A decade has passed since we published a comprehensive review in this journal
addressing the topic of promoting successful cognitive aging, making this a good time to …

Background Cigarette smoking has been linked with both increased and decreased risk for
Alzheimer's disease (AD). This is relevant for the US military because the prevalence of …

Background: Cigarette smoking is the main cause of preventable death in developed
countries. While the direct positive behavioral reinforcing effect of nicotine has historically …

Drug addiction continues to be an important public health problem, with an estimated 22.6
million current illicit drug users in the United States alone. For many addictions, including …

The link between neuropsychological impairments and chronic tobacco smoking is not clear
and in the current literature there is a lack of robust analyses investigating this association. A …

Background Whereas acute nicotine administration alters brain function which may, in turn,
contribute to enhanced attention and performance, chronic cigarette smoking is linked with …

Rationale and objectives Modafinil (MOD) and its R-enantiomer (R-MOD) are approved
medications for narcolepsy and other sleep disorders. They have also been used, off-label …

Abstract The Journal of Alzheimer's Disease (JAD), founded in 1998, played a pivotal role in
broadening the field of research on Alzheimer's disease (AD) by publishing a diverse range …

Recent studies revealed structural and functional brain changes in heavy smokers.
However, the specific changes in topological brain connections are not well understood. We …

Drug addiction is a chronic and relapsing disorder in which repeated drug exposure
compromises brain neuroplasticity. Brain areas normally involved in learning and goal …