Nicotine as a cognitive enhancer

1. 1. Nicotine improves attention in a wide variety of tasks in healthy volunteers. 2. 2. Nicotine improves immediate and longer term memory in healthy volunteers. 3. 3. Nicotine improves attention in patients with probable Alzheimer's Disease. 4. 4. While some of the memory effects of nicotine...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Progress in neuro-psychopharmacology & biological psychiatry 1992-03, Vol.16 (2), p.181-192
1. Verfasser:	Warburton, David M.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	acetylcholine Alzheimer's Disease Animals attention Biological and medical sciences cholinergic Cognition - drug effects Humans Medical sciences memory Neuropharmacology nicotine Nicotine - pharmacology Pharmacology. Drug treatments Psychoanaleptics: cns stimulant, antidepressant agent, nootropic agent, mood stabilizer..., (alzheimer disease) Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychopharmacology scopolamine Stimulation, Chemical
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Zusammenfassung:	1. 1. Nicotine improves attention in a wide variety of tasks in healthy volunteers. 2. 2. Nicotine improves immediate and longer term memory in healthy volunteers. 3. 3. Nicotine improves attention in patients with probable Alzheimer's Disease. 4. 4. While some of the memory effects of nicotine may be due to enhanced attention, others seem to be the result of improved consolidation as shown by post-trial dosing.
ISSN:	0278-5846 1878-4216
DOI:	10.1016/0278-5846(92)90069-Q