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Serotonin transporter genotype and depressive symptoms moderate effects of nicotine on spatial working memory.
Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology - 1 Jun 2009
Carlson Joshua M, Gilbert David G, Riise Hege, Rabinovich Norka E, Sugai Chihiro, Froeliger Brett
Abstract excerpt
Smokers may use nicotine to self-medicate for situation-specific or person-specific cognitive or affective deficits. Although evidence suggests that nicotine replacement therapy (NRT), relative to placebo, enhances spatial working memory (SWM) in smoking-abstinent smokers with schizophrenia, the...
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