Because unpleasant withdrawal symptoms fuel nicotine addiction's high relapse rate, targeting their underlying mechanisms ...

Twin and family studies reveal a significant genetic contribution to the risk of smoking initiation and progression (SI/P), nicotine dependence (ND), and smoking cessation (SC). Further, numerous ...

The investigators suspect that this novel metabolic pathway also functions in the lung. There’s a lung-specific enzyme similar to 2A6, notes Murphy. Her group is now investigating whether this ...

Pathway for unpleasant nicotine withdrawal symptoms in mice has the potential to be leveraged as a target for addiction treatments.

Wu believes that understanding the specific CHRNA2 signaling pathway in beige fat also opens a new avenue for identifying druggable targets to treat obesity and metabolic syndrome. "This pathway ...

The same proteins that moderate nicotine dependence in the brain may be involved in regulating metabolism by acting directly on certain types of fat cells, new research from the University of ...

ANN ARBOR--The same proteins that moderate nicotine dependence in the brain may be involved in regulating metabolism by acting directly on certain types of fat cells, new research from the ...

Looking at different genes in the habenula that TCF7L2 is predicted to control, the team found that many were involved in the regulation of glucose metabolism. Given that nicotine is known to ...

Metabolism, treatment, and the best way to quit smoking. Fortunately for smokers, the only research finding in this area hasn't been that slow metabolizes have a much better chance of quitting ...

Quitting smoking has favorable metabolic effects Date: March 6, 2015 Source: The Endocrine Society Summary: People who quit smoking have improved metabolic effects, a new study finds.

The same proteins that moderate nicotine dependence in the brain may be involved in regulating metabolism by acting directly on certain types of fat cells, new research from the University of ...