Nicotine receptor partial agonists for smoking cessation.

BACKGROUND: Nicotine receptor partial agonists may help people to stop smoking by a combination of maintaining moderate levels of dopamine to counteract withdrawal symptoms (acting as an agonist) and reducing smoking satisfaction (acting as an antagonist). Varenicline was developed as a nicotine re...

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Principais autores: Cahill, K, Stead, L, Lancaster, T
Formato: Journal article
Idioma:English
Publicado em: 2010