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SUBMITTER: Abdolahi A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6629032 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Abdolahi Amir A Williams Geoffrey C GC van Wijngaarden Edwin E
Drug and alcohol dependence 20190607
<h4>Background</h4>Damage to the insula disrupts nicotine-induced cravings and is associated with greater odds of cessation. The role of laterality in regulating these changes is unclear. Neuroimaging studies in cigarette smokers show left hemispheric activation during a period of forced withdrawal and right hemispheric activation after having just smoked. Among current smokers hospitalized for stroke involving their insula, we compared left versus right insular damage and its effect on smoking ...[more]