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 BBC News: Nicotine Help for Tourette's Description: Nicotine patches may help patients with Tourette's syndrome control involuntary movements. (news.bbc.co.uk) |
| Cognitive Effects of Nicotine Description: Report on studies of nicotine and other nicotinic agonists on improving performance on attention and memory tasks, as well as on treating Alzheimer's disease, schizophrenia, and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. (nootropics.com) |
| Nicotine Metabolite Shows Promise for Improving Memory, Protecting Brain Cells Description: Report that a nicotine metabolite may improve memory and protect brain cells from diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. The researcher is Dr. Jerry J. Buccafusco, director of the Alzheimer's Research Center at the Medical College of Georgia. (eurekalert.org) |
| Nicotine Studied as Treatment for Brain Disorders Description: News article in Boston Globe about research indicating that nicotine seems to diminish mental impairment stemming from stress or an underactive thyroid, and may help people with brain disorders ranging from Alzheimer's disease to schizophrenia. (boston.com) |
| Nicotine-Like Drugs Can Enhance Learning and Memory Description: Report by Duke University behavioral pharmacologist Edward Levin that nicotine-like compounds help restore the ability to learn and remember in rats that have brain lesions similar to those found in Alzheimer's disease patients. Reported in Science Daily News. (sciencedaily.com) |
| PLoS Biology: Nicotine as Therapy Description: Nicotine-based therapy for weight control, pain relief, and treatment of neurodegenerative and mental disorders. (plosbiology.org) |
| Smoking Causes Mental Decline Description: Recent research finds cigarettes cause faster mental decline as smokers get older. (timesonline.co.uk) |
| Smoking Damages Your IQ Description: 50 year research finds cigarettes lower intelligence, increase memory loss, slow reflexes, and impair problem solving ability. (timesonline.co.uk) |
| Smoking Does Not Protect Against Dementia or Alzheimer's Disease Description: Contrary to suggestions from previous research, this study of over 34,000 subjects found no effect of smoking on senility or Alzheimer's. The previous suggestions that it did came from flawed studies, say the authors. (eurekalert.org) |
| Smoking Increase Risk of Alzheimer's Disease Description: Recent research finds that tobacco products increase Alzheimer's disease on some populations, but have no effect on other populations. (docguide.com) |
| Smoking May Be a Cause of Some Psychiatric Disorders Description: New studies suggest that cigarettes are a cause of some psychiatric disorders, including common conditions such as depression and anxiety. (knoxnews.com) |
| Smoking May Lead to Anxiety Disorders in Adolescents and Young Adults Description: Recent research shows that tobacco products may cause anxiety, panic attacks and fear of leaving home. (nida.nih.gov) |
| Smoking Significantly Increases Risk of Alzheimer's Disease Among Those Who Have No Genetic Predisposition Description: Report presented at the 8th International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders, based on research conducted by Sara Debanne, PhD, at Case Western Reserve University. (docguide.com) |
| Study: Smoking Doubles Risk of Dementia and Alzheimer's disease Description: Largest and most recent study indicates that smokers are twice as likely to develop Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia. (slam.ca) |
| Tobacco Does Not Alleviate Stress But Actually Increase It Description: Research evidence is the apparent relaxing effect of smoking only reflects the reversal of the tension and irritability that develop during nicotine depletion. (apa.org) |
| Tobacco May Be a Cause of Mental Illness Description: Article summarizes increasing evidence from larger research studies that tobacco products cause anxiety, depression, phobias, and alcohol and drug dependence. (toledoblade.com) |
| Will Nicotine Help Slow Memory Loss? Description: A study led by Paul Newhouse, M.D., at the University of Vermont will examine nicotine's effect on mild cognitive impairment. (uvm.edu) |
