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          FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles
          ·October 29, 2018·4 min read

          Making Mice Lose Weight by Imitating Effects From Cold and Nicotine

          By stimulating cold and nicotine receptors, researchers successfully improved metabolism in mice, helping them to lose weight. Further studies will investigate whether the same results can be achieved in humans.
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          ·December 28, 2017·5 min read

          Brain Research Points the Way to New Treatments for Nicotine Addiction

          Researchers have identified specific chemical changes in the brain that drive nicotine addiction. The findings could lead to new treatments to help break the addiction.
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          FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPain
          ·May 8, 2017·6 min read

          How One Drug Could Affect Pain, Memory and Nicotine Addiction

          Researchers are developing a drug that enhances the function of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. The drug could have three different applications in relieving pain, slowing memory loss in aging people and as a smoking cessation medication.
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          FeaturedNeurologyPain
          ·February 21, 2017·3 min read

          Compound From Marine Snails May Provide Alternative to Opioids

          Researchers have discovered a compound from marine snails that is able to block pain by targeting a pathway not associated with opioids.
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          FeaturedGeneticsPsychology
          ·January 23, 2017·4 min read

          Nicotine Normalizes Brain Activity Deficits That Are Key to Schizophrenia

          Study sheds light on how nicotine affects the brains of those with schizophrenia, and why those with the disease tend to be heavy smokers.
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          FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience
          ·June 18, 2016·2 min read

          Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors in the Pathology of Alzheimer’s Disease

          A new study looks at the role nicotinic acetylcholine receptors play in Alzheimer's disease.
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          FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles
          ·May 11, 2016·3 min read

          Targeted Orphaned Domain May Lead to Drug Therapies

          A new study reveals tthe serotonin type 3A ICD assembles into stable pentamers in solution in the absence of the other two domains, thought to be the drivers for oligomerization.
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          FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles
          ·April 7, 2016·3 min read

          Treating Sugar Addiction Like Drug Abuse

          A new study reports drugs used to treat nicotine addiction could be used to treat sugar addiction.
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          FeaturedGenetics
          ·January 7, 2016·4 min read

          Nicotine Consumption Affected by Small Changes in DNA

          Researchers determine how small changes in a particular region of the genome can alter nicotine consumption.
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