By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Mental Health Weekly Digest -- Fresh data on Mental Health are presented in a new report. According to news originating from Durham, North Carolina, by NewsRx correspondents, researchers stated 'There is evidence that individuals with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) may smoke in part to regulate negative affect. This pilot fMRI study examined the effects of nicotine on emotional information processing in smokers with and without PTSD.'
Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research by the authors from Duke University Medical Center, 'Across groups, nicotine increased brain activation in response to fearful/angry faces (compared to neutral faces) in ventral caudate. Patch x Group interactions were observed in brain regions involved in emotional and facial feature processing.'
According to the news editors, the researchers concluded: 'These preliminary findings suggest that nicotine differentially modulates negative information processing in PTSD and non-PTSD smokers.'
For more information on this research see: Effects of Nicotine on Emotional Reactivity in PTSD and Non-PTSD Smokers: Results of a Pilot fMRI Study. Advances In Pharmacological Sciences, 2012;2012():265724. (Hindawi Publishing - www.hindawi.com; Advances In Pharmacological Sciences - www.hindawi.com/journals/aps/)
The news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained from B. Froeliger, Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27708, United States (see also Mental Health).
Keywords for this news article include: Brain, Durham, United States, Mental Health, North Carolina, Central Nervous System, North and Central America.
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