Greater Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Density in Smokers Than in Nonsmokers: A PET Study with 2-<sup>18</sup>F-FA-85380 - Concepedia

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Greater Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Density in Smokers Than in Nonsmokers: A PET Study with 2-<sup>18</sup>F-FA-85380

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2008

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Alexey G. Mukhin, Alane S. Kimes, Svetlana I. Chefer, John A. Matochik, Carlo Contoreggi, Andrew G. Horti, D. Bruce Vaupel, Olga Pavlova, Elliot A. Stein

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Abstract

Our findings suggest that PET with 2FA can be used to study the role of nicotine-induced upregulation of nAChRs in active smokers and during smoking cessation.

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