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Primary source: Gehricke JG, et al "Nicotine-induced brain metabolism associated with anger provocation" Behav Brain Func 2009; DOI: 10.1186/1744-9081-5-19.

This study shows that by modulating the eicosanoid metabolism using a combination of n-3 fatty acids and cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitor, some of the signs and symptoms associated with a Systemic Immune-Metabolic Syndrome (SIMS) could be ameliorated.

"The Sinatra Solution: Metabolic Cardiology By Stephen T. Sinatra"

"There are very few large, well-designed human studies testing the health effects of DHEA supplements. For example, there is not enough scientific evidence to rate the effectiveness of DHEA supplements in treating adrenal insufficiency, metabolic syndrome, depression, HIV/AIDS, Addison's disease, chronic fatigue syndrome, menopausal symptoms, heart disease, breast cancer, infertility, diabetes, or Parkinson's disease according to the National Institutes of Health (NIH). In addition, there isn't enough evidence to support the use of DHEA supplements as an anti-aging remedy or weight-loss aid. The NIH also cautions that DHEA supplements appear to be ineffective for boosting libido, enhancing muscle strength in elderly people, protecting against Alzheimer's disease and improving thinking in healthy older people."

Eley, HL and Tisdale, MJ: Nutritional Biomedicine, School of Life and Health Sciences, Aston University, Birmingham UK. January 2007

Skeletal Muscle Atrophy: Link between Depression of Protein Synthesis and Increase in Degradation -- Eley and Tisdale 282 (10): 7087 -- Journal of Biological Chemistry. Eley, HL and Tisdale, MJ: Nutritional Biomedicine, School of Life and Health Sciences, Aston University, Birmingham UK. January 2007

Dysfunctional cortico-limbic brain activity associated with anger may be normalized by nicotine. Cortico-limbic brain activity associated with anger may be susceptible to nicotine and, thus, may contribute to smoking initiation and nicotine addiction. Functional imaging studies on regional brain activity in response to nicotine and smoking have documented the involvement of cortico-limbic structures such as the prefrontal cortex (including the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, inferior frontal, medial frontal, and orbitofrontal gyri), cingulate, thalamus, and amygdala