GABAA‐benzodiazepine receptor availability in smokers and nonsmokers: Relationship to subsyndromal anxiety and depression
Esterlis I, Cosgrove KP, Batis JC, Bois F, Kloczynski TA, Stiklus SM, Perry E, Tamagnan GD, Seibyl JP, Makuch R, Krishnan‐Sarin S, O'Malley S, Staley JK. GABAA‐benzodiazepine receptor availability in smokers and nonsmokers: Relationship to subsyndromal anxiety and depression. Synapse 2009, 63: 1089-1099. PMID: 19642218, PMCID: PMC2778224, DOI: 10.1002/syn.20688.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAnxietyBrainBrain MappingDepressionFemaleFlumazenilHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMalePainPain MeasurementPsychiatric Status Rating ScalesReceptors, GABA-ASmokingSurveys and QuestionnairesTomography, Emission-Computed, Single-PhotonConceptsSpielberger State-Trait Anxiety IndexState-Trait Anxiety IndexDepressive symptomsSubsyndromal anxietyAnxiety symptomsPain toleranceReceptor availabilityAbstinent tobacco smokersSex-matched nonsmokersSingle photon emissionPain symptomsHealthy ageSmoking statusTobacco smokersSubsyndromal depressionAbstinent smokersVulnerable smokersCold pressor taskNonsmokersGamma-aminobutyricEpidemiology ScaleSmokersAcute abstinenceBrain areasSymptoms