Nicotine Acutely Enhances Reinforcement from Non-Drug Rewards in Humans

Preclinical research documents that, aside from the primary and secondary reinforcing effects of nicotine intake itself, nicotine also acutely enhances the reinforcing efficacy of non-drug reinforcers (“rewards”). Study of these effects in humans has largely been overlooked, but very recent findings...

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Main Authors: Kenneth A. Perkins, Joshua L. Karelitz, Margaret C. Boldry
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychiatry
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyt.2017.00065/full