Behavioural studies can contribute to the characterization of receptors for psychoactive
drugs, and attempts have been made to link behavioural effects of nicotinic agonists with the …

Laboratory studies have demonstrated that cigarette smokers react with significant
subjective and autonomic responses (eg, increased craving and increased heart rate) in the …

The addictive potential of nicotine is clearly recognized by the tenacity of tobacco smoking
for most users, and has prompted extensive psychopharmacological studies in animals. In …

The impact of nicotine on the central nervous system is, in an important sense,
neuroregulatory, with cascading effects on physiological and biochemical function as well as …

Dopamine signaling in brain reward areas is a key element in the development of drug
abuse and dependence. Recent anatomical and electrophysiological research has begun to …

Cigarette smoking rates in the American population are approximately 23%, whereas rates
of smoking in clinical and population studies of individuals with neuropsychiatric disorders …

Smoking: Motivation and models. Smoking: Motivation and models. Citation Ashton, H., &
Golding, JF (1989). Smoking: Motivation and models. In T. Ney & A. Gale (Eds.), Smoking and …

Nicotine stimulates brain reward circuitries, most prominently the mesocorticolimbic
dopamine system, and this action plays a critical in establishing and maintaining the tobacco …

Background: Cigarette smoking is the main cause of preventable death in developed
countries. While the direct positive behavioral reinforcing effect of nicotine has historically …