Sex, GABA, and nicotine: The impact of smoking on cortical GABA levels across the menstrual cycle as measured with proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy

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• 作者：Epperson ; C. Neill ; O’ ; Malley ; Stephanie ; Czarkowski ; Kathryn A. ; Gueorguieva ; Ralitza ; et. al.
• 关键词：Nicotine ; smoking ; abstinence ; menstrual cycle ; GABA ; sex
• 刊名：Biological Psychiatry
• 出版年：2005
• 出版时间：January 1, 2005
• 年：2005
• 卷：57
• 期：1
• 页码：44-48
• 全文大小：200 K

文摘

Given that nicotine modulates amino acid neurotransmission, we sought to examine the impact of nicotine on cortical γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) levels in male and female smokers.