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Science 23 May 1969:
Vol. 164. no. 3882, pp. 969 - 970
DOI: 10.1126/science.164.3882.969
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Quantitative Electroencephalogram in Smoking and Smoking Deprivation

Judith A. Ulett 1 and Turan M. Itil 1

1 Missouri Institute of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, University of Missouri, St. Louis

After being deprived of cigarettes for 24 hours, eight young males who were heavy smokers showed significant changes in the electroencephalogram analyzed electronically and by digital computer. Compared to their records before smoking deprivation, there was a significant increase in slow frequencies. Resumed smoking reversed these trends.


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