Working Memory in Nonsmokers and in Cigarette Smokers During Abstinence and Relative Satiety
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1 Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, and Brain Research Institute, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program, National Institute on Mental Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD Running title: Cigarette Smoking and Working Memory Corresponding author Present address: Department of Psychiatry, University of Montreal and Fernand-Seguin Research Center, 7331 Hochelaga, Montreal (QC) H1N 3V2
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تاریخ انتشار 2004