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Effects of nicotine deprivation and replacement on BOLD-fMRI response to smoking cues as a function of DRD4 VNTR genotype.
Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco - 1 Jul 2014
Xu Xiaomeng, Clark Uraina S, David Sean P, Mulligan Richard C, Knopik Valerie S, McGeary John, MacKillop James, McCaffery Jeanne, Niaura Raymond S, Sweet Lawrence H
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INTRODUCTION: Reactivity to smoking cues is an important factor in the motivation to smoke and has been associated with the dopamine receptor 4 variable number tandem repeat (DRD4 exon III VNTR) polymorphism. However, little is known about the associated neural mechanisms. METHODS: Non-treatment-seeking Caucasian smokers completed overnight abstinence and viewed smoking and neutral cues during 2 separate...
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