I understand that nicotine can cause very specific changes to the fasciculus retroflexus in the brain. The studies I am talking about refer to it as brain damage, but I believe the term may be misleading as the "damage" it is referring to is actually receptor up-regulation. This would cause changes ultimately leading to the development of addiction, but it remains to be seen if the changes here are permanent. So far I have read conflicting information on the subject.
The fasciculus retroflexus is thought to be involved with rem states (dreaming). I have heard that smoker's rem activity is reduced and I was wondering if anyone could tell me what their dreams were like when they smoked, what they are like with nicotine replacement therapy, and what they are like after tapering down to 0 nicotine.
I know that nicotine administration at night can cause very intense dreaming. I also theorize, based on some of the descriptions of the entheogenic use of tobacco, that nicotine perhaps hijacks the function of rem in the brain somehow.
The fasciculus retroflexus is thought to be involved with rem states (dreaming). I have heard that smoker's rem activity is reduced and I was wondering if anyone could tell me what their dreams were like when they smoked, what they are like with nicotine replacement therapy, and what they are like after tapering down to 0 nicotine.
I know that nicotine administration at night can cause very intense dreaming. I also theorize, based on some of the descriptions of the entheogenic use of tobacco, that nicotine perhaps hijacks the function of rem in the brain somehow.
