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SUBMITTER: Gehricke JG
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2680866 | biostudies-other | 2009 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Behavioral and brain functions : BBF 20090424
Cortico-limbic brain activity associated with anger may be susceptible to nicotine and, thus, may contribute to smoking initiation and nicotine addiction. The purpose of the study was to identify the brain regions that are most reactive to nicotine and show the greatest association with anger task performance. Twenty adult nonsmokers (9 women, 11 men) participated in two laboratory sessions to assess brain metabolism with fluoro deoxy-glucose Positron Emission Topography (FDG-PET) in response to ...[more]