challenge were tested, to …

Deprivation state but not nicotine content of the cigarette affects responding by smokers on a progressive ratio task

JM Rusted, A Mackee, R Williams, P Willner - Psychopharmacology, 1998 - Springer
In two experiments, we used a progressive ratio schedule to explore factors associated with
smoking motivation. In study 1, smokers who had abstained for more than 8 h bar-pressed …

Effect of smoking cues and cigarette availability on craving and smoking behavior

A Droungas, RN Ehrman, AR Childress, CP O'Brien - Addictive behaviors, 1995 - Elsevier
This study examined whether smokers respond differently to smoking cues than to affectively
neutral or unpleasant cues without smoking content, and whether reactivity is affected by …

Role of dopamine in the behavioural actions of nicotine related to addiction

G Di Chiara - European journal of pharmacology, 2000 - Elsevier
Experimental impairment of dopamine function by 6-hydroxydopamine lesions or by
dopamine receptor antagonists shows that dopamine is involved in nicotine's discriminative …

A pharmacological analysis of stimulant-induced increases in smoking

AR Vansickel, WW Stoops, PEA Glaser, CR Rush - Psychopharmacology, 2007 - Springer
Rationale Stimulants increase tobacco smoking in healthy adults under controlled laboratory
conditions. The mechanisms that mediate stimulant-induced increases in smoking are not …

Cigarette desirability and nicotine preference in smokers

JE Herskovic, JE Rose, ME Jarvik - Pharmacology Biochemistry and …, 1986 - Elsevier
We conducted two experiments to explore the role of nicotine in the maintenance of cigarette
smoking behavior. In Experiment 1 we determined that, compared to 0 or 2 mg injections, an …

Lack of reinforcement enhancing effects of nicotine in non-dependent smokers

KA Perkins, A Grottenthaler, AS Wilson - Psychopharmacology, 2009 - Springer
Rationale Recent animal research has shown that, aside from its primary and secondary
reinforcing effects, nicotine may enhance reinforcement from stimuli unrelated to nicotine …