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1. Smoking Abstinence and Neurocognition: Implications for Cessation and Relapse

   In this chapter, we review the last decade of research on the effects of smoking abstinence on various forms of neurocognition, including executive...

   F. Joseph McClernon, Merideth A. Addicott, Maggie M. Sweitzer in The Neurobiology and Genetics of Nicotine and Tobacco

   Chapter 2015
   

2. Effects of smoking on D₂/D₃ striatal receptor availability in alcoholics and social drinkers

   Studies have reported lower striatal D ₂ /D ₃ receptor availability in both alcoholics and cigarette smokers relative to healthy controls. These...

   Daniel S. Albrecht, David A. Kareken, Karmen K. Yoder in Brain Imaging and Behavior

   Article 07 May 2013
   

3. Anhedonia predicts altered processing of happy faces in abstinent cigarette smokers

   Rationale

   Anhedonia—diminished capacity to experience pleasure—is associated with tobacco dependence and smoking cessation failure. However, the...

   Adam M. Leventhal, Marcus Munafò, ... Christopher W. Kahler in Psychopharmacology

   Article 04 February 2012
   

4. Alcohol-induced increases in smoking behavior for nicotinized and denicotinized cigarettes in men and women

   Introduction

   Alcohol has been shown to increase smoking urges and smoking behavior. However, alcohol’s effects on specific components of smoking...

   Andrea King, Patrick McNamara, ... Dingcai Cao in Psychopharmacology

   Article 16 September 2009
   

5. Modeling Alcohol Self-Administration in the Human Laboratory

   This review focuses on 27 studies employing experimental alcohol self-administration (ASA) in humans which were published between 1989 and 2010....

   Ulrich S. Zimmermann, Sean O’Connor, Vijay A. Ramchandani in Behavioral Neurobiology of Alcohol Addiction

   Chapter 2011
   

6. The insula and drug addiction: an interoceptive view of pleasure, urges, and decision-making

   We have recently shown that damage to the insula leads to a profound disruption of addiction to cigarette smoking (Naqvi et al., Science 315:531–534, 2007...

   Nasir H. Naqvi, Antoine Bechara in Brain Structure and Function

   Article 29 May 2010
   

7. Naltrexone in Smoking Cessation: A Review of the Literature and Future Directions

   There are a number of efficacious pharmacotherapies currently available for smoking cessation, including nicotine replacement, buproprion, and...

   Andrea King, Rachel Torello, ... Stephanie O'Malley in Opiate Receptors and Antagonists

   Chapter 2009
   

8. Nicotine effects on affective response in depression-prone smokers

   Rationale

   Comorbidity between cigarette smoking and depression is thought to arise because depression-prone smokers self-administer nicotine to...

   Bonnie Spring, Jessica Werth Cook, ... Donald Hedeker in Psychopharmacology

   Article 25 October 2007
   

9. Influence of nicotine on positive affect in anhedonic smokers

   Rationale

   The possibility that individuals administer nicotine to self-regulate persistent negative affect has received interest as a possible...

   Jessica Werth Cook, Bonnie Spring, Dennis McChargue in Psychopharmacology

   Article 03 February 2007
   

10. Differential effects of nicotine on alcohol consumption in men and women

    Rationale

    Nicotine and alcohol are frequently co-used, suggesting that use of one drug may facilitate use of the other. Furthermore, because men and...

    Ashley Acheson, Stephen V. Mahler, ... Harriet de Wit in Psychopharmacology

    Article 25 March 2006
    

11. Naltrexone reduces the relative reinforcing value of nicotine in a cigarette smoking choice paradigm

    Rationale

    Human behavioral pharmacology studies can examine how medications that target different neurotransmitter systems influence different aspects...

    Margaret Rukstalis, Christopher Jepson, ... Caryn Lerman in Psychopharmacology

    Article 29 January 2005

12. Effects of cigarette nicotine content and smoking pace on subsequent craving and smoking

    Abstract

    Rationale. The relative contribution of sensory and pharmacological variables in regulating craving and smoking remains unclear. Rapid...

    Jesse Dallery, Elisabeth J. Houtsmuller, ... Maxine L. Stitzer in Psychopharmacology

    Article 01 January 2003

13. Sex differences in the subjective and reinforcing effects of cigarette nicotine dose

    Abstract

    Rationale. Some research with novel nicotine delivery methods suggests that nicotine itself may be less reinforcing in women than in men....

    Kenneth A. Perkins, Lynette Jacobs, ... Anthony R. Caggiula in Psychopharmacology

    Article 01 September 2002

14. Naltrexone blockade of nicotine effects in cigarette smokers

    Rationale: The role of endogenous opiate systems in cigarette smoking remains unclear. In laboratory animals, opiate antagonists block many of the...

    L. H. Brauer, Frederique M. Behm, ... J. E. Rose in Psychopharmacology

    Article 01 April 1999