Neural effects of acute nicotinic treatment on visual spatial attention in non-smokers

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 228-236

  Shah, Dhrasti ^a   Impey, Danielle ^a   Chique Alfonzo, Mario ^a   Fisher, Derek ^a,b   Lorenzo López, Laura ^c   Knott, Verner ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Event related potentials; N2pc; Nicotine; Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor; Non smokers; Visual search

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE GUM; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ATTENTION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NICOTINE; PLACEBOS; SMOKING; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VISION, OCULAR;

EID: 80053172389     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: 18735177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2011.08.018     Document Type: Article

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