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ArticleJournal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism : official journal of the International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism2015

Smoking normalizes cerebral blood flow and oxygen consumption after 12-hour abstention.

Manouchehr S Vafaee, Albert Gjedde, Nasrin Imamirad, Kim Vang, Mallar M Chakravarty, Jason P Lerch, Paul Cumming

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Article in Journal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism : official journal of the International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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22 citing papers in PubMed, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

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  18. Sequential PET estimation of cerebral oxygen metabolism with spontaneous respiration ofJournal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism : official journal of the International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism · 2017
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Manouchehr S VafaeeDepartment of Neuroscience and Pharmacology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Albert Gjedde1] Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark [2] Department of Nuclear Medicine and PET Center, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.
Nasrin ImamiradDepartment of Pulmonary Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.
Kim VangDepartment of Nuclear Medicine and PET Center, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.
Mallar M ChakravartyDepartment of Psychiatry and Biomedical Engineering, Cerebral Imaging Centre, Douglas Mental Health Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Jason P LerchProgram in Neuroscience and Mental Health, The Hospital for Sick Children, Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Paul CummingDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Universitätsklinik Erlangen/Nurenberg, Erlangen, Germany.
Aarhus University Hospital · DKMcGill University · CAUniversitätsklinikum Erlangen · DEUniversity of Copenhagen · DKUniversity of Toronto · CA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Acute nicotine administration stimulates [(14)C]deoxyglucose trapping in thalamus and other regions of rat brain, but acute effects of nicotine and smoking on energy metabolism have rarely been investigated in human brain by positron emission tomography (PET). We obtained quantitative PET measurements of cerebral blood flow (CBF) and metabolic rate of oxygen (CMRO2) in 12 smokers who had refrained from smoking overnight, and in a historical group of nonsmokers, testing the prediction that overnight abstinence results in widespread, coupled reductions of CBF and CMRO2. At the end of the abstention period, global grey-matter CBF and CMRO2 were both reduced by 17% relative to nonsmokers. At 15 minutes after renewed smoking, global CBF had increased insignificantly, while global CMRO2 had increased by 11%. Regional analysis showed that CMRO2 had increased in the left putamen and thalamus, and in right posterior cortical regions at this time. At 60 and 105 minutes after smoking resumption, CBF had increased by 8% and CMRO2 had increased by 11-12%. Thus, we find substantial and global impairment of CBF/CMRO2 in abstaining smokers, and acute restoration by resumption of smoking. The reduced CBF and CMRO2 during acute abstention may mediate the cognitive changes described in chronic smokers.

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Cerebrovascular CirculationOxygen ConsumptionAdultBrainEnergy MetabolismFemaleHumansMaleOxygenPositron-Emission TomographySmokingYoung AdultOxygen

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PMID25605288
PMCPMC4420887
OpenAlexW2131657762

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