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Imaging Antismoking Meds at Work

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CHICAGO, Jan. 4, 2010 — The smoking cessation medications bupropion and varenicline may both be associated with changes in the way the brain reacts to smoking cues, making it easier for patients to resist cravings, according to two reports posted online that will appear in the May print issue of Archives of General Psychiatry. "Environmental cues associated with nicotine reinforcement induce cigarette craving, which propagates smoking habits in smokers and relapse in abstinent individuals," the authors write as background information in one of the articles. "Human brain imaging studies using functional...Read full article

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    Published: January 2011
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    positron emission tomography
    A medical imaging device that uses a ring of crystal/photomultiplier tube assemblies encircling the patient to detect gamma rays emitted by positrons colliding with electrons.
    AmericasamygdalaArchives of General PsychiatryBiophotonicsbrain imagingbrain imaging studiesbupropionChristopher S. Culbertsoncigarette cravingsenergyfMRIfunctional magnetic resonance imagingImagingnicotine reinforcementPETPhiladelphiapositron emission tomographyprefrontal cortexResearch & Technologysmoking cessation medicationsstriatumTeresa FranklinUniversity of California Los AngelesUniversity of Pennsylvaniavareniclineventral tegmental area

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