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JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCE
Volume 16, Issue 10, Pages 1311-1315Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2008.11.025
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P300; Smoking; Tobacco
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The aim of this study was to elucidate the chronic effects of tobacco smoking on the P300, a neurophysiological index of cognitive function. Prospective study participants were recruited from a family medicine polyclinic. We selected 32 right-handed smokers who had smoked more than 15 cigarettes per day, by inhalation, for more than 2 years. The control population consisted of 32 right-handed, age-matched healthy individuals who had never smoked. Event-related potentials (ERPs) were recorded with the auditory oddball two-tone discrimination task. The data from the central (Cz) and frontal (Fz) electrodes were analyzed. The P300 and NI amplitudes at Fz were lower in the study population compared to the control group. The early component of ERP, the measure of mental speed (N1) latency at Fz was prolonged in the study group compared to the controls, possibly because early cognitive processes such as sensory input or initial encoding of sensory information were delayed in this group. For those who smoke, a decreased NI amplitude might indicate delayed information processing and possibly short-term memory disturbance. Thus, chronic tobacco smoking may produce prefrontal cognitive dysfunction. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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