PMID: 9165409Mar 1, 1997Paper

The effects of tobacco smoking on the short, middle, and long latency responses of the blink reflex in humans

Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology : Official Publication of the American Electroencephalographic Society
F E Leon-SM Osame

Abstract

The three responses (R1, R2, and R3) of the electrically elicited blink reflex (BR) obtained in four normal human subjects were investigated before and after smoking both a filtered and an unfiltered cigarette. The changes observed in the BR were stronger and statistically more significant for the unfiltered than for the filtered cigarette, (p < 0.0001) and were more dramatic in R3 than R1 or R2. The action of nicotine on central pathways located at the interneuronal network of the brainstem, basal ganglia, and C fiber structures involved with this reflex seems to be the most likely mechanism for these findings.

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