Nicotine, auditory sensory memory and attention in a human ketamine model of schizophrenia: moderating influence of a hallucinatory trait

• Main Authors: Verner eKnott (Author), Dhrasti eShah (Author), Anne eMillar (Author), Judy eMcIntosh (Author), Derek eFisher (Author), Crystal eVilleneuve (Author), Vadim eIlivitsky (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2012-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: The procognitive actions of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) agonist nicotine are believed, in part, to motivate the excessive cigarette smoking in schizophrenia, a disorder associated with deficits in multiple cognitive domains, including low level auditory sensory processes...