Varenicline Effects on Smoking, Cognition, and Psychiatric Symptoms in Schizophrenia: A Double-Blind Randomized Trial

Robert C. Smith; Revital Amiaz; Tian-Mei Si; Lawrence Maayan; Hua Jin; Sylvia Boules; Henry Sershen; Chunbo Li; Juanjuan Ren; Yanhong Liu; Mary Youseff; Abel Lajtha; Alessandro Guidotti; Mark Weiser; John M. Davis

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0143490

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Varenicline Effects on Smoking, Cognition, and Psychiatric Symptoms in Schizophrenia: A Double-Blind Randomized Trial

Robert C. Smith ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Robert C. Smith, Revital Amiaz

* E-mail: rsmith@nki.rfmh.org; Robert.Smith2@nyumc.org

Affiliations Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, Orangeburg, New York, United States of America, NYU Langone Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry, New York, New York, United States of America
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Revital Amiaz ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Robert C. Smith, Revital Amiaz

Affiliations Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Ramat-Gan, Israel, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv, Israel
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Tian-Mei Si,

Affiliation Peking University Institute of Mental Health, The Key Laboratory for Mental Health, Ministry of Health, Beijing, China
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Lawrence Maayan,

Affiliation Albany Medical Center, Albany, New York, United States of America
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Hua Jin,

Affiliations University of California San Diego, Department of Psychiatry, San Diego, California, United States of America, VA San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, California, United States of America
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Sylvia Boules,

Affiliation Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, Orangeburg, New York, United States of America
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Henry Sershen,

Affiliations Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, Orangeburg, New York, United States of America, NYU Langone Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry, New York, New York, United States of America
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Chunbo Li,

Affiliation Shanghai Key Laboratory of Psychotic Disorders, Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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Juanjuan Ren,

Affiliation Shanghai Key Laboratory of Psychotic Disorders, Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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Yanhong Liu,

Affiliation Peking University Institute of Mental Health, The Key Laboratory for Mental Health, Ministry of Health, Beijing, China
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Mary Youseff,

Affiliation Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, Orangeburg, New York, United States of America
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Abel Lajtha,

Affiliations Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, Orangeburg, New York, United States of America, NYU Langone Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry, New York, New York, United States of America
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Alessandro Guidotti,

Affiliation Psychiatric Institute University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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Mark Weiser,

Affiliations Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Ramat-Gan, Israel, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv, Israel
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John M. Davis

Affiliation Psychiatric Institute University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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Varenicline Effects on Smoking, Cognition, and Psychiatric Symptoms in Schizophrenia: A Double-Blind Randomized Trial

Robert C. Smith,
Revital Amiaz,
Tian-Mei Si,
Lawrence Maayan,
Hua Jin,
Sylvia Boules,
Henry Sershen,
Chunbo Li,
Juanjuan Ren,
Yanhong Liu

Published: January 5, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0143490

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