Scientists scan brains to unlock secrets of nicotine craving
NCT ID NCT03442413
Summary
This study aims to understand how the brain changes when smokers quit and how quickly a person's body breaks down nicotine affects those changes. Researchers will use brain scans on a small group of adult smokers after different periods of not smoking. The goal is to gather basic knowledge about the biology of nicotine addiction, not to test a treatment.
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University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States
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