Advances in nicotine research in Addiction Biology.

摘要: The aim of Addiction Biology is to advance our understanding the action drugs abuse and addictive processes via publication high-impact clinical pre-clinical findings resulting from behavioral, molecular, genetic, biochemical, neurobiological pharmacological research. As 2013, ranked number 1 in category Substance Abuse journals (SCI). Occasionally, likes highlight review important focused on a particular topic recently published journal. current summarizes key publications that have contributed knowledge nicotine research, comprising wide spectrum approaches, both pre-clinical, at cellular, systems behavioral levels. A human studies identified, using imaging techniques, alterations common brain circuits, as well morphological network activity changes, associated with tobacco use. Furthermore, characterized mechanistic targets critical effects addiction. Together, these will undoubtedly drive future examining dramatic impact use development treatments counter dependence.