Nicotinic receptors: Addiction's smoking gun?

Nature Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 447-449

  Kelley, Ann E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE DERIVATIVE; COCAINE; DOPAMINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; OPIATE; PSYCHOSTIMULANT AGENT; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RECEPTOR INTRINSIC ACTIVITY; REINFORCEMENT; SENSITIZATION; SHORT SURVEY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE;

HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; SMOKING; TOBACCO USE DISORDER;

ANIMALIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0036113302     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nm0502-447     Document Type: Short Survey

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