Evidence for a hijacked brain reward system but no desensitized threat system in quitting-motivated smokers: An fMRI study.

Background and aims: Several aspects of how quitting-motivated tobacco use disorder (TUD) subjects and never-smokers differ in terms of reward and threat processing remain unresolved. We aimed to examine aberrant reward and threat processes in TUD and the association with smoking characteristics. De...

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Published in:Addiction Vol. 117; no. 3; pp. 701 - 713
Main Authors: Kunas, Stefanie L., Stuke, Heiner, Heinz, Andreas, Ströhle, Andreas, Bermpohl, Felix
Format: diagnostic images pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell Mar2022
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