Cotinine reduces depressive-like behavior, working memory deficits, and synaptic loss associated with chronic stress in mice - PubMed
Chronic stress underlies and/or exacerbates many psychiatric conditions and often results in memory impairment as well as depressive symptoms. Such afflicted individuals use tobacco more than the general population and this has been suggested as a form of self-medication. Cotinine, the...
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