Mood and anxiety regulation by nicotinic acetylcholine receptors: A potential pathway to modulate aggression and related behavioral states

2015/01/09 by Marina R. Picciotto, Alan S. Lewis, Gerrit I. van Schalkwyk +1 · 26 citations
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Medicine · Neuroscience · Psychology · #Acetylcholine receptor #Aggression #Anxiety #Clinical psychology #Cognition #Internal medicine #Irritability #Medicine #Mood #Neuroscience #Nicotine #Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study #Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor #Nicotinic agonist #Pharmacology #Psychiatry #Psychology #Receptor #Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling #Smoking Behavior and Cessation

paper · doi:10.1016/j.neuropharm.2014.12.028

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