Observational studyAddiction biology2025
Effects of Cigarette Smoking and 3-Day Smoking Abstinence on Translocator Protein 18 kDa Availability: A [
Observational study in Addiction biology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
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Abstract
With the many negative health consequences of cigarette smoking, quitting is known to improve health in multiple domains. Using positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) scanning, our group previously demonstrated that smokers have lower levels than nonsmokers of translocator protein binding both acutely and following overnight abstinence. Here, we sought to determine the effects of longer smoking abstinence on this marker of gliosis for microglia and astroglia, as well as explore associations between the marker and smoking-related symptoms. This observational study was performed in an academic VA medical centre. Fifty-nine generally healthy Veterans who were either nonsmokers (n = 15) or smokers (n = 44) participated in the study. Participants completed an intake visit to evaluate for inclusion/exclusion criteria, [
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