Everyone knows that tobacco products are bad for your health, and even the new e-cigarettes may have harmful toxins. However, according to research at Texas A&M, it turns out the nicotine itself — when given independently from tobacco — could help protect the brain as it ages, and even ward off Parkinson’s or Alzheimer’s disease. Ursula Winzer-Serhan, PhD, an associate professor at the Texas A&M College of Medicine, and her collaborators found that nicotine’s ability to be neuroprotective may be partly due to its well-known ability to suppress the appetite. Their research is published in the Open Access Journal of Toxicology. Using animal models, Winzer-Serhan and her collaborators added nicotine to the animal’s drinking water. There were three different groups that received nicotine at three different concentrations (low, medium and high) corresponding to occasional, low and medium smokers, respectively, in addition to a control group that did not receive any nicotine. The two groups that received nicotine at low and medium doses didn’t show any levels of the drug in their blood and they experienced no changes in food intake, body weight or number of receptors in the brain where nicotine acts. In contrast, the group getting the highest concentration of nicotine ate less, gained less weight and had more receptors, indicating that at higher doses, the drug gets into the brain where it can impact behavior. However, even at high doses, it didn’t seem to have worrying behavioral side effects like making the individuals more anxious, which the researchers were concerned could happen.
Category: Neuroscience
STOCKHOLM, June 13, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Artificial Solutions® (FNSE:ASAI), the leading specialist in enterprise-strength conversational AI, announced today that it is continuing its successful momentum as the conversational AI market starts to m …
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STOCKHOLM, June 13, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Oncopeptides AB (Nasdaq Stockholm: ONCO), announces today that the company will make a review and update on the presented data from the European Hematology Meeting (EHA) on Monday, June 17, 2019, at. 09:00 (CE …
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VANCOUVER, June 13, 2019 /PRNewswire/ – MGX Minerals Inc. (“MGX” or the “Company”) (CSE: XMG / OTCQB: MGXMF / FSE: 1MG) is pleased to announce the Company has been awarded the Suzanne West Environmental Excellence Award at the 2019 Global Petroleum S …
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SOFIA, Bulgaria, June 13, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Ontotext has just released the latest backward compatible update, 8.10, of its signature semantic graph database GraphDB, making the knowledge graph experience quicker, easier and more productive. GraphD …
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GOTEMBURGO, Suécia, 13 de junho de 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Vera, o veículo elétrico, conectado e autônomo da Volvo Caminhões, fará parte de uma solução integrada para transportar mercadorias de um c …
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Der VSaaS-Innovator erweitert mit Access Control-as-a-Service (ACaaS) durch die europäische Technologiepartnerschaft mit SimonsVoss sein Produktportfolio um mehr als Videosicherheit FRIBOURG, Schweiz, 13. Juni 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Die SimonsVoss …
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STOCKHOLM, June 13, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Artificial Solutions® (FNSE:ASAI), the leading specialist in enterprise-strength conversational AI, announced today that it is continuing its successful momentum as the conversational AI market starts to m …
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STOCKHOLM, June 13, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Oncopeptides AB (Nasdaq Stockholm: ONCO), announces today that the company will make a review and update on the presented data from the European Hematology Meeting (EHA) on Monday, June 17, 2019, at. 09:00 (CE …
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VANCOUVER, June 13, 2019 /PRNewswire/ – MGX Minerals Inc. (“MGX” or the “Company”) (CSE: XMG / OTCQB: MGXMF / FSE: 1MG) is pleased to announce the Company has been awarded the Suzanne West Environmental Excellence Award at the 2019 Global Petroleum S …
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SOFIA, Bulgaria, June 13, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Ontotext has just released the latest backward compatible update, 8.10, of its signature semantic graph database GraphDB, making the knowledge graph experience quicker, easier and more productive. GraphD …
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GOTEMBURGO, Suécia, 13 de junho de 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Vera, o veículo elétrico, conectado e autônomo da Volvo Caminhões, fará parte de uma solução integrada para transportar mercadorias de um c …
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Der VSaaS-Innovator erweitert mit Access Control-as-a-Service (ACaaS) durch die europäische Technologiepartnerschaft mit SimonsVoss sein Produktportfolio um mehr als Videosicherheit FRIBOURG, Schweiz, 13. Juni 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Die SimonsVoss …
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Beijing’s state media has made the bold claim that a Chinese defense contractor successfully developed the world’s first quantum radar system. The radar can allegedly detect objects at range of up to 62 miles. If true, this would greatly diminish the v …
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STOCKHOLM, June 13, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Artificial Solutions® (FNSE:ASAI), the leading specialist in enterprise-strength conversational AI, announced today that it is continuing its successful momentum as the conversational AI market starts to m …
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STOCKHOLM, June 13, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Oncopeptides AB (Nasdaq Stockholm: ONCO), announces today that the company will make a review and update on the presented data from the European Hematology Meeting (EHA) on Monday, June 17, 2019, at. 09:00 (CE …
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VANCOUVER, June 13, 2019 /PRNewswire/ – MGX Minerals Inc. (“MGX” or the “Company”) (CSE: XMG / OTCQB: MGXMF / FSE: 1MG) is pleased to announce the Company has been awarded the Suzanne West Environmental Excellence Award at the 2019 Global Petroleum S …
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SOFIA, Bulgaria, June 13, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Ontotext has just released the latest backward compatible update, 8.10, of its signature semantic graph database GraphDB, making the knowledge graph experience quicker, easier and more productive. GraphD …
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GOTEMBURGO, Suécia, 13 de junho de 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Vera, o veículo elétrico, conectado e autônomo da Volvo Caminhões, fará parte de uma solução integrada para transportar mercadorias de um c …
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Der VSaaS-Innovator erweitert mit Access Control-as-a-Service (ACaaS) durch die europäische Technologiepartnerschaft mit SimonsVoss sein Produktportfolio um mehr als Videosicherheit FRIBOURG, Schweiz, 13. Juni 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Die SimonsVoss …
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GÖTEBORG, Suede, 13 juin 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Vera, le véhicule électrique, connecté et autonome de Volvo Trucks, fera partie d’une solution intégrée pour le transport de marchandises d’un centre logistique …
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GÖTEBORG, Szwecja, 13 czerwca 2019 r. /PRNewswire/ — Elektryczny, połączony z siecią i autonomiczny pojazd Volvo Trucks Vera wejdzie w skład zintegrowanego rozwiązania do transportu towarów z centrum logistyczneg …
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GOTHENBURG, Sweden, June 13, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Volvo Trucks’ electric, connected and autonomous vehicle Vera will form part of an integrated solution to transport goods from a logistics centre to a port terminal in Gothenburg, Sweden. The assignme …
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L’innovateur du VSaaS élargit sa gamme de produits au-delà de la sécurité vidéo et offre une solution de contrôle d’accès en tant que service (ACaaS) à travers son partenariat technologique europ …
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GÖTEBORG, Schweden, 13. Juni 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Das elektrische, vernetzte und autonome Volvo Trucks Fahrzeug Vera ist Teil einer integrierten Lösung für den Gütertransport von einem Logistikzentrum zu einem Hafenterminal in G …
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DUBAI, UAE, June 13, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Mashreq Bank, one of the leading financial institutions in the UAE, and Newgen Software were awarded the Best Process Automation Initiative in the Middle East at The Asian Banker Middle East and Africa Awards …
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