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Association Between Smoking, Brain Activity, Genes, and ADHD

NCT00915798 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 89

Last updated 2017-01-13

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Summary

The study investigated the underlying mechanisms of smoking in young adults by examining the associations between smoking, brain activity, dopamine genes, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

Conditions

  • Smoking
  • Withdrawal Nicotine
  • ADHD

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Cigarette smoking

Participants had an fMRI scan during an experimental task consisting of mathematical problems after smoking a cigarette.

BEHAVIORAL

Abstinence

Participants had an fMRI scan during an experimental task consisting of mathematical problems after smoking abstinence.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

    collaborator NIH

  • University of California, Irvine

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jean-G. Gehricke, Ph.D., M.A. · University of California, Irvine

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
45 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-07-31
Primary Completion
2016-01-31
Completion
2016-06-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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