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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Main Author: Chang, Shunzhi
Other Authors: Le, Anh Dzung
Language:en_ca
Published: 2013
Subjects:
Fos
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1807/42709