Neurobiology of nicotine dependence
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Neurobiology of nicotine dependence
Nicotine is a psychoactive ingredient in tobacco that significantly contributes to the harmful tobacco smoking habit. Nicotine dependence is more prevalent than dependence on any other substance. Preclinical research in animal models of the various aspects of nicotine dependence suggests a critical role of glutamate, g-aminobutyric acid (GABA), cholinergic and dopamine neurotransmitter interact...
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عنوان ژورنال: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0962-8436,1471-2970
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2008.0095