Down-regulation of amygdala and insula functional circuits by varenicline and nicotine in abstinent cigarette smokers

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 74, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 538-546

  Sutherland, Matthew T ^a   Carroll, Allison J ^b   Salmeron, Betty Jo ^b   Ross, Thomas J ^b   Hong, L Elliot ^c   Stein, Elliot A ^b  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; insula; nicotine; resting state functional connectivity; varenicline; withdrawal

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE; PLACEBO; VARENICLINE;

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFAULT MODE NETWORK; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INSULA; MONOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; VENTROMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

AMYGDALA; INSULA; NICOTINE; RESTING-STATE FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY; VARENICLINE; WITHDRAWAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYGDALA; BENZAZEPINES; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DOWN-REGULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC AGONISTS; QUINOXALINES; REST; SMOKING CESSATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883792031     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: 18732402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2013.01.035     Document Type: Article

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