Cellular, molecular, and genetic substrates underlying the impact of nicotine on learning

TJ Gould, PT Leach - Neurobiology of learning and memory, 2014 - Elsevier
Addiction is a chronic disorder marked by long-lasting maladaptive changes in behavior and
in reward system function. However, the factors that contribute to the behavioral and …

Trans-generational Effects of Parental Exposure to Drugs of Abuse on Offspring Memory Functions

J Riyahi, Z Taslimi, F Gelfo, L Petrosini… - … & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2024 - Elsevier
Recent evidence reported that parental-derived phenotypes can be passed on to the next
generations. Within the inheritance of epigenetic characteristics allowing the transmission of …

Omega-3 fatty acids prevent nicotine withdrawal-induced impairment of learning and memory via affecting oxidative status, inflammatory response, cholinergic activity …

SM Ahmadi-Soleimani, GY Amiry, E Khordad… - Life Sciences, 2023 - Elsevier
In the present study, the main objective was to reveal whether treatment by Omega-3 fatty
acids could prevent the adverse effects of adolescent nicotine withdrawal on spatial and …

Temporal and probability discounting by cigarette smokers following acute smoking abstinence

R Yi, RD Landes - Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Introduction: Given the lack of consensus regarding changes in temporal and probability
discounting as a function of smoking abstinence in cigarette smokers, the present study …

Extracellular ATP neurotransmission and nicotine sex-specifically modulate habenular neuronal activity in adolescence

YC Chen, DJ Rindner, JP Fowler, V Lallai… - Journal of …, 2023 - Soc Neuroscience
The recent increase in the use of nicotine products by teenagers has revealed an urgent
need to better understand the impact of nicotine on the adolescent brain. Here, we sought to …

Effects of nicotine withdrawal on cognition in a clinical trial setting

KA Wesnes, CJ Edgar, I Kezic, HM Salih… - Psychopharmacology, 2013 - Springer
Rationale Smoking withdrawal has been widely established to produce a range of
impairments to the quality of several major domains of cognitive function including attention …

Administration of dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) increases serum levels of androgens and estrogens but does not enhance short-term memory in post-menopausal …

P Merritt, B Stangl, E Hirshman, J Verbalis - Brain research, 2012 - Elsevier
The current study examines the effect of administering dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) on
short-term memory. This experiment used a double-blind placebo-controlled cross-over …

Systematic review of nicotine exposure's effects on neural stem and progenitor cells

AC Brooks, BJ Henderson - Brain Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
While various modalities of chronic nicotine use have been associated with numerous
negative consequences to human health, one possible benefit of nicotine exposure has …

Extended access nicotine self-administration with periodic deprivation increases immature neurons in the hippocampus

A Cohen, MT Soleiman, R Talia, GF Koob… - …, 2015 - Springer
Rationale Limited access nicotine self-administration decreases hippocampal
neurogenesis, providing a mechanism for the deleterious effects of nicotine on hippocampal …

Sex differences in the cognitive effects of tobacco abstinence: a pilot study.

PS Merritt, AR Cobb, GI Cook - Experimental and clinical …, 2012 - psycnet.apa.org
Despite significant research demonstrating the deleterious effects of tobacco abstinence on
memory, and research showing substantial sex differences in nicotine withdrawal and …