Role of Extracellular-signal Regulated Kinase (ERK) and cAMP Response Element Binding Protein (CREB) in the Incubation of Nicotine Craving
Nicotine Addiction is a chronic relapsing disorder. Relapse risk persists despite years of abstinence. Drug-associated cues have been demonstrated to induce craving and provoke relapse. Surprisingly, in human smokers, craving for nicotine increases or “incubates” with longer abstinence durations, a...
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2013
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1807/42709 |