Current and emerging pharmacotherapies for cessation of tobacco smoking

N Gómez‐Coronado, AJ Walker… - … : The Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Tobacco use disorder is a chronic illness. With its high comorbidity rate, it is a major cause of
years of life lost or years lived with disability; however, it is also considered the most …

Systematic integration of biomedical knowledge prioritizes drugs for repurposing

DS Himmelstein, A Lizee, C Hessler, L Brueggeman… - Elife, 2017 - elifesciences.org
The ability to computationally predict whether a compound treats a disease would improve
the economy and success rate of drug approval. This study describes Project Rephetio to …

Treating disorders across the lifespan by modulating cholinergic signaling with galantamine

CN Metz, VA Pavlov - Journal of neurochemistry, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Advances in understanding the regulatory functions of the nervous system have revealed
neural cholinergic signaling as a key regulator of cytokine responses and inflammation …

Galantamine and computerized cognitive behavioral therapy for cocaine dependence: a randomized clinical trial

KM Carroll, C Nich, EE DeVito, JM Shi… - The Journal of clinical …, 2017 - psychiatrist.com
Objective: To examine whether galantamine, a cognitive-enhancing medication that is both
acetylcholinesterase inhibitor and agonist at nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, is effective at …

Neuropeptide systems and new treatments for nicotine addiction

AW Bruijnzeel - Psychopharmacology, 2017 - Springer
Rationale The mildly euphoric and cognitive enhancing effects of nicotine play a role in the
initiation of smoking, while dysphoria and anxiety associated with smoking cessation …

Current pharmacologic treatments for smoking cessation and new agents undergoing clinical trials

T Nagano, M Katsurada, Y Yasuda… - Therapeutic …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Smoking causes various diseases and is a major public health threat worldwide. Therefore,
promoting smoking cessation is the most important intervention contributing to maintaining …

Cannabinoid receptor GPR55 activation blocks nicotine use disorder by regulation of AMPAR phosphorylation

Q Liu, J Yu, X Li, Y Guo, T Sun, L Luo, J Ren… - …, 2021 - Springer
Rationale Nicotine use disorder can alter synaptic plasticity correlated with learning and
memory process. G protein–coupled receptor 55 (GPR55), a novel cannabinoid receptor …

Folic acid supplementation improved nicotine withdrawal-induced of memory loss via affecting oxidative status, inflammatory response, cholinergic activity, BDNF and …

SH Hosseini, ZS Khabbazhosseini, S Khatibi… - Neuroscience …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background The present study aimed to assess whether folic acid (FA) have potential to
prevent memory impairment caused by nicotine (Nico) withdrawal in adolescent male rats …

Advances in smoking cessation pharmacotherapy: Non-nicotinic approaches in animal models

LC Smith, O George - Neuropharmacology, 2020 - Elsevier
The landscape of worldwide tobacco use is changing, with a decrease in traditional smoking
and an exponential rise in electronic cigarette use. No new nicotine cessation …

Norditerpenoids with Selective Anti-Cholinesterase Activity from the Roots of Perovskia atriplicifolia Benth.

S Ślusarczyk, FS Senol Deniz, R Abel, Ł Pecio… - International Journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Inhibition of cholinesterases remains one of a few available treatment strategies for
neurodegenerative dementias such as Alzheimer's disease and related conditions. The …