Habenular α5 nicotinic receptor subunit signalling controls nicotine intake

Acetylcholine Receptor (AChR)  5 Subunit Variant Associated with Risk for Nicotine Dependence and Lung Cancer Reduces ( 4 2)2 5 AChR Function

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Meta-analysis and imputation refines the association of 15q25 with smoking quantity

(2010) Jason Z Liu et al.   NATURE GENETICS

A genetically modulated, intrinsic cingulate circuit supports human nicotine addiction

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Role of 5p15.33 (TERT-CLPTM1L), 6p21.33 and 15q25.1 (CHRNA5-CHRNA3) variation and lung cancer risk in never-smokers

(2009) Y. Wang et al.   CARCINOGENESIS

Nicotinic Receptors in the Habenulo-Interpeduncular System Are Necessary for Nicotine Withdrawal in Mice

(2009) R. Salas et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Rodent Habenulo-Interpeduncular Pathway Expresses a Large Variety of Uncommon nAChR Subtypes, But Only the  3 4 and  3 3 4 Subtypes Mediate Acetylcholine Release

(2009) S. R. Grady et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Neurochemical phenotypes of the afferent and efferent projections of the mouse medial habenula

(2009) C. Qin et al.   NEUROSCIENCE

Variants in Nicotinic Receptors and Risk for Nicotine Dependence

(2008) Laura Jean Bierut et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY

The CHRNA5/A3/B4 Gene Cluster Variability as an Important Determinant of Early Alcohol and Tobacco Initiation in Young Adults

(2008) Isabel R. Schlaepfer et al.   BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY

Smokers with the CHRNA Lung Cancer-Associated Variants Are Exposed to Higher Levels of Nicotine Equivalents and a Carcinogenic Tobacco-Specific Nitrosamine

(2008) L. Le Marchand et al.   CANCER RESEARCH

α-5/α-3 nicotinic receptor subunit alleles increase risk for heavy smoking

(2008) W Berrettini et al.   MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY

A susceptibility locus for lung cancer maps to nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunit genes on 15q25

(2008) Rayjean J. Hung et al.   NATURE

Genome-wide association scan of tag SNPs identifies a susceptibility locus for lung cancer at 15q25.1

(2008) Christopher I Amos et al.   NATURE GENETICS

NMDA Receptors Regulate Nicotine-Enhanced Brain Reward Function and Intravenous Nicotine Self-Administration: Role of the Ventral Tegmental Area and Central Nucleus of the Amygdala

(2008) Paul J Kenny et al.   NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

Effects of nicotine, methamphetamine and cocaine on extracellular levels of acetylcholine in the interpeduncular nucleus of rats

(2008) Rifat J. Hussain et al.   NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS

Bupropion differentially alters the aversive, locomotor and rewarding properties of nicotine in CD-1 mice

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