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Neural correlates of attentional bias for smoking cues: modulation by variance in the dopamine transporter gene.
Addiction biology - 1 Mar 2014
Wetherill Reagan R, Jagannathan Kanchana, Lohoff Falk W, Ehrman Ronald, O'Brien Charles P, Childress Anna Rose, Franklin Teresa R
Abstract excerpt
Cigarette-dependent smokers automatically and involuntarily orient attention toward smoking cues (SCs). This attentional bias is clinically significant, as it may contribute to relapse. Thus, identifying neural and genetic correlates of attentional bias is critical for improving interventions. Our previous studies show that the dopamine transporter (DAT) SLC6A3 genotype exerts profound effects on limbic responses...
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