Not so cool? Menthol's discovered actions on the nicotinic receptor and its implications for nicotine addiction

Frontiers in Pharmacology

Volumn 4 JUL, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Kabbani, Nadine ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction research; African americans; Menthol; Nicotinic receptors; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; AMFEBUTAMONE; BUNGAROTOXIN RECEPTOR; CARBON MONOXIDE; COTININE; DNA; DOPAMINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; ION CHANNEL; MENTHOL; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR ALPHA4BETA2; TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL MELASTATIN ION CHANNEL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADVERTIZING; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BINDING SITE; CHRNA7 GENE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPOSURE; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MARKETING; MENTHA PIPERITA; METABOLISM; METABOLITE; NICOTINE METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RECEPTOR DENSITY; RECEPTOR GENE; REINFORCEMENT; RELAPSE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT SURVEY; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; UPREGULATION; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84881578816     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16639812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2013.00095     Document Type: Short Survey

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