Lower ventral striatal activation during reward anticipation in adolescent smokers.
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Abstract
Adolescents are particularly vulnerable to addiction, and in the case of smoking, this often leads to long-lasting nicotine dependence. The authors investigated a possible neural mechanism underlying this vulnerability.
Bibliographical data
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 5 |
| ISSN | 0002-953X |
| Publication status | Published - 2011 |
| pubmed | 21362742 |
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