Clinical Trial: Depressed Mood Improvement Through Nicotine Dosing 3
Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: RECRUITING
Condition: Depressive Disorder
Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
Official Title: Nicotinic Modulation of the Cognitive Control System in Late-Life Depression (R33 Phase)
Brief Summary:
Deficits in cognitive control are core features of late-life depression (LLD), contributing both to emotion dysregulation and problems with inhibiting irrelevant information, conflict detection, and working memory.Clinically characterized as executive dysfunction, these deficits are associated with poor response to antidepressants and higher levels of disability.Improvement of cognitive control network (CCN) dysfunction may benefit both mood and cognitive performance, however no current pharmacotherapy improves…
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