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ArticleJournal of addiction research & therapy2019

Targeting the

Lakshmi Ramachandran Nair, Xiu Liu

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Article in Journal of addiction research & therapy, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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12citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 38% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Lakshmi Ramachandran NairDepartment of Pathology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS 39216, USA.
Xiu LiuDepartment of Pathology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS 39216, USA.
University of Mississippi Medical Center · US

Funding

Neuropharmacology of Cue-Induced Nicotine RelapseR01DA017288 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI LIU, XIU · 2005 to 2009
$1.1M
Menthol: An Accomplice of Nicotine in Tobacco SmokingR01DA037277 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MED CTR · PI LIU, XIU · 2014 to 2017
$1.1M
NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA017288NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA037277
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nicotine exerts its reinforcing actions via activating the nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs). Among an increasing number of nAChR subtypes, the α4β2 and α7 nAChRs are the two major ones, accounting for about 95% of the whole nAChR population in brain. Research findings from our own laboratory, together with other reports in the field, suggest critical and differential involvement of the α4β2 and α7 nAChRs in the process of nicotine dependence and tobacco addiction. Specifically, rat models of nicotine consumption and cue-induced relapse were used to examine the effects of selective antagonism of these two nAChR subtypes on the primary reinforcement of nicotine and the conditioned reinforcing actions of nicotine-associated environmental stimuli (cues). Results demonstrated that blockade of the α4β2 but not α7 subtype effectively reduced nicotine intake, whereas α7 but not α4β2 nAChR blockade reversed cue-triggered nicotine relapse behavior. These findings lend support for the continued effort to develop cholinergic agents aiming at the α4β2 nAChRs for reducing or stopping smoking. However, it is suggested that manipulation of α7 nAChR activity would be a promising target for preventing smoking relapse triggered by exposure to environmental cues.

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Conditioned stimuli (cues)Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs)Reinforcing actionsRelapseSelf-administration

Identifiers

PMID31404286
PMCPMC6688641
OpenAlexW2946254941

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