Smoking, nicotine and visual plasticity: does what you know, tell you what you can see?
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| Abstract | :
Nicotine exposure alters activity-dependent synaptic plasticity processes. Effects on learning and memory outcomes, and the synaptic changes that underlie them, are well-documented. Parallels in hippocampal and visual system pharmacology suggest that nicotine has the potential to alter activity-dependent structural organization in visual areas. Such alterations may contribute to deficits in visual performance reported in smoking exposed individuals. |
| Year of Publication | :
2008
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| Journal | :
Brain research bulletin
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| Volume | :
77
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| Issue | :
5
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| Number of Pages | :
221-6
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| Date Published | :
2008
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| ISSN Number | :
0361-9230
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| URL | :
https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0361-9230(08)00271-2
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| DOI | :
10.1016/j.brainresbull.2008.08.005
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| Short Title | :
Brain Res Bull
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