Evidence of Altered Brain Responses to Nicotine in an Animal Model of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
Author(s) -
Guillaume L. Poirier,
Wei Huang,
Kelly Tam,
Joseph R. DiFranza,
Jean A. King
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
nicotine and tobacco research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.338
H-Index - 113
eISSN - 1469-994X
pISSN - 1462-2203
DOI - 10.1093/ntr/ntx088
Subject(s) - nicotine , ventral tegmental area , addiction , attention deficit hyperactivity disorder , neuroscience , psychology , alkaloid , brain stimulation reward , medicine , pharmacology , psychiatry , dopamine , nucleus accumbens , biology , dopaminergic , botany
Individuals with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are susceptible to earlier and more severe nicotine addiction. To shed light on the relationship between nicotine and ADHD, we examined nicotine's effects on functional brain networks in an animal model of ADHD.
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