Modulation of nicotine effects on selective attention by DRD2 and CHRNA4 gene polymorphisms

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 232, Issue 13, 2015, Pages 2323-2331

  Ahrens, Stefan ^a   Markett, Sebastian ^b   Breckel, Thomas P K ^a   Behler, Oliver ^a   Reuter, Martin ^b   Thiel, Christiane M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Distraction; Dopamine; Flexibility; Genetics; Nicotine; Pharmacology; Selective attention; SNP

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE RECEPTOR; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR ALPHA4; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTOR ALPHA4 SUBUNIT; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CHRNA4 GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRD2 GENE; FEMALE; GENE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TASK PERFORMANCE; ATTENTION; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; INTRADERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ADULT; ATTENTION; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; MALE; NICOTINE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REACTION TIME; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D2; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930863848     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: 14322072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-015-3869-2     Document Type: Article

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