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

Substantial evidence demonstrates both nicotine's addiction liability and its cognition-
enhancing effects. However, the neurobiological mechanisms underlying nicotine's impact …

'Internet addiction disorder'(IAD) is rapidly becoming a prevalent mental health concern in
many countries around the world. The neurobiological underpinnings of internet addiction …

Background Recent studies suggest that Internet gaming addiction (IGA) is an impulse
disorder, or is at least related to impulse control disorders. In the present study, we …

Mindfulness meditation—the practice of attending to present moment experience and
allowing emotions and thoughts to pass without judgment—has shown to be beneficial in …

Compared to the substantial volume of research on the general health consequences
associated with chronic smoking, little research has been specifically devoted to the …

Cholinergic neurons and nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) in the brain participate
in diverse functions: reward, learning and memory, mood, sensory processing, pain, and …

Nicotine withdrawal is associated with deficits in neurocognitive function including sustained
attention, working memory, and response inhibition. Several convergent lines of evidence …

Nicotine modulates prefrontal processing when tested with functional imaging. Previous
studies on changes in regional brain volumes in small samples, reporting different life-time …

Craving is a hallmark of drug dependence, including dependence on nicotine. Many studies
have examined the neural substrates of cravings elicited by smoking-related cues. Less is …