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SUBMITTER: Jastreboff AM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4272899 | biostudies-other | 2015 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Jastreboff Ania M AM Sinha Rajita R Lacadie Cheryl M CM Balodis Iris M IM Sherwin Robert R Potenza Marc N MN
Drug and alcohol dependence 20140918
<h4>Background</h4>Although tobacco-smoking is associated with relatively leaner body mass and smoking cessation with weight gain, the brain mechanisms underlying these relationships are not well understood. Smokers compared to non-smokers have shown diminished neural responses to non-tobacco rewarding stimuli (e.g., monetary rewards), but brain responses to favorite-food cues have not been investigated relative to smoking status. We hypothesized that smokers would exhibit diminished neural resp ...[more]