Translations:Nicotine therapeutic benefits/43/en

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  • Nicotine and nicotinic agonists have been shown to improve cognitive function in aged or impaired subjects.
  • Acute nicotine administration can improve performance of patients with AD on cognitive tasks, including verbal learning and memory, attention in a continuous performance task, and accuracy in a visual attention task.
  • In addition to its ability to reverse cognitive deficits following aging, nicotine has been shown to protect against neurotoxic insult in vitro and in vivo. This suggests that nicotine has a dual effect on brain function following aging or injury, such that it can rescue function of remaining neurons, as well as saving neurons that might otherwise undergo cell death.
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  • Citation: Picciotto MR, Zoli M. Nicotinic receptors in aging and dementia. J Neurobiol. 2002 Dec;53(4):641-55. doi: 10.1002/neu.10102. PMID: 12436427.
  • Keywords: nAChR; neuroprotection; Alzheimer’s disease; Parkinson’s disease; acetylcholine
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