Chunk #87 — Calcium/Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase II — Effects of Addictive Drugs on CaMKII Signaling
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The effect of chronic nicotine on CaMKII activity has not yet been investigated in animal studies or in vitro. In one negative postmortem study, brains from smokers and nonsmokers had similar levels of CaMKII in the ventral midbrain.86