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Anna L Abrams

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Brody A, London E, Olmstead R, Allen-Martinez Z, Shulenberger S, Costello M, et al.
Psychiatry Res . 2010 Aug; 183(3):218-24. PMID: 20682457
The aim of this study was to determine whether standard treatments for Tobacco Dependence affect smoking-induced changes in intrasynaptic dopamine (DA) concentration. Forty-three otherwise healthy adult cigarette smokers (10 to...
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Costello M, Mandelkern M, Shoptaw S, Shulenberger S, Baker S, Abrams A, et al.
Neuropsychopharmacology . 2009 Oct; 35(3):605-12. PMID: 19865076
While bupropion HCl and practical group counseling (PGC) are commonly used treatments for tobacco dependence, the effects of these treatments on brain function are not well established. For this study,...
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Brody A, Olmstead R, Abrams A, Costello M, Khan A, Kozman D, et al.
Biol Psychiatry . 2009 Jul; 66(9):898-901. PMID: 19640507
Background: Dopamine (DA) system dysfunction is implicated in the pathophysiology of major depressive disorder (MDD). We sought to determine if cigarette smokers with a history of MDD and current mild...
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Brody A, Mandelkern M, Costello M, Abrams A, Scheibal D, Farahi J, et al.
Int J Neuropsychopharmacol . 2008 Aug; 12(3):305-16. PMID: 18706128
Our group recently reported that smoking a regular cigarette (1.2-1.4 mg nicotine) resulted in 88% occupancy of brain alpha4beta2* nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs). However, this study did not determine whether...
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Brody A, Mandelkern M, Olmstead R, Allen-Martinez Z, Scheibal D, Abrams A, et al.
Neuropsychopharmacology . 2008 Jun; 34(2):282-9. PMID: 18563061
Prior studies have demonstrated that both nicotine administration and cigarette smoking lead to dopamine (DA) release in the ventral striatum/nucleus accumbens. In tobacco-dependent individuals, smoking denicotinized cigarettes leads to reduced...