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Amygdala response to smoking-cessation messages mediates the effects of serotonin transporter gene variation on quitting.
NeuroImage - 1 Mar 2012
Jasinska Agnes J, Chua Hannah Faye, Ho S Shaun, Polk Thad A, Rozek Laura S, Strecher Victor J
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The amygdala is critically involved in detecting emotionally salient stimuli and in enhancing memory for emotional information. Growing evidence also suggests that the amygdala plays a crucial role in addiction, perhaps by strengthening associations between emotionally-charged drug cues and drug-seeking behavior. In the current study, by integrating functional MRI (fMRI), genetics, and outcome data from a large...
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