Posted by linkadge on July 10, 2006, at 20:14:48
In reply to Re: bad question- cigs, posted by nolvas on July 5, 2006, at 22:51:48
Low doses of nicotine may actually be neuroprotective. Simply type in nicotine + neuroprotection in any search engine. It seems to reduce neural inflammation, nicotine also lowers cortisol.
Apparently cigarette smokers have a significantly lower incidence of parkinsons and alzheimer's.
The flinder's rats, are a breed that is often used to test the antidepressant effects of certain compounds. They respond to the TCA's, but according to this study they acutally seem to gain a significant antidepressant effect from nicotine.
http://biopsychiatry.com/nicotine.htm
Nicotine may also reduce anxiety through its supression of serotonergic firing in the dorsal raphai neucleus via 5-ht1a receptors.
I think it has been disputed whether nicotine acutally inhibits MAO-B. I think it has been suggested that it is other compounds in cigarette smoke which confer this effect.
The beta carbolines in cigarette smoke inhibit both MAO-A and MAO-B.You may do well to combine nicotine with a MAO inhibitor, either prescription or herbal (turmeric, fo-ti, ginsing, cats claw)
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