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SUBMITTER: Jasinska AJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3288964 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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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 group of smokers who completed a smoking-cessation intervention and attempted to quit ...[more]