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Role of the Neuregulin Signaling Pathway in Nicotine Dependence and Co-morbid Disorders.
International review of neurobiology - 1 Jan 2015
Fisher Miranda L, Loukola Anu, Kaprio Jaakko, Turner Jill R
Abstract excerpt
Smoking is currently the leading cause of preventable death in the United States and is responsible for over four million deaths annually worldwide. Therefore, there is a vast clinical unmet need with regards to therapeutics targeting smoking cessation. This is even more apparent when examining smokers co-morbid with psychiatric illness, as rates of smoking in this population are ~4× higher than in the general...
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