Nicotine increases cerebellar activity during finger tapping.

Nicotine improves performance on several cognitive and sensorimotor tasks. The neuronal mechanisms associated with these changes in performance are, however, largely unknown. Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) was used to examine the effect of nicotine on neuronal response in nineteen heal...

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Main Authors: Korey P Wylie, Jody Tanabe, Laura F Martin, Narin Wongngamnit, Jason R Tregellas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3866129?pdf=render