Nicotine, auditory sensory memory and attention in a human ketamine model of schizophrenia: moderating influence of a hallucinatory trait

Nicotine, auditory sensory memory and attention in a human ketamine model of schizophrenia: moderating influence of a hallucinatory trait

Background: The procognitive actions of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) agonist nicotine are believed, in part, to motivate the excessive cigarette smoking in schizophrenia, a disorder associated with deficits in multiple cognitive domains, including low level auditory sensory processes...

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Main Authors: Verner eKnott, Dhrasti eShah, Anne eMillar, Judy eMcIntosh, Derek eFisher, Crystal eVilleneuve, Vadim eIlivitsky
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2012-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Pharmacology
Subjects:
Attention
Nicotine
mismatch negativity
schizophrenia.
sensory memory
nicotinic acetylcholine receptor
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fphar.2012.00172/full

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