Dr. Alexandra S Potter PHD
Psychologist | Clinical
2 Colchester Avenue Burlington VT, 05405About
Dr. Alexandra Potter is a psychologist practicing in Burlington, VT. Dr. Potter specializes in the treatment of mental health problems, and helps people to cope with their mental illnesses. As a psychologist, Dr. Potter evaluates and treats patients through a variety of methods, most typically being psychotherapy or talk therapy. Patients usually visit Dr. Potter because they have been experiencing depression, anxiety, stress or anger for a significant period of time and are seeking help. Psychologists may perform a variety of exams and assessments to diagnose a mental condition.
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Effects of acute nicotine administration on behavioral inhibition in adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.
- Nicotine administration enhances conditioned inhibition in rats.
- Central nicotinic cholinergic systems: a role in the cognitive dysfunction in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder?
- Acute nicotine improves cognitive deficits in young adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.
- Functional brain imaging of nicotinic effects on higher cognitive processes.
- Manipulation of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors differentially affects behavioral inhibition in human subjects with and without disordered baseline impulsivity.
- Rate dependent effects of acute nicotine on risk taking in young adults are not related to ADHD diagnosis.
- A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled crossover study of α4β 2* nicotinic acetylcholine receptor agonist AZD1446 (TC-6683) in adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.
- AZD3480, a novel nicotinic receptor agonist, for the treatment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in adults.
- Targeting the nicotinic cholinergic system to treat attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: rationale and progress to date.
- Smoking cessation in men and women.
- Inattention and Reaction Time Variability Are Linked to Ventromedial Prefrontal Volume in Adolescents.
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