Cholinergic modulation of the medial prefrontal cortex: the role of nicotinic receptors in attention and regulation of neuronal activity

B Bloem, RB Poorthuis, HD Mansvelder - Frontiers in neural circuits, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Acetylcholine (ACh) release in the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) is crucial for normal
cognitive performance. Despite the fact that many have studied how ACh affects neuronal …

[HTML][HTML] An application of the stress-diathesis model: A review about the association between smoking tobacco, smoking cessation, and mental health

GMJ Taylor, JL Treur - International journal of clinical and health …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Worldwide, approximately 24% of all adults smoke, but smoking is up to twice
as prevalent in people with mental ill-health. There is growing evidence that smoking may …

Smoking in pregnancy and child ADHD

K Gustavson, E Ystrom, C Stoltenberg, E Susser… - …, 2017 - publications.aap.org
METHODS: The current study used data from the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study
(n> 100 000 children). Mothers and fathers reported on smoking during pregnancy, and …

Investigating causality between liability to ADHD and substance use, and liability to substance use and ADHD risk, using Mendelian randomization

JL Treur, D Demontis, GD Smith, H Sallis… - Addiction …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Attention‐deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has consistently been associated with
substance use, but the nature of this association is not fully understood. To inform …

Smoking during adolescence as a risk factor for attention problems

JL Treur, G Willemsen, M Bartels, LM Geels… - Biological …, 2015 - Elsevier
Background Cigarette smoking and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are highly
comorbid. One explanation is that individuals with ADHD use cigarettes as “self-medication” …

Electronic cigarette use and subjective cognitive complaints in adults

Z Xie, DJ Ossip, I Rahman, RJ O'Connor, D Li - PLoS One, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Introduction Electronic cigarette use (vaping) has become popular in recent years. The
number of Americans with a variety of cognitive deficits has been increasing dramatically …

[HTML][HTML] Association of electronic cigarette use with self-reported difficulty concentrating, remembering, or making decisions in US youth

C Xie, Z Xie, D Li - Tobacco induced diseases, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
METHODS The 2018 National Youth Tobacco Survey (NYTS) data with 18535 youth were
used for analysis. All included youth who answered whether they have serious DCRMD and …

Plant alkaloids that cause developmental defects through the disruption of cholinergic neurotransmission

BT Green, ST Lee, KD Welch… - Birth Defects Research …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The exposure of a developing embryo or fetus to alkaloids from plants, plant products, or
plant extracts has the potential to cause developmental defects in humans and animals …

E-cigarette use among US adolescents: Perceptions of relative addiction and harm

PD Dobbs, B Hammig, LJ Henry - Health Education Journal, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective: Between 2013 and 2014, past 30-day use of e-cigarettes increased from 4.5% to
13.4% among US high school students aged 9–19 years. We sought to examine the …

Using rodents to model schizophrenia and substance use comorbidity

E Ng, A McGirr, AHC Wong, JC Roder - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral …, 2013 - Elsevier
Schizophrenia and substance use disorders (SUD) often occur together, yet it is unclear why
this is the case or how best to manage dual diagnosis. Rodent models are well suited to …