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Do 'light' cigarettes deliver less nicotine to the brain than regular cigarettes?

Medicine & Health / Research

created Sep 28, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1

For decades now, cigarette makers have marketed so-called light cigarettes — which contain less nicotine than regular smokes — with the implication that they are less harmful to smokers' health. A new UCLA study shows, however, ...





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Nicotine activates more than just the brain's pleasure pathways

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created Jan 22, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Duke University Medical System researchers have discovered there are differing taste pathways for nicotine, which could provide a new approach for future smoking-cessation products.


Nicotine Activates More than Just the Brain’s Pleasure Pathways

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created Jan 26, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Duke University Medical System researchers have discovered there are differing taste pathways for nicotine, which could provide a new approach for future smoking-cessation products.


Smoking: New research helps itch to quit

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created Sep 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

European scientists said Sunday they could explain why nicotine patches designed to help smokers kick their habit can cause skin irritation.


Caltech researchers find tiny genetic change keeps nicotine from binding to muscle cells

Researchers find tiny genetic change keeps nicotine from binding to muscle cells

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Mar 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A tiny genetic mutation is the key to understanding why nicotine--which binds to brain receptors with such addictive potency--is virtually powerless in muscle cells that are studded with the same type of receptor. ...


Research reveals why some smokers become addicted with their first cigarette

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created Aug 05, 2008 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (10) | comments 3

New research from The University of Western Ontario reveals how the brain processes the 'rewarding' and addictive properties of nicotine, providing a better understanding of why some people seemingly become hooked with their ...


Nicotine may have more profound impact than previously thought

Nicotine may have more profound impact than previously thought

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created Apr 03, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (7) | comments 3

Nicotine isn't just addictive. It may also interfere with dozens of cellular interactions in the body, new Brown University research suggests.


Mechanism of nicotine's learning effects explored

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created Apr 04, 2007 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

While nicotine is highly addictive, researchers have also shown the drug to enhance learning and memory—a property that has launched efforts to develop nicotine-like drugs to treat cognitive deficits in Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s ...


Scientists engineer supersensitive receptor, gain better understanding of dopamine system

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created Oct 14, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Genetically modifying a receptor found on the neurons that produce the neurotransmitter dopamine has given California Institute of Technology (Caltech) researchers a unique glimpse into the workings of the brain's dopamine ...


Scientists find blocking a neuropeptide receptor decreases nicotine addiction

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created Nov 24, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

The study was published in an online Early Edition issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the week of November 24. Scripps Florida is a division of The Scripps Research Institute.


Researchers find link between nicotine addiction and autism

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created Nov 17, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Scientists have identified a relationship between two proteins in the brain that has links to both nicotine addiction and autism. The finding has led to speculation that existing drugs used to curb nicotine addiction might ...



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