By Tarun Sai Lomte From laboratory models to small human trials, a new review explores whether popular metabolic drugs could ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Emerging studies indicate that striatal cholinergic interneurons play an important role in synaptic plasticity and motor control under normal ...

Drug improves memory in patients with mild cognitive impairment, study finds. Jan. 9, 2012— -- The nicotine patch designed to help people quit smoking can also improve memory in older adults with ...

Scientists say they have finally figured out how smoking helps people keep off extra pounds. It turns out that nicotine activates a pathway in the brain that suppresses appetite, according to a study ...

The tobacco industry rebranded a brutally addictive drug from deadly to desirable—and the longer-term health consequences may ...

When we hear the word “nicotine,” most of us think about vaping, cigarettes, addiction, and lung cancer. But beneath this stigma lies an interesting paradox: nicotine, the same compound that makes ...

Everyone knows nicotine is an extremely addictive substance, so it makes sense that people who might want to quit vaping — or not get hooked in the first place — would try a nicotine-free option as a ...