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Nicotine-specific and non-specific effects of cigarette smoking on endogenous opioid mechanisms.
Progress in neuro-psychopharmacology & biological psychiatry - 1 Aug 2016
Nuechterlein Emily B, Ni Lisong, Domino Edward F, Zubieta Jon-Kar
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This study investigates differences in μ-opioid receptor mediated neurotransmission in healthy controls and overnight-abstinent smokers, and potential effects of the OPRM1 A118G genotype. It also examines the effects of smoking denicotinized (DN) and average nicotine (N) cigarettes on the μ-opioid system. Positron emission tomography with (11)C-carfentanil was used to determine regional brain μ-opioid receptor...
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