Orthosteric and Allosteric Ligands of Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors for Smoking Cessation

Nicotine addiction, the result of tobacco use, leads to over six million premature deaths world-wide, a number that is expected to increase by a third within the next two decades. While more than half of smokers want and attempt to quit, only a small percentage of smokers are able to quit without ph...

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Main Authors: Tasnim S. Mohamed, Selwyn S. Jayakar, Ayman K Hamouda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnmol.2015.00071/full