Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 148, Issue 2 , Pages 103-109 , 1 December 2006

Effects of acute smoking on brain activity vary with abstinence in smokers performing the N-Back Task: A preliminary study

  • Jiansong Xu

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90024, United States
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  • Adrianna Mendrek

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90024, United States
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  • Mark S. Cohen

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90024, United States
    • Neurology, Radiological Sciences, Psychology, and Biomedical Physics, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90024, United States
    • Brain Research Institute, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90024, United States
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  • John Monterosso

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90024, United States
    • ,
  • Sara Simon

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90024, United States
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  • Arthur L. Brody

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90024, United States
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  • Murray Jarvik

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90024, United States
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  • Paul Rodriguez

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90024, United States
    • Present address: Department Cognitive Science, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA.
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  • Monique Ernst

      Affiliations

    • Mood and Anxiety Disorders Research Program, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD, United States
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  • Edythe D. London

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90024, United States
    • Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90024, United States
    • Brain Research Institute, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90024, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Departments of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90024, United States. Tel.: +1 310 825 0606; fax: +1 310 825 0812.

Received 14 February 2006 ,Revised 9 August 2006 ,Accepted 11 September 2006.

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PII: S0925-4927(06)00134-X

doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2006.09.005

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 148, Issue 2 , Pages 103-109 , 1 December 2006

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