Association Between Smoking, Brain Activity, Genes, and ADHD

Completed

Conditions studied: Smoking, Withdrawal Nicotine, ADHD

In brief

The study investigated the underlying mechanisms of smoking in young adults by examining the associations between smoking, brain activity, dopamine genes, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00915798

Run by

University of California, Irvine

People needed

89

Starts

2009-07-01

Expected to finish

2016-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-01-13

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 45. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Smokers with ADHD
• Cigarette smoking for the last year
• ADHD diagnosis
• Nonsmokers with ADHD
• No history of regularly smoking cigarettes
• ADHD diagnosis
• Normative control smokers
• Cigarette smoking for the last year
• No history and diagnosis of ADHD
• Normative control nonsmokers
• No history of regularly smoking cigarettes
• No history and diagnosis of ADHD

You may not qualify if…

• Children under the age of 18
• Adults above the age of 45
• Pregnancy or planning to become pregnant
• Any major medical illness
• Any mental disorders that require medication (except stimulant medication)
• Any contraindications to fMRI scanning
• Not speaking English

Where it is running

• 2500 Red Hill Avenue — Santa Ana, California, United States

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