“…However, in this study, few participants were treated with classic D2 blocking antipsychotics, while many were treated with psychiatric medications such as clozapine, bupropion, or fluoxetine that may attenuate the effects of nicotine. Nine subjects were treated with the atypical antipsychotic, clozapine, which has been shown to attenuate the effects of nicotine on both working memory and attentional performance in animal models of schizophrenia (Addy et al, 2005;Rezvani et al, 2007). Seven participants were treated with either bupropion or fluoxetine, which have been shown to have nicotinic antagonist properties in vitro (Hennings et al, 1997;Slemmer et al, 2000).…”