Shattuck Lecture. A molecular basis for nicotine as a gateway drug

N Engl J Med. 2014 Sep 4;371(10):932-43. doi: 10.1056/NEJMsa1405092.

Authors

Eric R Kandel¹, Denise B Kandel

Affiliation

¹ From the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (E.R.K.), Kavli Institute for Brain Science (E.R.K.), and the Departments of Neuroscience (E.R.K.) and Psychiatry (E.R.K., D.B.K.), College of Physicians and Surgeons, and Mailman School of Public Health (D.B.K.), Columbia University, and the New York State Psychiatric Institute (D.B.K.) - all in New York.

No abstract available

Publication types

Lecture
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Brain / drug effects*
Brain / metabolism
Cocaine / metabolism*
Humans
Learning / physiology
Memory, Long-Term / physiology*
Mice
Nicotine / metabolism*
Substance-Related Disorders / etiology*
Substance-Related Disorders / metabolism

Substances

Nicotine
Cocaine

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