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- Title
Manipulation of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors differentially affects behavioral inhibition in human subjects with and without disordered baseline impulsivity.
- Authors
Potter, Alexandra S; Bucci, David J; Newhouse, Paul A
- Abstract
Evidence for a relationship between cigarette smoking and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has prompted investigations into nicotinic treatments for this disorder. Impulsivity is a hallmark of ADHD and is measured in the laboratory as behavioral inhibition (BI) using the stop signal task (SST). Acute nicotine improves SST performance in adolescents and young adults who have both ADHD and impaired baseline SST performance, raising questions about the role of nicotinic acetylcholine receptor function in BI. The specificity of this effect to those with ADHD, the component processes of the SST affected by nicotine, and the effects of nicotinic antagonism are yet unknown.
- Publication
Psychopharmacology, 2012, Vol 220, Issue 2, p331
- ISSN
1432-2072
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00213-011-2476-0