Nicotine addiction: studies about vulnerability, epigenesis and animal models

This article is a summary about the current research of nicotine effects on the nervous system and its relationship to the generation of an addictive behavior. Like other drugs of abuse, nicotine activates the reward pathway, which in turn is involved in certain psychiatric diseases. There are indiv...

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Main Authors: Bernabeu, Ramon, Corapi, Enrique, Vázquez, Pablo, Pastor, Verónica
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Nacional de Córdoba 2013-07-01
Series:Revista Argentina de Ciencias del Comportamiento
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Online Access:http://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/racc/article/view/5148/5314