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Nicotine

Known as: nicotine product, (S)-Nicotine, nicotine in any form 
A plant alkaloid, found in the tobacco plant, and addictive central nervous system (CNS) stimulant that causes either ganglionic stimulation in low… 
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1-benzyl-4-phenylnicotinamidinium4'-methylnicotine5-fluoronicotine5-methoxynicotine
24 HR Nicotine 0.292 MG/HR Transdermal System24 HR Nicotine 0.875 MG/HR Transdermal System24 HR Nicotine 0.875 MG/HR Transdermal System [Nicoderm C-Q]In Blood

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AlkaloidsCentral Nervous System StimulantsGanglionic Stimulants

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Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
Habenular a5 nicotinic receptor subunit signalling controls nicotine intake
Genetic variation in CHRNA5, the gene encoding the a5 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunit, increases vulnerability to… 
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Toluene exposure during the brain growth spurt reduced behavioral responses to nicotine in young adult rats: a potential role for nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in fetal solvent syndrome.
Toluene, an industrial organic solvent, is voluntarily inhaled as drug of abuse. Toluene has been shown to inhibit the nicotinic… 
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
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Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Behavioural and biochemical evidence for interactions between Δ9‐tetrahydrocannabinol and nicotine
Behavioural and pharmacological effects of Δ9‐tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and nicotine are well known. However, the possible… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Identification of the Nicotinic Receptor Subtypes Expressed on Dopaminergic Terminals in the Rat Striatum
Neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) expressed on mesostriatal dopaminergic neurons are thought to mediate several… 
Review
1999
Review
1999
Are we dependent upon coffee and caffeine? A review on human and animal data
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Role of human cytochrome P4502A6 in C-oxidation of nicotine.
Nicotine is primarily metabolized to cotinine in humans. In this study, human cytochrome P450 (CYP) isoform involved in cotinine… 
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
The Effects of Nicotine on Attention, Information Processing, and Short-Term Memory in Patients with Dementia of the Alzheimer Type
Nicotine in patients with dementia of the Alzheimer type (DAT) producted a significant and marked improvement in discriminative… 
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Cholinergic and catecholaminergic receptors in the Xenopus oocyte membrane
1. Neurotransmitter‐receptors in the membrane of Xenopus oocytes have been studied using electrophysiological techniques… 
Highly Cited
1968
Highly Cited
1968
The origin of acetylcholine released from guinea‐pig intestine and longitudinal muscle strips
1. Strips of longitudinal muscle can be obtained from guinea‐pig ileum either retaining or free from Auerbach's plexus. 
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